full page of little mermaid coverage

[Urbansavages]

Posted: 7/21/07 at 3:35pm

the denver post has created a full online page dedicated to its coverage of 'the little mermaid.' it has stories about how the creative team has approached both the story and the staging, profiles of the principal cast and crew (including audio excerpts), videos and a slideshow of exclusive backstage photos. there's even a video of sierra boggess performing in the vegas 'phantom.' check it out!
denver post little mermaid page

[*brina-doll*]

Posted: 7/21/07 at 3:55pm

Thank you so much for posting, I'm definetly book-marking this!

[tinkerscanne]

Posted: 7/21/07 at 3:58pm

That is so cool....but they didn't even show a glimpse of the set. Boo hoo.

[HBBrock]

Posted: 7/21/07 at 4:58pm

Great find! THANKS!

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

Posted: 7/21/07 at 5:01pm

Thank you so much. I want to see the set and costumes.

[Urbansavages]

Posted: 7/21/07 at 5:15pm

Disney Theatricals is being intensely protective of the set, costume and special-effects designs (understandably), so they are not making photographs or even drawings available just yet. In fact the word we are getting here in Denver is that there will only be just a few standard production photos released during this entire run, and those likely won't even be taken from the actual set. That's how much they want to (try to) preserve the mystery as best they can leading up to New York -- which will take some doing considering more than 125,000 people will have seen it in Denver. But whatever we do get, we'll post!

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

Posted: 7/21/07 at 5:17pm

Thank you! I'm hoping some of you seeing it in Denver will post some legthy reviews.

[misschung]

Posted: 7/21/07 at 5:25pm

They aren't letting people into rehearsals either - this is all so top secret...

[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 7/21/07 at 5:35pm

I don't think people will have to worry about it not telling a story anymore because from the sounds of that article, they care a lot about telling the story and getting the messege across, which Lion King was weaker in..

[giddyup]

Posted: 7/21/07 at 5:36pm

The reason for being so tight lipped is because Disney is using new ground-breaking technology for this production.

[misschung]

Posted: 7/21/07 at 5:41pm

I know. I'm still mad, though, hehe.

Interesting what they said about Norm Lewis' Triton

[Urbansavages]

Posted: 7/22/07 at 1:02pm

That should be interesting to see play out -- the visual of a black father intolerant of his white daughter wanting to puruse an interspecies relationship.

Here's what was said:

"King Triton is clearly prejudiced," said actor Norm Lewis. "He does not want his mermaid daughter to be with a human. And I can use that as subtext because of what I have been through as a minority in this country."

Lewis is black - so audiences will see a black man learning to embrace someone "different," heightening the overall message of tolerance, acceptance and understanding.

"That really is the moral of the story and very much a guiding light for me," Zambello said. "The father ultimately embraces the daughter's choices, which means he accepts a completely different world."

[Steve2]

Posted: 7/22/07 at 1:14pm

How will it all play out? Denver's Ariel says trust in Disney. "We all saw what Disney did with 'The Lion King,' 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'Mary Poppins,"' said Boggess, "and they're about to do it again with 'The Little Mermaid.' Just let your imagination go there.

I couldn't help but notice that Tarzan wasn't mentioned.