“When You Wish: The Story of Walt Disney” – Phoenix Theatre
This review aired on KBAQ May 30, 2016
INSIPID “WHEN YOU WISH…” FAILS TO CAPTURE WALT DISNEY’S DYNAMIC LIFE
“WHEN YOU WISH: THE STORY OF WALT DISNEY”
Phoenix Theatre
Phoenix, AZ
Walt Disney was a creative genius but you’d never know it from the mundane Phoenix Theatre world premiere production of “When You Wish: The Story of Walt Disney.” The sloppy and sappy Dean McClure musical has an insipid book that doesn’t capitalize on any of Disney’s dynamic entertainment creations or use any of his movie musical themes due to copyright restrictions. The show even makes his famously supportive relationship with wife Lillian inconsequential. Trivial … Continue Reading