The run closed August 30, 2009
- Opened
- January 10, 2008
- Closed
- August 30, 2009
- Performances
- 685
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Of the 395 productions we hold that opened in the 2000s and record a performance count, this is the 32nd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it45 named
J J Singleton
Adrian Bailey
Cathryn Basile
John Treacy Egan
Ben Hartley
Michelle Lookadoo
Zakiya Young Mizen
Arbender J Robinson
Bahiyah Sayyed Gaines
Bret Shuford
Chelsea Morgan Stock
Kay Trinidad
Daniel J Watts
Joe Abraham
Enrique Brown
Megan Campanile
Major Curda
Rogelio Douglas Jr
Rhett G George
Amy Hall
Tyrone A Jackson
J C Montgomery
Faith Prince
Drew Seeley
Jimmy Smagula
Eric Lajuan Summers
Ephraim M Sykes
20 of these 45 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 25 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Francesca Zambello
- Choreographer
- Stephen Mear
- Producer
- Disney Theatrical Productions (under the direction of Thomas Schumacher)
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Around this production
Having been unable to meet expectations for Tarzan, Disney Theatrical Productions tried again with a stage version of the 1989 Disney animated feature The Little Mermaid. The production had its premiere at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre... It would be fiscally irresponsible to our shareholders to. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 337
- Zambello, Francesca The Little Mermaid Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 387
- Disney followed Beauty with The Lion King, Tarzan (2006), Mary Poppins (2006), The Little Mermaid (2008), Newsies (2012), and Aladdin (2014) The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Paxton Mcnallie 2016 Rowm, p. 172
- “Sooner or Later” and another song from Dick Tracy, “More,” were nominated for 1990 Grammys for Best Song written for a motion picture or for television. Having two nominees from the same film likely divided the voting and was a factor in them losing to “Under the Sea” from The Little Mermaid. The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia Rick Pender Rowman Littlefield Publishing Lanh, p. 782
- The Little Mermaid 685 performances Opened January 10, 2008 Closed August 30, 2009 Theatre World 2011 12 Season V 68 Willis, p. 459
- The Little Mermaid, The 369, 385 Theatre World 2011 12 Season V 68 Willis, p. 507
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- No recording is held for The Little Mermaid at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.