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 classic." On the 3D re-release, Lisa Schwarzbaum of "Entertainment Weekly" wrote that its emotional power was deepened by "the dimensionality of the oceanic deep" where "the spatial mysteries of watery currents and floating worlds are exactly where 3D explorers were born to boldly go". During its original theatrical run, "Finding Nemo" grossed $339,714,978 in North America, and $559,492,275 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $940,335,536. It is currently the forty-third-highest-grossing film, the ninth highest-grossing animated film, and the second-highest-grossing film of 2003, behind "". Worldwide, it was the highest-grossing Pixar film, up until 2010, when "Toy Story 3"