On Sunday, March 16th, "CBS 2 News'" Dana Tyler will visit
back stage with Sherie Rene Scott and Tituss Burgess, stars of Disney's
The Little Mermaid at 7:55am. "CBS 2 News" airs locally on WCBS (channel 2) from 7:00am – 9:00am.
The original Broadway cast recording of
The Little Mermaid was
released by Walt Disney Records on Tuesday, February 26th and debuted
at #26 on the Billboard 200. The album is available now at the
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, in music stores nationwide and at online
retailers.
Disney Theatrical
Productions (
Thomas Schumacher, Producer) is proud to present the
Broadway production of
The Little Mermaid, based on the Disney film and
the classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The company
features
Sierra Boggess as 'Ariel,'
Sean Palmer as 'Prince Eric,' Norm
Lewis as 'King Triton,'
Tituss Burgess as 'Sebastian,'
Eddie Korbich as
'Scuttle,'
Jonathan Freeman as 'Grimsby,'
Derrick Baskin as 'Jetsam,'
Tyler Maynard as 'Flotsam,'
John Treacy Egan as 'Chef Louis,' Trevor
Braun and
Brian D'Addario as 'Flounder,' and Sherie Rene Scott as
'Ursula.'
The Little Mermaid takes place in a magical kingdom beneath the sea,
where a beautiful young mermaid named Ariel longs to leave her ocean
home to live in the world above. But first, she'll have to defy her
father, the king of the sea, escape the clutches of an evil sea witch
and convince a prince that she's the girl with the perfect voice.
Led by the award-winning director, Francesca Zambello, some of the
theatre's most innovative artists have collaborated to create
The Little Mermaid. The score features the classic songs: "Part
of Your World," "Kiss the Girl" and the Academy Award®-winning Best
Original Song, "Under the Sea," composed by eight-time Academy Award®
winner
Alan Menken and his longtime collaborator, the late Howard
Ashman, as well as 10 new songs by Mr. Menken and lyricist Glenn
Slater. The book for the new musical is by Pulitzer Prize and
Tony Award®-winning playwright
Doug Wright.
Disney's
The Little Mermaid is currently playing at the Lunt-Fontanne
Theatre. The playing schedule for
The Little Mermaid is as
follows: Tuesday – Saturday evenings at 8pm, Wednesday and Saturday
matinees at 2pm, and Sunday matinees at 3pm. Tickets for are
$51.50 - $121.50 (includes a $1.50 facility fee), available through
Ticketmaster at (212) 307-4747, online at www.DisneyOnBroadway.com, or
in-person at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street).
