Disney’s Broadway musical The Little Mermaid played its last performance at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on August 30.
Since it began previews November 3, 2007, and opened on January 10, 2008 at the Lunt-Fontanne, it played 50 previews and 685 regular performances.
You can still hear the cast as their voices were preserved on The Little Mermaid original Broadway cast recording.
Thomas Schumacher, producer and president of Disney Theatrical Productions, said this about the show’s close:
We are tremendously proud of the show and are confident we’ll have an excellent summer but it would be …

Disney’s The Little Mermaid is closing on August 30, and, according to an official press statement, all tickets were sold out as of August 18.
The Little Mermaid, which began previews November 3, 2007, and opened on January 10, 2008, had a 20-month run, though it never quite achieved the popularity of its predecessors, Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.
If you want to see the show before it closes on August 30, you have two options:

wait in line at the Lunt-Fontanne box office for cancellations
wait in line …

Belated congratulations to the cast of In the Heights for taking home the 51st Annual Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album!
Congratulations to the other nominees for this prestigious nomination: The Little Mermaid, Young Frankenstein and the revivals of Gypsy and South Pacific.
The 51st Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 8, 2009 on CBS.
Here are the details of the nominees:
Gypsy
Robert Sher, producer; Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist (2008 Broadway Cast with Patti LuPone & others)
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In the Heights
Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andrés Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss & …

While many shows on Broadway are suffering due to the economy, there’s still some room for celebration: Disney’s The Little Mermaid is celebrating its first anniversary on Broadway today, January 10, 2009. It is playing at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, and as of now there is no talk of a closing date.
The popular under-the-sea show is based on the Disney animated film of the same name, which in turn was (VERY) loosely based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale. (Andersen wrote a not-so-happy ending.)
The current cast of Disney’s The Little Mermaid …

The Little Mermaid, the latest Disney Theatrical Productions musical to head for Broadway, is well on its way. The pre-Broadway engagement of the musical officially opens to the public tonight, August 23, at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver, Colorado. The Little Mermaid has been in previews since July 26.
From now through September 9, you can take part in The Little Mermaid’s pre-Broadway run. The show is due to move to Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 3, and officially open to the public on December 6. The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre …

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast celebrates its 13th year on Broadway today, April 18th! It is now the sixth longest-running show in Broadway history.Incidentally, it will also be coming to an end on Broadway in July, playing its last performance at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on July 29th. It will be making room for a new Disney princess: The Little Mermaid. (Disney’s The Little Mermaid will begin previews on November 3, 2007 at the Lunt-Fontanne, with an official opening date of December 6th, 2007.)
Beauty and the Beast officially opened on April …