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Disney’s
Beauty and the Beast
Book by
Linda Woolverton
Seen in July 2002
At the Lunt-Fontaine Theatre
205 West 46th Street, New York, NY
Synopsis:
From StageAgent: Your Performing Arts Connection
After a handsome but conceited prince treats a beggar woman poorly, the woman, who turns out to be a beautiful enchantress, turns the prince into a beast. Further, the prince's staff is all transformed into objects related to their professions. The prince is given a magical mirror to view the outside world. To break the spell, he needs to learn to love a person for who they are, and get her to love him before a magical rose loses its petals. Meanwhile in a nearby village, a beautiful young bookworm, Belle, feels lonely and out of place. She lives with her eccentric but kind father, Maurice. Soon, Maurice goes off to compete at an inventors' fair but gets lost in the woods and ends up a prisoner at the beast's castle. Belle eventually finds the castle and makes a deal with the beast to let her father go in return for her staying there with the beast. As the beast's inner kindness slowly reveals itself, Belle grows to love him. However, a jilted, self-centered and overly-masculine suitor from Belle's village, Gaston, takes a posse to 'save' her from the beast. Gaston ends up stabbing the beast. Luckily, when Belle rushes to the beast and expresses her love for him, he comes back to life again as a handsome prince.
Directed by:
Robert Jess Roth
Starring:
Steve Blanchard as Beast
Sarah Litzsinger as Belle
Chris Hoch as Gaston
Bryan Batt as Lumiere
Jeff Brooks as Cogsworth
Glenn Rainey as Maurice
Brad Aspel as Lefou
Pam Klinger as Babette
Mary Stout as Madame de la Grande Bouche
Beth Fowler as Mrs. Potts
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