Famously, composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky did not enjoy writing The Nutcracker, and remained unsatisfied with it after completion. Disney’s adaptation, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, would not ...

Walt Disney was one sneaky guy. He used his beloved Mickey Mouse to trick whole generations of kids into listening to classical music. And though he’s long gone, Disney is still at it. The music and ...

Most everyone has seen Disney’s 1940 classic Fantasia and its 1999 counterpart Fantasia 2000, but not everyone has had the pleasure of hearing the Santa Barbara Symphony bring the colorful animation ...

When Disney’s fantasy-adventure The Sorcerer’s Apprentice debuted eight years ago, I was mildly appreciative that it didn’t come with a franchise-y extended moniker like (actual examples I made up at ...

As Polygon’s entertainment team geared up for our screening of The Nutcracker and the Four Realms — re-reading the Nutcracker story, rewatching the better Fantasia segments — we discovered that many ...

BACK TO LIFE, BACK TO MUSICALITY: What do an Idol winner, a ‘80s R&B singer, Halle Berry’s ex-husband and a real Atlanta housewife have in common? Well, for starters they’ve all had their share of ...