By Andrew Gans
18 Aug 2009

The Little Mermaid star Chelsea Morgan Stock.
photo by Joan Marcus

The final 16 Broadway performances of Disney's The Little Mermaid — which closes Aug. 30 at the Lunt-Fontanne — are completely sold out, according to an Aug. 18 press statement.

For those without tickets, cancellations and day-of standing room tickets are the only means of seeing the show.

Lines will form at the Lunt-Fontanne box office for cancellations; $26.50 standing-room locations are sold the day of the performance, in-person at the box office.

The cast currently features Chelsea Morgan Stock (Ariel), Faith Prince (Ursula), Drew Seeley (Prince Eric), Norm Lewis (King Triton), Rogelio Douglas Jr. (Sebastian), Eddie Korbich (Scuttle), Jonathan Freeman (Grimsby), Tyler Maynard (Flotsam), Eric LaJuan Summers (Jetsam), Robert Creighton (Chef Louis) and Major Curda and Brian D’Addario (alternating as Flounder).

The Little Mermaid features songs penned by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman for the Disney film ("Part of Your World," "Under the Sea," "Kiss the Girl," among others) as well as ten new tunes by Menken and Glenn Slater. Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife, Grey Gardens) wrote the book.

The creative team includes Francesca Zambello (direction), Stephen Mear (choreography), George Tsypin (scenic design), Tatiana Noginova (costume design), Natasha Katz (lighting design), John Shivers (sound design), Angelina Avallone (makeup design), Sven Ortel (projection and video design) and David Brian Brown (hair design). Associate producer is Todd Lacy. Fight director is Rick Sordelet. Technical director is David Benken. Production supervisor is Clifford Schwartz.

Dance arrangements are by David Chase, music coordinator is Michael Keller, orchestrations are by Danny Troob. Music direction, incidental music and vocal arrangements are by Michael Kosarin.

Disney Theatrical Productions is under the direction of Thomas Schumacher.

The Lunt-Fontanne box office is located at 205 West 46th Street.

For more information visit Walt Disney Theatricals at www.disneyonbroadway.com.

Chelsea Morgan Stock and Drew Seeley in The Little Mermaid.
photo by Joan Marcus