'Music Theater Works offers a swimmingly good take on The Little Mermaid.' | Catey Sullivan
, the House of Mouse was smart enough to know the original would not have legs as a splashy, feel-good musical. Instead, we get an inevitable happily-ever-after from Alan Menken , Doug Wright , and Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater . But in the charming Music Theater Works production co-directed by Stacey Flaster and Joshua Castille, that happy ending comes with a lightly conveyed but emphatic message children and adults would do well to consider.
In the pastel, underwater wonderland , the plot unfurls with more oceanic puns than a school of krill. But in addition to having a shamelesslydelves into the losses that incur when ignorance leads to vilification. The plot is simple: Princess Ariel falls for Prince Eric after rescuing him from a shipwreck. Ariel’s father King Triton forbids fraternizing with the human enemies. Meanwhile, Triton’s sister Ursula the Sea Witch , spreads her witchery across the waters to comically dire effect..
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