Disney

The Lion King at the Hippodrome Theatre

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In 1994, the Disney Renaissance, launched by the landmark release of The Little Mermaid in 1989, was in full swing. Riding high on a wave of critically acclaimed and financially successful movies including Aladdin and the Oscar-nominated Best Picture Beauty & the Beast, new Disney was creating modern classics with old Disney success. But behind … Read more

Disney’s Frozen at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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In the first half of the new millennium, proverbial powerhouse Disney Animation was losing its stronghold on the field. Having had two past monopolies on the field, their Golden Age with critical and sentimental favorites like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio, Fantasia, all the way back to the pioneer of the art Snow White & the … Read more