Bella Mazziotti Wins Radio Disney Musical Sweepstakes

Radio Disney and Disney Theatrical Group have announced that Bella Mazziotti has won the 'Make Your Own Musical' Sweepstakes. As the grand prize winner, Bella will be the honorary producer of her very own Disney musical at her school. This is the first time Disney Theatrical Group has ever offered this type of experience.

The New Providence Heights Alpha School will receive a free one-year license to perform any Disney JR. or KIDS title, $2,000 towards production costs, and a free show kit, inclusive of scripts, director's guide, choreography DVD and performance CD. The school will also be given exclusive mentorship from Disney and three visits from a Disney teaching artist over the course of the rehearsal period. In addition, the entire cast will get copies of Disney Theatrical Group President Thomas Schumacher's acclaimed book How Does The Show Go On? An Introduction to the Theater.

Among the many 60-minute and 30-minute Disney musicals designed for young performers (available at DisneyMusicals.com), Bella has chosen to produce ALICE IN WONDERLAND JR. Bella and her school will truly experience the magic of theater when they join Alice's madcap adventures as she chases the White Rabbit, races the Dodo Bird, gets tied up with the Tweedles, raps with a bubble-blowing Caterpillar, and beats the Queen of Hearts at her own game! With an updated score, including new versions of Disney favorites "I'm Late," "The Unbirthday Song" and "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah," ALICE IN WONDERLAND JR. brings a fresh take on the classic story to a new generation of performers and audiences.

"As a very special added bonus, Kenton Duty, who plays Gunther, a unique, theatrical and ambitious dancer from a fictional country, in Disney Channel's hit show "Shake it Up," will visit The Providence Heights Alpha School. He recently took his own love of the theater to Broadway, where he made a cameo appearance in the high-flying Broadway musical MARY POPPINS."

DISNEY THEATRICAL GROUP (DTG) operates under the direction of Thomas Schumacher and is among the world's most successful commercial theatre enterprises. Through Disney Theatrical Productions, Disney on Ice and Disney Live!, DTG brings live entertainment events to a global annual audience of more than 19 million people in more than 50 countries. Under the Disney Theatrical Productions banner, the group produces and licenses Broadway musicals around the world, including Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Elton John & Tim Rice's Aida, TARZAN®, Mary Poppins, a co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh and The Little Mermaid. Other successful stage musical ventures have included King David in concert, the national tour of On The Record, several touring versions of Disney's High School Musical, Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame in Berlin, a critically-hailed Off-Broadway production of Peter and the Starcatcher at New York Theatre Workshop and the premiere stage adaptation of Aladdin at 5th Avenue Theatre. Newsies, the breakout American musical, which premiered to acclaim at Paper Mill Playhouse, will play a limited Broadway engagement in March 2012.

About Disney: "Disney Theatrical Group also delivers live shows globally through its license to Feld Entertainment, producer of Disney on Ice and Disney Live! For over 30 years, Disney on Ice and Disney Live! have brought beloved Disney stories and characters annually to over 12 million guests in nearly 50 countries worldwide through productions such as Toy Story 3, Dare to Dream, Treasure Trove, Mickey's Rockin' Road Show and Phineas and Ferb: The Best LIVE Tour Ever! In addition, DTG licenses musical titles for local, school and community theatre productions through Music Theatre International."

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