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• London’s original musical “Mary” is now Broadway’s newest nanny

  Jim Hill talks with Laura Michelle Kelly, the Oliver Award-winning actress who has just begun appearing at the New Amsterdam Theatre in Disney & Cameron Mackintosh’s long-running production Read More... Posted Friday, November 06, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: Disney, Broadway, Disney Theatrical, New York City, restaurant, New Amsterdam Theatre, Minskoff Theatre, NYC, Broadway musical, 2009, Tony Award, Broadway production, Cameron Mackintosh , 2005, London, 2004, New York, Tony

• "Defying Gravity" details Stephen Schwartz's sometimes difficult dealings with the Walt Disney Company

  Jim Hill reviews Carol de Gieve's career biography of this Academy Award-winning songwriter, which features some great behind-the-scenes stories about the five Disney projects that Schwartz worked on Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, DreamWorks, Broadway, musical, Michael Eisner, Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, DreamWorks Animation, Stephen Schwartz, Los Angeles, Walt Disney Studios, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Broadway musical, September, animated feature, 2007, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Disney Feature Animation, Peter Schneider, London, TV movie, show business , 1996 , 1986, Tony, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Academy Award-winning, world premiere, Walt Disney Company, musical theater, musical theater fan, Broadway credits, trio, long running hits, long running hit, hit, Godspell, Pippin, Wicked, Disneyana fan, resume, lyricist, 1990s, 1978, Working, Radiator Springs, Children of Eden, 1991, graduate school, NYU, therapist, Sir Tim Rice, A Whole New World, Kevin Bannerman, Carol de Giere, Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz from Godspell to Wicked, Applause Books, softcover, songwriter, career, lyrics, 1992, Shirley Jones, Colors of the Wind, John Smith, Native Americans, Romeo, Romeo & Juliet, Juliet, West Side Story, Something's Coming, creative process, 1994, The Prince of Egypt, China, Matthew Wilder, David Zippel, Written in Stone, Destiny, Geppetto, Academy Award-nominee, Enchanted, Gregory Maguire, middling reviews, rhyme, reviews

• "I've been dealing with alien probes my whole life"

  "Race to Witch Mountain" director Andy Fickman talks about his reinvention of this Disney franchise. WARNING : There be spoilers ahead ! Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 05, 2008 12:00 AM | 14 Comments Filed under: Disney, convention, Walt Disney Pictures, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Game Plan, Dwayne Johnson, Andy Fickman, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Walt Disney Studios, Las Vegas, 2009, 1975, alien, push the envelope , thrill ride, screenplay, action film , action sequence, San Diego Convention Center , San Diego, convention center , Comic-Con , Comic-Con International, Roger Corman, Fantastic Four, The Punisher, Dolph Lundgren, Tony, Tia , Race to Witch Mountain, Escape to Witch Mountain, Witch Mountain, Witch Mountain mythology, mythology, X-Files , The X-Files, Roswell, New Mexico, UFOs , UFO, alien probes , alien probe, real UFO movie, UFO movie, BBC One, Colin Morgan, action adventure, contemporary action-adventure , family film , Alexander Key , Kim Richards , Ike Eisenmann , Return from Witch Mountain, Witch Mountain franchise, 48 Hours, Casino Royale, action films, intense action sequences , intense action sequence, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, homeworld, invasion, Siphon, The Siphon, Stan Winston Studio , Stan Winston, Predator, Aliens, assassin, Winnebago, sci-fi action-adventure , sci-fi, action-adventure , reinvention