"Little Mermaid" flounders on Broadway
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"The Little Mermaid" could struggle to find legs in the transition from screen to stage after critics on Friday panned the latest musical offering from the Walt Disney Co. a day after its debut on Broadway.
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A green, grumpy, wildly popular ogre will sing and dance on a Seattle stage this summer on his way to Broadway. Shrek, the star of the blockbuster animated movies, will appear in a new musical set to premiere at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre Aug. 14-Sep...
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Disney's uneven procession  of theatrical adaptations of its beloved film properties hits a  sour note with this charmless rendition of its smash 1989  animated film. Especially disappointing coming after the recent  superb version of "Mary Poppins," "The Little Mermaid" should  manage to attract its target audience through its title alone,  but longtime hit status seems far from assured.
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The stage version of âThe Little Mermaidâ presented a challenge for the choreographer. A pair of rolling shoes  offered a solution.
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Phantom of the Opera, the film, is reviving theatrical interest.
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Playbill - Frankenstein, the new musical theatre experience that will tour in 2007-08, continues its development in rehearsals toward private industry readings scheduled for the week of Dec. 18 in Manhattan.
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&quot;Shrek&quot;, the CGI animated feature film that broke box office records worldwide and spawned an even more successful sequel, is coming to Broadway as a stage musical.
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âThe Little Mermaidâ and âYoung Frankensteinâ are headed for Broadway. Guess which one has the low profile?
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The perception of Broadway as a destination for families with children has been growing for years, but so has the price of a ticket.
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It is still possible to attend even the most in-demand Broadway shows at remarkably good prices, but itÂs not easy.
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Christopher Sieber, late of the Broadway editions of "Chicago," "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "Into the Woods," is living the life that many New York actors once had in the theater but rarely do anymore: He closed Sunday in one show (the New York City Opera's production of "Cinderella" with Eartha Kitt, Dick Van Patten, Lea DeLaria, et al.) and now immediately jumps into another, playing Sir Galahad in Mike Nichols' "Monty Python's Spamalot," with Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce and Tim Curry, which prevues Dec. 21-Jan. 23 in Chicago before its Broadway opening at the Shubert on March 17.
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"The Phantom of the Opera," already  the longest-running musical in Broadway history, will mark its  20th anniversary in New York on Saturday with two performances.
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Still no actor to play the title character, but "Shrek the Musical," the Broadway-bound adaptation of the popular DreamWorks Animation SKG feature, has its spirited princess, villain, opening date and New York theater.
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You try singing and dancing while wearing a tail. More than a little difficult. Yet "The Little Mermaid" Â tail intact Â amiably swims along on good cheer and charm.
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This engaging little musical, whose cheery voice could be heard only intermittently in the big, bad Broadway production, has been liberated at last.
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Playbill - The latest play by  Neil LaBute, Wrecks, which is currently enjoying its New York debut at the public Theater, will be hanging on for three weeks more.
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The Broadway show sees its first significant cast change.