Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video clip)

#1

Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video clip)

Posted: 1/2/06 at 3:05am

This is the video I got from Tokyo DisneySea's official website. It shows a short preview of the Little Mermaid show that they are currently showing.
http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp/meta/tds/atrc/ml_theater_512k.asx

Do you think Ariel will actually fly like that in the Little Mermaid show that's being planned right now?

---

"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" -Family Guy

#2

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video clip)

Posted: 1/2/06 at 3:12am

prbly not i would assume, it looks really tacky....they probably would want it to look a little more realistic. It really depends on the creative team and I dont think it'll look anything like it did in that video

Updated On: 1/2/06 at 03:12 AM

#3

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video clip)

Posted: 1/2/06 at 3:16am

Man, Broadway could TOTALLY do this AND should!!! I know it's always been in the works, but it I hope it happens!

#4

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video clip)

Posted: 1/2/06 at 3:18am

mikey it is planned for Broadway and thats what i believed that question was aimed at, if it was going to be done like that, i hope it looks a little better

#5

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video clip)

Posted: 1/2/06 at 3:23am

Whoops! Sorry, I wasn't reading the subject, I just saw Little Mermaid and looked at it. Sorry, my bad! As far as the producion goes, I heard about it, but never got a final word. Thanks!
MIKEY

#6

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video clip)

Posted: 1/2/06 at 3:24am

I dont think it looks tacky at all, Theres only so much you can do on stage

#7

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video clip)

Posted: 1/2/06 at 3:26am

paul rubin is the man who usually does all the flying techniques, i'm just saying that the mermaid flying could be done without the noticeable strings in the same exact manner, i cant wait to see the flying effects they do with this

#8

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video clip)

Posted: 1/2/06 at 3:29am

I don't mind this approach at all, but I doubt it will be anything like this because the creative team is completely different. Director Francesca Zambello and one of my favourite designers, George Tyspin, are bound to come up with something interesting though.

Thanks for the link, that was quite interesting to see. Imagine the casting of Ariel if they did that on Broadway. She would have to be able to sing while spinning around and doing arial acrobatics.

Akiva

p.s. I haven't seen that movie in a LONG time. Is that song in the background in the original movie or added for this theme park show?

#9

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video cli

Posted: 1/2/06 at 8:47am

The link doesn't work for me.

---

http://www.beintheheights.com/katnicole1 (Please click and help me win!) I chose, and my world was shaken- So what?
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda "And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me." - Schmerg_the_Impaler

#10

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video cli

Posted: 1/2/06 at 9:17am

I think that is the same as the show they do in Orlando.

---

Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!

#11

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video cli

Posted: 1/2/06 at 9:28am

The show in Orlando is completely different; I think this would be great for the Broadway production as long as they make that big bar she's sitting on a little less obvious and tacky-looking.

#12

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video cli

Posted: 1/2/06 at 9:33am

I haven't seen the one in Orlando. A friend told me that it is older and kind of worn out. She was wondering if it would still be operating when we go this year. I cannot wait until they get Mermaid to Broadway. I would have thought it would be more of a priority that Tarzan.

---

Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!

#13

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video cli

Posted: 1/2/06 at 12:57pm

The Little Mermaid show has been there since the beginning of the MGM park and is always full; I don't think it's going anywhere SOON....
then again, you never know with Disney.

#14

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video cli

Posted: 1/2/06 at 1:07pm

Its a little creepy. I wouldn't see it if you payed me.

---

And.....SCENE!

#15

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video cli

Posted: 1/2/06 at 2:54pm

Doubtful, though it is a rather interesting concept, having everyone that swims fly, to simulate swimming.

Who knows, maybe we'll see another theatrical imagination explosion as we did with The Lion King. That's certainly what I'm hoping for. Heck, have Julie Taymor direct another one!

#16

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video cli

Posted: 1/2/06 at 5:20pm

yeah, theyll prob use puppets for all the fish, and maybe.... i dunno, gotta go

#17

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video cli

Posted: 1/2/06 at 5:56pm

i think that sebastian will be done as either a bowler topped character ala zazu or he'll und up being an actor in a costume as opposed to that huge ass puppet thing from the clip

---

"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel

#18

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video cli

Posted: 7/4/06 at 8:02pm

Knowing you chenofan#1 you probaly see it if they paid you.

---

Just because I got the lead doesn't mean you can't be my understudy!:)

#19

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video cli

Posted: 7/4/06 at 8:42pm

I am really looking forward to this...have been for years.

I will confess...it'll be interesting to see if they keep the ending from the movie or if they'll change it to make it more stageable...Granted, Julie Taymor could have done it like in the movie.

#20

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video cli

Posted: 7/4/06 at 9:23pm

This is actually a project, that in my opinion, is screaming for Julie Taymor's involvement. I can only imagine what it would look like if she were involved.

#21

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video cli

Posted: 7/4/06 at 9:30pm

George Tsypin and Francesca Zambello are very capable people. I'm sure they will come up with a cool soultion. Tsypin has a lot of sculptural glass in his past design work, so I can imagine him incorperating that into the Little Mermaid underwater designs.

Akiva

#22

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video cli

Posted: 7/4/06 at 9:43pm

I actually think that that video was neat! Maybe change a few things but I love disney and would love to see 'Little Mermaid' on Broadway!

---

la la, la la! you'll be popular! just not quite as popular as ME!

#23

re: Little Mermaid... Is this how they are going to do it? (short video cli

Posted: 7/4/06 at 9:45pm

I think it's an interesting and fun idea. But what is that song?

---

"People that excel in the arts understand that the journey is the reward...the result an added bonus. Every day I act or train is a blessing and a dream come true. If Broadway beckons so be it. I have a personal definition of success that is unshakable by a possibly unobtainable goal." -HamletWasBipolar