Snow White - An Enchanting Musical (part III)

The folks over at MousePlanet are to be commended for their coverage of the events surrounding the 2004 Disneyland opening of Snow White: An Enchanting Musical. They not only documented opening night, but covered other related things such as the remodel of the Troubadour Treats snack bar into the Enchanted Cottage. Located at the Fantasyland Theater, the snack bar sported a new carved-wood facade and served Snow White-themed food in collectible souvenir containers.

Above: Enchanted Cottage snack bar; Below: Souvenir popcorn container and coffee mug.

Both images via MousePlanet. Photographed by Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix

The story continues with Part III:

After washing up, the dwarfs enjoy Snow White's dinner. A celebration and bedtime story follows. As the dwarfs and Snow White sleep, the Magic Mirror informs the Evil Queen of the Huntsman's failure to kill the princess. Source: filmfreak11

Video posted by filmfreak11

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Snow White - An Enchanting Musical (part II)

As part of the grand opening of Snow White: An Enchanting Musical, special commemorative buttons were given out to Disneyland Annual Passholders during the three special preview dates of February 23, 27, and 29th, 2004.

In addition, two pins were produced, one to coincide with the Annual Passholder previews and the second a cast exclusive pin released on January 28, 2004 with the Cast Member preview.

Cast Member Pin copyright PinPics.

In Part II, the Prince leaves as the Evil Queen looks on in anger. She orders the Huntsman to kill Snow White, but he's unable to go through with it. He tells the Princess to run away and sends her off into the woods. Snow White ends up at an empty forest cottage and decides to clean it in hopes that she could stay. The Seven Dwarfs arrive home and after the initial shock of finding her there, they welcome Snow White. She makes them wash up before supper.

Video posted by filmfreak11

High Res images via Disney and More. Copyright Disney. 

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Snow White - An Enchanting Musical (part I)

With great expectations, Snow White: An Enchanting Musical opened at Disneyland's Fantasyland Theater on February 23, 2004. Sets and costumes were elaborate, Patrick Stewart had been hired to record the voice of the Magic Mirror, and it looked as though hopes were high that this would be a long running performance.

Image via LaughingPlace.com. Copyright Doug Marsh, 2004.

Images copyright mouseplanet.com + L.Gilbreath via AllEars.net.

As part of the media celebration leading up to the debut of the show, the Snow White and the Seven Dwarf characters participated in a handprint ceremony in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. See more images at MousePlanet.com.

Image dated February, 5 2004. Copyright Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix.






Here's a Disney commercial promoting the musical:

Video posted by dlrpkris

Opening night was by invitation only. Michael Eisner, the then chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company introduced the musical to an audience of celebrity VIPs and media as well as the parents of children who partook in the premiere festivities. Although the weather forecast was gloomy and included heavy rains, the festival atmosphere was not dampened.

Image copyright mouseplanet.com

While the musical is no longer running, we can take a peek back in time thanks to youtuber filmfreak11 who has uploaded it in four segments. Here is Part I:

The Magic Mirror acts as the narrator to our story of Snow White. The seven dwarfs pass by as the Evil Queen looks over Snow White and her animal friends. A handsome prince overhears Snow White's song and sings to her. Source: filmfreak11

Video posted by filmfreak11

High Res images via Disney and More. Copyright Disney.

Disney's Snow White -- An Enchanting Musical
Presented by the Walt Disney Co.

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Credits:
Producer: Michael E. Williams
Director: Eric Schaeffer
Choreographer: Karma Camp
Set designer: Tom Butsch
Costume designer: Ellen McCartney
Lighting designer: Paulie Jenkins
Sound designer: Francois Bergeron
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Cast:
Snow White: Anne Warren
Prince: Stuart Ambrose
Queen: Elizabeth Ward Land
Hag: Lisa Wolpe
The Seven Dwarfs: Vince Trani, Justin Robertson, Glenn Turner, Reggie DeLeon, Noah Rivera, Joey Minnich, Paul Pakler

Additional image via JayPeeBee.Used with permission.

Continued in next post.

The Art of the Disney Princess

Released on October 6th of 2009, The Art of the Disney Princess is a compilation of original and diverse works by artists, illustrators, and animators from around the world. The book is introduced and includes a sketch by longtime animator Glen Keane, known for his work on such Disney films as Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.

I'm kind of grossed out by the tag line used to promote the book--Every little girl has a favorite Disney Princess--and for that matter, every grown-up girl, too!  Doesn't really work for me since I'm neither, but nonetheless, I am an admirer of the artwork.

Commissioned by Global Disney Consumer Products, each artist was asked to "re-imagine" the Disney princess in their own unique way. The resulting fan art is both fresh and fun.

Front Cover Art by Chad Sommers; pencil and digital media. All illustrations copyright Disney Editions.

Snow White by Jenny Chung; digital media.

Snow White by Dan Beltran; pencil and digital media.

Snow White by Neysa Bove; digital media.

    * Publisher: Disney Editions (2009)
    * Hardcover: 176 pages.
    * ISBN-10: 1423123719
    * ISBN-13: 978-1423123712
    * Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 10.5 x 0.8 inches
    * List Price: $40.00 (US)

Rear Cover Art

Some cool pics of The Art of the Disney Princess promotional event hosted at the Zune LA last October...

In an earlier post, see the pencil and digital media Art Nouveau piece by Enrique Pita and Ed Irizarry which was patterned after the work of Alphonse Mucha.

And see even more from The Art of the Disney Princess in this later post.