'The Little Mermaid' on 'Good Morning America' Jan 10 & 11

On Thursday, January 10 and Friday, January 11, Disney's The Little Mermaid will be featured on ABC's "Good Morning America."  "Good Morning America" airs locally on Channel 7 – WABC in the tri-state area.

On Thursday, January 10, "Good Morning America" anchor Deborah Roberts sits down with cast and creative team members to get a closer look at Broadway's new musical.

On Friday, January 11, Deborah Roberts will be at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre with the cast of The Little Mermaid as star Sierra Boggess performs "Part of Your World" and Tituss Burgess leads the cast in the Academy Award-winning song "Under the Sea."

Disney's The Little Mermaid is currently plying at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and will officially open Thursday, January 10.

Disney Theatrical Productions is proud to present the Broadway production of The Little Mermaid, based on the Disney film and the classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.  The company features Sierra Boggess as 'Ariel,' Sean Palmer as 'Prince Eric,' Norm Lewis as 'King Triton,' Tituss Burgess as 'Sebastian,' Eddie Korbich as 'Scuttle,' Jonathan Freeman as 'Grimsby,' Derrick Baskin as 'Jetsam,' Tyler Maynard as 'Flotsam,' Trevor Braun, Brian D'Addario, Cody Hanford and J.J. Singleton as 'Flounder,' and Sherie Rene Scott as 'Ursula.'

"The Little Mermaid takes place in a magical kingdom beneath the sea, where a beautiful young mermaid named Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. But first, she'll have to defy her father, the king of the sea, escape the clutches of an evil sea witch and convince a prince that she's the girl with the perfect voice," explain press notes.

Led by the award-winning director, Francesca Zambello, some of the theatre's most innovative artists have collaborated to create The Little Mermaid.  The score features the classic songs:  "Part of Your World," "Kiss the Girl" and the Academy Award-winning Best Original Song, "Under the Sea," composed by eight-time Academy Award winner Alan Menken and his longtime collaborator, the late Howard Ashman, as well as 10 new songs by Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater.  The book for the new musical is by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Doug Wright.

The playing schedule for The Little Mermaid is as follows: Tuesday – Saturday evenings at 8pm, Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2pm, and Sunday matinees at 3pm.  Tickets for are $51.50 - $121.50 (includes a $1.50 facility fee), available through Ticketmaster at (212) 307-4747, online at www.DisneyOnBroadway.com, or in-person at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street).

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