‘Little Mermaid’ comes to Schuster this week
‘Little Mermaid’ musical scheduled to run Aug. 8-13.
“It’s all of the music everyone knows but they’ve gone deeper into the characters,” says Diana Huey, who plays Ariel.
Paul Rubin has a lot in common with the Wright brothers. He’s passionate about flight and has spent a lifetime dreaming up new flying contraptions.
Yet you won’t find Rubin in hangars or at airports; he’s more likely to be found at a theater. Best known as The Fly Guy, Rubin has been choreographing flying sequences for stage shows for more than four decades. He’s launched 300 different productions and 2,500 performances of “Peter Pan” and he’s always present when Kathy Rigby flies out into the audience as Peter.
Rubin helped Elphaba defy gravity in “Wicked” and has launched on-stage characters ranging from “Tarzan” and “Spiderman” to “Sponge Bob Squarepants.” (To see video clips of his flying successes, check out the introductory video on www.theflyguy.com) FLYING MERMAIDS
Rubin’s special kind of magic will be on view locally when Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” comes to the Schuster Center Tuesday, Aug. 8 through Sunday, Aug. 13. The whimsical musical, brought to Dayton by the Victoria Theatre Association as a Project Unlimited Star Attractions presentation, is a Pittsburgh CLO & Kansas City Starlight’s production.
Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved stories, this Broadway version features music by eight-time Academy Award winner Alan Menken, the composer behind many of Disney’s most popular films — “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast, ” “Aladdin,” “Newsies” and ” Pocahontas.” In this show, you’ll recognize songs including “Under the Sea,” “Kiss the Girl,” and “Part of Your World.”
Thanks to Paul Rubin’s imaginative choreography, Ariel — the young mermaid princess who longs to leave her undersea world to live in the world