“Finding Nemo The Musical” Is The Best Disney Property You’ve Never Heard Of

From the songwriters of Frozen and the puppeteers of Broadway's The Lion King is a different version of one of your favorite movies. And you had no idea it exists.

After skyrocketing to the top of the box office and music charts, Frozen has captured not only Disney fans, but pretty much everyone.

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But this isn't songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez's first collaboration with the Mouse House. The duo also wrote the songs to the Disney World attraction, Finding Nemo The Musical.

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Yes, a real live stage musical based on Pixar's Finding Nemo.

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Located at Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park in Orlando, the Finding Nemo musical opened up in 2006. The 40-minute Broadway-style show runs multiple times a day and features 19 original songs (written by the Lopez duo) not heard anywhere before. It's also notably the first Disney show to add music to a movie that wasn't previously a musical.

Beloved moments from the movie are lovingly translated into song.

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You'll never think of "Just Keep Swimming" the same way again after you hear it in song.

Or how about "Go With the Flow"

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The Beach Boys-like tune is only one genre represented in the show. The writers take inspiration from show tunes, barbershop and reggae.

As if that weren't enough, Disney hired Michael Curry, a lead puppet designer for The Lion King on Broadway, to work on Finding Nemo.

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The results are larger-than-life puppets of your favorite characters, operated by energetic, multi-talented performers. The show packs a night's worth of massive Broadway spectacle into just 40 minutes. Disney imagination is on full display in the technically impressive production.

Currently, the only way to see Finding Nemo the Musical is by booking a trip to Disney World ... or you could watch this YouTube video.

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It includes the entire thing from a 2011 performance.

Or you can listen to the whole studio cast recording.

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By now you're worshipping at the Disney altar of Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, but there's more good news.

In case you didn't know, Bobby co-wrote Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon and he and Kristen wrote songs for Disney's 2011 Winnie the Pooh.

In addition to that, the couple provided the songs for the upcoming Disney movie Bob the Musical. Considering their already fruitful relationship with the company, there's no doubt we'll hear more from them in the future. Until then, keep swimming.