SUMMERS: A classic Disney princess story, it was a throwback to early Disney ... says the new "Little Mermaid" is a throwback, too. BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: You loved Ariel as a kid, when she was ...

Growing up, Halle Bailey was obsessed with “The Little Mermaid,” wearing out her family’s VHS tape watching and rewatching the 1989 Disney animated hit and pretending to be Ariel every time ...

Explore the magic of The Little Mermaid, Disney's 1989 classic that launched the Disney Renaissance with unforgettable music.

“The Little Mermaid” is in for some big changes. In addition to casting Halle Bailey as a black Ariel, the new live-action remake of Disney’s 1989 animated classic will find the mermaid ...

As a musical, “Show Boat” represented a rare kind of early American popular ... in striking a dangerous deal with Ariel. The songs of “The Little Mermaid” also worked to diversify the ...

If you’ve been a kid or have a kid, the chances are that you know The Little Mermaid’s story already, probably by heart. Ariel saves Prince Eric from a shipwreck, only to dash away before he ...

Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric and Halle Bailey as Ariel in Disney's live-action "The Little Mermaid" (Photo courtesy of Disney/Giles Keyte)A special interest is an intense interest that autistic ...

After a preamble in which we meet Eric (Jonah Hauer-King), a dimpled sailor who also happens to be a prince, “The Little Mermaid” introduces us to Ariel’s watery home, where she lives with ...

Disney’s live-action “The Little Mermaid” had “no agenda” when it came to the casting of Ariel, director Rob Marshall told Entertainment Weekly. The “Chicago” and “Into the Woods ...