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Disney's Beauty and the Beast

July 14-Aug. 7, 2005

Music by Alan Menken. Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. Book by Linda Woolverton.

  • Playhouse premiere
  • Broadway Opening: Apr. 18, 1994. Currently running.
  • 1994 Tony Award Nominations: Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score

Beauty and the Beast is the lavish stage adaptation of the animated Walt Disney film about a strong-willed young woman, Belle, who breaks the spell that turned a handsome prince into a monstrous beast. Trying to save her beloved but eccentric father from the Beast's clutches, Belle agrees to become his prisoner forever. But once she is inside the Beast's enchanted castle, the members of his court -- who have been transformed into household objects such as clocks and candlesticks -- decide to play matchmakers. As the Beast begins to fall in love with Belle, he becomes progressively less beastly. But the spell can be broken only if the Beast can get her to love him in return. And time is running out.


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