November 5, 2006 – Previews Begin for Finding Nemo – The Musical
“Hey Dad, hey Dad, wouldn’t it be cool if I maybe met a shark when I’m at school?”
On November 5, 2006, previews of the Disney Park musical Finding Nemo began, with the show officially opening in January, 2007. Based on Pixar’s hit animated feature film of the same, the musical features the songwriting talents of Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (who would later go on to fame for Frozen), and a look reminiscent of the Broadway musical The Lion King, including the use of bunraku and shadow puppetry. The 40-minute show is located in Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom Park in the DinoLand USA area. This also marks the first time Disney has created an original musical of a non-musical film in their library.
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