Beauty and the Beast
Palace Theatre
April 18, 1994 - September 5, 1999
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
November 12, 1999 - July 29, 2007
Previews Began: April 13, 2004
Opening Night: May 2, 2004
Closing Night: August 29, 2004
Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman
Tim Rice
Book: Linda Woolverton
A wandering enchantress transforms a cruel and vain prince into a hideous Beast, leaving him only one way to reverse the curse – fall in love with another and earn her love in return. Belle, a beautiful book-lover, encounters the Beast when she arrives at his castle to plead for her father’s freedom, ultimately trading her own for his. As tension over her imprisonment escalates in the town, spurred by Gaston, the selfish lover who seeks Belle’s hand in marriage, the relationship between Belle and the Beast grows, leading to an emotional, and transformative, conflict.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Overture………………………………………………..Orchestra
Prologue…………………………………………………..Narrator
Belle………………….Belle, Gaston, Silly Girls, Ensemble
No Matter What……………………………….Maurice, Belle
No Matter What (Reprise)/Wolf Chase………Maurice
Me…………………………………………………….Gaston, Belle
Belle (Reprise)………………………………………………..Belle
Home……………………………………………………………..Belle
Home (Reprise I)…………………………………….Mrs. Potts
Gaston…………….LeFou, Gaston, Silly Girls, Ensemble
Gaston (Reprise)……………………………….Gaston, LeFou
How Long Must This Go On?………………………….Beast
Be Our Guest…………..Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Ensemble
If I Can’t Love Her………………………………………….Beast
ACT TWO
Entr’acte/Wolf Chase……………………………..Orchestra
Something There…………………..Belle, Beast, Lumiere,
Mrs. Potts, Cogsworth
Human Again………………….Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Chip,
Madame de la Grande Bouche,
Babette, Cogsworth, Ensemble
Maison Des Lunes……………………………Gaston, LeFou,
Monsieur D’ Arque
Beauty and the Beast………………………………Mrs. Potts
If I Can’t Love Her (Reprise)……………………………Beast
A Change in Me………………………………………………Belle
The Mob Song…………………………….Gaston, Ensemble
The Battle………………………………………………..Company
Home (Reprise II)……………………………………………Belle
End Duet/Transformation…………………….Beast, Belle
Beauty and the Beast (Reprise)………………….Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Susan Egan Belle
Terrence Mann Beast
Joan Barber Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Roxane Barlow Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Gary Beach Lumiere
Harrison Beal Young Prince
Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Tom Bosley Maurice
Michael-Demby Cain Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Kate Dowe Townsperson
Enchanted Object
David Elder Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Merwin Foard Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Beth Fowler Mrs. Potts
Gregory Garrison Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Eleanor Glockner Madame de la Grande Bouche
Jack Hayes Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Kim Huber Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Elmore James Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Heath Lamberts Cogsworth
Stacey Logan Babette
Rob Lorey Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Patrick Loy Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Barbara Marineau Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Joanne McHugh Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Anna McNeely Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Burke Moses Gaston
Bill Nabel Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Wendy Oliver Enchantress
Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Vince Pesce Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Brian Press Chip
Paige Price Silly Girl
Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Kenny Raskin Lefou
Sarah Solie Shannon Silly Girl
Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Gordon Stanley Monsieur D’Arque
Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Bookseller
David Ogden Stiers Prologue Narrator
(Recorded Voice)
Linda Talcott Silly Girl
Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Wysandria Woolsey Townsperson
Enchanted Object
Swings: Joan Barber, Kate Dowe, Gregory Garrison, Alisa Klein, Rob Lorey, Dan Mojica
Standby: Chuck Wagner (Beast)