Pokémon Live! was a musical stage production that toured the United States from September 15, 2000 to January 28, 2001.
Here’s your chance to relive a 90’s/00’s relic.
| Venue | Opening Date | Closing Date |
|---|---|---|
| The Pepsi Arena (Albany) | September 15, 2000 | September 17, 2000 |
| Radio City Music Hall (New York City) | September 20, 2000 | October 1, 2000 |
| Wolstein Center (Cleveland) | October 4, 2000 | October 8, 2000 |
| Oakdale Theatre (Wallingford) | October 10, 2000 | October 15, 2000 |
| Hummingbird Centre (Toronto) | October 17, 2000 | October 22, 2000 |
| Fox Theatre (Detroit) | October 25, 2000 | October 29, 2000 |
| Van Andel Arena (Grand Rapids) | October 31, 2000 | November 1, 2000 |
| Nationwide Arena (Columbus) | November 2, 2000 | November 5, 2000 |
| Pepsi Coliseum (Indianapolis) | November 8, 2000 | November 12, 2000 |
| EagleBank Arena (Fairfax) | November 14, 2000 | November 19, 2000 |
| Fox Theatre (Atlanta) | November 21, 2000 | November 26, 2000 |
| Bojangles’ Coliseum (Charlotte) | November 29, 2000 | December 3, 2000 |
| Blockbuster-Sony Music Entertainment Centre (Camden) | December 6, 2000 | December 10, 2000 |
| Tsongas Arena (Lowell) | December 12, 2000 | December 13, 2000 |
| Centrum Centre (Worcester) | December 14, 2000 | December 17, 2000 |
| US Cellular Arena (Milwaukee) | December 27, 2000 | December 31, 2000 |
| The MARK of the Quad Cities (Moline) | January 2, 2001 | January 3, 2001 |
| Firstar Center (Cincinnati) | January 5, 2001 | January 7, 2001 |
| Roberts Municipal Stadium (Evansville) | January 9, 2001 | January 10, 2001 |
| Rosemont Theatre (Rosemont) | January 12, 2001 | January 21, 2001 |
| Xcel Energy Center (St. Paul) | January 23, 2001 | January 28, 2001 |
Songs
Act I
- You & Me & Pokémon — Ash, Misty, and Brock
- It Will All Be Mine — Giovanni and Team Rocket.
- It Will All Be Mine (Reprise) — Giovanni
- My Best Friends — Ash, Misty, and Brock
- Everything Changes — Professor Oak and Delia Ketchum
- Everything Changes (Reprise 1) — Giovanni
- Misty’s Song — Misty
- The Best at Being the Worst — Team Rocket
- Pikachu (I Choose You) — Ash
Act II
- What Kind of Pokémon Are You? — Dexter and the Dextettes
- The Time Has Come — Ash
- You and Me and Pokémon (Reprise) — Giovanni
- Double Trouble — Team Rocket
- Double Trouble (Reprise) — Team Rocket
- Two Perfect Girls — Brock
- I’ve Got a Secret — Delia Ketchum, Misty, and Ash
- Everything Changes (Reprise 2) — Delia Ketchum
- You Just Can’t Win — Ash and Giovanni
- Finale — Company
Commercial
Full Musical
And before you ask: Yes, this is fun-bad. Actually enjoyable and hilarious.
Fun Facts:
- They created new songs
- They used known songs from the anime
- They recorded voices from English voice actors: Jay Goede for Mewtwo; Michael Haigney for Psyduck; Maddie Blaustein for Meowth; Rachael Lillis for Jigglypuff; and Japanese voice actor Ikue Otani for Pikachu.
- Scenes from the anime play onstage
- Giovanni is played by Darren Dunstan (the voice of Maximillion Pegasus from Yu-Gi-Oh)
- James is played by Andrew Rannells
- Giovanni was dating Ash’s mom?!
