hey everyone! if anyone has the audio recording of sherie’s last performance as Ursula, on 1/25/09 please email me at theseawickedwitch2@gmail.com, me and many other TLM BWAY fans have been searching for it for years so please email me even if you just have Poor Unfortunate Souls. (would also love if you could help search in anyway)
Sherie's Ursula is perfect her voice is incredible and the acting is wounderful. The energy's amazing you can hear she had a blast playing the character truly killed it. Best live version❤❤❤❤
I saw them live on Broadway in 2008. Sherie must be seen live to get the full effect of course but I'm so glad we have these RU-vid uploads that present a definitive version of "live" Ursula.
Love the song, love Ursula's dress.And Disney surely can't be accused of making powerful woman look good unless they absolutely have to, do they? (I know, I know, source material. That would be the Hans Christian Anderson story on which the movie is very, very loosely based.)
@@ChaotixIntrovert oh I see, I just thought because I remember watching a video here on YT about the film and it was mentioned that their relationship was based on the first musical of the animated version but I can't find it because I watched a lot of little mermaid videos already 😅
I also read Ursula is Ariel’s aunt, as Ursula is the sister to Triton. He couldn’t/wouldn’t share the throne with her, as she was evil, so he banished her.
@Mr-tu4cj I'd argue that it adds more to the story, as, in the movie, there's really no reason why Ursula would hate Triton (other than the banishment, of course). It was always my personal headcannon that they were siblings anyway.
I like this interpretation more, but not because I thought Mcathery's interpretation was bad, she did really good as a vocalist myself, But while her portrayal is great, it is expected and predictable, while Sherie's approach is unique, more quirky and playful. And also this Broadway, they love there contemporary and operatic styles, so a lot rich well mixed belts and smooth legatos, with more laryngeal and soft pallet resonances. Broadway is also verry expressive which adds a flair of excitement to there productions.
I love these costumes, considering this was around 13 years ago, pretty impressive for the time and would be amazing even now, especially if Ursula were to be played in drag!
The costumes in this production got a lot of flack, but cmon now! They were meant to be seen in motion, and in the context of the show!! Everyone looks incredible!! The Ursula dress is a feat of creativity!
