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 (1989 film)
Productions	2007 Denver

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 music being written by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater in addition to the original lyrics written by the late Howard Ashman and book by Doug Wright. The musical will have its world premier and pre-Broadway tryout at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' Ellie Caulkins Opera House in June 2007.

[edit] Demo Album

A demo album for the musical has been released featuring Kerry Butler as Ariel and Emily Skinner as Ursula, although they are not the confirmed cast members for those roles. The tracklist of the demo album is as follows:

• "Fathoms Below" performed by Eric and the Crew ²
• "Daughters of Triton" performed by Ariel's sisters ¹
• "Human Stuff" performed by Scuttle and the seagulls ²
• "Wasting Away" performed by Ursula ²
• "Part of Your World" performed by Ariel ¹
• "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" ²

¹ In original 1989 film

² New Inclusion

[edit] See Also

• Disney's The Little Mermaid

[edit] External links

• The Little Mermaid Broadway Blog Unofficial weblog site