Show Business: Psychedelic Disney

All by himself, the late Walt Disney became an American art form, like circuses, animal acts and Radio City Music Hall. Sooner or later they all had to come together, and last week was the time: Disney on Parade opened on Christmas Day in Chicago. After Chicago, the road show moves on to 26 cities throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Naturally the show has everything. Dancers. Acrobats. Aerialists. A motorcycle act. Twenty trained dogs. Live music. Recorded music. More than 500 costumes, constructed out of 3,000 yards of material, 892 lbs. of beads and 3,000 miles of sequins and glitter. And MONEY:...

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