Tag: Alan Menken

  • Destination D: 75 Years of Disney Animated Features – Day 2

    This year’s, Destination D event celebrated the 75th anniversary of the release of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” by focusing on Disney animated features.   Read on for some pictures from the second day of this two day event (Day 1 Blog) held at the Grand Ballroom of the Disneyland Hotel.

  • D23 announces details for 2012 Destination D

    D23: The Official Disney Fan Club has announced plans for its Fall 2012 event Destination D: 75 Years of Disney Animated Features.  The two-day event will take place August 11th and 12th at the Grand Ballroom of the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim.  Read on for some highlights.  

  • Hot Off The Presses: Newsies’ Andrew Keenan-Bolger as Crutchie

    After a successful run at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse last fall, Disney’s Newsies has finally found its way to Broadway.  Opening on Thursday, April 29 to rave reviews at the Nederlander Theatre, Disney Theatricals has announced that the musical, which originally was scheduled for a limited run, would now have an open-ended Broadway run. …

  • Disney’s Newsies Seizes The Stage at the Paper Mill Playhouse

    What do you do with a movie musical that receives reviews like “The writers have created cardboard cut-outs instead of flesh-and-blood characters,” Variety, “The film’s real trouble lies in its pointless, joyless execution,” New York Times.  You stage it as a musical… naturally!