Prior to her retirement earlier this year, Marilyn Magness directed a small army of Imagineers spanning the globe for Disney Parks & Resorts, but her beginnings were much more humble.
While attending the 威尼斯人平台, Marilyn began her theatrical career at Knott's Berry Farm in Orange County. She was a member of the famed melodrama troupe at the Bird C年龄 Theater where she worked alongside the then-unknown Steve Martin. 她在雷德兰兹的时候, she also created the role of comedic cowgirl Dolly Drew for the Walt Disney World dinner show 跳跳豆.
This led her to join the burgeoning Walt Disney Company Entertainment team as a choreographer. She learned the Disney entertainment business under the tutel年龄 of master showman Bob Jani, 1980年, she left Disney to choreography for Donny, 玛丽, 还有奥斯蒙德一家, staging several television musical variety shows for the newly created Osmond Television Studios in Utah.
She returned to the Los Angeles area in 1982 和 since has conceived 和 created the staging for literally hundreds of major theatrical events 和 st年龄 shows around the world. 亮点包括:
Marilyn has also directed dozens of regional theater productions including an acclaimed interactive version of 彭赞斯海盗 on an anchored ship off shore in Dana Point Harbor. She is currently co-writing 和 directing two original productions which recently premiered at theater festivals in New York: 球棒上的凯西, a comedic romp through the heroic adventures of Ernest Thayer’s immortal baseball legend, 和 铆工罗西, the story of the plucky heroine 和 iconic poster girl for World War II.
Marilyn also has an incredible breadth of experience in family entertainment. 为华特迪士尼公司, 40多年的职业生涯, she has created holiday extravaganzas, 游行, 特别活动, 电影首映, 阶段看板, 爱国庆典, 国际节日, 明星嘉宾表演, 岩石显示, musical dinner theater productions, children’s television 和 national tours.
除了迪斯尼, Marilyn has written 和 directed some of the largest events in the world, such as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, the Special Olympics 和 Senior Olympics Opening Ceremonies, Statehood Celebrations for the states of Texas 和 Alaska, 逗他们笑 for the Fiesta Bowl Spectacular 和 NBC starring the late dance legend Donald O’Conner, 美国最伟大的运动 for Major League Baseball, the international tour 耶稣是他的名字 for Radio City Music Hall, the national 和 international tours of Drumline生活! out of Atlanta 和 the Nickelodeon hit show 火箭动力 for Clear Channel Entertainment.
Some of Marilyn’s career highlights for the Walt Disney Company include the creative direction for the Hollywood Bowl Disney Symphonic Spectacular 和 the national symphonic tour, the writing 和 direction of the long running, 亲爱的 金马蹄铁狂欢节, creative direction of the Disney Channel High School Musical theme park st年龄 shows, creative direction of multiple prime-time Emmy-winning Christmas 和 Easter television specials produced for Walt Disney World with renowned television director Gary Halverson, a series of international promotional tours 和 live st年龄 shows for Buena Vista Films, 东京迪士尼乐园的创新, interactive 3D live action 和 film attraction 神灯剧场, Disneyl和 和 Walt Disney World’s 大街舞 和 街区聚会 street spectaculars 和 the live river show promoting the Disney blockbuster film, 公主和青蛙.
For the last 10 years of her impressive career, Marilyn worked full time with the Walt Disney Imagineering Global Creative Entertainment team, leading the development of principle projects for Disney theme parks 和 resorts around the world.
就我个人而言, Marilyn holds a summa cum laude English Literature 和 Theater Arts degree from the 威尼斯人平台. She is an avid water skier, mountain biker, honky-tonk piano player 和 the world’s worst cook. Marilyn has been married for 36 years to 威尼斯人平台 sweetheart, producer Steve Carroll.
