MONDAY
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THANK YOU ERIN. IN CELEBRATE 4@OF ITS 30T ANNIVERSARY A NEW VERSION OF
THE 4@ANIMATED CLASSIC THE LITT
MERMAID IS HITTING TV 4@SCREENS
TONIGHT IT FEATURES A STAR
STUDDED CAST AND A VERY 4@UNIQU
HYBRID FORMAT. I RECENTLY
CAUGHT UP WITH TWO OF STARS
MUSICIAN SHAGGY WHO PLAYS
SEBASTIAN AN 4@ACTOR GRAHAM
PHILIPS WHO PLAYS PRINCE ERIC 4@
IT IS S IT IS AMAZING. IT'S THE
30TH THE 304@ YEAR ANNIVERSARY
AND 4@4@OF COURSE 4@ABC ALONG W
THE WONDERFUL 4@WORLD OF DISNEY
IS PUTTING THIS WONDERFUL
SHINDIG TOGETHER 4@AND DOING WH
IS KNOWN AS A PART LIVE AND
PART ANIMATION OF THE LITTLE
MERMAID. 4@4@WELL I EXPLAIN THI
YOU KNOW WE'RE SUPER EXCITED
YOU EXPLAINED 4@4@THIS HYBRID
CONCEPT TO ME I'M I'M TRYING TO
WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT THIS
LIVE ACTION MIXED WITH THE 4@
ANIMATED FEATURE HOW EXACTLY IS
THIS GOING TO WORK. 4@WELL IT'S
IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING. SO YOU
KNOW WE'RE DOING THE 12 MUSICAL
NUMBERS WITH A COUPLE OF
NUMBERS THAT NO ONE'S ACTUALLY @
SAYING THAT WEREN'T IN THE
ORIGINAL FILM THAT ALAN MACON
WROTE FOR THE BROADWAY VERSION @
ADAPTED FOR THIS PRODUCTION.
BUT WE DO ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS
LIVE. AND THEN THE PLOT AND THE
SCENES GET CARRIED FORWARD 4@BY
BUT WE DO ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS LIVE. AND THEN THE PLOT AND THE SCENES GET CARRIED FORWARD 4@BY@
THE ORIGINAL FILM. SO WE'RE
SORT OF USING 4@THE NOSTALGIA
THAT EVERYONE HAS FOR THE
ORIGINAL FILM YOU KNOW AS YO4@U
SAY AND THEN SORT OF SPICING IT
UP WITH THE SONGS. SO HOW IS
THE REHEARSAL PROCESS BEEN
GOING IT'S BEEN GREAT MAN. YOU
KNOW I'M PLAYING SEBASTIAN OF
COURSE AND THEN YOU KNOW IT'S 4@
REALLY EXCITING. IT'S THE FIRST
TIME I'M DOING THIS WHERE I'M
ACTUALLY YOU KNOW 4@ON STAGE
DOING THIS THIS KIND OF
LIVEWITH LIVE VIBE CHOREOGRAPHY
AND THE WHOLE NINE YARD AND YOU
SO IT'S UH IT'S ME KIND OF
GETTING COMFORTABLE 4@4@OUTSIDE
MY COMFORT ZONE4@. SHAGGY IS
KILLING I GUYS SAY 4@I JUST GOT
TO SEE HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN REHEARSAL LIKE A FEW DAYS
AGO AND BETWEEN HIS PERFORMANCE
AND LIKE THE CRAZY SPECTACLE 4@
GOING ON ONSTAGE THEY HAVE A
BUBBLE. I DON'T KNOW HOW
THEY'RE DOING THIS BUT THEY
HAVE ABOUT FOUR 4@MILLION BUBBL
IN THE AIR 4@THROUGHOUT THE WHO
UNDER THE SCENE OVER. AND WITH
THAT AND THE AERIAL DANCERS AND
THE JELLYFISH TYPE THINGS 4@IT
JUST BLEW MY MIND. AND WHAT WAS
GOOD IS THAT WITH THE LABEL
AUDIENCE THAT'S GOING TO BE ON
THERE YOU SEE THE WHOLE THE
WHOLE FOUR STAGES IS STAGING IS
AUDIENCE THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THERE YOU SEE THE WHOLE THE WHOLE FOUR STAGES IS STAGING IS@
UNDER THE SEA. SO EVEN THE LIVE
AUDIENCE PAY IT THEY'RE IN THE
THEATER ITSELF BUT EVERYTHING
THAT YOU'RE SEEING LIKE YOU SAY
THE JELLYFISH NATS WHATEVER IT
IS THAT'S UNDER THE SEA. AND
YOU KNOW SO IT'S IT'S 4@JUST
BEAUTIFUL WITH TH4@E LIGHTS AND
THE STAGE IT'S AMAZING. YOU
KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE
SAID FOR 4@OLD FASHIONED FAMILY
FRIENDLY BROADCAST 4@TELEVISION
THAT THE ENTIRE FAMILY CAN
ENJOY THAT THEY CAN SIT AROUND4
THE TV IT'S APPOINTMENT VIEWING
AND 4@BECAUSE YOU KNOW THERE
ISN'T A LOT OF THAT AVAILABLE
ANYMORE. WAS THAT 4@PART OF THE
REASON YOU GOT YOU BOTH 4@SAID
YES I WANT TO BE A PART THIS 4@
YOU KNOW MY BOTH MY PARENTS AS
A BABY BOOMERS YOU KNOW THEY
GREW UP WITH ALL OF THESE
ICONIC YOU KN4@OW LIKE YOU SAY
SCHEDULED LIVE EVENTS THAT
EVERYBODY GETS AROUND THE
TELEVISION 4@FOR AND YOU KNOW
NOWADAYS IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING
YOU CAN JUST STREAM AND IT'S
AVAILABLE WHENEVER YOU WANT IT
YOU KNOW WHATEVER TIME YOU
DECIDE YOU KNOW YOU WANT
CONTENT AND SO I THINK IT'S
REALLY IT'S DEFINITELY EXCITING
THAT LIKE YOU 4@THERE IS THIS
SPECTACLE GOING ON AT A
SPECIFIC 4@TIME AND GET 4@EVERY
AROUND AND IT'S ACTUALLY LIVE.
AND SO THAT WAS DEFINITELY 4@PA
OF THE APPEAL IT FEELS VERY OLD
SCHOOL IN THAT SENSE WHICH IS4@
KIND 4@REESES DID BECAUSE I
WANTED TO BE GOOD ON MY KIDS I
JUST WANTED TO BE THE COOL GUY
I COULD BE THE COOL THAT 4@I GO
MY DAD'S A LITTLE MERMAID AND
HE PLAYS A 4@THAT TO ME WAS THA
WAS ENOUGH 4@TO GET 4@ME IN IT.
MEAN SO YEAH AWESOME IT SOUNDS4
HE PLAYS A 4@THAT TO ME WAS THA WAS ENOUGH 4@TO GET 4@ME IN IT. MEAN SO YEAH AWESOME IT SOUNDS4@
GREAT. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
IT. THANK YOU BOTH. WE
APPRECIATE IT. ABSOLUTELY MAN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE LITTLE
MERMAID LIVE AIRS TONIGHT AT
8:00 RIGHT HERE ON 13
ONYOURSIDE