Disney's Little Mermaid: Virtual Broadway Opening (Mouseterminds Forums)

Title: Disney's Little Mermaid: Virtual Broadway Opening
Description: Jan 10th at playbillradio.com!

Doug - January 9, 2008 09:22 PM (GMT)

Basically, if you don't want to read that big long thing, this online radio station of "broadway songs" will be airing the full original cast recording of the Little Mermaid on the same night it premieres on Broadway(9 pm eastern, Thursday, January 10th).

The album itself doesn't come out until February 26th, so if you're curious about the new songs, or just want to hear new renditions of the old ones... this would be the place you'd hear them first!

QUOTE (playbillnews.com)

Little Mermaid Will Have "Virtual Opening Night" on Playbill Radio Jan. 10
By Robert Viagas
08 Jan 2008

Disney's new Broadway musical The Little Mermaid will debut its original cast album — in full — on Jan. 10 exclusively on PlaybillRadio.com on the same evening the show is holding its opening night.

This "Virtual Opening Night" will also include new backstage interviews with Sierra Boggess, Sherie Renee Scott and all the leading actors. Composer Alan Menken will also be on hand to tell how the fairytale became a film and how the film became Broadway's newest musical.

Neither special equipment nor a password is needed to enjoy this special event, created by web radio station PlaybillRadio.com with Disney Theatricals. Listeners can go to Playbillradio.com starting at 9 PM ET and select either the Windows Media or MP3 streams. Playbill reporters will also be on the red carpet in front of the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre to speak with arriving celebrities.

To celebrate the event, Playbill.com will have a page dedicated to The Little Mermaid, including lyrics to all the songs, plus photos from the red carpet and the production itself.

The official release date of The Little Mermaid original cast recording is Feb. 26. The CD is available for pre-order at Amazon.com. A limited-edition picture-disc version of the CD is available for pre-order at the (Playbill Store), another online exclusive.

Based on one of the most beloved Disney films of all time and the classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid, presented by Disney Theatrical Productions, is Broadway's newest musical. Some of Disney's most popular songs are featured in show — including "Part of Your World," "Kiss the Girl" and the Academy Award-winning Best Original Song, "Under the Sea" — by the songwriting team of eight-time Academy winner Alan Menken and the renowned Howard Ashman. The stage adaptation, directed by Francesca Zambello, also features new songs by Menken and Glenn Slater, plus a book by Tony Award-winning playwright Doug Wright.

Jessiestudio - January 10, 2008 04:59 AM (GMT)

ooh i wish i could listen but i have a prior comitment :wall: :wall:

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