THE LITTLE MERMAID Reviews- Page 5

[BroadwayBound86]

Posted: 1/10/08 at 11:55pm

Ouch! Those are some harsh words!! I didn't think it would do well though.

How long does anyone think it will be before tickets pop up on TKTS?

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 1/10/08 at 11:56pm

Well, so much for Disney keeping their numbers secret.

I am pretty sure we won't see Zambello touch ANYTHING Disney, even with a ten foot pole, EVER again.

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 1/10/08 at 11:59pm

The costume line is pretty spot-on, I have to admit. I can't help but think what they would have looked like if they could have gotten Ann Hould-Ward for this. I think she did a great job on B&TB.

[BrianIdol]

Posted: 1/10/08 at 11:59pm

wow...Brantley really killed that one. Good thing they're Disney.

[uncageg]

Posted: 1/10/08 at 11:59pm

I bet the show will last for a while though.

What numbers are they keeping secret?

Updated On: 1/11/08 at 11:59 PM

[BrianS]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:05am

the reviews won't really affect the show's gross. Even in cases where the parents may have read the reviews, the conversation would still go like this:

5 year old girl: I wanna go see Little Mermaid.
Dad: I don't know honey, Brantley seemed to not like it very much. Maybe we should go to...
5 year old girl: AAAAHHHHHH WANNA SEE MERMAID!
Mom: Let's go to Mermaid.
Dad: Ok.

This show may not run as long as Beauty, but it will be around for years.

[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:07am

I could care less about reviews for shows. I'm still going to see the show with a positve outlook. I don't need someone to form an opinion on a show for me; I'll form that myself. Updated On: 1/11/08 at 12:07 AM

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:08am

That's the right 'tude, dude!

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:09am

What numbers are they keeping secret?

Disney doesn't release their budget or ever announce when they recoup.

[PotO2]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:10am

Wow, there are a lot of bitter people in this world!

*grumbles* Stupid critics doing their job...grumble...grumble...

[ljay889]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:10am

*grumbles*

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:14am

I really hope these reviews don't discourage the cast, especially Sherie Rene Scott who I've heard nothing but the best about in this production!

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:15am

I actually enjoyed the show, but my kids didn't!

I liked it because I thought it was bizarre. I like bizarre.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:18am

I think "Carrie" got better notices than this.

[ljay889]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:18am

Sherie Rene Scott is a big talent, all the critics have stated that. But unfortunately it seems she has a show/role that is far inferior to her talents.
Updated On: 1/11/08 at 12:18 AM

[BrianIdol]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:19am

count me in as a fan of bizarre!!! I can't wait to see the show!!!!!!!

[BrianIdol]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:25am

ps. check out the NYT audio slideshow (same page as Brantley's review)...it's got some great new pics!!!!

-are Ursula's big tentacles attatched to the bubble real, or video?

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:27am

Sherie Renee Scott is the show's greatest asset...plus the "garish" sets and costumes, about which, again, I say "Bizarre!" In a good way.

It reminded me of when I used to visit my Italian relatives as a kid and was totally awed by their gaudy, tasteless, plastic decor. BIZARRE...and FUN! (As long as I didn't have to live there.)

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:30am

I'm THRILLED by these reviews!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Brantley should win a Pultizer Prize for his MERMAID review.

[BrianS]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:38am

you can't be serious. Brantley didn't even care enough about the show to bring a great deal of wit to his insults. He has written much more eloquent scathing reviews than that.

And I would question anyone (yes, even an esteemed professional critic) who saw absolutely nothing to praise on that stage.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:44am

Come on, Brian. He said he liked the shoes!

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:45am

Well, to be fair, none of them mentioned the curtain call...maybe they liked that.

[AlwaysTheAssistantMD]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:51am

A semi-related question... I saw the show right before the strike... Is the show curtain still that black-cut-out deal? -Which, alas, ended up setting the tone for me right from the beginning.

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:58am

<< Sherie Rene Scott is a big talent, all the critics have stated that. But unfortunately it seems she has a show/role that is far inferior to her talents. >>

SERIOUSLY?! Ursula, the Sea Witch is a role "far inferior" to an actress's talents? Even with a poor book, this is one of the juiciest characters a performer could sink her (or even his) teeth into. There is so much to work with there. Imagine what Carole Shelley, Lainie Kazan, Kathleen Turner, Jenny Galloway, Sara Ramirez, etc, etc, etc, would have brought to this role.

I'm sorry, but I don't really understand the general adoration for Ms. Scott. She sure can sing, I'll give you that! But her acting simply isn't there. Thank God for Brantley's comment: "The unfortunate Ms. Scott, a brassy young Broadway veteran (“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” “Aida”), has eight octopuslike tentacles to contend with, which may account for the bizarre mutability of her accent, which shifts among Cockney, plummy English, Brooklynese and Zsa Zsa Gabor Hungarian." She doesn't even keep a consistent character voice in this production. Other critics have also commented on how her Ursula gives nothing to fear. Instead of playing a delicious villainess, she's playing someone's Brooklyn Jewish mother who seems to have a multiple personality disorder to boot.

Like her or not, she's simply miscast here and I don't think she does the character any kind of justice.

[ljay889]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 1:00am

this is one of the juiciest characters a performer could sink her (or even his) teeth into.

- The MOVIE Ursula was. You're making it sound like this is the new Mama Rose or Mrs. Lovett. Sherie deserves something more suited to her talents. She was sensational in DRS. Someone originally said this a while ago, but she would be a FANTASTIC Witch in "Into The Woods." Too bad that was already revived in 2002.
Updated On: 1/11/08 at 01:00 AM