Beauty and the Beast

Broadway Musical
By: Evelyn Jaskowiak

Synopsis
A witch changes a cruel and mean prince into
a ugly beast. The beast captures Belles (a
pretty booklover) father. Belle tries to rescue
him but the only way is to exchange her life
for his. So she starts living in the place with
the beast. Gaston a self centered person
wants her hand in marriage but Belle wants
nothing to do with him. While Belle is living in
the place her and the beast become closer
and closer. They finally fall in love and the
beast transform into a human.

People

Composer: Alan Menken

Lyricist: Howard Ashman, Tim Rice
Librettist: Linda Woolverton

Performances
Broadway Premiere Opening Night: April 18,
1994
What theater did it open in? Place Theatre,
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
How many performances did it have? 5,461

Film

Was there a film made from this musical? There

was a film first
Any famous actors in it? Paige O'Hara, Robby
Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden
Stiers, Angela Lansbury, Bradley Pierce, Rex
Everhart, Jesse Corti, Hal Smith, Jo Anne Worley,
Mary Kay Bergman

People

Who were some of the original actors in the original

Broadway production? Terrence Mann, Susan Egan,
Tom Bosley, Burke Moses, Kenny Raskin, Heath
Lamberts, Gary Beach, Beth Fowler, Stacey Logan,
Gordon Stanley and Brian Press
Who was the original Director? Robert Jess Roth
Who was the original Music Director? Michael Kosarin
Who was the original Choreographer? Matt West

Awards

Tony Award 1994

Best Musical
994 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Best Book of a Musical
Outstanding Musical
Best Original Score
Outstanding Actor in a Musical - Terrence
Best Actor in a Musical - Terrence
Mann
Mann
Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Susan
Best Actress in a Musical - Susan
Egan
Egan
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical
Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Burke Moses
Gary Beach
Outstanding Choreography - Matt West
Best Lighting Design
Outstanding Orchestrations
Best Direction of a Musical
Outstanding Lyrics
1994 Theatre World Award
Outstanding Music
Nominations
Outstanding Sound Design
Burke Moses
Outstanding Special Effects
Which of the nominated awards did it win?:

Recommendations

Include some musicals that are

similar to this one: The little mermaid,
The lion King, Aladdin, Mary Poppins
Would you be interested in seeing
this musical? Yes
If so, why? If not, why not?
Beauty and the Beast is one of
my favorite fairy tales
What type of people would you
recommend to see this musical? I
would recommend it to families

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