Finding Nemo – The Musical and Dory, respectively. "Avenue Q" star Stephanie D'Abruzzo also appeared on the recording, as Sheldon/Deb. "Finding Nemo" was the first non-musical animated film to which Disney added songs to produce a stage musical. In 2009, "Finding Nemo – The Musical" was honored with a Thea Award for Best Live Show from the Themed Entertainment Association. Finding Nemo – The Musical Finding Nemo – The Musical is a live action 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. The stage musical Tarzan Rocks! occupied the
Finding Nemo For a character who has to go on a dangerous journey, Stanton felt a clownfish was the perfect type of fish for the character. Pre-production of the film began in early 1997. Stanton began writing the screenplay during the post-production of "A Bug's Life". As a result, "Finding Nemo" began production with a complete screenplay, something that co-director Lee Unkrich called "very unusual for an animated film". The artists took scuba diving lessons to study the coral reef. Stanton originally planned to use flashbacks to reveal how Coral died, but realized that by the end of the film there would