Paper Mill Playhouse ventures under the sea for lavish version of ‘Disney’s The Little Mermaid’
By: JAY LUSTIG | Published: 2025-06-03 19:34:00 | Source: www.njarts.net
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The image seen on the cover of the program of “Disney’s The Little Mermaid.”
On the cover of the program for “Disney’s The Little Mermaid,” which is currently being presented — in a lavish and very satisfying production — at The Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, the title character is shown sitting on a rock, at sundown, gazing into the distance as waves gently roll around her. The image couldn’t be more serene.
But in this 2007 musical (adapted from the 1989 animated film, which was inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen story), The Little Mermaid, whose name is Ariel, is having a tumultuous adolescence.
Her mother died years ago, and while her father Triton (king of the sea) dotes on her, he is also overprotective. Her six sisters are jealous of her….
