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Never mind March coming in like a lion. This month is really more a mouse, given all of the Disney-related events that are going to be happening all over the country in the coming week. Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved Like what? Well, for starters, today through Monday, March 11th...

Huffington Post -- As Broadway's "Mary Poppins" gets ready to close, regional productions of this acclaimed Disney musical begin popping up all over As any good Mary Poppins fan will tell you, when the wind shifts from the East to the West, it's then time for that practically perfect...

Kristin T. sent me an e-mail earlier this week offering her thoughts about Disney Parks ' new Limited Time Magic promotion. To be specific ... ... I can't help but think that this money could be better spent in other ways. Wouldn't it have made more sense in the long run if the Imagineers...

So have you been following this whole Disney / Barneys Electric Holiday controversy ? If not, let me do a quick recap: Back in August, when Barneys New York first released some concept art for the special holiday windows that Disney artists & animators would be creating for this luxury retailer's...

It was quite the night at the Minskoff Theatre last night. As both the creatives and former cast members of Disney's "The Lion King" came together for a one-night-only event which celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Broadway production of this acclaimed musical . There were lots of tender...

Disney showcases its past & future with "Snow White" and "Paperman" screenings at New York Film Festival You'd think, given her previous dealings with poison apples, that Snow White would be somewhat hesitant when it comes to visiting the Big Apple. But Disney's very first...

Elizabeth Jane Cochran didn't exactly make headlines when she was born in Western Pennsylvania 148 years ago this Saturday. But all of that would change when -- at just 16 years of age -- Ms. Cochran took up the pen name Nellie Bly and thus became America's first female investigative reporter...

Well, it turns out that Friday the 13th was pretty luck for two JHM readers. Because Beth Strutz and Todd Burnside (who was playing for his 8 year-old son) just won copies of Ridley Pearson 's new " Kingdom Keepers " book, " Shell Game ." Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All...

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Photo by Nancy Stadler Following its acclaimed run at the Papermill Playhouse last Fall, Disney Theatrical Productions' " Newsies: The Musical " opened at NYC's Nederlander Theatre last night for a special limited engagement. The press lines up to get...

Let's cut to the chase here: David Arquette is a REAL good sport. Elsewise how would you explain this " Scream " star's willingness to do a synchronized Sprinkler with Master Moves Mickey ... Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved ... or (harkening back to his appearance...

So are you watching " Once Upon a Time " yet? For Mouse House fans, half the fun of watching this acclaimed ABC Studios production is its funhouse mirror take on so many of Disney's animated classics. Take - for example - tonight's episode, "Fruit of the Poisonous Tree." Which...

It's funny how life works out sometimes. Take - for example - what just happened to Tony Award-nominee Kevin Chamberlin . After spending two years playing Uncle Fester in the "Addams Family" musical (more importantly, after a particularly brutal winter in NYC), Kevin longed for a change...

This coming Sunday - what with being the 10 th anniversary of 9/11 and all - is obviously going to be a fairly somber time in NYC. But that said, it's important at moments like this to remember that we're not actually alone in the world. That there are other people on this planet who (just like...

There are lots of great reasons to visit LEGOLAND California . Chief among these being this theme park's highly detailed recreations of cityscapes from around the globe. These include a miniature version of New York City which took over two million bricks to build ... Photo by Noe Valladolid ......

The Times They Are A-Changin' -- Bob Dylan And - by "Times" - I mean the Times Square Disney Store . Which - just this morning - re-opens for business after its first floor sales area received a pretty significant makeover. For those of you who can't quite recall what the first floor...

Jay Ward had a favor to ask of his father. Ward - who's the guardian of the Cars franchise for Pixar Animation Studios - had just spent months supervising the construction of those life-sized versions of Lightning McQueen , Mater and Finn McMissile which were to be trucked over North America as part...

As snow fell on New York City last Friday night, seven veterans from Disney Theatrical Productions came together to salute Sir Tim Rice . So who exactly was on hand? Ashley Brown (original title star of Mary Poppins on Broadway ), Heidi Blickenstaff (Ursula in The Little Mermaid ), Merle Dandridge (Kala...

New Yorkers are typically a pretty jaded bunch. So what could get this many people to suddenly stop in Times Square and whip out their cameras? Photo by Jim Hill Disney characters. Lots & lots of Disney characters. Photo by Jim Hill Everyone from Lightening McQueen ... Photo by Jim Hill ... to Rapunzel...

Yesterday, Nancy twittered that we were headed down to the City this weekend to cover New York Comic Con . And Daniel W. twittered back: (I) was thinking about going Saturday, but it looks kind of lame! What Disney booths/programs are going on there? Just Epic Mickey ? Sample pages from the Disney Epic...

Given that I'm a 51 year-old white guy who lives in the woods of New Hampshire, I'm guessing that I'm not really the target audience for " Step Up 3D ." So when I found myself at a press screening for this new Jon Chu film earlier this week, I have to admit that there was a period...