Is It Possible (Mermaid)

[jacobp]

Posted: 8/14/07 at 5:21pm

Is it possible that they are just doing the version they have in Denver just in Denver because its easier and once they get to Broadway they will change the ending and do something spectacular with Ursula getting huge and the sets etc??? It seems far fetched but is that a good possibility this should be great visually and performance and the reviews are not so good on the visuals...Im just curious

[Funny Face]

Posted: 8/14/07 at 5:28pm

Well they're not doing a lackluster version of the show for Denver on purpose if that's what you mean. It's a try-out, and the whole point of it is to get feedback from audiences and figure out what needs to be changed. It's like a test audience. What they have there is what they have. The bigger plans and plot and song changes will happen as they get feedback from Denver audience and critics on what works and what doesn't.

[uncageg]

Posted: 8/14/07 at 5:28pm

I would think they will try to do it here. Disney was looking for a specific space to do the out of town tryout. They are doing the show here but the stage is marked to the specs of the LuntiFontanne. So I would think that anything they want to do in NYC can be done here. And judging by the markings I saw on our stage for the Lunt, our stage is a bit larger so they have the space to do what they want.

[jacobp]

Posted: 8/14/07 at 5:36pm

I just don't understand why they would do such a lame ending? it seems like they've lost theyre touch Disney has got but loads of money where is it for this production in the lame costumes or the pot holding set pieces its very confusing

[CapnHook]

Posted: 8/14/07 at 5:51pm

They reworked AIDA a *lot* from its out of town tryout...however this was more of an original show.

[uncageg]

Posted: 8/14/07 at 6:51pm

Is it not possible that the ending that they wanted didn't work and they are working on it. I know people at the DCPA but they are being really tight lipped about what's going on with the show. Which I understand. All I know is that they are continually working on it.

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 8/14/07 at 7:16pm

I read in another thread that there's a rumor that the end they have now is a placeholder of sorts while they work on the "real" end. I have no idea if that's true, but I hope it is.

The night I saw it, the audience was not at all shy about indicating what they did and did not like. The ship coming down from the flies and Ariel saving Eric (you actually saw him sink, it was pretty cool) got a huge positive reaction, while they were generally nonplussed by the aspects that need work (Under The Sea, the end). The audience wasn't eating it up blindly because it's Disney.

[uncageg]

Posted: 8/14/07 at 7:41pm

Well, to a degree, I am glad to hear that. Denver audiences were known in the past to give most anything a standing ovation. Although I hear the show has been getting them.

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 8/14/07 at 9:29pm

There was a standing O when I went, but the audience's reactions during the show were far more telling. Like I said, people were reacting honestly. Under The Sea got a mediocre reaction, which is exactly what it deserved.