Hyperion Theater
The Hyperion Theater was a theater located at Disney California Adventure in Hollywood Land.[1] The theater sat up to 1,984 people.
This article is about the theater at Disney California Adventure. For the venue at Disney's Hollywood Studios formerly known as the Superstar Television Theater, see List of Disney's Hollywood Studios attractions § Hyperion Theater.Hyperion Theater
The facade was modeled after that of the Los Angeles Theatre on LA's Broadway.
History[edit]
The Hyperion Theater opened with the park on February 8, 2001; the theater closed on August 31, 2023.
The theater held the world premiere for Spy Kids on March 18, 2001.
The venue's first show was Disney's Steps in Time, a musical featuring songs from various Disney films. Later that year, The Power of Blast, a scaled-down version of the musical Blast! was created for the theater. The Power of Blast closed in fall 2002 to make room for Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular. Inspired by Disney's 1992 animated film Aladdin, the show premiered in January 2003.
In spring 2010, it was initially announced that Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular would close and be replaced by Toy Story: The Musical. However, later that year it was announced that the plans were cancelled and that the Aladdin musical would remain for the time being.[2]
The theater also held the world premiere for Disney's The Lone Ranger on June 22, 2013.[3][4]
Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular closed in January 2016. It was announced that the venue's next show would be a musical inspired by Disney's 2013 animated film Frozen, entitled Frozen – Live at the Hyperion. The show premiered in May 2016.[5][6]
Earlier this year, it was announced that a one-act version of Rogers: The Musical, the fictional Broadway musical based around the Marvel Cinematic Universe's version of Captain America that was first introduced in the Disney+ series Hawkeye, would play a limited engagement, and it did. It was the venue's final show before it closed for good on Thursday, August 31st, 2023.[7]