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.
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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.