"Schumacher is reluctant to discuss how the show's underwater world will be conjured onstage, hinting only that low-tech creative solutions will be sought. "Francesca always says 'No water, no wire'," he explained. "There'll be a lot of choreography and a lot of music but they won't be swimming through the air on this one."
Sierra Boggess is currently one of the Christines in the Las Vegas Phantom. She previously appeared on the Les Miz tour. And she sings like a dream.
Just actually just saw her as Christine in POTO and she was stunning (definitely ranking among the Christines of Jen Wills and Susan Owen, two of the best imo.) She had the tendency to overact at times, but I credit that to the vast size of the playing house. Her vocals, sweet jesus, were perfection. Never have I heard a Christine utilize her chest voice in such a technically impeccable and thrilling fashion. Sierra honestly nailed every musical aspect of the role and was the best out of all the principals (I also saw Crivello and Batman.)
... please don't tell me we're going to have mermaids on roller blades. It's certainly low-tech, but one 'Starlight Express' was MORE than enough thank you. >_<
True to whomever it was that mentioned it isn't exclusively Disney who double-casts children.
Disney, however does double cast nowadays. Beauty currently has alternating "Chip" boys; same for "Young Simba" in The Lion King and "Young Tarzan" in Tarzan, and especially so in the triple-casted "Michael" in Mary Poppins.
A kid that age doesn't necessarily need to be double-cast (or, for that matter, triple-cast, like the case in Poppins). Look at the boy parts from Caroline, or Change ("Noah") and Chitty ("Jeremy") - neither were double-cast in alternating roles. Specific to Chitty, Henry Hodges just happened to have a whole slew of boys in the child ensemble who were understudying his part.
The new Mermaid production, by trying to hire a boy in the 10+ age range, could probably get away with one main boy and one standby and/or u/s, but, given Disney's recent history, most likely won't.
One of the determining factors in final callbacks was that Sierra was a skater for 10 years . . . and Ariel has to skate. The flippers/tail/whatever you want to call it will cover up the wheels of her skates. :)
I see it on ice... but they tour all over the globe! Anyway, how are they going to "swim" underwater??? They will walk across the stage and trip? Very exciting! Not!!! I still want to see how they will do the mer-people's costumes. I wonder...
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I think Chelsea looks more like Ariel, but you guys have me excited about this Sierra's voice. I wanna catch her in Vegas before she leaves! Does anyone know the performance schedule, since I know she probably doesn't do both shows on two-show days...
I remember seeing The Little Mermaid on ice when I was little. It was a wee bit cheesy now that I look back on it; but it did work on ice. The one thing I'm not understanding is the roller-skating issue...it seems a little confuzzled to me. I mean, why don't they try using ballet movements for the underwater scene's instead of roller-skates?
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