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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a beautiful visual book with a fabulous insight to how it's all done and what it really takes to put a Musical together, a must have for all those who have seen the show or won't get the chance to see it before it finishes on Broadway on the 30th August 2009, anyone who has a love for The Little Mermaid needs this book!!!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
The evolution of a mermaid
12 July 2009
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This colorful book is a treasure. Part Broadway program, part coffee-table book, part fairy tale history, it's for fans of both the Hans Christian Andersen tale as well as Disney's spunky 1989 animated film, which of course has recently become an award-winning Broadway show. It's also a fascinating primer in how a Broadway show is put together.
The focus is on the Broadway show. Writer Michael Lassell includes interviews with director Francesca Zambello, choreographer Steven Mear, writer Doug Wright, composer Alan Menken, designers George Tsypin and Tanya Noginova, lyricist Glenn Slater and Sierra Boggess, who plays Ariel onstage. The book is lavishly illustrated with photos showing not only the Broadway show itself but the backstage sets, rehearsals, costumes, wig makers, storage rooms and models. There are also scores of examples of concept art and sketches, scale drawings and historical illustrations.
A page called "Eels on Wheels" is devoted to the special shoes used by performers that allow them to glide across the stage, emulating swimming. Another spread called "Tentacle Rehearsal" details the laborious routine used to get villain Ursula's octopus tentacles to move properly onstage.
I loved a section called "Songs." Each tune in the show gets a full page. In "Under the Sea," a photo of Ariel shimmying with her underwater friends is accompanied by the lyrics "Just look at the world around you, right here on the ocean floor, such wonderful things surround you, what more is you lookin' for?"
The hardback book has a padded cover.
A fun final touch: the last page is titled Fin.
The focus is on the Broadway show. Writer Michael Lassell includes interviews with director Francesca Zambello, choreographer Steven Mear, writer Doug Wright, composer Alan Menken, designers George Tsypin and Tanya Noginova, lyricist Glenn Slater and Sierra Boggess, who plays Ariel onstage. The book is lavishly illustrated with photos showing not only the Broadway show itself but the backstage sets, rehearsals, costumes, wig makers, storage rooms and models. There are also scores of examples of concept art and sketches, scale drawings and historical illustrations.
A page called "Eels on Wheels" is devoted to the special shoes used by performers that allow them to glide across the stage, emulating swimming. Another spread called "Tentacle Rehearsal" details the laborious routine used to get villain Ursula's octopus tentacles to move properly onstage.
I loved a section called "Songs." Each tune in the show gets a full page. In "Under the Sea," a photo of Ariel shimmying with her underwater friends is accompanied by the lyrics "Just look at the world around you, right here on the ocean floor, such wonderful things surround you, what more is you lookin' for?"
The hardback book has a padded cover.
A fun final touch: the last page is titled Fin.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Doug
13 Jan 2012
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I direct children plays and Disney has as yet to release this play but, it gives me an idea as to costumes/sets what the cost would be to perform it.
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