New National Theatrical Live Tour Go, Diego, Go Live! The Great Jaguar
Rescue to Stop in Baltimore and Minneapolis, February 28 through March 11
NEW YORK, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Nick Jr.'s famous action hero with a
heart will take the sippy-cup set on a week of brand-new animal adventures
on the hit animated preschool series Go, Diego, Go!, beginning Monday,
March 5 through Thursday, March 8 at 9:30 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nick Jr.
Preschoolers will learn all about tapirs, roadrunners, hawks, giant
octopuses and other animals indigenous to Latin America, on four new
half-hour episodes of Go, Diego, Go!
In addition, beginning Wednesday, February 28, the new theatrical live
tour Go, Diego, Go Live! The Great Jaguar Rescue presented by State Farm
Insurance will stop in Baltimore, MD (February 28 - March 4) and
Minneapolis, MN (March 7 - 11). Nickelodeon and Live Nation launched the
national tour on February 1, which features animal rescuer Diego and his
cousin Dora the Explorer, and is currently traveling to 50 markets
nationwide.
The Go, Diego, Go! premiere week schedule is as follows (all times are
ET/PT):
-- Monday, March 5 (9:30 a.m.): "The Great Roadrunner Race" - Diego is at
the desert visiting Roady Roadrunner, who's about to compete in The
Great Roadrunner Race. Roady is nervous as she's never raced before
and Diego helps her prep for the race as they duck under giant cactus
arms, jump over the tumbleweeds and shake off the sand from the sand
storm.
-- Tuesday, March 6 (9:30 a.m.): "Tapir's Trip Home" - Diego must find
Tapir a new home that has grass for her to eat, water to swim in, and
clouds to keep her nice and cool. Diego and Tapir hop aboard Chucho
the train and check out various environments until they find just the
right home on their last stop -- the Cloud Forest.
-- Wednesday, March 7 (9:30 a.m.): "Jorge the Little Hawk Learns to
Migrate" - It's getting cold and Jorge the Hawk is ready to migrate to
the Warm Forest. Diego builds a bird-plane with the same colored
wings, beak and feathers as Jorge, so he can follow the plane home.
The duo ride the Warm Windy Wind through the fog and avoid a lightning
storm, before finally reaching the Warm Forest.
-- Thursday, March 8 (9:30 a.m.): "Giant Octopus to the Rescue!" - Alicia
alerts Diego on his Video Watch that underwater volcanoes are about to
blow and animals are trapped nearby. Giant Octopus helps Diego locate
the volcanoes and animals deep in the ocean. They discover an ocean
garden, squirt purple ink to avoid the Sperm Whales, and help the
animals swim up out of the coral caves just before the Ocean Volcanoes
blow.
-- Friday, March 9 (9:30 a.m.): "The Great Roadrunner Race" (Encore)
(12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.): Above five episodes will repeat in a two-hour
marathon.
The animals appearing in Go, Diego, Go! are indigenous to Latin America
and are seen in their authentic habitat, with featured animals including
the chinchilla, sloth and condor. The show is also flavored with Spanish
words, Latin American music, folktales and traditions, all giving the
audience the opportunity to experience Diego's culturally rich world.
In each episode of Go, Diego, Go!, Diego (Jake T. Austin) with help
from his friends, high-tech gadgets and viewers at home, identifies and
locates an animal in trouble and the adventure begins. Diego is joined by
his 11-year- old sister Alicia (Constanza Sperakis), a computer whiz who is
bilingual and easily switches between speaking English and Spanish. Baby
Jaguar (Thomas Sharkey) is the animal closest to Diego's heart, and his
youthful eagerness sometimes puts him in precarious situations. Other
characters include Click (Rosie Perez), a high-tech camera with a knack for
locating lost animals; Rescue Pack, a messenger bag that can transform into
any form of transportation Diego needs, like a boat, snowboard or parasail;
and the Bobo Brothers, a mischievous pair of spider monkeys. Diego's cousin
Dora also makes guest appearances in the series.
The show's curriculum goals are based on using observational skills and
scientific tools to learn the accurate traits of the animal featured in the
day's adventure. Each episode includes details such as species name,
physical attributes and habitat. Every animal on Go, Diego, Go! is
researched and its traits authenticated by science education consultant
Mario Castellanos, Project Director of Science Outreach for the Smithsonian
National Zoological Park.
Go Diego Go! was created and is executive produced by Chris Gifford and
Valerie Walsh, the same team behind the phenomenal hit show Dora the
Explorer.
Nick Jr. is a specially designed programming block airing on
Nickelodeon weekdays from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. (ET/PT). Completely dedicated to
preschoolers ages 2-5, Nick Jr.'s Emmy, Peabody and Parents' Choice
Award-winning programs are curriculum based, fun and commercial free. At
Nick Jr., kids play to learn with innovative, original shows created just
for them.
Nickelodeon, in its 27th year, is the number-one entertainment brand
for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in
everything it does. The company includes television programming and
production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer
products, online, recreation, books, magazines and feature films.
Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 92 million
households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for more
than eleven consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles,
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