Voyage of the Little Mermaid- Page 2

[jv92]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 11:02am

It was good for a Disney Theme Park show. The blacklight puppets and such were cool. It's a little frightning for a young child though. The sea witch puppet is so gigantic, so if your kid freaked out when he saw that Goofy was 6 foot, it might be a bad idea.

[NewYorkYankee2006]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 11:07am

they probably will do something effective with the use of a huge screen and diffent lighting effetcs. i can't wait!!! even though i live in the UK, i can't wait to see what they have come up as soon as it hits the stage on broadway.com's video previews! does anyone know what year the little mermaid is coming out on broadway (e.g. 2007 or 200?

[jv92]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 1:27pm

I'd say 2008.

[ErikInTheCity]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 1:36pm

Reading more of this thread, I had flashbacks to the swimming/spa scene in Aida, and thought the combination of perspective drop, scrim, lighting, costume and flying was very convincing and cool. I know it was only a few seconds, and an entire show like this would be like Tarzan and lose it's effectiveness after the first few minutes or so, but it could an interesting perspective.

I highly doubt though, that any director would place a scrim between his actors and his/her audience for an entire show. That physical barricade would keep the audience from being completely drawn in. Since when have you cared about fish inside a tank? If you were "in the water with them", you'd be more involved.

[NewYorkYankee2006]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 7:24am

that sounds really cool. i hope they do that for the show.