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...after Beauty opened, it set an all-time Broadway record for a single day's ticket sales: $603,494, vs. the $548,460 racked up in 1993 by The Who's Tommy. By week's end the advance sales exceeded $10 million. Nevertheless, last week chairman Michael Eisner floated the notion of starting evening shows at 7:30 instead of 8. Aides pointed out pitfalls: there may be a lot of latecomers, and the schedule change might imply that Beauty is not for grownups. Regardless of when it plays, 2 1/2 hours is a long time for children...
...Disney inner circle harbor doubts about the idea of an honest history park. Can slavery, Civil War slaughter and the doleful fate of American Indians be blended with the traditional marvels of Disney entertainment that will also include Mickey, Minnie and the gang? "Serious fun," Disney chairman Michael Eisner calls it, and his experts rightly point to such a blend in Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida. "This is not to be a Pollyanna view of America," insists Robert Weis, a principal Disney imagineer. "But we want people to leave the park feeling good about their country...
...first time since Michael Eisner became chairman a decade ago, the Walt Disney Co. reported a quarterly loss. The $77.8 million in red ink was attributable to Euro Disney, which has lost nearly $1 billion in its first fiscal year. Not that the experience has driven Disney to swear off theme parks. In Manassas, Virginia, Disney announced plans to build an American- history theme park near there...
...topic of NHL hockey, I give my vote to The Anaheim Mighty Ducks for best mascot. Its a nice touch, Eisner. Thanks for the joke...
...Disney Co. is all but recruited to renovate and stage live performances in the New Amsterdam Theater, the grand Art Nouveau landmark where Ziegfeld had his Follies. "It is the deal that we all dreamed about," says one of the project's masterminds. "When somebody like ((Disney chairman)) Michael Eisner comes in, everybody follows...