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High School Musical to hit the road as a Musical Stage Show

Disney Theatrical Productions has announced the launch of a touring "High School Musical" stage production. The show will eventually reach of 60 cities across the US and Canada, although just a few have been announced right now. For fans of "High School Musical" it’s important to note that this is not like the concert and will not feature, at this point at least, any of the stars from the Disney Channel Movie. Instead this is a continuation of the very successful production that has played at Atlanta’s Theatre of the Stars. So please go and enjoy the show, but don’t expect to see Zac Efron, Corbin Bleu, Ashley Tisdale or any of the other stars from the movie.

The first cities announced include: Fisher Theatre in Detroit from June 26th – July 8th, the Academy of Music at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in
Philadelphia (July 11th – 22nd), and the LaSalle Bank Theatre in
Chicago (July 25th – September 2nd). In addition, "Disney’s High School Musical: The Ice Tour," being produced by Feld
Entertainment in cooperation with Disney Theatrical Productions, and will
hit the ice starting on September 29th.

The full text of the press release is included below the cut.

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Edward Scissorhands Ballet

Michael Sporn reports back from his viewing of Edward Scissorhands as produced by the Mathew Bourne ballet at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. If you’re out to rework a movie that a lot of people love – and a lot of people love this movie – you’d better top it. That means you have to… Read More »Edward Scissorhands Ballet

Haunted Mansion Imagineering Spoof Cartoon

2719 Hyperion blog has posted a real find from the AFISA-Hollywood Animation Archives. It’s a Cast Member only, Imagineering authored, Haunted Mansion themed spoof of WED Entreprises. WED, based on Walt’s initials, was the early name for Walt Disney Imagineering. The Haunted Mansion Supplement lampoons the very organization that built the Haunted Mansion. It’s great… Read More »Haunted Mansion Imagineering Spoof Cartoon

Pirates: At Worlds End Video Game Trailer

It’s a week for big premieres of Movie trailers. We just had the Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End trailer and tonight we get to see the Ratatouille trailer. While you’re waiting why not check out this trailer for the POTC:AWE video game.

Looks like a swashbuckling good time. I like the way they captured Captain Jack’s mannerisms. I have no idea how difficult it will be, but I can’t imagine that learning sword moves will be easy.

In the interest of fairness, I’ve included an interview with Lyle Hall, who worked on the Ratatouille Video game, and some game previews below the cut

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iTunes and AppleTV gets Disney in hot water with Starz

Disney has found itself on the receiving end of a lawsuit as a result of their selling movies online via iTunes. The suit comes from the Starz Cable Channel which has already won one similar lawsuit against Disney’s movie distribution arm, Buena Vista Distribution. Starz claims to have exclusive first rights to show Disney’s movies… Read More »iTunes and AppleTV gets Disney in hot water with Starz

Ohio family wins night in Cinderella Castle despite having not having park tickets

An Ohio family in Orlando just to visit some family, was at Downtown Disney doing a little shopping with no plans to visit any of the Disney theme parks when the father went to get a drink of water at a water fountain. Before he knew it the Dream Squad had awarded him and his… Read More »Ohio family wins night in Cinderella Castle despite having not having park tickets

Formula 1 coming to Disneyland Paris?

Mousekingdom Blog posts some informed speculation that a Formula 1 track and theme park might appear at the Disneyland Paris Resort someday soon. Why not? Imagine the new visitors this might bring to the park. A third park on property, although not owned by Euro Disney S.C.A., might bring extra people into the hotels and… Read More »Formula 1 coming to Disneyland Paris?

Disney to test Watch-n-chat online shows

Disney is testing a new watch-chat feature that will allow viewers to watch a show online and host an online chat room for up to nine of their friends. The show will feature DVR like controls for the host. No word yet if the chats will be moderated like on VMK. If you want to… Read More »Disney to test Watch-n-chat online shows