If you missed Kerry Butler singing "Part of Your World"...

[Craig]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 8:51pm

You can now hear it via her website by clicking the link below and going to "latest news"
kerrybutler.net

[playbill_signer_05]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 9:32pm

Thanks a lot for the link, Craig! Kerry sounds so wonderful and so perfect for the part of Ariel!

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 9:52pm

she sounded awesome... now is it just me... or does the last few measures of that song sound like SOMEWHERE THAT'S GREEN from Little Shop of Horrors???

[Up In Won]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 10:03pm

My computer is driving me nuts! I've DLed the thing like, a gazillion times, and it just won't work. Annnnnnnd, thanks Craig! Once I get it to work, I'll let you know what I think. Wheee! So excited!

[Craig]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 10:05pm

Make sure you have the latest RealPlayer installed on your system. Not sure if that's the issue you're having...

[Up In Won]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 10:18pm

Blah! I've only got Quick Time, and though I'm not a computer genius, I don't see Mac OS X on the list for 'system requirements' on the Real Player site.

[Alejandra925]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 10:29pm

eatlasagna:

>she sounded awesome... now is it just me... or does the last few measures of that song sound like SOMEWHERE THAT'S GREEN from Little Shop of Horrors???

Nope, it's definitely not just you. I was watching the movie version of LSOH and had that same thought. God bless Howard Ashman. :) That's also funny since Kerry was in LSOH with Hunter Foster.

Alejandra
Updated On: 3/19/05 at 10:29 PM

Posted: 3/19/05 at 11:23pm

Uh. I for one do NOT want to see her as Ariel. She sounds like she's 5. Way too breathy. Disney doesn't need a name to pull off Little Mermaid on Broadway. Better that they go with some young talent. I was just in Disney World and the girl in the Little Mermaid show could SING. They should give her a chance.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 11:30pm

The Little Mermaid is my all time favorite movie. Yes, I'm a geek. Anyway, thanks!

[timote316]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 11:41pm

I don't know... I agree with Sarah. I wasn't too thrilled with that. But, thanks for the link, Craig!

[Craig]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 11:47pm

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but you should keep in mind that it was done in a radio studio and pretty much impromptu as part of an hour long interview she did with Seth Rudetsky (who's playing the piano). She also happened to have a cold that day (she said in the interview). But to each their own.

Aside from casting possibilities, I am perhaps more interested in the logistics on how they would make this "swim"...

[sipos]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 11:48pm

Kerry's a great choice for Ariel.

[CatieElphie1]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 12:12am

Hmmm..thanks for the link, Craig...you never fail to Rock my socks!!
but I think that I am going to have to agree with Sarah. I just wasn't feeling it..maybe it was her cold..but ugh..SO nasally!!!
she kept adding "h"s too.
oh well. I am intrigued to see how they do the whole swim deal.

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 11:04am

I love Kerry! yay...i will allow her to do my part...lol

For those who said the end sounds like Somewhere that's green..
If you heard the interview Seth said "Omg that sounds like somewhere that's green" right after they finished and played it again...

so you're not crazy

[cathyhyatt]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 11:33am

eatlasagna-they def do!! my friends and I have always noticed that!! well they are both written by alan menken...so I mean, why not?

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 11:40am

"now is it just me... or does the last few measures of that song sound like SOMEWHERE THAT'S GREEN from Little Shop of Horrors???"

well, both songs were written by Menken

[cathyhyatt]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 11:40am

it seems liek shes putting a voice...trying to sound like the original from the movie. when she should just doing it like herself...cuz her voice seems like it would be good for ariel.
and it bothers me that in alot of parts it sounds like she is moaning and its kinda breathy...and its annoying me hahahah. after audrey...penny...i would say her voice is good for character stuff..and I don't really see the little mermaid as a "character voice"...and I dunno I like her on some parts in the song...but alot of parts annoy me


dont get me wrong I like kerry butler...and her voice...but I'm not sure if I like her doing this

Posted: 3/20/05 at 11:59am

Thank you so much for that!! I heard it on the radio show and thought it was awesome! Thanks!

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 12:21pm

She sounds alright, a bit too nasal for me, she is trying to sound young, it just sounds like she has a cold...

Posted: 3/20/05 at 12:30pm

In the interview she did have a cold.

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 12:42pm

I have a recording of Jessica Simpson doing the song, and she actually does an outstanding job...

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 2:23pm

Thanks, Craig. Do you have an estimated launch date for Jenn Gambatese's site?

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 2:26pm

Shes wonderful. If this show comes to Broadway, she better be Ariel.

[Up In Won]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 8:04pm

Can I get a little defensive? How do all of you know, for a fact, she was trying to sound young? Did you ask her that yourself when you were at the radio station? Didn't think so.

Craig, I'm sure you know, but her poor GuestBook is overtaken with those stupid ads again, ahhhh!

[mattvcrewse]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 8:12pm

"now is it just me... or does the last few measures of that song sound like SOMEWHERE THAT'S GREEN from Little Shop of Horrors???"

Everything sounds like something else. The Puccini estate sued ALW years ago because POTO sounded too much like Puccini's works. The 1-4-5 chord progression that was the foundation of so many rock and roll songs was "popularized" by J.S. Bach 250 years before rock. I'm sure even he wasn't he first to use it. Being the most basic of all progressions, I sincerely doubt it.