James Sims

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  • Broadway Needs a Swift Kick in the App

    Broadway Needs a Swift Kick in the App

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    James Sims

    It’s time for arts-related mobile apps to get micro, right down to the seat you’re sitting in, and extend the storytelling experience through second screens. Mobile app developers have pushed the boundaries of ways users can extend their experience with entertainment content.

  • HuffPost: Smile Broadway! You’re on Instagram

    HuffPost: Smile Broadway! You’re on Instagram

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    James Sims

    Facebook is so over. At least, that’s what a college-age coworker told me this summer while discussing arts marketing. The mega social network may be waning with a younger demographic, but a recent Facebook acquisition is growing exponentially.

  • Peter Pan Crows Again With Disney Magic, Off-Broadway

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    James Sims

    Red hair. Green tights. Cap and feather. It’s a getup every child could recognize and quickly pick out as belonging to Peter Pan, that mischievous youth that never seems to grow up. He might be an English character, penned by a Scottish writer, but Peter Pan embodies a timeless personality, one that has remained the…

  • Jeffrey Katzenberg Eroded Animation with Celebrities

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    James Sims

    Katzenberg, with the soft-spoken help of Roy Disney, injected new life into the animation arm of the studio following a drought that lasted more than 30 years.

  • Pixar Animates Life Behind the Scenes

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    James Sims

    With ‘Waking Sleeping Beauty‘ currently playing in a limited release at movie theaters around the country, interest in a behind-the-scenes look at Disney animation is high. The documentary is both entertaining and educational, as it depicts the business side of studio production and how not everyone working at Disney spends their days whistling while they…

  • Disney & Marvel’s Latest Creations

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    James Sims

    As news broke Monday that the Walt Disney Co. would purchase Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion the Internet flared up with speculation and wonderment. Could Pixar team up with Marvel and produce a string of eye-popping action films? After all, the deal will bring upwards of 5,000 Marvel characters under the Disney umbrella. A Mickey…

  • It Takes a Frog to Save Disney

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    James Sims

    I randomly flipped on “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” the other day and quickly recalled a gathering I attended a few years back where Andreas Deja, a Disney animator, spoke about bringing the zany rabbit to life. Deja had joined the Disney animation department in 1980, where he actually had a chance to meet many of…