Olivier winner and TV star Amber Riley (Dreamgirls, Glee) will serve as emcee in ABC鈥檚 small screen presentation of The Little Mermaid Live!, airing November 5.
reports that Riley will host the concert-screening hybrid and introduce the Daughters of Triton.
Riley, currently in Pasadena Playhouse鈥檚 Little Shop of Horrors, joins previously announced cast members Auli鈥檌 Cravalho as Ariel, Queen Latifah as Ursula, Shaggy as Sebastian, John Stamos as Chef Louis, and Graham Phillips as Prince Eric.
This is not the first live TV experience for Riley and Latifah鈥攖he pair both appeared in NBC鈥檚 The Wiz.
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