Step into the enchanted world of Broadway's modern classic, Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Based on the Academy Award winning animated feature, the stage version of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST includes all of the wonderful songs from the film, written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, (the team responsible for LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS), plus new songs written especially for the Broadway version by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice (ALADDIN, AIDA).
Audiences will be transported to a lovely French provincial town where the beautiful Belle lives with her father - a dotty inventor. When her father doesn't return from a trip to the local fair, Belle rushes off to find him. To her dismay, she discovers he is being held captive in an old castle by a horrible beast. She trades her freedom for his and the "tale as old as time" begins.
How Belle tames the unfortunate Beast and his ultimate transformation into a handsome prince continues to enthrall audiences on Broadway nightly. In an unprecedented move, Disney has allowed MTI to license stage performances of the show to its customers while the show continues to play in New York. Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST offers a great opportunity to bring your entire community together for family theatre at its best.
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Howard Ashman and Tim Rice
Book by: Linda Woolverton
Production Staff
Executive Producer - Bradley A. Rose
Executive Producer - Missy Greenberg
Executive Producer - Ira Rosenthal
Director - Catherine Davis
Choreographer - Marianne Lubershane Brown
Musical Director - Kathy Tahiri
Assistant Director - Lauren Erck
Piano Accompanist - Irina Feoktistova
Stage Manager - Leslie DeCarl
Technical Director - Steve Nickerson
Costume Designer - William Dunckel
Lighting Designer - Kurt Ottinger
Sound Designer - Rob Woolson
Light Board Operator - Bob Berman
Set Designer - Rick Paul
Master Carpenter - Rob Flint
Props Mistress - Nikki Kanellos
Set Decorator - Ida Silverman
Make-up Artist - Krist Neuman
Publicity - Esther Rose
Donations - Carol Lee Wax
House Manager - David Shaw
Program / Photographer - Jerry Thompson
Barnes and Noble Event - Ben Swislow
Cast Members
Belle - Gretchen Wood Schuttler
Beast - Terry McEnroe
Gaston - Robert Kimmeth
Lumiere - Brad Kisner
Cogsworth - Ira Rosenthal
Mrs. Potts - Nancy Stickels
Wardrobe - Audra Bidner
Chip - Scott Wolf
Babette - Valencia Montgomery
LeFou - Bradley A. Rose
Maurice - Joe Schmitt
Monsieur D'arque - Earle Greenberg
Silly Girls - Hannah Rose, Eliana Swislow, Jessica Taber
Enchantress - Christine Wille
Carpet - Wil Kight
Wolves / Female Dancers - Maureen Fallon, Missy Greenberg, Mallory Marcus, Hannah Rose, Eliana Swislow, Jessica Taber, Christine Wille
Salt - E.J. Wygodny
Pepper - Ilyssa Ernsteen
Male Dancers - Michael Agos, Jorge Bermudez, Matthew Evans, Earle Greenberg, Wil Kight
Townspeople - Jessica Don, Charki Dunn, Sammi Gassel, Christine Koska, Anthony Lio, Kathleen Mesmer,Chad Roby, Debby Taber
