“Fairy Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” G. K. Chesterton
ISSUE 9 JANUARY 2007
into the Light
Rhett Wickham talks to two of the creative leads on Dreamlights the Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade
Into the Woods
Legendary imagineers reminisce about the creation of Euro Disneyland featuring rare art and models from the project
Tooning Up
A sneak peek at the new Toon Studios at the Walt Disney Studios Park in Paris with the executive producer Cory Sewelson
Mary Mary Quite Extraordinary
Meet the creative team behind Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins musical and discover Cameron's twenty-five year struggle to bring the books to life on stage
TALES FROM THE LAUGHING PLACE
AFTER celebrating the fifth anniversaries of Disney's California Adventure park and Tokyo DisneySea in '06 we now turn our attentions to the 15th anniversary of Disneyland Resort Paris. Issue 9 features an expansive interview with four of the leading imagineers on the European Disneyland project namely Tony Baxter, Tim Delaney, Chris Tietz and Tom Morris entitled ‘Into the Woods’. The interview is a fascinating insight into the challenges and subsequent solutions that the design team overcame building a Disneyland from scratch. ‘Into the Woods’ is accompanied by a wide variety of photographs, and concept materials from every land. Much of the imagery has been rarely seen outside of Walt Disney Imagineering.
Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee grace the cover as we present exclusive coverage of Mary Poppins at Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre. Interviews featuring the entire creative team including producers Tom Schumacher and Sir Cameron Mackintosh, Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes, the composer-lyrist team of George Stiles & Anthony Drewe and director Richard Eyre. Together they reveal the difficulty of mounting a musical based on the beloved stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney film.
Mary, Mary quite extraordinary: Mary Poppins on Broadway - exclusive interviews with Sir Cameron Mackintosh, Julian Fellowes, Sir Richard Eyre, Bob Crowley, Tom Schumacher, George Stiles & Anthony Drewe. into the woods: An exclusive interview with imagineers Tony Baxter, Tom Morris, Chris Tietz and Tim Delaney on the creation of Euro Disneyland which celebrates 15 years in April 2007. walls of sound: A visit to the Walt Disney Records 50th Anniversary Exhibition in Seattle. it’s a livin’ thing: Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor and the Living Characters Program. tooning up: A look at the new Toon Studios at Walt Disney Studios Park in Paris. into the light: An interview with Cindy White and Brian Gale, two of the creative team behind Tokyo Disneyland’s Dreamlights Parade. Role Models: The Year of a Million Dreams kick-off at Walt Disney World.
the tales of Issue 9: