Little Mermaid: The Roller Skating Extravaganza?

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Little Mermaid: The Roller Skating Extravaganza?

Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:40pm

If this rumor proves true, this could be the camp delight of the season!

I think they should put it on ice instead.

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re: Little Mermaid: The Roller Skating Extravaganza?

Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:41pm

And before anyone asks: Yes this deserves its own thread!

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re: Little Mermaid: The Roller Skating Extravaganza?

Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:43pm

I guess they realized with Tarzan that flying does not a good show make.

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Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:43pm

What a terrible concept. I hope its true. "Under the Sea" will sound like a bowling alley. Fabulous.

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Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:44pm

Are they going to put bumpers in the wings?

#6

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Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:45pm

No but there will be stoppers in the gills.

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Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:46pm

has anybody phoned John Napier yet?

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Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:46pm

I think the Disney honchos sit in a room and place bets on how bad a Disney show truly has to be for the tourists not to come.

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Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:48pm

I wonder if Xanadu will last long enough for us two have two skating musicals on Broadway. Then we can revive Starlight Express!

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re: Little Mermaid: The Roller Skating Extravaganza?

Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:50pm

All they had to do was use Flying by Foy and a water screen in front of the proscenium and it would have been fabulous.

I hope Donna Summer and Vicki Sue Robinson are at least being brought in to do the orchestrations.

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Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:51pm

If the Betty Buckley rumor is true, I pray to god she's on skates too! Now that I'd pay twice to see.

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Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:54pm

If this is true....I will officially boycott Disney.


The Little Mermaid is....ME, it's the reason I started singing as a child...if they ruin it...I will be so angry.

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#13

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Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:58pm

First off, where does this rumor come from?

Secondly, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. I remember questioning a concept where actors would use hand puppets. Thought to myself, "How good can this show be?" and look how THAT ONE turned out.

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Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:59pm

hmm...well im kind of speechless i mean how would arielle do this? haha

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Posted: 1/20/07 at 10:00pm

Well, according to a poster, Ariel was cast because she has mad roller skate skills.

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re: Little Mermaid: The Roller Skating Extravaganza?

Posted: 1/20/07 at 10:04pm

Which poster? Which community? Which thread? C'mon, be specific!

And now where does the Betty Buckley rumor come from?

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--Aristotle

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Posted: 1/20/07 at 10:05pm

The skating comes from the "Mermaid Casting" thread on the 5th page I believe. the buckley one is new to me. None of my sources bear that out at all. SRS is what I have heard from some reliable sources.

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Posted: 1/20/07 at 10:07pm

Well they already had open calls, and they didn't ask for skaters. So...

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"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

#19

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Posted: 1/20/07 at 10:07pm

Betty Buckley as Ursula? That would be great casting. Also, the roller-skating thing could work if it's done right.

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Posted: 1/20/07 at 10:09pm

Would you like to tell us how it would work if done right, Baritone? Since mermaids don't have feet...

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Posted: 1/20/07 at 10:12pm

I doubt.

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Posted: 1/20/07 at 11:03pm

I'm reminded of a thread (back in 2005) discussing the prospective LITTLE MERMAID musical and someone suggested a mermaid dress, or something equally ridiculous.

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#23

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Posted: 1/20/07 at 11:19pm

Whatever happened to broadwayguy2? He was up the as - I mean, had all the inside inside inside the inside scoop on this one.

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#24

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Posted: 1/21/07 at 12:07am

people have insinuated on here that there would be skating, but it was not mentioned in the casting calls. is that common for them to just throw an important casting component on u? hey surprise you have to be able to skate! i really hope it isnt true...or that the mermaids dont skate and that only fish and other sea creatures. I hated how the ariel on ice looked...bell bottoms??? its not that impressive if she has fishy legs and then transforms...a fin is much more impressive!

#25

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Posted: 1/21/07 at 1:44am

"Well they already had open calls, and they didn't ask for skaters. So..."

Mmm, actually, the ensemble calls included dance combos on Heelys. They're having them redesigned to look sleeker, but it appears the roller skating is definitely a major slice of the concept for the show.