'The Little Mermaid' Sells Out Entire 7-Week Pre-Bway Run

With its final performance this Sunday, September 9, Disney's pre-Broadway engagement of The Little Mermaid has sold-out its entire seven week run at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

Featuring the Oscar-winning score and music from the 1989 film, eight-time Academy Award-winner Alan Menken has written eleven new songs with lyricist Glenn Slater that blend with those originally written with Howard Ashman.  The book for the new musical is by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Doug Wright.

Led by director Francesca Zambello, The Little Mermaid's team of artists includes Olivier Award winner Stephen Mear (choreography), George Tsypin (scenic design), Tatiana Noginova (costume design), Tony Award(R) winner Natasha Katz (lighting design), John Shivers (sound design), Angelina Avallone (make-up design) and David Brian Brown (hair design).

"The Little Mermaid, based on the Disney film and the classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, 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," explain press notes.

The pre-Broadway cast 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, Cody Hanford and J.J. Singleton as'Flounder, and Sherie Rene Scott as Ursula.

Broadway previews of The Little Mermaid will begin at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street) on November 3, 2007, with an official opening on December 6, 2007.  Visit www.disneyonbroadway.com for more information.

Sierra Boggess as Ariel in Disney's The Little Mermaid