Dick Tracy Diamond Double-Cross

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Dick Tracy Diamond Double-Cross

The Balonian diamond was the largest diamond in the world and it resided in a seamless glass case in the city museum. One day, the case filled with smoke and the diamond disappeared right in front of a crowd of onlookers and the king and queen of Balonia! Who could have done such a thing? Who can help get the diamond back? As guest watched, the crowd burst into music and sang Calling Dick Tracy.

The comic strip detective takes up the case and tracks the diamond from Big Boy's hideout to Breathless Mahoney at the Club Ritz. She then escapes and leads the characters on a city-wide chase.

Diamond Double-Cross was a 28-minute production that featured 1940s inspired costumes and cityscapes and the primary color scheme from the Warren Beatty film. This show ran at the old Theater of the Stars near the Brown Derby restaurant from May 21, 1990-February 21, 1991. It was rushed into production before the film was even released in theaters and was one of the first projects of the so-called "Disney Decade."

The show director was Jess Ross and Tom Child was the writer. Stan Meyer was the art director and Matt West was the choreographer. The Calling Dick Tracy song was written by Tom Child and Don Harper. A nearly identical show was also performed at Videopolis at Disneyland.

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