Walt Disney News

When many people hear the word MONORAIL, a theme park ride may come to mind, or even a silly cartoon. Despite those perceptions, each day monorails safely and efficiently carry hundreds of thousands of passengers in non-entertainment transit applications. 'Monorails: Trains of the Future-Now Arriving' delves into the topic, more than any other book has to date.

The 2016 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic field was announced in conjunction with the start of play for the 2015 event, which is owned and operated by ESPN Events, a division of ESPN.

Foxwoods Resort Casino has been awarded along with other major iconic landmarks such as the Grand Canyon, Times Square and Walt Disney World as the most Instagrammed location in their respective state, according to Instagram and reported by Time.com and USA Today.

KWP Productions has some 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' entertainment in store for audiences of all ages when their production of MARY POPPINS opens at the William T. Dwyer High School Theatre in Palm Beach Gardens on January 8th. The show will run through January 17th.

Jack Feivou will take the helm as President and Chief Executive Officer of Fox Associates, LLC in late January, 2016.   Feivou will oversee the operation of the Fabulous Fox Theatre and other Fox business interests.

Explore the options for ringing in 2016 at Walt Disney World.

Updated this week! Check out upcoming Equity Auditions from Sunday, December 20, 2015 for both productions in your area and around the country including what/when/where and how to audition!

The Walt Disney Studios announced today that Star Wars: The Force Awakens has set a new all-time domestic debut record with an estimated $238M. With a five-day international debut of $279M, the film has taken in $517M globally.

ESPN Events, a subsidiary of ESPN, announced today that the inaugural Celebration Bowl will be televised live on ABC. The new postseason college football bowl game will kick off at noon ET today, Dec. 19, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

BroadwayWorld has teamed up with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.

Amphibian Stage Productions (Kathleen Culebro, Artistic Director) has announced the cast and creative team for its first main stage play of the 2016 season, Isaac's Eye by Lucas Hnath. Featuring actors Michael Linden, Greg Holt, Patrick Bynane, and Ashlee Elizabeth Bashore, the play will run Thursday, February 11 through Sunday, March 6 at the Berlene T. and Jarrell R. Milburn Theatre at Amphibian Stage Productions.

Time is running out to vote for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 18. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31!

In its tenth anniversary season, THE CROSSING - the extraordinary chamber choir from Philadelphia, dedicated to new music and conducted by Donald Nally - comes to New York on Saturday, January 23, 2016 to perform the NY premiere of THE FIFTH CENTURY, a large-scale work for the rare combination of choir and saxophone quartet by the iconic avant-garde English composer GAVIN BRYARS. The event, which will also feature the great sax quartet PRISM and will have Bryars in the audience, takes place at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul's Chapel at Trinity Church, Wall Street.

Music Director Joana Carneiro, Berkeley Symphony and composer and pianist Conrad Tao perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor,” together onThursday, February 4 at 8 pm at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley. Carneiro also leads the Orchestra in Lutos?awski's Concerto for Orchestra, an orchestral showpiece.

Vin Diesel's One Race Television is partnering with Universal Television on a multi-year, first-look production deal.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the Official Selections ofAFI AWARDS 2015, celebrating the year's most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image.

Squeals of delight and blood-curdling screams of fright will fill the Allen Theatre as Cleveland Play House's (CPH) Centennial Season continues with a humorous and heartfelt production of Little Shop of Horrors. Hearkening back to its very first productions in 1915 that featured sophisticated marionettes, CPH is bringing the cheeky and blood-thirsty plant Audrey II to life in a production that will be every vocal coach's dream - and every hemophobic's worst nightmare!

Physician, holistic health advocate, best-selling author and New Age guru Deepak Chopra speaks at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $49-99.

With just over a week until Christmas, it is time for all of us pathological procrastinators to get our butts in gear. Whether it is braving the insanity of the mall or paying for express shipping, we need to suck it up and start Christmas shopping!