Updates on Little Mermaid??- Page 5
Updates on Little Mermaid??
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
updates on little mermaid??#101
Posted: 12/23/06 at 6:20pmgo on youtube and search kerry butler. there you can here her
updates on little mermaid??#102
Posted: 12/23/06 at 6:41pm
hear=/=here
There is an opening sequence with Ariel spying on Eric and the men on the ship, sung with the "Fathoms Below" music and new melodies as well. Then there is also a song between Sebastian and Triton called "That Oughta Show Her," which of course happens in Act I and is about how unruly Ariel is. Psh!
So did I totally channel God when I predicted Sherie Renee Scott?
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Joined: 12/31/69
updates on little mermaid??#103
Posted: 12/23/06 at 7:55pmsorry broadwayguy....a NON-STAR. why would you take offense? When you have made it so clear, you ARE A SOMEBODY!
updates on little mermaid??#104
Posted: 12/23/06 at 8:07pm
eb412--agreed with Ursula's voice thing..but if they had a talented enough Ursula she could easily go from the big, belty, brassy sound, to the beautiful ingenue voice needed to be Vanessa.
I LOVE Kari Butler, but not for Ariel. She really is hard to listen to on the demo, so squeeky and nasally. It's not right for her.
updates on little mermaid??#105
Posted: 12/23/06 at 8:07pm
OOOH DP! that never happens to me.
Stand-by Joined: 10/10/06
updates on little mermaid??#106
Posted: 12/23/06 at 8:53pmyeah i dont think the ursula thiing is impossible...but i just dont get the concept...or the need to have someone play both...i doubt money is an issue with this one...and a puppet??? o god...there are plenty of people who can look like ursula...and ursula is human size...if they were gonna use puppets bandb was the one
updates on little mermaid??#107
Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:31pmthis makes me throw up. everyone is just so plain rude on here. well... i take that back, not everyone, but many people are so conceded and think they know everything. so many people think that they have such an inside scoop, and everything that they say is different from the next person. Why don't you just wait for the official annoncement and for now just post your predictions and/or "knowledge" or shut up and don't say anything. Have some class and just keep your mouth shut when you know something and don't be a dumb-a**. You aren't the only people who have "inside information" and you very well could be damn wrong, so shut it.
updates on little mermaid??#108
Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:43pmBut what if we aren't wrong? Can we post if we aren't wrong?
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
updates on little mermaid??#109
Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:53pm
I am always wrong.
This thread is for speculation, rumors and being bitchy.
leave us alone.
Joined: 12/31/69
updates on little mermaid??#110
Posted: 12/24/06 at 5:27am
As much as stunt casting isn't always pretty, I was really hoping Ursula's track would just play Ursula so we could get some musical theatre or even movie legends back on stage doing month-long stints or what-have-you. Starting with Pat Carrol of course, but then there would be so many possibilities for replacements...not necessarily "fat" actresses, but the older ones who couldn't really glam-up to Vanessa's age. I can't think of good examples right now, but maybe you guys can. Eartha Kitt? Jennifer Holliday? Patti Lupone? Bernadette Peters? I dunno, but the possibilities would be endless. I guess this isn't something Disney has ever really done though, to that extent, so I shouldn't have hoped.
Although I am still excited about the possibility of future Ariels, as I thought it was cool how they brought in Toni Braxton, Deborah Cox, etc. I care much more about who the next Ariel will be than the next Elphaba...
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
updates on little mermaid??#111
Posted: 12/24/06 at 8:33am
Seriously, I really wish Sara Ramirez was playing Ursula, I cant say it enough- she has the voice, the personality, and just would be incredible
I LOVE Sherie, but if the rumor is true, I just dont imagine her as Ursula
and yeah, I also agree- the songs I heard on the demo for the show that weren't in the movie...sorry, but I think they sucked
I hope they rework the score a bit in the coming months
Joined: 12/31/69
updates on little mermaid??#112
Posted: 12/24/06 at 10:49am
I, too, would love to see Sara ramirez. But would she go for a Disney show? Same with Patti LuPone. Would she go from mrs. Lovett to Ursula?
Also, how would the costumes and underwater effects be done?
updates on little mermaid??#113
Posted: 12/24/06 at 10:56am
Sara Ramirez would be a great choice for Ursula!
Also, I think Steve Blanchard is amazing & has a powerful & expressive voice. I can't understand why people are always putting him down...
As far as the wheelies go, I sincerely hope that part isn't true!
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
updates on little mermaid??#115
Posted: 12/24/06 at 11:17am
I love Sherie Rene Scott and have enjoyed her work in everything from Aida to Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, but I just cannot see her as Ursula.
The song "Poor Unfortunate Soul" (and most of Ursula's material) is in a lower key. Sherie is a high belter, and even her speaking voice is a bit high pitched. I don't see how that is going to transcend to the deep voiced Ursula?
I understand them wanting the same actress to play both Ursula and Vanessa (visually, it is neat for the audience,) but I too think it limits quite a bit the realm of casting they can take the role.
I know Laine Kazan was rumored back when that Broadway.com blind item appeared, and I think she would have been absolutely wonderful. Sara Ramirez is one of the few younger actresses I would have liked, but she is contracted to Grey's Anatomy forever, so I don't think we'll be seeing her back on the boards for quite awhile.
I guess we just have to trust the production team and hope it works out for the best, but this first bit of casting (if it turns out to be true) already has me a bit concerned.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
updates on little mermaid??#116
Posted: 12/24/06 at 12:22pmWell said somethingwicked.
updates on little mermaid??#117
Posted: 12/24/06 at 12:24pmToni Braxton.
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updates on little mermaid??#119
Posted: 12/25/06 at 4:00pmcan we bring this back to revealing the "concept" of the show? If it's no big secret, why doesn't someone who knows (or claims to know) just say it?
Joined: 12/31/69
updates on little mermaid??#120
Posted: 12/25/06 at 4:02pmAgain, how would the costumes and underwater effects be done?
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
updates on little mermaid??#121
Posted: 12/25/06 at 4:06pm
L A I N I E Kazan...not LANIE, LANIE or even LANEI. 
Joined: 12/31/69
updates on little mermaid??#122
Posted: 12/25/06 at 4:11pm
Brody, your corretions are wrong.
You spelled Lainie as Lanie twice.
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