Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

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

Opens Friday, September 16, 2005. Thursday evenings at 7:30 PM; Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 PM; Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:30 PM. Final performance Saturday, October 15, at 8:00 PM.

The Saturday evening, September 24 performance will be sign interpreted for the deaf and hearing impaired.

Single ticket prices: $23 (all ages, Friday and Saturday evenings), $17 (adults, Thursday evenings, Saturday and Sunday matinees), $15 (senior citizens and students, Thursday evenings, Saturday and Sunday matinees).

In a small provincial town, the lovely Belle dreams of the kind of life she finds in her favorite books (even though the egotistical Gaston has a different plan). Belle’s father, a “dotty” inventor, gets lost on his way to the fair, and she discovers he is being held captive in an old castle by a horrible beast. She trades her freedom for his and the “tale as old as time” begins. But Belle’s adventure has just begun as Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, and Chip befriend Belle and believe that only she can break the spell that holds the Beast (and all of them) captive. See this beautiful Disney classic in our own hometown, while it is still playing on Broadway…and “Be Our Guest” for a wonderful family theatrical experience!

Directed by Sue Pinkman. Musical direction by Mark V. Deal. Choreography by Christy Slosky.

Produced by special arrangement with Music Theatre International, Inc., New York.