FINDING NEMO - THE MUSICAL (by the AVE Q writers...no joke!)
FINDING NEMO - THE MUSICAL (by the AVE Q writers...no joke!)
#0FINDING NEMO - THE MUSICAL (by the AVE Q writers...no joke!)
Posted: 4/8/06 at 10:33pm
From ANIMATED-NEWS.com:
Disney World finds Nemo
The newly enclosed Theater in the Wild, once home to Tarzan Rocks!, is preparing to go under the sea with Finding Nemo - The Musical. Set to debut in late 2006, the 30-minute show will feature original songs by Tony Award-winning Avenue Q composer Robert Lopez and a cappella musical Along the Way composer Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Meanwhile, visuals for the spectacular will include “puppets, dancers, acrobats and animated backdrops.” In other Finding Nemo/Walt Disney World news, Epcot is opening its Living Seas pavilion for The Seas with Nemo & Friends, arriving in the fall 0f 2006. Details for both theme park attractions may be found at WDWMagic.com, via Upcoming Pixar.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#1re: FINDING NEMO - THE MUSICAL (by the AVE Q writers...no joke!)
Posted: 4/8/06 at 11:37pmYup. And Jenn Simard has been workshopping the role of Dory!
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#2re: FINDING NEMO - THE MUSICAL (by the AVE Q writers...no joke!)
Posted: 4/8/06 at 11:37pmWith Kate Wetherhead as Nemo, too.
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
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Posted: 4/8/06 at 11:39pm
Wunderbar. I want to take Jackson. 
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Posted: 4/8/06 at 11:45pmBut we are stil waiting for Finding NAMO the musical....
"Do you know ChrisLovesShows?" "Yes. Why, yes he does!"
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
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Posted: 4/9/06 at 12:05am
Jennifer is outstanding. I wish she would be cast in a Broadway show.
Updated On: 4/9/06 at 12:05 AM
MyMeredithMonster
Broadway Star Joined: 5/20/05
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Posted: 4/9/06 at 3:43amHmmm... Interesting news...
"Yeah, Clarissa, explain it all."
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Posted: 4/9/06 at 4:15amThey probably pulled in robert for his input on the puppets? (oh my look at the time! i really need sleep!)
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
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Posted: 4/9/06 at 9:59amEdited for sake of humility
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
Updated On: 4/9/06 at 09:59 AM
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Posted: 4/9/06 at 12:06pmUmm...the Nemo musical IS for Disney World....
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
The W.A.N.D
Understudy Joined: 3/16/06
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Posted: 4/9/06 at 12:08pm
I agree with some of the past posts: Whats up with all the disney musicals??
I actually hated Finding Nemo and I really dont think I'll see this. Also, what will the music be like? I dont have high espectations for this one.
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
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Posted: 4/9/06 at 12:12pm
I think it is adorable. Will Barry Humpries be playing the shark.
I would actually make the trip to see that.
LOL.
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Posted: 4/9/06 at 12:15pmI wouldn't be surprised if they brought this to Disneyland as well - the long closed submarine voyage is reopening next year as a FINDING NEMO underwater adventure.
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Posted: 4/9/06 at 12:15pmWow- I totally didn't see that. Well, still, I pose the same question, What is up with all the Disney shows?
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
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Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:56pm
Well, let's see...
They're movies everybody has heard of.
It's a name (Disney) everyone associates with an event.
Familiar stories and characters (usually stock).
Usually exotic locales which provides Disney the chance to be "innovative".
Where does it go wrong? Soon, all commercial theater will use Disney as its source!
yr ronin,
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Hester Prynne
Stand-by Joined: 5/19/05
#15re: FINDING NEMO - THE MUSICAL (by the AVE Q writers...no joke!)
Posted: 4/9/06 at 2:08pmWhat happened to Jeff Marx? Are they not working together anymore?
MassOfMen on 5/17/07: "and lastly, I have no vested interest in LB. I have seen the show, I paid my money (a lot of money for that tix) I didn't watch it on a bootleg, yes I saw the flesh and bone of the people up there working their tails off. But do I really have to explain myself to you? are you the judge jury and executioner of Bwyworld.com message board? no.
But I digress, I will leave this subject as I am bored of the rebuttals anyway, and go back to "wasting my time" with the job of building buildings. We have chat boards for architects as well, ya know."
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
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Posted: 4/9/06 at 2:47pmI'm thinking they only pulled in Robert Lopez (and not Jeff Marx) because, if I'm correct, wasn't Marx the lyricist? And while he can most likely write lyrics that aren't of a vulgar nature, I'm sure Disney only needed the composer. And if that's not even the case, it's probably because if you look past any lyrics of Avenue Q, the music is all upbeat, whimsical, and never boring. That's probably a good theory, that he'll be able to write some 'fun' music for Nemo. :)
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Posted: 4/9/06 at 2:49pm
How fun would it be to get to play Dory?
Escape... haha
Hartt School class of 2010 ;-)
Lome2
Stand-by Joined: 1/23/05
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Posted: 4/9/06 at 9:21pm
Press Release form the Nemo Musical and concept art:
During “Finding Nemo -- The Musical,” Theater in the Wild will become a magical undersea environment through innovative lighting, sound, special effects and the theatrical puppetry of Michael Curry, who designed the richly detailed character puppets seen in the Broadway version of Disney’s “The Lion King.”
http://www.wdwmagic.com/nemo_musical.htm
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Posted: 4/9/06 at 11:08pmYou have got to be kidding...
Link Larkin Wanabe
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
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Posted: 4/9/06 at 11:17pm
As long as it stays in Disney theme parks I think it will be really cute.
Akiva
Josh Freilich
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
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Posted: 4/13/06 at 9:02am
I can't wait to see what he's gonna do with "JUST KEEP SWIMMING, JUST KEEP SWIMMING, JUST KEEP SWIMMING, SWIMMING, SWIMMING..." etc., etc.
I bet he's gonna turn it into something INTERESTING...
"How could she just suddenly, completely disappear into thin water?" - The Little Mermaid
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
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Posted: 4/13/06 at 9:10am
i just got back from Disney World yesterday, and saw them renovating the Theater in the Wild at Animal Kingdom, and was wondering what was going in there. Now I know!
This is...cool, I mean, I didn't really expect Finding Nemo of all movies to have a show, but it should do well with the ENORMOUS Nemo fan base thing... yeah
neat.
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