A Mandarin language production of Disney’s classic Broadway musical Beauty and the Beast, is set to take the stage at Shanghai Disney Resort’s Walt Disney Grand Theatre in Disneytown on June 14. Previously the first ever Mandarin production of The Lion King was in the Walt Disney Grand Theatre. It…
Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ opened on Broadway 24 years ago this week. It was Disney’s first stage musical adaption of a beloved animated feature film and forever changed the way Broadway looks at musicals. It ran on Broadway for 13 years and had numerous touring productions. With songs by…
A special live concert performance of the animated classic Disney’s Beauty and the Beast will be performed at the world famous Hollywood Bowl on May 25 and 26. Zooey Deschanel, Kelsey Grammer, Taye Diggs, Rebel Wilson, Jane Krakowski, and Anthony Evans headline an all-star cast of performers singing the songs…
The surest sign that it’s awards season again is when movie studios rerelease the movies they fear critics and voters may have forgotten from earlier in the year. This year, that movie for the Walt Disney Studios is the live-action remake “Beauty and the Beast.” It will be released in…
The “Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage” show in the Fantasyland Theater at Disneyland only lasted three years but it payed a large part in inspiring Disney to mount a Broadway musical. These days the productions at Disney’s theme parks and cruise lines are practically Broadway shows themselves. Which…
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning hit Broadway musical, is coming to life in Mandarin on the Walt Disney Grand Theater stage at Shanghai Disney in 2018. The new show is recruiting China’s music theatre stars as well as up and coming talent from across China at both invited…
The Disney Dream may have a sore rump right now, but inside the ship is some of Disney’s highest quality family entertainment ever produced. Disney Cruise Line plans to take that to a new level with their production of “Beauty and the Beast” live musical, which debuts this November. This…
Howard Ashman became a part of the Disney family with his creative partner Alan Menken after the success of their musical “Little Shop of Horrors.” Together they created some of the greatest hits of the Disney Animation Renaissance: “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast,” and “Aladdin.” Sadly, Ashman left…