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Disney's The Little Mermaid Live In Concert At The Hollywood Bowl Will Star Sara Bareilles And Rebel Wilson

By April 9, 2016 at 9:10 am
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Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID will be given new life for a special evening at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday, June 4th where SARA BAREILLES and REBEL WILSON headline an all-star cast of performers singing the songs from the Oscar and Grammy-winning score as the film plays on the Bowl's movie screen accompanied by a full, live orchestra.

"I suppose this is the part where I say 'dreams do come true,'" said Sara Bareilles. "I am truly honored and excited beyond words to be a part of a performance of one of my favorite scores and stories of all time. I've been pretending I was Ariel in swimming pools since I was a little girl, and now I get to pretend on a bigger stage. This is just fantastic."

In addition to Grammy-nominated artist SARA BAREILLES ("Brave" and "Waitress") singing the songs of Ariel and REBEL WILSON ("Pitch Perfect 1 & 2" and "How To Be Single") as Ursula, the singing cast includes JOHN STAMOS ("Grandfathered") as Chef Louis, TITUSS BURGESS ("Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt") as Sebastian, NORM LEWIS ("Porgy and Bess") as King Triton, DARREN CRISS ("Glee") as Prince Eric and JOSHUA COLLEY (Broadway's "A Bronx Tale: The Musical") as Flounder.

Beloved musical numbers from THE LITTLE MERMAID, including "Under the Sea," "Kiss the Girl," "Poor Unfortunate Souls" and "Part of Your World" will be performed live

"I'm so excited to be singing live at the Hollywood Bowl with an amazing cast of singers," said Rebel Wilson. "I've never been to the Hollywood Bowl so for my first time there, to actually be invited to sing, is such an incredible honor. THE LITTLE MERMAID is one of my absolute favorite movies. Alan Menken is a complete genius and I am really looking forward to meeting him at rehearsals. I am beyond a fan-girl. I hope to do the amazing Pat Carroll [the original animated singing voice] proud performing Ursula's song. It's just such a delicious role that I've always wanted to play. This will be such a great event for the whole family to attend."

"It is such an unbelievable abundance of riches to have my score for The Little Mermaid performed by a live orchestra, with incredible guest artists at the Hollywood Bowl.  The only people who ever got to hear it that way were the artists at the Todd-AO Recording Stage almost 30 years ago.  From the animated film to our Broadway production to events like this one, it is just incredible to realize the emotional investment people continue to have with this musical."

Tickets go on sale at ticketmaster.com at 10:00am Pacific on Saturday, April 9.