Finding Nemo is trying to swim its way to Broadway

I thought Disney learned with The Little Mermaid that Broadway under the sea just doesn't work.

I never thought I'd say this but I'm actually not that upset by this news. But, I'm not sure if there'd be a market for this, really. We'll see, though!

"and even though its short (only about 40 minutes), it feels very complete. I think its good where it is for right now, but down the road...who knows."

Yes. A Broadway show running at 40 minutes. Sounds complete to me. Or I'm assuming the "down the road" *is* referencing to changes they will have to inevitably make for Broadway?

I read this as Finding Namo is finding his way to Broadway.

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I'LL EAT YOU FIRST.

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I, for one, hope that it's true. I saw the musical last month at Disney and thought it was great! The songs are excellent and it will easily get Best Score. In TBBW is just gorgeous and GWTF is my favorite. But yeah, they need to do major retooling! Make the puppetd less cartoonish and more realistic or remove them altogether, add more songs and extend the songs! JKS needs to be longer. The sceneic design is great too, but I would love it if it looked more like the ocean. The script needs to be bigger, of course. I can see this, at least, get nominated for Best Musical and Best Leading Actress/Actor for Dory and Marlin and wins for Best Score, Costume Design, and Scenic Design :) I give this 2 thumbs up. They can do a lot more with this.

BTW: Gabriel Ebert would be the perfect Crush and i can see Laura Osnes, Kristin Chenoweth, or Sutton Foster as Dory :)

And what's your source?

Updated On: 9/18/13 at 09:52 PM

Ahhhh, I loved the show at Animal Kingdom. The biggest complaint....so many crying babies!

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I can tell you with absolute certainty is IS True, its just in the VERY early stages.

back in the olden days Disney did used to pilot there productions in the theme parks before pursuing Broadway (ala Beauty and the Beast)even though Park entertainment and Disney Theatrical are now two separate divisions. Wouldn't be surprised. Anne Hamburg, who was the president of creative entertainment at the time, even through around the idea about expanding to Broadway.

Anybody have access or know where I can get Finding Nemo the Musical Cast recording? Have a student that wants to sing a song from it. I have the score just wanted to hear some of the music. Thanks

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When Finding Nemo was in rehearsal at Animal Kingdom it WAS a full two hour show. And, originally, it had been marketed that way. It was going to be something to keep the park open later as the park currently closes at sundown because all the animals go away. So they needed something big to keep the park going. But somewhere along the line the bean counters decided that was too much money and decided to make it run 6 times a day during regular operating hours. So the director, much to the dismay of it's creators, took a red pen and literally slashed the show to pieces. The show that is running now is in NO WAY a reflection of what was originally written. I was not a part of Nemo but during rehearsals a friend who was a part of the show brought home the script and showed it to me. It looked like the script was bleeding. I hope they do give this a full treatment because some of the material that was cut was really fantastic.

I wonder if the final product will look a bit like this: