Join Diego, Nick Jr.'s action-adventure hero as he sets out on his brand-new live show, Go, Diego, Go Live! The Great Jaguar Rescue.
The Story
It's the biggest party of the year, the Animal Carnivale! Every year all the animals gather at the Great Pyramid for the Carnivale, but the party cannot start until the Chief of Carnivale makes a special sound. This year's chief is Baby Jaguar, who will use his special growl to start the Carnivale.
Everyone is headed to the Animal Carnivale when the Bobo brothers show up with a magic bottle that captures Baby Jaguar's growl. Without his growl, Baby Jaguar can't start the Carnivale. Diego and Baby Jaguar need the help of everyone in the audience to get to the Great Pyramid and get his growl back from the Bobo brothers.
Diego and Baby Jaguar head out on an adventure-packed quest to get Baby Jaguar's growl back. Along the way they rescue animals in the rainforest, dance through a coconut-tree forest, traverse a raging river with a giant waterfall, and are helped along by the special appearance of Diego's cousin, Dora. Everyone also learns how each of us is special in our own way.
In an exciting climatic scene, Baby Jaguar and Diego find the Bobos inside the pyramid and--with the help of the audience--get Baby Jaguar's growl back. As the sun sets on the exciting day in the rainforest, all the animals of the world meet at the Animal Carnivale and their Chief, Baby Jaguar, starts the big finale with his GROWL!
The Production
This Broadway-level production is created by the same team as the record-breaking Dora the Explorer Live, which was seen by over 3 million people. The show is interactive, with every child in the audience getting their own Jaguar mask, which they then use to help rescue animals during the show. Audience members sing, do the cha-cha, travel down a rainforest river, and learn how each of us is special in our own way.
The show also includes familiar songs from the TV show, plus 12 original new songs created exclusively for the live show by the song writing team of George Noriega and Joel Someillan--the creators of the music for Go, Diego, Go! on TV.
The Creative Staff
Chris Gifford is the executive producer and co-creator of the TV series Go, Diego, Go!, He wrote and adapted his episode "The Great Jaguar Rescue" for the live stage show. Gifford, who joined Nickelodeon in 1989, is also the co-creator and executive producer of Dora the Explorer and wrote both Dora the Explorer Live! stage shows.
Gip Hoppe is the director of Go, Diego, Go Live! Hoppe first worked with Nickelodeon on Blue's Clues Live! and Blue's Clues Live! Blue's Birthday Party, as well as the first Dora the Explorer Live! production "Search for the City of Lost Toys." Hoppe wrote and directed the Broadway play Jackie: An American Life and is a founding member and co-artistic director of the Wellfleet Harbor Actor's Theater.
David Gallo won last year's TONY Award for best design of a musical for Drowsy Chaperone. Gallo has designed numerous Broadway and touring productions as well as several shows for the partnership between Nickelodeon and the live-events company Live Nation.
Michael Krass (costumes) and Marty Robinson (puppets) join the creative team for the first time with Go, Diego, Go Live! Krass's work appears regularly on Broadway and Off-Broadway and was last seen in the Public Theatre's production of Macbeth in Central Park. Robinson has created puppets and characters for the Sesame Street Workshop and has been voice and puppeteer for Snuffeluffegus since he first appeared. Robinson also designed the award-winning plant for the Broadway and touring productions of Little Shop of Horrors.
Jenn Rapp, a veteran of six Nickelodeon family shows, takes over the reins as choreographer and assistant director.
Tom Sturge and Peter Hylenski reprise their roles of lighting designer and sound designer, respectively. Sturge and Hylenski have occupied these roles for the Nickelodeon/Live Nation partnership through Blue's Clues Live! and Dora the Explorer Live.
