Disney Live Entertainment Explained

Disney Live Entertainment
Former Name:	Walt Disney Entertainment Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Creative Entertainment Disney Parks Live Entertainment
Type:	Division
Parent:	Walt Disney Imagineering
Subsid:	The Muppets Studio
Location City:	Glendale, California
Location Country:	United States
Key People:	Steve Davison (executive creative director)
Products:	Theatrical/technical live entertainment productions

Disney Live Entertainment is the theatrical live entertainment production division of Walt Disney Imagineering, the design and development arm of Disney Experiences, a division and business segment of The Walt Disney Company.^[1]

History

Disney Entertainment

Formerly founded as Walt Disney Entertainment as a wing of the Walt Disney Company, it produced all shows and parades for Disney worldwide, including everything from the Disney-created Super Bowl Half-time shows to theme parks. The division was altered on January 31, 2001, at the retirement of Executive Vice President, Ron Logan, who was the head of the division.

Disney Creative Entertainment

Disney Creative Entertainment was founded in 2000 with the arrival of Executive Vice President Anne Hamburger.

Works

Some of the company's most notable works since being officially formed in 2000 include:

Disneyland
- Fantasmic!
- The Lion King Parade
- Light Magic
- Believe... There's Magic in the Stars
  - Believe... In Holiday Magic
- Snow White: An Enchanting Musical
- Remember... Dreams Come True
- Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams
- Disney's Celebrate America
- Mickey's Soundsational Parade
- The Magic, the Memories, and You
- Mickey and the Magical Map
- Paint the Night Parade
- Disneyland Forever^[2]
- Together Forever
- Mickey’s Mix Magic
- Magic Happens Parade
- Wondrous Journeys
Disney California Adventure
- Pixar's Block Party Bash
- Pixar Play Parade
- World of Color
  - Winter Dreams
  - Celebrate
  - Season of Light
  - Villainous
  - One
- Disney Junior – Live on Stage!
- Frozen – Live at the Hyperion^[3]
- The Golden Mickeys
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Magic Kingdom
- SpectroMagic
- The Legend of the Lion King
- Disney's Celebrate America
- The Magic, the Memories, and You
- Celebrate the Magic
- Once Upon a Time
- Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade
- Happily Ever After
- Disney Enchantment
Epcot
- A New World Fantasy
- Laserphonic Fantasy
- IllumiNations
  - IllumiNations 25
  - Reflections of Earth
- Epcot Forever
- Harmonious
Disney's Hollywood Studios
- Dick Tracy
- Fantasmic!
- Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage!^[5]
- The American Idol Experience
- Disney Junior – Live on Stage!
- The Golden Mickeys
Disney's Animal Kingdom
- Festival of the Lion King
- Finding Nemo – The Musical
- Rivers of Light

Tokyo Disneyland
- Cinderellabration: Lights of Romance
- Mickey's Gift of Dreams
- Disney's Dreams on Parade
- Jubilation!
- Happiness is Here Parade
- Once Upon a Time
- Frozen Forever
- Disney Gifts of Christmas
- Dreaming Up
- Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland
- Mickey's Musical Dream
- Disney Harmony In Color Parade
Tokyo DisneySea
- Legend of Mythica
- BraviSEAmo!
- Fantasmic!
- Believe! Sea of Dreams

Disneyland Park (Paris)
- Disney's Once Upon a Dream Parade
- The Enchanted Fireworks
- Disney Dreams!
- Disney Illuminations
- Disney Stars on Parade
- Dream... and Shine Brighter!
- Disney D-Light
- A Million Splashes of Colour
- Disney Electrical Sky Parade
- The Legend of the Lion King
- Winnie the Pooh and Friends, Too
- Animator's Musical Fireworks
Walt Disney Studios Park
- Disney Junior: Live On Stage!
- Animagique
- Mickey and the Magician
- TOGETHER: A Pixar Musical Adventure
Disney Village
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Dinner Show

Hong Kong Disneyland
- Festival of the Lion King
- Mickey and the Wondrous Book
- Flights of Fantasy Parade
- Disney in the Stars
- Mickey's Rainy Day Express
- Paint the Night
- Follow Your Dreams
- Momentous

Shanghai Disneyland
- Mickey's Storybook Express Parade
- Illuminate! A Nighttime Celebration

Twice Charmed – Disney Magic
Tangled The Musical – Disney Magic
Toy Story the Musical – Disney Wonder
Frozen, A Musical Spectacular – Disney Wonder, Disney Fantasy
The Golden Mickeys – Disney Wonder, Disney Dream and Disney Destiny
Disney's Believe – Disney Fantasy and Disney Dream
Villains Tonight! – Disney Magic and Disney Dream

Other venues

Main Street Electrical Parade – New York Route at New York, New York (As part of the opening of Hercules)
2000 Super Bowl Half Time Show
2016 Honda Celebration of Light – Vancouver Fireworks
2022 Special Olympics USA Games – Opening Ceremony

Notes and References

News: New Stage Musical Based on 'Frozen' Opens at Disney California Adventure. October 7, 2016. NBC Los Angeles. City News Service. NBCUniversal Media, LLC. May 27, 2016. October 9, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161009183804/http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/New-Stage-Musical-Based-Frozen-Opens-Disney-California-Adventure-381082791.html. live.
News: Shaw Brown. Genevieve. Sneak Peek of Disneyland's New Fireworks Spectacular, 'Disneyland Forever'. October 7, 2016. ABC News online. May 19, 2015. June 17, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160617155433/http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/sneak-peek-disneylands-fireworks-spectacular-disneyland-forever/story?id=31153672. live.
News: Paulson. Michael. Barnes. Brooke. Let It Go Go Go! Three Stage Versions of 'Frozen' Are on the Way. 13 June 2016. The New York Times. 6 June 2016. 15 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160615093238/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/07/theater/let-it-go-go-go-three-stage-versions-of-frozen-are-on-the-way.html. live.
Web site: Graves . Sabina . June 20, 2023 . Get in Line for Marvel Studios' Rogers: The Musical at Disney Parks . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230621084210/https://gizmodo.com/rogers-the-musical-disney-parks-marvel-studios-mcu-dca-1850557616 . June 21, 2023 . June 21, 2023 . Gizmodo.
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