There were other highlights in the production as well. In a brilliant array of dancing cutlery and china, the musical troupe pulled off the number in a delightful display of movement and color. As the production opened, I wondered how they would handle “Be Our Guest”, the no-holds-barred number that features whirling candlesticks, knives, forks, spoons, plates, cups and saucers singing and dancing to the delight of Belle. But what stands out in this production is the quality of the singers/dancers. The transition of the Beast into the handsome prince is visually interesting and very well done. The musical is technically interesting in its use of puppets similar to those used in the Broadway musical, Lion King.
Potts (Stephanie Gray), and her adorable son chip (Kadence Edwards or Deandre Horner, depending on the performance) the teapot, Babette (Melissa Jones), the duster, and of course, Madame de la Grand Bouche (Stephanie Harter Gilmore), the wardrobe. Phillips) the talking candellabra, Cogsworth (Samuel Shurtleff), the talking clock, Mrs.
All of the servants were also placed under the spell.
So the adventure begins.Īs you may recall, the Beast is not the only one who has been affected by the evil spell cast upon him when he refused entry to his castle by an ugly hag. Belle volunteers to trade places with her father in the enchanted castle. Belle’s encounter with the Beast, really a prince under the spell of an enchantress, occurs after the Beast imprisons her father for trespassing.
Belle is pursued by Gaston (Christiaan Smith-Kotlarek), the handsome – if egotistical - young hunter who believes outward appearances define one’s worth. The “tale as old as time” closely follows the animated film’s story of a beautiful young woman, Belle, (Brooke Quintana) who lives with her eccentric inventor father, Maurice (Thomas Mothershed) in a small provincial town somewhere in France. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the Broadway musical adaptation of the 1991 animated film feature, opened to a near sell-out crowd at the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, Wis., Wednesday night.
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