Walt Disney News

The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. announced today that in celebration of the Statue of Liberty's upcoming 125th Anniversary on October 28th, Macy's has committed the proceeds from the sale of its newly recorded song 'Gift of Light' to benefit the Foundation's non-profit mission for projects at Liberty and Ellis Islands, working in partnership with the National Park Service.

Megan Taylor is stepping into Broadway Does Disney at the last minute to replace Tricia Burns (Fat Camp, My Big Gay Italian Wedding), who has withdrawn due to illness. She joins Helen Hayes Award winner Brian Childers (Danny and Sylvia) and Kimberly Faye Greenberg (One Night with Fanny Brice, Ghostlight at NYMF). Broadway Does Disney is a one-night cabaret performance to benefit Theatrical Gems.

We are giving away 2 pairs of tickets to see Jane Krakowski at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on October 23rd!

Tony Award-winner and three-time Emmy nominee Jane Krakowski makes her Walt Disney Concert debut, Sunday, October 23, at 7:30 p.m.

In anticipation of MARY POPPINS' premiere Providence engagement at the Providence Performing Arts Center February 8 - 19, 2012, patrons who purchase MARY POPPINS tickets in person at the PPAC Box Office this Saturday, October 22 from 10A to 2P will receive a FREE classic MARY POPPINS 'Parrot head' umbrella!

Tony Award-winner and three-time Emmy nominee Jane Krakowski makes her Walt Disney Concert debut, Sunday, October 23, at 7:30 p.m. Krakowski's 75-minute program features cabaret and show tunes popularized by female performers who have inspired her such as Ann-Margret and Eartha Kitt, and is the first of three 2011/12 LA Phil Songbook series concerts.

The monthly hit series 'The Metropolitan Room Presents Broadway on 22nd Street' is back in October with Arbender Robinson (HAIR, THE BOOK OF MORMON, THE LITTLE MERMAID), Cailan Rose (HAIR) and Robert Creighton (CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, CHICAGO, ANYTHING GOES).

Three-time Tony Award Nominee Judy Kuhn (Les Miserables, Chess. She Loves Me) will teach the first in a series of her ACTING THE SONG Vocal Performance Workshops on October 17th & 18th in NYC.

Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center begins its 2011-2012 season with the Music Center debut of Scottish Ballet, Scotland's national dance company, at the Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, October 14-16, 2011. The company will present 'Song of the Earth,' choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan with music by Gustav Mahler, and a North American première choreographed by Jorma Elo, with music by Mozart and Steve Reich. Scottish Ballet is under the current artistic direction of former Royal Ballet dancer and choreographer Ashley Page, who was in 2006 awarded an OBE in the Queen's birthday honors list for his service to dance.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), led by celebrated Music Director Jeffrey Kahane, performs two concerts featuring internationally renowned soprano Karina Gauvin, called 'breathtaking,' by The Times (London), on Saturday, October 15, 8 pm, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, and Sunday, October 16, 2011, 7 pm, at UCLA's Royce Hall.

Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center begins its 2011-2012 season with the Music Center debut of Scottish Ballet, Scotland's national dance company, at the Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, October 14-16, 2011. The company will present 'Song of the Earth,' choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan with music by Gustav Mahler, and a North American première choreographed by Jorma Elo, with music by Mozart and Steve Reich. Scottish Ballet is under the current artistic direction of former Royal Ballet dancer and choreographer Ashley Page, who was in 2006 awarded an OBE in the Queen's birthday honors list for his service to dance.

The Chicago return of MARY POPPINS opens this Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 at 8 p.m. at the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph St.) for a limited engagement of four weeks through November 6, 2011.

The Chicago return of MARY POPPINS opens this Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 at 8 p.m. at the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph St.) for a limited engagement of four weeks through November 6, 2011.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), led by celebrated Music Director Jeffrey Kahane, performs two concerts featuring internationally renowned soprano Karina Gauvin, called 'breathtaking,' by The Times (London), on Saturday, October 15, 8 pm, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, and Sunday, October 16, 2011, 7 pm, at UCLA's Royce Hall.

STAGES ST. LOUIS announces a change to the 2012 Season line-up. Disney's The Jungle Book will replace the previously reported Theatre for Young Audience production of Disney's Aladdin.

Walt Disney Pictures will be releasing THE MUPPETS on November 23, 2011. Starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Alan Arken and Zach Galifianakis, the film is directed by James Bobin and produced by David Hoberman, Nicholas Stoller and Todd Lieberman.

This Halloween, for one night only, critically acclaimed author Mark Z. Danielewski returns to REDCAT with a theatrical presentation of his limited edition, illustrated ghost story The Fifty Year Sword.

The Garden Theatre will present TheatreWorks' production of the rock-n-roll musical Little Shop of Horrors, where a man-eating plant and a cast of colorful characters take root at the Garden Theatre to kick off the 2011-12 Season on October 14-November 6.