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Beauty and the Beast: Broadway
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On Tuesday, April 18th, 1994, a stage adaptation... titled "Beauty and the Beast", premiered on Broadway at the Palace Theatre in New York City. The show transferred to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 11, 1999. The commercial (though not critical) success of the show led to productions in the West End, Toronto, and all over the world. The Broadway version, which ran for over a decade, received a Tony Award, and become the first of a whole line of Disney stage productions. Many celebrities starred in the Broadway production during its thirteen year run including Kerry Butler, Deborah Gibson, Toni Braxton, Andrea McArdle, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Christy Carlson Romano, Ashley Brown, and Anneliese van der Pol as Belle; Chuck Wagner, James Barbour, and Jeff McCarthy as the Beast; Meshach Taylor, Jacob Young, and John Tartaglia as Lumiere; and Donny Osmond as Gaston. The show ended its Broadway run on July 29, 2007.
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Beauty and the Beast is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice and a book by Linda Woolverton, based on the 1991 Disney film of the same name. The musical ran on Broadway for 5,464 performances between 1994 and 2007, becoming Broadway's sixth-longest running production.[1] The production holds the record of being the longest running production at both the Palace Theatre, where it opened, and the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, where it closed its Broadway run. The musical has enjoyed numerous productions throughout the world.
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This stage version of Beauty and the Beast was produced by Robert W. McTyre for Walt Disney Theatrical Productions. The Oscar®-winning score by composer Alan Menken and the late lyricist Howard Ashman was not only expanded by Menken, but lyricist Tim Rice added several new songs for the Broadway version.
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Ron Logan, former head of Disney Theatricals and Disney Entertainment worldwide, told Jeffrey Katzenberg that Beauty and the Beast should be made into a Broadway musical. Initially disagreeing, Katzenberg relented after a Frank Rich New York Times article noting that Beauty would have won a Tony if it had been on Broadway. Contacted by then-head of Disney Michael Eisner, Logan presented his ideas, and the project was set.[2]
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This musical retelling of the “Beauty and the Beast” fairy tale was Disney’s first Broadway show and recreated the magical world of the animated film in a live theatrical production. Belle offers herself as a prisoner to the Beast to save her father, and learns that people are not always what they appear to be. A delight for all ages.
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Disney's Beauty and the Beast has been charming Broadway audiences for more than 10 years, and every year a whole new generation discovers the magic behind the castle walls. Brilliantly adapted from the Academy Award-winning animated film, this much-loved spectacle has thrilled more than 20 million people worldwide with show-stopping musical numbers, astonishing sets, lavish costumes and never-before-seen magic and special effects.
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