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 for day-of standing room tickets for $26.50. (The Lunt-Fontanne box office is located at 205 West 46th Street.)

But don’t fret if you can’t make it — a national tour of The Little Mermaid is slated to begin in fall 2010.

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 fiscally irresponsible to our shareholders to risk operating losses with such a big show in the historically challenging fall months. We are closing the Broadway production to concentrate on the long future life of this title, beginning with next year’s national tour and upcoming international productions.

The cast currently includes Chelsea Morgan Stock (Ariel), Faith Prince (Ursula), Drew Seeley (Prince Eric), Norm Lewis (King Triton), Rogelio Douglas Jr. (Sebastian), Eddie Korbich (Scuttle), Jonathan Freeman (Grimsby), Tyler Maynard (Flotsam), Eric LaJuan Summers (Jetsam), Robert Creighton (Chef Louis) and Major Curda, and Brian D’Addario (alternating as Flounder).

For more information visit the official Little Mermaid website, or the official Walt Disney Theatricals website.

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