Attention Broadway producers and/or people with way too much money on your hands: Please make the following idea a reality. Today’s NY Post is reporting that John Travolta, the man you’ve come to know and love thanks to his astroturf hair, is a big fan of The Little Mermaid the musical. Please get your Kleenex ready and read the following blurb:
JOHN Travolta has an 8-year-old daughter, but it looks as if he’s the one obsessed with “The Little Mermaid.” The pudgy “Pulp Fiction” star sat front row with daughter Ella at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on 46th Street Saturday, where he sang along to the show’s tunes, including “Under the Sea.” Afterward, he brought 26 of Ella’s pals backstage and took pictures with the cast. “He was touching all the costumes, he looked amazed,” said our spy. “He said he was way, way into the show. He stayed backstage for a while.” Said Travolta’s rep: “His daughter loves the show, so he knows it well.”
Now, it’s pretty much universally accepted that Travolta ruined the otherwise enjoyable film known as Hairspray. Between his horrendous accent and nightmarish cankles, whatever fantasies we ever had of Danny Zuko were crushed like so many thetans.
But picture Travolta in a long, luscious red wig wearing fins for feet. No really, close your eyes and picture him… the diamond-like sparkle in his eyes, the swish of his large hips… it’s all quite magical, really. He just wants to be where the people are!!
