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- GRAPEVINE, Page 19THEY'RE DANCING AS FAST AS THEY CAN
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- By DAVID ELLIS/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
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- The DISNEY kingdom has lost some of its luster lately,
- with theme-park attendance down and movies like The Marrying
- Man striking out at the box office. But the Mickey Mouse
- organization aims to help restore the magic by reviving an old
- formula: the movie musical. The studio is now filming Newsies,
- a song-and-dance act based on a 1899 New York City newsboys'
- strike. The film is being directed by choreographer Kenny
- Ortega, a music-video veteran. Disney moguls believe the MTV
- generation will readily take to long-form musicals, which don't
- require Schwarzenegger-size budgets. The studio is getting two
- other musicals ready for release: the animated Beauty and the
- Beast and Straight Talk, starring Dolly Parton.
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