.::THE LITTLE MERMAID BROADWAY::.

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So..finally! Here is my rant on the Little Mermaid Broadway show
FIRST OFF: it should be noted that I'm an avid TLM fan and a perfectionist who gets upset at little details.
SECONDLY: the bottom line of my opinion is that the show is great and should definitly be seen if you have the chance. Overall, it's a great performance with lots of great points.

ACT I
was good...lots of room for improvement, but still good. The special effects throught the show are incredibly well done (land to water scene changes- amazingly beautiful! lightnign/trident powers, lagoon scene, Ursula's powers..all great). One of my biggest concerns for the show are the lack of sets (really, Under The Sea was...bad. I spaced off at one point and totally forgot I was at a show! And not only a show, a broadway show, and the Little Mermaid to be even more percise!! How scary) aswell as slacking in choreography- the mersisters do well shaking their beautiful tails (all have their own fin style/shell/hair design) but I feel they deserve a more chorus line/showgirl type dancing than just hand movements and tail wiggles. They're mermaids, they're beautiful and singing! Make 'em dance just the same!...They're really sweet on stage though so it all works out^^ Under The Sea has NO set except for two large, very akward candlabra-looking things that carry actors dressed as fish (and beautiful birds for Kiss The Girl) but look really bad during this scene as there is no other prop on stage. The cstumes, in my opinion, are a disaster. They're on the right track but they don't show any specific sea creature but are an abstract work of their own. Showgirls/boys in bright colors and wierd shapes, really. Add some coral head pieces, rippons with fish and more coral growing out of the bodies and you'll be on the sea floor, not inside a kalidescope.
Ariel and Flounder's relationship is sooo sweet, and poor little flounder lives up to his guppyness very cutely (he screams and zooms off stage when the seagulls pop up from behind the rocks XD). Sierra Bogess...is Ariel. She's amazing. THOUGH..the tails. I feel that if the skirts were a light blue to match the waves and the tails were different, darker colors you'd get more sense of the mermaid aspect. (I think I'll have to draw out my own designs of how the costumes should be altered...?)
Um..Ursula is amazing. Seriously; it's really really wierd and kinda sad but I think I like the Broadway Ursula more than the original :'x I really love how they once again made Ursula Ariel's aunt/Triton's sister, really adds to the story. Floatsam and Jetsam are really awsome characters in the show and do a great job with their way cool songs. Hm..I think the main thing that's needed to make this show really take if are sets/props. I felt like i was watching rehersal or something. Backdrops could help, though they did have lights that reflected rising bubbles during underwater scenes that werecool.
Ariel's transformation is kinda akward/silly as she wiggles out of a tial in the air...the rescue of Eric after the storm is amazing, as is the storm itself. Eric really looks like he's sinking through the ocean! And the brief moment he shares with Ariel underwater is really sweet (yes, concious!). Scuttle is joined by 10 other, tap dancing, seagulls for 2 fun numbers.

ACT II
was waaay better. I mean, act I was really good, but for some reason I really loved act II, strange I know. By the way, pick up the soundtrack ASAP 'cause it's great and will help you follow the story better. Ariel, through out the performance, is....a teenage girl. Like..13, instead of 16, but done in a silly/cute way. I think if she were a little more mature acting (actually, both her and Eric, unless they get younger actors) it may be a little more sincere. Still cute though, though I find Eric to be somewhat of a dork HAHA. Not really, he's just not ready to be king. Uuuum....the maids and wom I assume is Carlotta are really cool, I wish they had longer parts! The show almost feels short, but not really. It could be longer though. Kiss The Girl is one of my favorite scens although it's only as long as the song, so it's somewhat short (sttrange as it has the most elaborate "set"). Chef Louis is funny, and the dinner scene is well done and really funny. If Only is the most amazing song, they blend Ariel, Triton, Sebastian, and Eric's parts together so well..it's really touching and sweet. One thing I really love about the show is the new bond between Ariel and Triton; I think my all-time favorite moment of the movie is when Triton comes up out of the water to hug Ariel goodbye at the wedding so this father/daughter thing was really well done. Another cool point they got across was the female voice and how it's just as strong as any, everyone deserves their own chance to speak. The alternate ending WHICH I WON'T SAY(unless you ask ) is well done, really sweet really! You feel a lot of Empathy for Ariel....can't say more >.< Ursula comes in again and is FAAAAABulous..Sherie does an imensely impressive job re-creating the sea witch and has a gorgeous orb-bubble/throne with tentacles of it's own. The ending is really sweet between Ariel and Triton (and Eric) and seeing the cast all together with the sunset background makes you smile^^
Actually, I found some bootleg clips of the denver preview that shows the mersisters, some scenes and Ursula's aawsome bubble! check it out:
Vid1: [link]
Vid2: [link]
Vid3: [link]
And although it doesn't look it in any of the clips, her hair needs to be like 3 shades darker >.< I also kinda like the fatter tails in these clips than the new ones..they need an inbetween.AND OHMAHGAWD they need to change the colors of her dress for kiss the girl! You don't give a redhead a top with a totally different shade of red!! It's blue! It looks ugly in the show! But only for 5 minutes...
If you have any questions about the show feel free to ask and I'll post! Buy beware, don't read what I reply to others if you don't want to know the details...