Heartwarming moment Jodi Benson tears up with pride as she watches her daughter perform her iconic role as Ariel the Mermaid

Jodi Benson welled pinch pridefulness arsenic she watched her girl play Ariel successful a shape accumulation of The Little Mermaid, much than 3 decades aft she voiced nan original animation's main character.  

Benson, 62, narrated and performed arsenic Ariel successful nan original 1989 Disney animation film, agelong earlier nan unrecorded action remake starring Halle Bailey.

Her girl Delaney has now taken up nan aforesaid domiciled connected nan Area Stage successful Miami for a 90-minute philharmonic based connected nan classical children's animation.

Benson shared video, changeable by a fan, of herself watching and waving arsenic Delaney sang Part of Your World, nan movie's astir celebrated song, past week.

Another portion of nan video showed nan young character holding a fork, arsenic portion of nan play's twist connected nan original that progressive props nan assemblage interacts with.

'I was wholly blown distant by Delaney's superb performance. She was genuinely calved to play Ariel. The full acquisition was truthful surreal,' Benson told Entertainment Weekly. 

'I wept passim nan show. I americium truthful honored to walk connected my treasured dinglehopper to my daughter. 

'Delaney has created her characteristic of Ariel pinch specified love, strength, vulnerability, curiosity and honesty. I'm truthful incredibly proud of my daughter.'

Delaney previously explained nan differences betwixt nan movie and nan musical, which incorporates immersive elements.

'The assemblage will beryllium correct beneath [me]. I tin spot them. I tin consciousness them. I tin smell them. It's for illustration thing I've ever done,' she said.

She shared photos of herself successful Ariel costume arsenic a child, adding: 'Hi, Ariel  nan small woman wrong of maine is truthful joyous correct now. I get to beryllium my favourite lil mermaid each summertime long!'