Sometimes you gotta send a princess to do a princess's job.
The Hollywood Reporter reports that ABC will air a live concert of The Little Mermaid, and that certified Disney princess Auli'i Cravalho will sing the role of Ariel. Cravalho previously voiced Moana in 2016's Moana, about a princess who lives on an island and wants to explore the sea. Take that idea, reverse it, and that's The Little Mermaid in a nutshell.
In addition to Cravalho, ABC announced Queen Latifah as Ursula and Shaggy as Sebastian the crabThe Little Mermaid live will be Queen Latifah's second time performing in a live television musical; she previously played The Wiz in 2016's The Wiz on NBC in addition to her supporting role in the movie version of Hairspray and her Oscar-nominated role in 2002's Chicago. Read more...
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