Finding Nemo - The Musical

Has anyone actually seen this show? I've heard the music and it is pretty amazing but didn't realize that the look of the show is like this. I've not received my copy of this magazine yet but I look forward to hearing what Booby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez have to say about their Disney experience.
Tales from the Laughing Place Magazine

i saw it too. it was so good. i loved it. the music was great and they were all very talented. and i think the girl who played dory would make a great maureen johnson. hah

Glad to hear it. Always good to hear Disney pushing decent live entertainment in their theme parks.

I've been an avid subscriber of this magazine for ages as they have a lot of articles about the shows. Their Mary Poppins article in the last issue was phenomenal. Very candid interviews from the likes of Cameron Mackintosh, Tom Schumacher and the song-writers.

The singing and costumes/puppetry is great.

As a show, the story has been cut so much that it has lost a lot of the charm of the movie. But, it is only about 50 minutes long and more wouldn't fit in the theme park schedule.

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holy crud! this is at least the third time this year this thread has been started. here's last month's iteration:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=936519#3049580

it's called "search" fellow posters! :)

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so, now this is at least the FOURTH thread this year ...

why dont people search before they post? it's actually a great way to find tasty information about topics like this!!! try it ... you'll like it!!!

LOL! I did actually try but the search function is pretty terrible on this site. Not the easiest way to sort.

Anyhow wanted to share the article in Tales magazine so there is something new!

Saw that video Craig. Was entertaining. Good job.

The print article though has a lot of production artwork and costume designs etc. that Disney have supplied. The article also includes some of the other personnel involved such as the creative director Michael Jung. The article (as you'd expect for its size) is considerably more in-depth as it runs 11 pages. Disney must have really pulled out all the stops for these guys.

*EPCOT Liberation Army runs in*

Keep the fish in Animal Kingdom! Bring back Seabase Alpha!

*throws intelligent, thematically unified tear gas bomb; disappears*

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I got the opportunity to work with the costume designer on the show! She worked on it for about a year and a half. it was so tideous...i swear she cranked out at least 5 different designs of the complete show before they were finalized for disney execs! (of course she was very well compensated) it was interesting watching her work with Curry on the puppets...because the costumes serve as a back ground to the puppetry but they complete the look...so they are just as important. Many of the fabrics were digitally printed in NYC and are one of a kind that she created. Helen Huang is the costume designers name..and she doesn't get the credit she deserves..because people just assume that costumes and the puppets were all designed by the same person.

The show is great...and kids of all ages are loving it..including me...but maybe that is because I have been so invovled...

Finally got the CD today (they werent even selling it in DisneyWorld this past April)

Looking at the credits. Had no idea Stephanie D'Abruzzo was part of the cast !

Oooh, they have the actual CD now? Does it have a booklet? With pictures?

Anyway, here's the cast list via Craig for anyone who doesn't have it/too lazy to search:

Marlin: Bobby Lopez
Nemo: Kate Wetherhead
Dory: Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Crush: Victor Chan
Mr. Ray/Gill: Victor Hawks
Bruce: Graham Stevens
Anchor/Main Moonfish: Doug Shapiro
Chum/Nigel: Jordan Gelber
Pearl/Darla: Sara Wordsworth
Tad/Squirt: Karla Mosley
Bloat: Michael ML Wooley
Sheldon/Deb: Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Coral/Peach: Alison Cimmet

By the way, who's Tad?

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55th?? Like, in NY?

I am SO there tomorrow. :)

Thanks for the info!

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Any chance it will ever show up on Broadway?

Ooh, Kate weatherhead in Nemo in the recording! i love her on the peice demo!
musicalfan07