RIDING THE WAVE: Larger-than-life puppets such as Crush the sea turtle, take to the stage in “Finding Nemo — The Musical” the live musical production at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The endearing undersea environment that charmed audiences in the Disney•Pixar smash-hit film “Finding Nemo” comes to life with innovative lighting, sound, special effects, animated projections and theatrical puppetry of Michael Curry, who co-designed the richly detailed puppets in the Broadway version of “Disney’s The Lion King.” The creative ensemble includes Tony Award-winning “Avenue Q” co-creator-composer Robert Lopez and a cappella musical “Along the Way” co-composer Kristen Anderson-Lopez, plus the theatrical puppetry of Michael Curry, who co-designed the character puppets in the Broadway version of Disney’s “The Lion King.” (Gene Duncan, photographer)
