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How Cirque, Disney beat COVID-19 to put magic into ‘Drawn to Life’

How Cirque, Disney beat COVID-19 to put magic into ‘Drawn to Life’

On his office calendar, “Drawn to Life” writer-director Michel Laprise penciled in the show’s opening five times, as it was pushed back again and again for more than a year —a tangible sign of how the COVID-19 pandemic played havoc with the first new Cirque du Soleil show at Walt Disney World in more than 20 years.The pandemic-caused delay ultimately changed the show, which finally opened Nov. 18, in ways they creative team couldn’t have imagined.

Disney and Cirque aren’t perfect partners, but ‘Drawn to Life’ has thrills aplenty | Review

Disney and Cirque aren’t perfect partners, but ‘Drawn to Life’ has thrills aplenty | Review

The arts are soaring again at Disney Springs.The first show developed jointly by Cirque du Soleil and Disney, “Drawn to Life” opened there Thursday — the first public show in the shopping and dining complex’s distinctive white tent since “La Nouba” bowed out on Dec. 31, 2017, after a run of nearly 20 years.