The Little Mermaid -1/31, 2PM
The Little Mermaid -1/31, 2PM
#1The Little Mermaid -1/31, 2PM
Posted: 2/4/09 at 10:51am
This will probably get me excommunicated from BWW, but... I loved it.
Brilliant? Not by a long shot. Fun? Extremely.
At that performance, Chelsea Morgan Stock was on as Ariel and Jason Snow was on as Flotsam.
Stock was pretty near perfect as Ariel (or at least how I had pictured she would be). Her voice is gorgeous, and her belting is a little more... pleasant than Sierra Boggess (I find Boggess' belting to be harsh and general not pleasant to listen to). My only complaint that really has nothing to do with her would be (SPOILER?) during the first transformation, I think she got stuck on the tail. It seemed to take a long time and a lot of thrashing for it to fall off.
Rogelio Douglas Jr. was hilarious as Sebastian. I had never heard him sing and his voice is pretty powerful, but his acting is what did it for me. He was just so funny and charming, and (not going to lie, judge away) he got me a little teary-eyed during "If Only."
Heidi Blickenstaff's Ursula kind of stole the show, however. She looked and sounded amazing, and her comedic timing is perfect.
The sets are a whole lot nicer than they look in photos. I actually thought it looked very well done. Some of the costumes are pretty atrocious (*ahem* Flounder), but for the most part it wasn't that bad. The drowning effect would be cool if the wire wasn't so blatantly obvious.
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
#2re: The Little Mermaid -1/31, 2PM
Posted: 2/4/09 at 10:59am
Haha, glad to hear that. 
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
#3re: The Little Mermaid -1/31, 2PM
Posted: 2/4/09 at 10:59amHate to break it to you - it's not actually Ariel in the tail - it's a double. And it takes that long for her to get the tail off to buy the real Ariel time to change into a human.
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#4re: The Little Mermaid -1/31, 2PM
Posted: 2/4/09 at 1:12pmWell, I was right about it having nothing to do with Chelsea :P. It still seemed kind of awkward.
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
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#5re: The Little Mermaid -1/31, 2PM
Posted: 2/4/09 at 1:16pmThe double definitely looks like she's having a grand mal seizure or something. It was just BAD when I saw it.
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#7re: The Little Mermaid -1/31, 2PM
Posted: 2/4/09 at 2:37pm
Count me in as another Mermaid lover.
It's nice to know that Ariel's understudy is great in the role as well-- I remember one of Eric's understudies had a lot of problems with the range at first.
I like hearing all of these good things about Heidi as Ursula! I wasn't a huge fan of Sherie Rene Scott in the role, and I saw it fairly early in the run...
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#9re: The Little Mermaid -1/31, 2PM
Posted: 2/4/09 at 3:23pm
The double definitely looks like she's having a grand mal seizure or something. It was just BAD when I saw it.
Thank you! I just thought she was stuck, it was so strange looking.
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
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