The cast of twenty-two, including seven new to Beef&Boards, shares a unity of purpose to bring forward the range of music from ballad to ribald by Alan Menken, with lyrics
Can you recall way, way back to 1991 when the Disney animated film version of Beauty and the Beast was first released? Well, even if you can’t, I certainly can remember how every theater aficionado I knew was exulting about the wondrous work and how it should be made into a live stage musical. In fact, it appeared that every film and theater critic worth his or her salt was noting the worthiness of such a transfer from film to stage.