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The Lion King is roaring in LA
By GalaTView Staff
Photos by Broadway in Hollywood
Broadway Theater returns again at Pantages Theater, California. The Lion King, The Award winning best Musical is back with a great spectacle where a lot of people around the world have experienced the awe-inspiring visual artistry. Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny on the plains of Africa. But Scar, Mufasa’s brother has different thoughts of the real kingdom of African Pride Lands. This musical will make you laugh and suffer with the beautiful lion cub and friends. Music, costumes and performers were incredibly prepared for all songs. There was a full orchestra in the pit and two percussion sections on both sides of the stage. Characters managed their body language very well and certainly allows for anyone to follow the whole story. To see actors singing and dancing at the same time was very enjoyable. Humor was very remarkable with talented dancers so the play was absolutely stunning. This play includes the best cast for its impressive special sound effects and props. The story keeps the essence of the book and it will be able to capture you more, and you can really use your imagination as part of the animation of the best musical play. The energy of the cast and the creativity of the animal portrayals are unique. Definitely, it is a highly recommended show for everybody.
Little Orphan Annie will surprise Los Angeles for this season
By GalaTView Staff
Photos by:Courtesy – Broadway in Hollywood
Photos Credited Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
For this year, from November 29 to December 18, 2022, The Dolby Theatre, 6801 Hollywood Blvd | Los Angeles, CA 90028 will play “Annie” as part of the best Musical of the year. This play has been opened on Broadway on April 21, 1977 at the Alvin Theatre (Neil Simon theatre). It went on to win the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical
Little Orphan Annie has reminded generations of theatergoers that sunshine is always right around the corner, This celebration of family, optimism and the American spirit remains the ultimate cure for all the hard knocks life throws your way. This new multi-week tour is produced by TROIKA Entertainment.
Annie is directed by Jenn Thompson, so in the title role of Annie is Ellie Pulsifer, a 12-year-old actress from South Florida, making her tour debut. Christopher Swan will star as Oliver Warbucks. In the role of Miss Hannigan is Stefanie Londino. Also starring in the tour are Julia Nicole Hunter as Grace, Nick Bernardi as Rooster, Krista Curry as Lily and Mark Woodard as FDR and more characters.The show remains one of the biggest Broadway musical hits ever; it has been performed in 28 languages and has been running somewhere around the world for 45 years.
Parental Advisory: Recommended for all ages. So runtime will be for 2 hours and 30 minutes including intermission. Definitely, theater for Musicals must be special and this year will not be an exception.
First-Ever In-Person Fundraising Walk at the Los Angeles Zoo to Support Wildlife & Wild Place
By GalaTView Staff
Photos by: Alfonso De Elias.
The nonprofit Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA) is launching its first-ever in-person fundraising walk—Walk for the Wild Presented by Skechers—on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023 and check-in opens at 6:00 a.m. and the walk begins promptly at 7:30 a.m. Guess might be able to support the Los Angeles Zoo and GLAZA’s shared mission. The adventure begins the moment one registers as a Walker, wherein they will learn about the L.A. Zoo’s conservation work and its efforts to save threatened species around the globe.
The proceeds raised from this event benefit the Los Angeles Zoo and its nonprofit partner the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA). In partnership, the L.A. Zoo and GLAZA are committed to preserving and protecting wild species and their habitat for future generations, and creating a space for meaningful, direct connections to nature through exploration, discovery, and education. For more information: www.lazoo.org/walkforthewild
Six Flags Magic Mountain Transforms Into A Magical Winter Wonderland During Holiday in the Park® New Holiday Market Offers Holiday Shopping and Merriment
By GalaTView staff
Fotos By: Alfonso De Elias.
Six Flags Magic Mountain lights up the holiday season with the return of the beloved winter extravaganza—Holiday in the Park—on select days from November 24 through January 1. All family attractions will be ready for you. Holiday in the Park Days Include:
November 24, 25, 26, 27, December 3, 4, 10, 11, 17–31, and January 1
Guests who visit during Holiday in the Park will experience immersive and one-of-a-kind themed areas, including:
· NEW – North Pole, located in Whistlestop Park, is home to Santa and Mrs. Claus along with their merry elves. Visit Santa in his cottage or enjoy crafts with Mrs. Claus, snap a holiday photo, or take a ride aboard the North Pole Express train. Beginning at 1:00pm on Holiday in the Park days through December 24.
· NEW – Arctic Alley dazzles all with a whimsical light show choreographed to festive music and thousands of glimmering lights. Located near Viper.
· NEW – Jingle Bell Way features magnificent, larger-than-life 30-foot walk-thru ornaments, brilliantly lit with thousands of twinkling lights. Located in DC UNIVERSE™;
· NEW – Glacier Point is decked with hundreds of holiday lights, a festive open fire pit to roast marshmallows, and a feast of delicious Taste of Holiday in the Park foods and more. Located in METROPOLIS™;
· NEW – Polar Bear Pass features a spectacularly lit holiday tree next to a festive open fire pit to keep warm and roast marshmallows with hundreds of sparkling lights. Plus, snap a holiday photo to cherish the moment forever. Located in the Golden Bear Plaza;
· HollyRock! takes guests back in time through a lighted time-travel tunnel into the fabulous 1950’s, for a rockabilly holiday extravaganza featuring thousands of lights, a dazzling 22-foot tree, classic cars, festive “oldies” music, and an open fire pit to roast s’mores. Located in The Underground;
· Peppermint Path offers a twisted peppermint surprise down the midway from Viper to Katy’s Kettle along a path lined with thousands of candy cane red and white lights;
· Gleampunk District transpoerts guests into the 19th century, with the sights and sounds of the Industrial Revolution, in this beautifully lit area featuring thousands of lights along the tree-lined streets and planters. On the façade of Gearworks Theater, revelers will
view a delightful video journey into the inner workings of the Steampunk Candy and Toy Factory;
· Holiday Square dazzles guests with a kaleidoscope of hundreds of thousands of breath-taking colored lights on trees and buildings throughout the area, sprinkled with the wonder of falling snowflakes for everyone to enjoy.
· Snowy Nights features contemporary music and DJs on the Full Throttle stage during this novel celebration of the season with silvery trees and a live holiday show.
Six Flags Magic Mountain’s has the best part for Taste of Holiday in the Park culinary delights and a wide variety of specialty holiday-inspired main courses, including BBQ cranberry ribs, leftover turkey sliders, and smoked turkey mac ‘n cheese.
Angelinos might be haunted in Fright Fest event 2022
By GalaTView
Photos by: Jenny Alvarez
Time to new boos in Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, CA from September 10th to October 31st. For this year, brings us one new maze, two new scare zones and one new show.Truth or Dare – A haunted facility that leaves guests questioning their every move, with never-before-done scares and effects in a warped game of Truth or Dare. Located near Full Throttle;
Devil’s Triangle – Where many souls lost to the Devil’s triangle suffer deeply.
CarnivHELL – One of the largest and best scare zones in the park featuring the carnivorous band of carnies from a once-thriving circus. Located in Bugs Bunny World.Yo will enjoy this stop with all your friends.
The Rising – An ominous show set on the remains of a sunken pirate ship revealing the battle of good versus evil and the power of the demonic Devil’s Claw.
Spirits with Spirits – It’s fu;ll of featuring music, spirits of both natures, and devilish treats located in the West Picnic Pavilion.
Definitely, this event was full of excellent street performers, great rides and good service. The Voodoo Nights Bands were great!
Angelenos are ready for Wonder Woman
By GalaTView staff.
Photos: Courtesy
Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA is thrilled to announce yet another milestone and record in theme park history with the opening of the park’s world-record 20th coaster – the most at any theme park on the planet!
WONDER WOMAN Flight of Courage includes:
Four sleek trains of 12 passengers each sitting one rider per row along the monorail track;3,300 feet of single-rail, I-beam track. Tension-building ascent up a towering, 131-foot lift hill that speeds up to 58 mph.
Intense elements including a steep, 87-degree first drop and overbanked cutback; so three dramatic inversions including a 180-degree stall, raven dive and zero-gravity roll; and the kids and people of all ages might enjoye many of the rides, but this one in particular gives one a near concussion, great concept but the execution is painful. The ride operators were friendly, as most of the staff as well. Well done Six Flags Magic Mountain!
LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE
By Jenny Alvarez
Photo by Courtesy Blue Fox Entertainment
From the well-known director Eleanor Coppola (Paris Can Wait, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse), LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE tells three stories that explore love, commitment, and loyalty between couples and friends. In the film’s first story TWO FOR DINNER, a married couple (Joanne Whalley and Chris Messina) find an unconventional way to transcend long distance through technology, but discover they were farther apart than they knew. In SAILING LESSON, a long-married couple (Kathy Baker and Marshall Bell) tries to reignite their honeymoon-phase heat through a spontaneous sailing trip… and unexpected events arise. And in LATE LUNCH, a young woman (Maya Kazan) who recently lost her mother gathers together a group of her mother’s friends (including Cybill Shepherd, Rosanna Arquette, and Rita Wilson) to share memories. Surprising revelations ensue.
Definitely, this film makes it memorable because talks about love in different forms so the viewer might make it predictable but at the end is unsatisfactory. Love usually refers to an experience one person feels for another. Love often involves caring for, or identifying with, a person or thing but here all elements are not clear for most of the characters. A film worth to see in order to think about what is love?
Throughout all three stories, Coppola uses a light touch and naturalistic ease to find the heart of the deepest friendships and romances.
LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE was produced by Anahid Nazarian (Tetro, Youth Without Youth), and is an American Zoetrope production. It premiered at the 2020 Deauville Film Festival and was also an official 2020 Tribeca Film Festival selection.
Blue Fox Entertainment will release LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE on VOD Tuesday, December 14.
MagicBand + and "Hello Disney!" you will arrive at the Disneyland Resort.
Text and photos COURTESY of: Disneyland Resort.
Next-generation MagicBand + wearable technology and “Hey Disney!” The voice assistant, recently announced for Walt Disney World Resort, is coming to Disneyland Resort in 2022!
For the first time ever, MagicBand + will be available at the Disneyland Resort to enhance the guest experience with hands-free convenience as it unlocks unique moments of magic for park guests. Some of the MagicBand + features will vary between Disneyland Resort and Walt. Disney World Resort and We will share details in the coming months. The message “Hello Disney!” The voice assistant will work alongside Alexa on Amazon Echo devices and will also begin rolling out in Disneyland Resort hotel rooms.
Downtown Disney District continues to evolve
At Disneyland, the next evolution of the Downtown Disney District is being planned with work beginning in January 2022. The multi-year project to reinvent the Downtown Disney District will include an even broader collection of dining and entertainment experiences.
Violet is not always the best choice color in our lives
By Alfonso De Elias
Photo: Courtesy of SXSW
This highly recommended film for all human beings because talks about the story of “Violet” with Olivia Munn. A girl has post-traumatic trauma are those types of traumas that come from childhood and make several loud electronic humming noises causes Violet’s ears to ring. Due to no have a united family nucleus, this type of trauma, causes remorse and personal problems from childhood. Anxiety produces erratic behaviors and Violet describes distractions as “the committee,” of hostile thoughts. Despite of being in the entertaining field, especially reviewing scripts that make her earn decent money; her relationship with some studio executives are a deep matter to Violet and her interior voice. Violet shows in her life process to have hallucinations that cause her to hear voices, sounds and environmental noises with thunderous acoustics, this causes disorder in the ideas that brain neurotransmitters emit to the central nervous system causing unusual behaviors where it affects Violet to be able to lead a life stable and healthy at work, with her brother and mother and in her intimate life.
Undoubtedly this film is the best model to reflect in a deep way how people in the United States struggle with this type of serious mental disorder.
Six Flags Magic Mountain Resurrects Its Fright Fest Line-up with More Frights Than Ever! 2021
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He Dead zone begins in Fright Fest at Six Flags, CA
By Jenny Alvarez
Photos By: Alfonso de Elias
The opening set of this zone (a creepy haunted forest) was awesome. Full of cyberpunk zombies feed on the flesh of unsuspected trespassers, lights and fog.
Terror Rising –
Dark Developments
Your worst nightmares rise up from the depths of hell and prey on the innocent who dare to enter this haunted cemetery.
Prop and set pieces quality are decent because everything is made of plastic or fiberglass and looks it–nothing is textured realistically, and so the illusions Actors did a phenomenal job adding to the ambiance but it wasn’t scary at all.
All attractions were:
Dark Minds
Explore the deep, disturbing thoughts lurking within the darkest depths of the mind when a mentalist opens the door to the unknown.
Grave Games
Witness the dangerous and daring acts of crossbows and fire juggling.
City Under Siege
The unruly clowns are loose again and running rampant in the streets of DC UNIVERSE.
Demon’s Door
Here, the evil spirits will await you.
Exile Hill
The dead have risen and are looking for new souls to take on this dark and sinister hill.
Nightmares: A Twisted Fantasy
This evil nightmare has never been so edgy as your favorite bedtime stories take on a new and twisted tale.
Terror Rising – Dark Developments NEW!
Your worst nightmares rise up from the depths of hell and prey on the innocent who dare to enter this haunted cemetery. Beware the dark developments that could haunt you for all eternity.
Territory Twisted
Steam-spewing mechanical beasts relentlessly hunt down their victims.
The Deadzone NEW!
A renegade group of cyberpunk zombies feed on the flesh of unsuspected trespassers.
Witches Lair
Wicked witches will cast a spell on all who dare to enter. Beware of cauldrons, broomsticks and black magic.
Great Halloween fun for the family. The monsters were also respectful to little kids and parents. Despite some people screaming in your face like boot camp, this was the latest well, for lack of a better description walk thru of the dullest spook houses anywhere. Definitely, mazes are worth a visit.
Six Flags Magic Mountain’s of Fright Fest is back with 24 terrifying nights of monsters, ghouls, and crazed characters ready to strike fear in any one who crosses their path. The bone-chilling lineup of haunted attractions features two new spine-tingling scare zones, a dark and twisted photo experience, two new mind-numbing shows, and added days. Six Flags Magic Mountain leaves no tombstone unturned to deliver what guests want most…an all-out terrifying experience. Fright Fest, presented by Snickers®, boasts a grand total of 14 electrifying mazes and dare-toenter scare zones with nightmarish zombies lurking around every corner. To take fright to a new extreme, Six Flags Magic Mountain is also adding a sinister element to some of the park’s monster coasters by turning off the lights, leaving riders to face their fears in total darkness. “Fright Fest is one of the top-rated theme park Halloween events in the country and we couldn’t be more excited to bring this legacy event back to the park. To enhance the fright factor this year, we are introducing two new scare zones with unexpected, dark surprises around every corner and two new shows guaranteed to make your blood run cold”, said Park President Don McCoy. “And, to give Southern California’s thrill-seekers more opportunity to ‘find their fright,’ we’ve expanded our calendar to include 24 terror-filled Fright Fest nights with an incredible line up of hair-raising entertainment,”
