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part of Walt Disney's 100th anniversary celebration, Disneyland
opened the 30-minute musical on Friday at the Hyperion Theater
in Disney California Adventure Park. It runs until August 31.
“Rogers: The Musical” was introduced as a fictional Broadway
musical in the first episode of the Disney+ miniseries
“Hawkeye,” a show about the superhero Clint Barton, an archer
who uses high-tech weaponry.
“From the moment we saw that first episode of the 'Hawkeye'
series, we started to imagine ‘What if? What if we could turn
'Rogers: The Musical' into a real show?’" Dan Fields, executive
creative director for Disney Live Entertainment, told Reuters.
"And clearly the fans online were wondering the same thing –
practically demanding it!”
The musical follows the life of Steve Rogers, otherwise known as
the patriotic American superhero Captain America, and includes
the musical number, “Save the City,” from “Hawkeye” along with
five new songs with music by Grammy-winning composer Christopher
Lennertz.
Marvel introduced the first live performance of “Save the City”
during the Disney Convention, D23, last year, which helped
launch the new production.
“When Kevin Feige and the studio brought 'Save the City' to D23
Expo, that sparked the conversations that led to the show guests
will enjoy this summer at Disney California Adventure Park,”
Fields said.
In addition to Steve Rogers, audiences can expect to see
characters Peggy Carter, Nick Fury and some of the Avengers
members as they go from Steve’s origin story into the future.
“Rogers: The Musical” will perform multiple times per day,
Tuesday through Saturday most weeks.
Disney is also offering themed food and beverage options and
merchandise around the musical.
(Reporting by Danielle Broadway; Editing by Mary Milliken and
Cynthia Osterman)
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