7-21-2008 - Of Beauties and Beasties... &^}

On Saturday (July 19) we went to a local park to see a production of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast", which was wonderfully presented! I have decided to share with you the story outline and my thoughts. I edited this post on the 22nd at 4:10pm Central Time!

Pros:

- Everyone had such beautiful voices, and they delivered their lines so well!

- There were redeeming characters (Belle and the Beast in particular) that grew as the musical went by.

- It was very funny and enjoyable! (see the very bottom of this post for some funny quotes. =D

- The costumes... Oh, the costumes... They were so wonderfully done! The beast actually looked like a beast, and Cogsworth's, Lumiere's, Chip's, and Mrs. Potts' costumes, along with all of ther others' looked so real! =)

- I think the people that cast the characters did a wonderful job, because over 200 people auditioned!

The Dreaded Cons: (dun-dun-dun, dun!)

- This show cost them $200,000 to put on!!! Aye!!

- There was some mushy stuff that kinda' grossed me out... But it wasn't too bad. &^}

- I can't really think of anything else!

- Oh, I got one-- it was packed, so packed! The theater is located on a hillside, with the stage at the bottom of the hill. It's a beautiful stage, but you get ants in your pants and bees in your food. =(

(everything in this post that is in the smaller font was copied from the park website, and everything in the smaller font was written by moi. =) 

Disney's lavish stage musical about a strong-willed yet kind-hearted and misunderstood young woman, Belle, who breaks the spell that turned a handsome prince into a monstrous beast.

After warding off the affections of the local village's pompous hunter, Gaston, Belle sets out to save her beloved (but eccentric) inventor father who got lost in the forest. After finding her father imprisoned by the Beast in his enchanted castle, Belle agrees to become his prisoner forever in order for her father to be released.

Once inside the Beast's enchanted castle, the members of his court -- who have been transformed into household objects like clocks and candlesticks -- decide to play matchmakers to try to break the spell.

As the Beast begins to fall in love with Belle, he becomes progressively less beastly. But the spell can only be broken if the Beast can get Belle to love him in return. And time is running out.

Beauty......and the... ...Beast

Molly W. as "Belle" and Dan S. as "Beast"

Leslie H. as "Lumiere" and Scott S. as "Cogsworth"

Mick D. as "Maurice"

Blake Y. as "Gaston" with Kathleen F., Claire M., and Karen O. as the "Silly Girls"

Laure P. as "Mrs. Potts" and Ben C. as "Chip"

Emily B. as "Madame de la Grande Bouche" and Leslie H. as "Babette"

These are the "major" characters-- last names left out. =)

Overall, it was a wonderful musical! It was even better than the movie! =D Of course, it always is! Here are some of my favorite quotes:

Belle: Will you dance with me?

Beast: Well, I don't know if that's such a good--

Cogsworth: (interrupting Beast) DANCE WITH HER!

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Chip: (after he's been changed back into a boy) Momma, do I still have to sleep in the cupboard?

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Gaston: How do you read this? There's no pictures!

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(these probably aren't the EXACT quotes, for I can't remember very well.... =P)

7-22-2008 - Untitled Comment

7-22-2008 - Untitled Comment