The Little Mermaid (musical)

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The Little Mermaid
Music	Alan Menken
Lyrics	Glenn Slater and Howard Ashman
Book	Doug Wright
Based upon	Disney's The Little Mermaid
Productions	2007 Denver/Broadway

The Little Mermaid is a Disney Theatrical stage musical based upon the animated Disney film The Little Mermaid which in turn is based on the story of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen. The musical is currently under production, with new music being written by Alan Menken and lyrics by Glenn Slater, in addition to the original lyrics written by the late Howard Ashman and book by Doug Wright. The musical is directed by Francesca Zambello, marking her Broadway debut, choreographed by Stephen Mear, scenic design by George Tsypin, costume design by Tatiana Noginova and lighting design by Natasha Katz.

The musical will have its world premiere and pre-Broadway tryout at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' Ellie Caulkins Opera House on July 26, 2007 and will run in Denver through September 9, 2007. The musical will then preview at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 3, 2007 and will officially open on Broadway on December 6, 2007. ^[1] The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre is currently the home of Disney Theatrical's Beauty and the Beast, which will close July 29, 2007 to make way for the new production. As of March 12, 2007, on the official website, the songs Under the Sea and Part of Your World can be heard.

Contents 1 Demo Album 2 Song List 3 Original Broadway Cast 4 See Also 5 Reference 6 External links

[edit] Demo Album

A demo album for the musical has been released featuring Kerry Butler as Ariel, Gavin Creel as Eric, Jeff McCarthy as Triton, and Emily Skinner as Ursula ^[2], although they are not the cast members for those roles. The tracklist of the demo album is as follows:

• "Daughters of Triton" performed by Ariel's sisters ³
• "Human Stuff" performed by Scuttle and the seagulls ²
• "Wasting Away" performed by Ursula ²
• "Part of Your World (reprise)" performed by Ariel ¹
• "Under the Sea" performed by Sebastian ¹
• "That World Above" performed by King Triton ²
• "Sweet Child" performed by Flotsam and Jetsam ²
• "Her Voice" performed by Eric ²
• "Poor Unfortunate Souls" performed by Ursula ¹
• "Posituvity" performed by Scuttle and the seagulls ²
• "Beyond My Wildest Dreams" performed by Ariel ²
• "Les Poissons" performed by Chef Louie ¹
• "If Only" performed by Ariel and Eric ²
• "If Only (reprise)" performed by Sebastian ²
• "Poor Unfortunate Souls (reprise)" performed by Ursula ¹
• "Kiss the Girl" performed by Sebastian ¹
• "All Good Things Must End" performed by Ursula ²
• "Finale" ³

New songs not included on workshop demo:

• "That World Above" performed by Ariel (Possibly a rework of the song of the same name above)
• "Fathoms Below" performed by Eric and the crew (Extended version of the same song from the movie)
• "That World Above (reprise)" performed by Ariel
• "Tht Oughta Show Her" performed by Sebastian and Triton
• "She's In Love" performed by Flounder and The Mermaids (possibly Ariel's sisters)

¹ In original 1989 film

² New Inclusion

³ Originally in film but extended

[edit] Song List

This was taken from www.littlemermaidbroadway.blogspot.com, and it is the speculated song list in order for the production:

ACT I

• 1. Overture/Decent Into The Sea (Orchestra)
• 2. The World Above (Ariel)
• 3. Fathoms Below (Sailors, Eric, Grimsby, Ariel)
• 4. The World Above - Reprise (Ariel)
• 5. Daughters of Triton (Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Attina, Adella, Alana)
• 6. Part of Your World (Ariel)
• 7. That Oughta Show Her (Triton, Sebastian)
• 8. Human Stuff (Scuttle, Gulls, Ariel)
• 9. Wasting Away (Ursula, Flotsam, Jetsam)
• 10. She’s in Love (Flounder, Mermaids)
• 11. That Oughta Show Her - Reprise (Triton, Sebastian)
• 12. The Storm (Orchestra)
• 13. Part of Your World - Reprise (Ariel)
• 14. Under The Sea (Sebastian, Ensemble)
• 15. That World Above (Triton)
• 16. Sweet Child (Flotsam, Jetsam, Ariel)
• 17. Her Voice (Eric)
• 18. Poor Unfortunate Souls (Ursula, Ariel)

ACT II

• 19. Posituvity (Scuttle, Gulls)
• 20. Beyond My Wildest Dream (Ariel)
• 21. Les Poissons (Chef Louie)
• 22. If Only / Her Voice (Eric, Ariel)
• 23. If Only - Reprise (Sebastian)
• 24. Poor Unfortunate Souls - Reprise (Ursula)
• 25. Kiss the Girl (Sebastian, Ensemble)
• 26. All Good Things Must End (Ursula)
• 27. Finale (Ariel, Eric, Ensemble)

[edit] Original Broadway Cast

• Sierra Boggess as Ariel ^[3]
• Norm Lewis as King Triton ^[4]
• Sherie Rene Scott as Ursula ^[4]
• Eddie Korbich as Scuttle ^[4]
• Tituss Burgess as Sebastian ^[4]
• Sean Palmer as Prince Eric ^[4]
• Jonathan Freeman as Grimsby ^[4]
• Derrick Baskin as Jetsam ^[4]
• Tyler Maynard as Flotsam ^[4]
• Cody Hanford and J.J. Singleton as Flounder ^[4]

[edit] See Also

• Disney's The Little Mermaid

[edit] Reference

1. ^ Little Mermaid to Play the Lunt-Fontanne; Beauty to Close in July [1]
2. ^ http://littlemermaidbroadway.blogspot.com
3. ^ Sierra Boggess Will Be Disney's The Little Mermaid.[2]
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Scott, Lewis, Palmer, Etc. Set For The Little Mermaid.[3]

[edit] External links

• The Little Mermaid (musical) Official Site
• The Little Mermaid Broadway Blog Unofficial weblog site
• Playbill.com Playbill.com Stories regarding the Musical
• ibdb.com Internet Broadway Database