THE MAGIC IS COMING TO NEW YORK: Disney Cruise Line takes Broadway to the high seas

They make it look so easy.

They sing. They dance. They recite their lines and hit their marks, even as hydraulic lifts rise up and down within inches of their feet and the boat occasionally sways ever so slightly to and fro, making for sometimes unsteady underpinnings.

And one lucky performer gets to do all this while wearing a 55-pound, Swarovski crystal-studded Cinderella gown.

On the Disney Magic’s eight-night Bahamian cruises out of New York next year, a talented cast of 30 singers and dancers will take part in four different stage productions in front of packed houses in the grand Walt Disney Theatre.  Read More...

Limited Broadway Run for Disney’s ‘Newsies’

In a break from its traditionally lavish approach to Broadway, Disney Theatrical Productions announced plans on Tuesday to mount a low-budget, three-month run of its new show “Newsies the Musical” in New York this spring, limiting its financial risk after two costly flops.



This new entry for the Broadway season, which so far has a thin lineup of original musicals, is a fast move by a company that usually prepares productions years in advance. Disney is known for planning and spending many millions of dollars on Broadway musicals, like its current hits “The Lion King” and “Mary Poppins,” and on major advertising campaigns aimed at laying the groundwork for long runs in New York and future national and international tours. Read More...