Pages Tagged “Disney”
Reviews
- Beauty and the Beast (2010 Tour)
★★★☆☆
San Diego, 2012
The simpler staging & costumes work well enough, but the big numbers suffer from the smaller cast. - Beauty and the Beast (3D Theatricals)
★★★★★
Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, 2016
An elaborate production by a local company with great performances from the leads, and a surprise understudy. - Belle’s Dreams of Adventure I never thought Belle gave up her dreams of adventure. I figured she had one, and gained the opportunity to have more. That’s why I hate the song ‘A Change in Me.’
Blog Posts
- Disco Mickey
Found this yesterday at a used book/media store. I think I may have heard it back in the day, though the only thing that comes to mind is “Macho Duck.” No, I didn’t buy it.
- One of these things is not like the others
I think one of those DVDs might be misplaced… Update: Two weeks later I was shopping at the same store, and the woman in front of me in the checkout line was buying (among other things) a Pretty Woman DVD. I had to wonder if it was the same box.
- Let it Snow! (Frozen edition)
How has Disney not done some variation on this for Christmas this year? A T-shirt, decorations, something.
- I Finally Saw Frozen / Tangled Musical Thoughts
It’s hard not to think of Tangled after seeing Frozen, and I ended up comparing the music over a few days of heavy listening.
- Vorlon in Wonderland
The caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland is totally a Vorlon. He’s always asking “Who are you?”, has a short temper, speaks cryptically…
- The Saga and the Franchise
I suppose it’s silly, but after thinking about it for a bit, what really bothers me about the Lucasfilm/Disney deal is that by continuing the movie series with Episodes 7-9, they are undermining the distinction between the Star Wars saga and the Star Wars franchise. Originally posted on Facebook
- Do Not Climb on Mickey
Presented without further comment.
- Nightmare Before Christmas: 3-D Edition
This weekend we went out to see The Prestige, which was quite good. The next theater over was running The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D, and we figured, what the heck? After the first movie, we got tickets for another. The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my favorite movies, but for some reason the […]
- Disney/Pixar: More than CGI
It looks like the media is still viewing Disney’s acquisition of Pixar in terms of 3-D computer animation vs. 2-D hand animation. I still think they’re missing the point. Disney’s new golden age started with The Little Mermaid in 1989 and ran through The Lion King in 1994. Pixar’s unbroken string of hits started with […]
- Singing Monkeys on Stage!
Just got an email from Disney on Broadway (I assume I must have given them my email address when I bought Lion King tickets several years ago) offering me advance tickets to their new Broadway show, Tarzan. WTF? Admittedly, I thought The Lion King was an odd choice for a stage musical, and it turned […]