The Little Mermaid 2024

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Landmark Musicals presents Disney’s The Little Mermaid!

Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved stories and the classic animated film, Disney’s The Little Mermaid is a hauntingly beautiful love story for the ages. With music by eight-time Academy Award winner, Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater and a compelling book by Doug Wright, this fishy fable will capture your heart with its irresistible songs, including “Under the Sea,” “Kiss the Girl” and “Part of Your World.”

All performances will be at The Rodey Theatre at the University of New Mexico.

Friday, March 15, 2024 @ 7pm

Saturday, March 16, 2024 @ 7pm

Sunday, March 17, 2024 @ 2pm

Friday, March 22, 2024 @ 7pm

Saturday, March 23, 2024 @ 7pm

Sunday, March 24, 2024 @ 2pm**

Friday, March 29, 2024 @ 7pm

Saturday, March 30, 2024 @ 7pm

Sunday, March 31, 2024 @ 2pm

**The March 24 matinee will be a Relaxed Performance.

Act I: 62 minutes; Intermission: 15 minutes; Act II: 60 minutes

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More About Our Relaxed Performances

At Landmark, Relaxed Performances are intended to be sensitive to, and accepting of, audience members who may benefit from a gentler theatre environment. These performances are open to all; however, they are intentionally modified to accommodate patrons with sensory and vestibular sensitivities, anxiety, dementia, autism spectrum disorders, learning differences, or challenges attending the theater. The performances might also feel more welcoming for families with children who may need the ability to get up and move around or take a break in the lobby.

Please note: while the environment is more welcoming to those with caregiver needs, please check the show content to determine what is best for your family.

Below is a breakdown of all visual (VFX) and sound effects (SFX) that will also be provided as an insert within the program. We are thrilled to welcome an ASL interpreter, who will be signing beginning with our Curtain Speech and through the final curtain. Please note that this musical generally has underscoring throughout the performance which means there will almost always be music. We are fortunate to have a live orchestra which can be loud. Personal ear protection is recommended for those who so desire.

To help ease audience members into life under the sea, part of our curtain speech will feature some of our actors and backstage crew to discuss how makeup, costumes, and sets provide the appearance of sea creatures, swimming, and an underwater world.

ACT I

SFX – During the first scene on the ship in Fathoms Below, you will hear a splash when Eric throws the fork into the ocean.
SFX – After the transition back to the beach, you’ll hear a splash as Flounder joins Ariel on the surface.
VFX – There are bright spotlights to move quickly around the stage in the second scene during Daughters of Triton each time the Mersisters sing “our sister, Ariel!”
SFX – During the fifth scene on the ship in The Storm, you’ll hear thunder after Grimsby says “Perhaps you’re not looking hard enough.”
SFX/VFX – Shortly after the first thunderclap, you’ll hear thunder and see lightning after Eric says “Trust me, Grimsby – when I come across the girl of my dreams, it’ll hit me like lightning.”
VFX – There are moving lights to simulate a storm after immediately following the lightning.
SFX – A hollowing wind begins after the Pilot shouts “Hurricane a’coming!”
VFX – There are bright white moving lights in the eighth scene during Under the Sea after the group sings “And, oh, that blowfish blows!”
SFX/VFX – There will be moving and flashing lights along with the sound of items and glass breaking in scene 9 after King Triton shouts, “NEVER AGAIN, ARIEL, NEVER AGAIN!”

ACT II

VFX – There is a flash of red light in Act II Scene 4 during Les Poisson when Chef Louis sings “How I love les poissons; love to chop”
SFX – After Eric finishes singing One Step Closer in Act II Scene 6, Ariel’s voice singing is heard loudly.
SFX/VFX – You will see a flash of light and hear a “zap” when Flotsam and Jetsam electrically shock the boat Ariel and Eric are in after Kiss the Girl ends when Ursula shouts “Block that kiss!”
VFX – There are moving and flashing lights in Act II Scene 11 after Ursula is heard saying ” Time’s up. You lose!” from offstage.
SFX/VFX – There are moving and flashing lights along with a loud, destruction-type noise along with Ursula screaming “NO!” after Poor Unfortunate Soul (Reprise) when Ariel calls Ursula a liar and throws the magic shell offstage.
VFX – There are dim, moving lights after Flounder says “It’s what she wants, Your Majest. More than anything. Please.”