Productions1 on Broadway
| 2008 | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Original. January 10, 2008 · Francesca Zambello | 685 performances |
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Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Disney's The Little Mermaid matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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In the literature40 passages
Zambello, Francesca The Little Mermaid book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p387
Disney followed Beauty with The Lion King, Tarzan (2006), Mary Poppins (2006), The Little Mermaid (2008), Newsies (2012), and Aladdin (2014) book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p172
“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. book:the-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia-rick-pender-rowman-littlefield-publishing-lanh#p782
The Little Mermaid 685 performances Opened January 10, 2008 Closed August 30, 2009 book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p459
The Little Mermaid, The 369, 385 book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p507
The former is a rock version of ‘The Little Mermaid’, a story perhaps most beloved to Czech people through its manifestation as a Dvořák opera, which premiered at the National Theatre in Prague in 1901. book:cambridge-companion-to-the-musical-cambridge-companions-to-music-the-the-cambrid#p373
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