Mermaid Music

The first musical I took Marina to was the pre-Broadway tryout of The Little Mermaid. She was three at the time.  We haven’t seen it since. So we were excited that a local theater was presenting it this month.

At first, Marina picked out an aqua colored dress to wear. Then she changed her mind and decided on her Ariel dress. As always, she looked really pretty in it.

We arrived really early for the show. Around the same time as the show, the theater was hosting a Princess Ball. Marina was disappointed that we couldn’t do both. We waited outside the ball room to see if we knew any of the actresses. As it turned out, we did! She was dressed as Ariel for the ball. We got a quick hug and photo with her before she went in. 

Marina and I ordered drinks and then we went in to find our seats. We weren’t as close as we usually are, but our seat had a very good view. We were happy to discover that our friend Brittany from was in the ensemble.

We both enjoyed the show. Marina particularly liked he song “She’s in Love,” which she performed in her Broadway class last month. She was also pleased to see Ariel wore costume similar to hers in the “Kiss the Girl” scene.

When the show was over, the entire cast came out into the lobby for photos. We quickly found Flounder and the mersisters. There were huge lines for most of the other performers, so we decided to wait for Brittany. She was happy to see us. When the lines died down, we got photos with the main characters including Ursula, Ariel and Eric. Sebastian was played by Randy, an actor we’ve met several times in the past year. We were sure to get a photo with him as well.

 

 

As we were leaving the mersisters walked by us. Marina called them all into a group hug, which they happily gathered joined her for. That was the perfect close for our evening.