The Hyperion Theater opened with the park on February 8, 2001. 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 Animation's 1992 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. The theater also held the world premiere for
Disney's The Lone Ranger on June 22, 2013. ''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 Animation's 2013 film
Frozen, entitled
Frozen – Live at the Hyperion. The show premiered in May 2016. The theater's most recent show was a one-act version of
Rogers: The Musical, the fictional Broadway musical that was first introduced in the
Disney+ series
Hawkeye, based around the
Marvel Cinematic Universe character
Captain America. The show ran from June 30 to August 31, 2023. == Accidents ==