Playbill News: Disney’s High School Musical, inspired by the mega-hit TV movie seen on The Disney Channel, will have its professional premiere Jan. 13-21, 2007, at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. See Theatre of The Stars for more info. (Link)
Cartoon Brew makes a good point about one aspect of the Tugger saga that the news isn’t covering. The Christian aspect of the story comes out in the article’s comments section as well as in this post from the blog of SENTINEL film critic Roger Moore. I find it odd that the SENTINEL decided not… Read More »Another Tale of Tugger
Brandon sends us this trip report from his visit to Walt Disney World on the very days Ernesto was passing over the area. Brandon’s from the pacific northwest, so rain isn’t a big deal to him, even lots of it. But tropical storm Ernesto gave him pause… not enough to keep him from having fun,… Read More »Visiting Disney World during Ernesto
You may be wondering why I’m pointing out that Sumner Redstone fired Viacom CEO Tom Freston. Frustrated by Viacom’s lagging stock price and impatient with its progress on the digital entertainment front, the 83-year-old Redstone ousted Chief Executive Tom Freston, 60, and replaced him with his longtime advisors Philippe P. Dauman and Thomas E. Dooley.… Read More »Change at Disney’s Corporate Competition
Sarah Tully of The Orange County Register reports that Anaheim is the fastest-growing market for hotel occupancy. The hotel hike feeds the city’s coffers, as bed taxes make up the largest chunk of the city’s budget. In the 2000-2001 fiscal year, the city collected $58.1 million in bed taxes, a total that slipped the next… Read More »Anaheim Hotels Doing Well
Meanwhile over in Australia a bunch of kids were steered wrong by their drama teachers who led them to think they could produce an unlicensed version of Aladdin. When Disney found out they forbid them from showing it in public as it would violate their current exclusive license with another theatre. They did let the… Read More »Disney Bans School from producing Aladdin Musical
Seeing the Liberty Belle back on the river at the Magic Kingdom made me very happy Sunday night. A little bird told me that she’ll be loading passengers again as soon as September 9th. They’ll probably have to refresh the training of its cast members and finish up on the maintenance of the dock area.… Read More »Things that make me happy…
The Grey’s Anatomy season premier is September 21st. If you have never seen the show before or just want to brush up on your GA trivia, then you need to read the Grey’s Anatomy Insider Blog. Tons of great posts there including this one that predicts a little trouble for one of ABC’s new series… Read More »Grey’s Anatomy Insider Blog