Disney's The Little Mermaid to Premiere in Denver in 2007

[bigrab1018]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 6:17pm

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/101856.html

Looks like Broadway's getting another Disney Theatricals Production...

[whiskedaway]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 6:25pm

denver, i could go there i think...

[Bwaygirl717]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 6:25pm

if this comes to broadway...will they have another cast or will they have the people who did it in Denver?

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 6:26pm

I'm so excited for this. Can't wait till it comes to Broadway.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 6:34pm

I was waiting for this. I knew they were aiming for Broadway in 2007 but I hadn't heard word in months and months.

When asked how the stage design will communicate the underwater experience, Schumacher says with a laugh, "Effectively! . . . Our job isn't to reproduce the movie because you can go watch the movie. Our job is to use stagecraft. We're not the first people to have ever told 'The Little Mermaid' story, [but] we're the first people to go to a kind of exotic universe.

"What I can tell you is it's big — physically. It has scale because [scenic designer] George Tsypin works with scale." Tsypin's work was seen on Broadway in the 1993 revival of In the Summer House. He also designed the sets for Julie Taymor's The Magic Flute and worked with director Zambello on her production of West Side Story.

Sounds very exciting.

[Bwaygirl717]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 6:37pm

sorry to repeat but i'm very anxious to hear if the cast they have in Denver will be the broadway cast or will they change it?

[Ourtime992]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 6:48pm

I'm sure that depends entirely on the reception of the show and cast in Denver. If it's an enormous smash hit you can bet that Disney will haul it straight into the city pretty much intact, the way they did The Lion King. If not, there's a good possibility that changes will occur to the show itself as well as the cast, just as was the case with Aida.

[Bwaygirl717]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 6:49pm

Thanks:)

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 6:52pm

glad this show will be getting underway
i am very anxious to see how its done, particularly the underwater part, and the new songs
:)
cant wait

[Bwaygirl717]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 7:13pm

Well, there goes my dream of being Ariel in The Little Mermaid...but I hope it does well anyway

[adamgreer]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 8:13pm

So June of 2007...that means, if all goes well, we can expect it on Broadway sometime in the fall of 2007, no?
Updated On: 9/6/06 at 08:13 PM

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 8:15pm

I think you mean Fall of 2007.

Francesca Zambello already has her next Broadway project lined up aiming at a 2008 Broadway opening.

The First Wives Club - The Musical

[folkyboy]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 8:36pm

if the workshop album i have is right, here is the track list for the Broadway show:

Daughters of Triton
Human Stuff
Wasting Away
Part of Your World
Part of Your World (reprise)
Under the Sea
That World Above
Sweet Child
Her Voice
Poor Unfortunate Souls
Posituvity
Beyond My Wildest Dreams
Les Poissons
If Only
If Only (reprise)
Poor Unfortunate Souls (reprise)
Kiss the Girl
All Good Things Must End
Finale

though someone mentioned them re-working Phantoms Below into a full-fledged opening number and this was NOT on the workshop CD i have. so ¤shrug¤ some of the stuff could be completly tanked once it hits Denver.

i DO like the extra songs, however. a lot more than the crap they added to Beauty & the Beast to make it longer.

[AshleyBrownFan123]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 8:45pm

Yay!

[AshleyBrownFan123]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 8:45pm

Yay!

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 8:47pm

"All Good Things Must End" will be a staple for all Broadway Divas.

[folkyboy]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 8:50pm

all it's a song Ursula sings so maybe if the divas wanna do bitchy numbers.

[Nathan_Lane_Rules!]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 8:54pm

our season is incredible:
Spelling Bee
January 16-28
The Buell Theatre

In this 2005 Tony Award-winning musical comedy, six young people in the
throes of puberty - overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape
childhood themselves - learn that winning isn't everything, and that
losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser.

Legends!
Starring Joan Collins & Linda Evans
February 6-18
The Buell Theatre

A comedy by Tony Award(r)-winning author, James Kirkwood (A Chorus
Line), centers on two somewhat desperate and waning movie stars (Collins &
Evans), the full-blown comic confrontation between these two divas and
the surprising and hilarious resolution.

The Light in the Piazza
March 27-April 8 The Buell Theatre

Direct from Broadway The Light in the Piazza is a lush, dreamy musical
that finds Margaret Johnson on vacation in the Tuscan countryside with
her daughter, Clara, and Clara's unexpected encounter with a handsome
Florentine. Be swept away to Italy in this contemporary, witty and
elegant production.
Sponsored by Comcast

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
May 17-July 8
The Stage Theatre

Sondheim's slapstick musical send-up of classical comedy is filled with
"old situations, new complications...no royal curse, no Trojan horse,
and a happy ending of course!"
Producing Partners:
Margot & Allan Frank and Judi & Robert Newman


Disney's
THE LITTLE MERMAID
Summer 2007
The Ellie Caulkins Opera House

Based on the Academy Award(r)-winning animated film and the classic
fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, THE LITTLE MERMAID is the story of
young Ariel longing to leave her father's kingdom and be "up where the
people are," a father struggling with his strong-minded daughter's
attempts to grow up too soon, a sea witch conspiring to settle a score, and
a prince looking for the girl with the perfect voice. In addition to a
book by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award(r)-winning playwright, Doug
Wright, THE LITTLE MERMAID features a score written by eight-time Academy
Award-winning composer Alan Menken and his late partner Howard Ashman,
including the Academy Award-winning Best Original Song, "Under the Sea,"
and will boast nine new songs by Menken and lyricist Glen Slater.

Spamalot
September 1ctober 7
The Buell Theatre

Winner of the 2005 Tony(r) Award for Best Musical, Monty Python's
Spamalot tells the tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as
they embark on their quest for the Holy Grail. Flying cows, killer
rabbits, taunting Frenchmen and show-stopping musical numbers are just a
few of the reasons audiences everywhere are eating up Spamalot.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
October 16-28
The Buell Theatre

Set on the glorious, glamorous Riviera, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a
delicious comedy that follows two con artists as they take on the
lifestyles of the rich and shameless--and end up with a lot more than they
bargain for.

White Christmas
November 20-December 25
The Buell Theatre

Just in time for the holidays comes a delightful new stage adaptation
of the classic yuletide movie. The result is a sparkling holiday package
filled with splashy dance numbers, treasured songs and enough
heartwarming nostalgia to make your days merry and bright!

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 8:57pm

wow, that is a GREAT season, nathan lane :)

that is very cool you have the workshop cd, folkyboy, and im glad to hear the new songs are very good.

what is "Human Stuff" about though? funny title haha :)

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 8:58pm

Sara's in the water and ready to play Ursula.

[noahrp3]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 9:01pm

Is the workshop cd still available to get? If it is, where can I get my hands on a copy. I'd love to hear the new songs.

[JamesMacon]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 9:04pm

This should be very cool! I would like to see how they do the whole water thing...

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 9:06pm

yes, Sara NEEDS to be Ursula

:)

[folkyboy]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 9:07pm

"Human Stuff" is a song Scuttle sings to the gang to explain what all the land objects are. Scuttle has a very geriatric feel to him that could work well on stage.

and omg i would die if Sara would play Ursula. that'd be fabulous!
Updated On: 9/6/06 at 09:07 PM

[Songsstresss]

Posted: 9/6/06 at 9:49pm

FolkyBoy, thanks for the song list! The opening song is called Fathoms Below, I'm pretty sure, and it would be really cool if they could work it in to the show.