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Applying to be one of the first workers at Walt Disney World, high school graduate George Kalogridis made a split-second decision that set the course for his life: He picked a room where prospective hotel workers were being hired.

There were 6,000 employees who opened the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World to the public for the first time on Oct. 1, 1971

Applying to be one of the first workers at Walt Disney World, high school graduate George Kalogridis made a split-second decision that set the course for

Walt Disney World opened October 1 1971 with around 6,000 employees welcoming around 10,000 visitors to the Most magical place on earth.

(SMYRNA, TN)  76 tromebones and the big bass drum are getting louder, as the "The Music Man" sets to open Friday evening, September 10, at the Springhouse Theatre in Smyrna.  “The Music Man” was written by Meredith Willson in memory of his childhood. The characters are all based on real people in his life, from his piano teaching mother portrayed as Marian to himself as Winthrop, a boy whose life changed because of music. He wrote the char...

Is this the right — or wrong — time for a musical about a loveable con man? "The Music Man" returns to Broadway.

Broadway is reopening with a full roster of musicals and plays coming to NYC this fall. Heres what shows are on Broadway in 2021.

Olney, MD —  Olney Theatre Center revealed its 83rd season on July 20, 2021, fulfilling ambitious commitments made prior to the pandemic, and furthers its vision of reflecting the whole community. In addition to its six-play membership season, the Montgomery County institution returns with an equally busy schedule of concerts, special productions, presentations, and even more curated programming to build off of the success of its summer series: Olney Outdoors. As previously announced, OTC ...

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The Peotone Vedette out of Illinois reported that DeNormandie, who grew up in the Chicago suburbs, was a junior at local Evergreen Park High School and had already received a number of musical honors and awards to that point in his life.  "Bob spent the past four years at the Illinois Youth Summer Music Camp at Urbana, and three years with the National Stage Bands at Bloomington, Ind.," the article reads. "He has won superior ratings in state solo contests and is a first chair baritone pl...