Walt Disney News

Maestro Classics, winner of over 50 prestigious awards for its Stories in Music series of recordings, proudly announces today's (June 23rd) release of the company's eleventh album for family listening, a sparkling rendition of Richard Strauss's colorful tone poem Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, presented here for narrator and orchestra as Merry Pranks of Master Till.

Structure! The Musical, or Everything You Need To Know About Musicals You Can Learn From Star Wars**, the writing seminar taught by award-winning librettist and screenwriter Sammy Buck, will be offered today at 3pm and again at 7pm.

Lady Rizo, as any of her fans will tell you, has a magnificent voice.

One of Los Angeles' most iconic concert venues, the Hollywood Bowl, launched its 94nd season with the 2015 Opening Night Concert, featuring ever-popular and long-enduring rock band and recent Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame inductees JOURNEY, Saturday, June 20, at 8 pm.

Disney and Cameron Mackintosh are delighted to announce that ZIZI STRALLEN will play 'Mary Poppins' and MATT LEE will play 'Bert' in the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of their multi award-winning musicalMARY POPPINS, opening at Leicester Curve on 12 October 2015. Full casting will be announced shortly.Tour schedule below. 

The second UK tour of MARY POPPINS has found its leading lady! The Daily Mail writes that Zizi Strallen will take on the title role in the production, which kicks off at the Leicester Curve on October 13, 2015. Strallen will be joined onstage by Matt Lee as 'Bert'.

Beloved star of stage and screen, Tony Danza makes his Cafe Carlyle debut to close the spring season, June 16-27. The two-week engagement, entitled Tony Danza: Standards and Stories, will feature a selection of highlights from the Great American Songbook and more. Perhaps best known for starring on some of television's most cherished and long-running series, including Taxi and Who's the Boss?, Danza has also established himself as a Broadway star, a New York Times best-selling author and is indisputably one of America's most esteemed performers.

Thespian Festival 2015 presents the opening show The Music of Menken: Audrey, Ariel, Aladdin…and Alan! An Evening with Alan Menken, a tribute to one of the most celebrated composers of stage and screen. The Music of Menken will take place Monday, June 22, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Lied Center for Performing Arts.

The world's largest sports and humanitarian event this year – the Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015 (LA2015) – today announced its initial star-studded lineup for the event's Opening Ceremony

Wyndham Extra Holidays, a subsidiary of Wyndham Vacation Ownership (WVO), the world's largest vacation ownership company and member of the Wyndham Worldwide family of companies (NYSE: WYN), is now offering special travel deals to more than 30 destinations this summer during the Wyndham Extra Holidays "Every Summer Tells a Story" Sale.

George A. Kalogridis, president of the Walt Disney World Resort, and Tammy Smith, a Brigadier General in the United States Army, are among the headline speakers at the first LGBT Equality Institute, a complimentary workshop to be held July 23 at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort.

Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man, the hit comedy written by Matt Murphy, based on the best-selling book by Dan Anderson and Maggie Berman, has announced that comedian and YouTube star Michael Buckley ("What The Buck?") and television and stage actress Anneliese van der Pol ("That's So Raven", Beauty and the Beast) will join the cast this summer as Dan and Robyn, for two weeks only - July 2-4 and 9-11 - at The 777 Theatre (777 Eighth Avenue, between 47th and 48th Streets). Buckley, making his Off-Broadway debut in Sex Tips, will also perform in the show's upcoming week-long run at The Provincetown Theater from August 3 - 8.

Multi Emmy Award-winner, Shane Farley, has been named executive producer of the upcoming syndicated lifestyle talk show, 'FABLife.'

The Board of Directors and Artistic Director, David Leidholdt, are pleased to announce Millbrook's next production of Mary Poppins at the Ryan Main Stage.

By any standard, John Williams is one of the greatest film composers of all time; his 49 Academy Award nominations are second only to Walt Disney himself.  And Williams and Walt Disney Concert Hall have gone hand in hand since Williams opened the Hall's inaugural gala in 2003 with the world premiere of his concert work 'Soundings.'  

Well-Strung, The Singing String Quartet, will return to Provincetown on July 1 to debut their brand new show 'Summer Lovin' directed by Richard Jay-Alexander. The show arrives in conjunction with the launch of the group's Kickstarter campaign for their new CD entitled 'POPssical' scheduled for release this fall. For 'Summer Lovin' tickets and information visit www.ptownarthouse.com or call 800-838-3006.

June 16, 2015 – Orlando, FL – The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts announces tickets on sale Friday, June 19, 2015 for Britain's living legends of comedy John Cleese & Eric Idle Together Again At Last…For The Very First Time appearing at 7:30 p.m. in the Walt Disney Theater on October 17, 2015. Tickets start at $59.50 and may be purchased by calling the Dr. Phillips Center Box Office or by visiting the Box Office at 445 Magnolia Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801 between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday or 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Saturday.  Tickets are also available by calling 844.513.2014 or online at drphillipscenter.org. Online and phone ticket purchases include handling fees.

Disney•Pixar's 'Inside Out' features an original score that captures the emotional spirit of the story by award-winning composer Michael Giacchino. The soundtrack will be released by Walt Disney Records today, June 16, 2015. Directed by Academy Award winner Pete Docter ('Monsters, Inc.', 'Up') and produced by Jonas Rivera, p.g.a. ('Up'), Disney•Pixar's 'Inside Out' opens in U.S. theaters on June 19, 2015.

Disney | ABC Television Group is mobilizing its division-wide resources to champion the potential of young, socially conscious individuals and their creative approach to strengthening their communities and changing the world.

Theatre Development Fund, the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts, will honor three of the organization's 'Unsung Heroes' - Ted Chapin, Jeffrey Gural and Robert Zukerman at TDF's Gala tonight, June 15 at the Edison Ballroom (240 West 47th Street).