Quenqua Joins Disney Theatrical Group Public Relations

Joe Quenqua has been tapped to head public relations strategy for Disney Theatrical Group, the Walt Disney Company's live entertainment unit.  He has been Vice President - East Coast Publicity for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (formally Buena Vista Pictures Marketing) for five years.

Thomas Schumacher, President of Disney Theatrical Group, said "We are fortunate to have Joe join our team.  From its Broadway base, our business has steadily grown internationally as well as into different forms of live performance, creating the need for this new position.  Joe's experience and passion for entertainment make him a perfect fit."

"In addition to integrating us more closely with other Disney business units, Joe will coordinate the efforts of our domestic and international press resources including our long-time Broadway publicist Chris Boneau and his team at Boneau/Bryan-Brown," Schumacher continued.

Disney Theatrical Group (DTG) operates under the direction of Thomas Schumacher and is among the world's most successful commercial theatre enterprises.  DTG produces or licenses live entertainment events that reach a global annual audience of more than 20 million people in more than 40 countries.  DTG produces and licenses Broadway musicals around the world, including Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Elton John & Tim Rice's Aida, Tarzan and Mary Poppins, a co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh.  This month, Disney Theatricals launched the professional touring stage version of Disney's High School Musical, which is scheduled to reach 60 cities through 2008.  Also this summer, led by director Francesca Zambello, some of the theatre's most innovative artists have gathered to create The Little Mermaid, with a score by eight-time Academy Award-winner Alan Menken and the legendary Howard Ashman, with new lyrics by Glenn Slater.  After a six week try-out in Denver, The Little Mermaid will open on Broadway in December 2007.  DTG also delivers live entertainment around the world through its license to Feld Entertainment, producer of Disney on Ice and Disney Live!, including High School Musical: The Ice Tour and Playhouse Disney Live! both of which launch this fall.  In addition, DTG licenses musical titles for local school and community theatre productions through Music Theatre International.

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