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Blog Post: Pioneering female reporter provides the inspiration for Kara Lindsay's character in Disney "Newsies the Musical"

Jim Hill

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...

on3 May 2012
Blog Post: Is Disney looking to trade its 5th Avenue store in for a brand-new retail location down on Times Square?

Jim Hill

As you might expect, NYC's World of Disney is currently all tricked out for trick-or-treat time. Photo by Jim Hill And as you wander all three floors of this 5th Avenue store, you'll find all sorts of Halloween-related materials. From 15th anniversary " Nightmare Before Christmas " merch ... Photo by...

on21 Oct 2008
Blog Post: A special "May the (Stephen) Schwartz Be With You" edition of Why For

Jim Hill

Evidently that book review of Carol de Giere 's " Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to Wicked " that this site ran two week back really struck a chord with JHM readers as we've received a number of Stephen Schwartz -related questions since then. First up, Gayle B...

on17 Oct 2008
Blog Post: "High School Musical 5 & 6" ?! "Beauty & the Beast" headed back to Broadway ?!

Jim Hill

So -- in the weeks & months ahead -- we've got " My School Musical " on the Disney Channel , " High School Musical: Get in the Picture " on ABC as well as the theatrical release of " High School Musical 3 ." But how far exactly is the Walt Disney Company planning on stretching the "High School Musical...

on2 Jun 2008

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Blog Post: Pioneering female reporter provides the inspiration for Kara Lindsay's character in Disney "Newsies the Musical"

Blog Post: Is Disney looking to trade its 5th Avenue store in for a brand-new retail location down on Times Square?

Blog Post: A special "May the (Stephen) Schwartz Be With You" edition of Why For

Blog Post: "High School Musical 5 & 6" ?! "Beauty & the Beast" headed back to Broadway ?!