The "tale as old as time" sings out once again.
Now, in celebration of its twentieth anniversary, the wizards at Disney have decided to re-launch a National Tour of the Broadway phenomenon that started it all.Īll the spectacle of the original Broadway production that won the hearts of over 35 million theatre goers worldwide, coming back in all its magical Disney glory.
The creators continued to receive royalties from the licensing arrangements, local college majors and community theatre artists got to add it to their resumes, and a broader audience got to experience the show. Chances are you may have very well seen (or even been in) one of those local mountings of this iconic show. You see, a few years ago, the licensing agreements allowed amateur, college, and semi-professional theatre companies to stage Beauty and the Beast locally all across America. For the first time, Disney Theatricals and the producing team at NETworks are teaming together to bring a true "Disney" treatment back to the beloved classic. That's what makes this touring production special. Now, 20 years and several Lion Kings, Aladdins, Little Mermaids, Tarzans, and Newsies later, the original creative team from that first Broadway venture are personally involved in a new production that opens in Lexington at the Opera House to open the 2015-2016 Broadway Live season. When it closed in 2007 after 5,461 performances, it became the ninth-longest running production in history. The musical opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on April 18, 1994, and ran there until 1999, transferring to the Lunt-Fontanne. Legend says that's what eventually prompted Disney execs to ponder the possibility of bringing the beloved film version onto the stage, in what would lead to one of the most successful arts and entertainment ventures of our time: Disney Theatricals. New York Times theatre critic Frank Rich called the film "the year's Best Musical." He was talking about the movie, suggesting that the film itself was THE best musical, even better than the actual Broadway musicals playing in the theatres in New York that season. The 1991 Disney animated feature Beauty and the Beast was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, the first time in history such an honor was bestowed on what many at the time still referred to as a "cartoon".
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