The Little Mermaid Pre-Broadway part 1

The Little Mermaid pre-show part 1
Prologue, Fathoms below
I didn't record this.

[@HarmonyWheeler]

It's not about being realistic, it's about creating a fantasy world, and I love it. The glass-like sets of this production are gorgeous and really convey the transitions from sea to land to sea and so on.

[@colldalyyy]

The overture is absolutely beautiful, gives me chills every time❤

[@iliherr1417]

I absolutely love the way the audience responds when they hear the melody to Under the Sea. I was just in a production of this, and that is when everyone goes NUTS in the crowd. We were literally on stage for three minutes while the crowd cheeres after that song!

[@starlight992]

I really wish that this longer version of this song about Fathoms Below had been on the soundtrack with Sean Palmer's part when he sing "This Is Where I Belong".

[@Angelinalim911]

Sierra Boggess is the most talented woman ever! She can sing, dance and even ice skate!!! She's also soooooo pretty!!!! :)))

[@kellyhutchison3064]

Angelina Lim Where does she ice skate? I want to see!

[@lunacb3787]

She used to ice skate when she was a teenager, and supposedly she had a great future ahead as an olympic skater, but her family couldn't afford her training, so she stopped skating and started singing

[@TheCartoonCritic89]

Grimsby in this is played by Johnathan Freeman, AKA: The voice actor of Jafar... that amuses me lol.

[@tesscarvelli4690]

I know!!! How crazy is that???!!!!

[@emchristine6048]

this show just warms my heart. it was the first movie i ever saw and the first musical i ever saw/performed. It will always have a special place in my life

[@caleighhhhh67]

Sierra Boggess should have played Ariel in the live action Little Mermaid! That would have been good

[@punkpixiepsyche]

At my school I'm playing Ariel! SO excited and honored to be playing this part; I hope I do it justice!

[@pinkrosie9996]

Annika W. my school doesn't do cool plays. We do Charlie Brown every year.

[@AtariiWave]

Great!! in my school I am playing Prince Eric! it is fantastic!

[@liwatanah]

I love how The World Above's tune is used for how much he loves the sea... perfect touch!

[@hannah-fayjohnson3192]

6:47 HE HEARS CHRISTINE DAAE!

[@roxstergaming3557]

OMG! SIERRA BOGGESS! SHE IS AN AMAZING ACTRESS! SHE DID AMAZING IN PHANTOM OF THE OPERA AND NOW THIS!

[@sarahgabel10]

I know right!!!!!!!!!

[@tippyali8952]

I just finished watching Phantom of the Opera

[@sarahgabel10]

Isn't it amazing?

[@tippyali8952]

Yas

[@missparklyunicorn]

Kevin Rosales This was her Broadway debut, yes.

[@socoolguydude]

Some Broadway musicals have a "test-run" of sorts before they actually appear on a Broadway stage just to see how audiences will respond to it. This is probably one of the performances of The Little Mermaid before it's Broadway debut, just like how Disney's Aladdin will show in Toronto before it's on Broadway sometime next year.

[@HEYiTzBrii]

I find it funny how the Prince's name is Eric and the Phantom's name is Erik ! IT WAS MEANT TO BE!

[@musicmaster2013]

i love the overture and the entr'acte of this musical

[@fantasygay6379]

I get to play Arista in this and my best friend is playing Ariel! So much fun! The character is completely opposite of me in real life, so it'll be... interesting. :P

[@Sarah276602]

I wish I have this Broadway show on DVD along with the other Disney Broadways.

[@LindsayLavender]

I'm about to be a seagull, an instrumental fish, a maid, and a princess. I've never been more excited for a show before!

[@rainwitchansy]

I want to own this so badly!! Disney, sell us home releases like you did Beauty and the Beast, PLEASE!

[@705paramore]

omg i wish i could c this play again i loved it so much!!

[@gmf80]

The Phantom (Erik) uses the guise of the Angel when he appears to Christine where as most others he is the Phantom or the Opera Ghost (and Red Death at the masquerade). Ignore the lyrics to the musical and read the actual book. Its a good read and you will notice the differences between the book and the musical.

[@huddymarie]

Thank u so much for this :D

[@tawnie9204]

Thank you for posting this!!

[@hannahlovik7331]

We're doing this for our spring show next year and I'm stage managing! I'm so pumped.

[@ashleygroves8253]

Also, they had budget cuts for the Disney movie, so some of the animation had to go, which meant cutting Eric's hair. As much as some people don't understand, the more animation there is in a movie, the more money it costs to produce it. So, if Eric has less hair, there's less animations, therefore they could make the budget they were given.

[@Emeraldthepony]

I miss doing this show so much!!!!! I was Ariel in TLM Jr. It was one of my favorite shows!!!

[@aleahharkins]

your lieing.....

[@bellatubbs1022]

Just saying, TLM Jr. means The Little Mermiad Junior... A school version for your information. I was Flounder and it was great

[@seanturbeville1637]

Play doh

[@bellatubbs1022]

I said in the jr. Version at my school. My middle school so how would you know?

[@kitteridgesimpson8144]

Broadway_For_Good nice! My best friend wants to be Ariel!

[@RusherGirl732]

My school just got the rights to do this show, not the junior version, for the spring musical. I'm incredibly excited!

[@kybird16]

thank you soooo much for uploading this it really helped me with a production of this that i was in over the summer i kept trying to find it!! it was one of my favorite preformances that i have been in i was ariel and my cast was amazing!!! love you all

[@amandagrubbs3000]

Thank you for uploading the play/musical!!! I wanted to see this in NY but they stopped doing the show😱😱😱😱😱😱😪😪😪😪😪😩😩😩😩😩😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😣😣😣😣😣😣😖😖😖😖😖😖😔😔😔😔

[@amandagrubbs3000]

The version in NY is so much better than the one in Maryland.....

[@epacmo1807]

Bless you :)

[@zebralover091]

i think this show is a lot better then what people give it credit!

[@CalliBabii]

The sets are so0o amazing!!

[@patrickstrickland6042]

Prince Eric reminds me a little of Gaston.

[@ttpinkpinkaj1909]

Ikr.

[@dracomalfoy3153]

Patrick Strickland I know right

[@myfaircosplayproductions5312]

I love the opening song it sounds so amazing ^_^

[@AdrianHuff]

I had such a great time doing this play at my high school, I played King Triton!

[@gilmoregirl4]

we're doing this musical this year. I'm a princess and my brother is King Triton! So fun!

[@Gummylicious12351]

THis reminds me when i was in the school play The wizard of Oz! Next year or the next time we are doing a play we are doing the Little Mermaid!! So excited!!

[@kronikvampgirl]

My all-time favorite musical! Used this recording for research before auditioning for ursula at George Mason University. Got the part, thank you Sherie Rene Scott! you're one of my idols

[@OckSlayer]

Thanks SO much for uploading these! Even if I did have a chance to see this (unlikely; I'm in Texas), I'm visually impaired, so when I see a play, everyone looks like tiny blank-faced dolls unless I use binoculars, and sometimes even then! Now I can see everything clearly from the comfort of my computer!

[@AtariiWave]

The actor who plays Prince Eric has a very special voice

[@elayea7642]

can't believe it's Javert! I LOVE IT!

[@idkatthispoint4657]

I didn't know he was Fantine's father talk about bad parenting, why did he arrest this own daughter

[@queenmedesa]

Javert wasn't black , but he's great

[@dottiedots221]

Under the Sea Plays=Everyone appulades XD

[@rosamaena9315]

My school is doing the junior play and everyone is telling me I'm going to get the part for Ariel because I can sing but one of my friends wants to be Ariel too and she's now she's mad at me. I do really wanna be Ariel but I don't like how she's mad at me over a play😩

[@sasukegaaraneji111]

Ooooh! Yay! I've been wanting to see this so bad!

[@AyolilD]

I love how the fish all wear heeleys! Brings me back to my childhood of wanting heeleys

[@masonblanco6880]

The little mermaid is one of my all time favorite Disney movies, if not my favorite. Prince Eric was always my favorite Disney prince and character. I like the guy who plays. Sure he may be in thirties and Eric was 18 when he married Ariel and he’s twenty-one in this musical but he still play him very well, has a wonderful voice, and he actually looks like could pass as I guy still in his early twenties.

[@CBP2001]

I saw the one at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival! It's was amazing!

[@GraceTV333]

Why isn't this still on broadway??? It's so freakin amazing! They either need to bring it back or go on tour!!!!!

[@oopsgingermoment]

AWESOME! YOU'RE AMAZING!

[@AlyssaKayy]

We just got the rights to do this at our school :) So excited for it!!

[@OneDay145]

+Alyssa Kay Same!!! Only high school in Illinois!!!! You?

[@AlyssaKayy]

Only high school in Florida! Are you excited?

[@OneDay145]

DUHH!! Auditions are next week! So nervous/excited!

[@AlyssaKayy]

+Doo D. (doodoo315) Ours are the second week of January! Who are you auditioning for?

[@OneDay145]

+morenospider Huh... I guess my director lied to us lol

[@iliherr1417]

why do i feel that after her stint as Christine in Love Never Dies, Sierra will never come back to this role when it tours? There is no other Ariel for me...*sniff* :(

[@queenmedesa]

I hate that musical

[@cupcakesrock1373]

Awesome and incredible!

[@myteenagevoice101]

first time you hear ariels voice, THE CHILLS. omg.

[@therandomman9831]

This show is longer then the lion king on Broadway

[@WhatHaveWeDoneNow]

I just started the video and the opening has me all hyped!!

[@ttpinkpinkaj1909]

I got Ariel in my play!!! YAY!!! (FANGIRLING)

[@charlielol_7405]

Cool I got sebation

[@willpavlinch843]

ttpinkpinkAJ I got pilot

[@ben-ji9tm]

ttpinkpinkAJ And I got Chef Louis (PERFECT FOR ME)

[@cd8467]

i got pilot!

[@jasminderpinder]

I got Grimsby!

[@undertakerxkristaker]

thank you soo much for having this

[@carlyspina3106]

pit orchestra violinist in this. such an amazing score.

[@1S1NGG8]

Me too. I just finished my community theater's run of Little Mermaid Jr. and they left out so many beautiful songs. I was Scuttle by the way, so I lost one of my solos :(

[@Oreoluvr483]

I live how theres a twist.

[@disneyrules7808]

Prince Eric's costume is an accurate sailor outfit.

[@PockyDuckk]

Got Grimsby in my schools production

[@bmbellan]

I said to my husband, I wanna choreograph "The Little Mermaid"one day! He looks over at me with a little kid face and goes "Undah dah C! Undah dah C!!!!" I love him!

[@mcfuzz101]

i just want to see this so so badly.. its on the top of my list of shows to see. its one of my favorite disney movies and as soon as i heard it was gonna be on broadway i begged my parents to take me but sadly they said no.. so hopefully they do a national tour soon...

[@shackielackie]

this musical is amazing. can't wait to see it in two months

[@courtneyfox9417]

Thanks for uploading this!

[@BeautifullyTragicxx]

"We're miles from shore and guess what? I don't care!!" XD

[@MusicalGirl4983]

Thank you so much for uploading the show! I hope it doesn't get removed though! :( I saw the show in March , and it was so amazing! I can't believe such a great show is now closed!

[@sephorabeauty-dr1zd]

I just got cast as Ariel!!!! Hoping to do sierra justice

[@Jazperanza]

this looks amazing! :D

[@gd_xl]

Such a good show

[@BlueMJBerries]

SIERRA BOGGESS AHHHH

[@emilyo.4352]

I love this musical soooo much one of my favorite love story of all time

[@Sam-cw3rd]

We're doing the little mermaid in my school musical

[@starlight992]

I really wish that this had been the remake movie of the Disney animated movie's The Little Mermaid.

[@ashleygroves8253]

The Broadway production of The Little Mermaid was designed and directed by Disney. The only reason why Eric has long hair is because they wanted to do it that way. The original Eric that they were going to animate for the movie was going to have long hair, but they decided to go with the shorter haired Eric. They changed a few details just like they added more songs. They didn't want to copy the movie to the T or no one would like it as much. (I'm a theatre major, sorry. lol)

[@KatieT97]

Sierra my queen❤️

[@hollycantrell9807]

We're doing the Jr. version of this for my school's musical this year! So far we've been working very hard (even though the shows aren't until April)... its coming along very well

[@mocca__]

I saw this when I was little ☺️

[@annapiland8279]

it is called an overture when the orchestra plays before the stage stuff starts. it's lie a musical introduction to the play

[@liv4155]

I’m doing this for my school play and I got Flounder :D

[@kereinem1809]

Im Ursula in my school play I'm going to work it

[@mooreg4life]

you've made me so excited

[@liesien9892]

My son's going to be prince in his school play, hope he can do it

[@KoriJoelle]

thanks for puttin this on :D

[@CourtneytheVA1993]

He sounds like he should play Peter Pan...

[@edenrubyrox]

love love love the overture!

[@ryanthompson5066]

Queen Sierra

[@favorite3932]

pretty cool

[@broadwaystar92]

Sierra Boggess is an angel. No wonder she played Christine prior to this show :)

[@Emothehappywriter]

You are freaking awsome!!!! *dies from happyness*

[@TheGiantBaba]

Check out Presleigh Poor Unfortunate souls- 14 years old, crazy

[@maybenow9180]

Is this Sierra Boggess?

[@UncleSam116]

yes.

[@maybenow9180]

UncleSam116 Oh, ok. Thanks! :D

[@Ken220280]

I saw this show and LOVED it! I hope it manages to find its way over to London! Doubt it ever will though - it didn't do great on Broadway unfortunately... It's a real shame that stuff like this doesn't get the credit it deserves

[@xgray2012]

Sorry to hear that, dude. I give you my dearest sympathy.

[@6randpa69]

Doing this at my school! Auditions are next week D:

[@brooke1832]

She’s in loooooovveee SHES IN LOVE 😍

[@Juliana_Elainee]

thank you for letting us know this. I would have sat through the whole beginnig until 4:14

[@ChaosNinja556]

My school is doing the junior version and I can defiantly see differences between the broadway and junior versions.

[@RoyalNook]

im scuttleee. lol