The Little Mermaid on Broadway
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Well, I haven't seen everything from the Broadway production, but from what I've seen the flying in the Dutch production just works so much better than the heelys. So they should definitely keep that.
I also like the changes they made to the story, especially the fact that it was Ursula who killed Ariel's mother. I also found it kind of cute Flounder was older and had a crush on Ariel. They also made the sisters jealous of Ariel, because she got so much attention. I don't know if that was also in the Broadway show, but I just really liked the little details like that.
However, some of the costumes in the Dutch production should definitely be changed. I don't really mind the pointy wigs, they look okay when you see them in the show.
Flotsam and Jetsam are an example of some of the costumes they should change. Especially the one who has a darker colour. Sometimes during the show the background would be very dark, and you just couldn't see him very well. Also, during 'She's in Love' the sisters are wearing glitterdresses. The costume designer seemed to have forgotten they are mermaids, because they don't have fins! Or maybe they had, but you really couldn't see them that well.
I also would like for them to lose the Spongebob reference. It just sounded really out of place
I also like the changes they made to the story, especially the fact that it was Ursula who killed Ariel's mother. I also found it kind of cute Flounder was older and had a crush on Ariel. They also made the sisters jealous of Ariel, because she got so much attention. I don't know if that was also in the Broadway show, but I just really liked the little details like that.
However, some of the costumes in the Dutch production should definitely be changed. I don't really mind the pointy wigs, they look okay when you see them in the show.
Flotsam and Jetsam are an example of some of the costumes they should change. Especially the one who has a darker colour. Sometimes during the show the background would be very dark, and you just couldn't see him very well. Also, during 'She's in Love' the sisters are wearing glitterdresses. The costume designer seemed to have forgotten they are mermaids, because they don't have fins! Or maybe they had, but you really couldn't see them that well.
I also would like for them to lose the Spongebob reference. It just sounded really out of place
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I'm not sure if anybody posted about this yet,
but the europe version of the little mermaid musical is coming to Japan 2013 spring. I read on the news that they will update the visual look (I can read Japanese)
http://japan.broadwayworld.com/article/ ... e-20121101#
but the europe version of the little mermaid musical is coming to Japan 2013 spring. I read on the news that they will update the visual look (I can read Japanese)
http://japan.broadwayworld.com/article/ ... e-20121101#
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXw6YRJN ... plpp_video
This is the PV for the musical in Japan. they edited the netherlands version pretty well.
This is the PV for the musical in Japan. they edited the netherlands version pretty well.
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It's closing in January.PatrickvD wrote:I still don't think it's that bad looking. Think I might go check the Dutch version out at some point.
EDIT: Sorry, wrong information. Because of extreme good ticket sales the production will be expanded. Normally it was going to close on January 6th.
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