When Walt Disney World reopened in July 2020 following the COVID-19 pandemic, all stage shows are remained closed due to a dispute between the Actors' Equity Association and Walt Disney World over allowing performers to wear face masks and providing regular testing. In 2009, Finding Nemo – The Musical was honored with a Thea Award for Best Live Show from the Themed Entertainment Association. Finding Nemo was the first non-musical animated film to which Disney added songs to produce a stage musical. Avenue Q star Stephanie D'Abruzzo also appeared on the recording, as Sheldon/Deb. That same month, a New York studio recording of the show was released on iTunes, with Lopez and Anderson-Lopez providing the voices for Marlin and Dory, respectively. The show started holding previews on November 5, 2006, officially opening on January 24, 2007. To condense the feature-length film to 30 minutes, she and Lopez focused on a single theme from the movie, the idea that "the world's dangerous and beautiful". Īnderson-Lopez said that the couple agreed to write the adaptation of "one of their favorite movies of all time" after considering "the idea of people coming in at 4, 5 or 6 and saying, 'I want to do that'.So we want to take it as seriously as we would a Broadway show". Tony Award-winning director Peter Brosius signed on to direct the show, with Michael Curry, who designed puppets for Disney's successful stage version of The Lion King, serving as leading puppet and production designer. Years later, Anderson-Lopez explained that she had written a compact 15-minute a cappella version of the story of Oedipus someone at Disney read it and recognized her talent for condensing material, and offered her the opportunity to make a pitch for the Finding Nemo project. This was confirmed on April 7, 2006, when Disney announced that the musical adaptation of Finding Nemo, with new songs written by Tony Award-winning Avenue Q composer Robert Lopez and his wife, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, would "combine puppets, dancers, acrobats and animated backdrops" and open in late 2006. After the closure of Tarzan Rocks! in January 2006, rumors began spreading that it would be replaced by a musical adaptation of Finding Nemo. These were themed to the animated films The Jungle Book and Tarzan. The stage musicals Journey into the Jungle Book and Tarzan Rocks! occupied the Theater in the Wild at DinoLand USA in Disney's Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida from 1998 to 2006. and Beyond! premiered on June 13, 2022, as part of Walt Disney World Resort’s 50th Anniversary celebration. A new reimagined and revamped version of the show entitled Finding Nemo: The Big Blue. On March 15, 2020, the original show had its final performance before the Walt Disney World Resort closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak's impact on Florida. The music is composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, who also composed the music for Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon, using direct lines from the film. The original 40-minute show titled Finding Nemo – The Musical started holding previews on November 5, 2006, officially opening on January 24, 2007. and Beyond! is a live puppet and musical stage show based on Disney/ Pixar's 2003 film Finding Nemo, located at the Theater in the Wild in DinoLand U.S.A at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
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