Directed by Dr. Sam Germany
Technical Director, Denise Longino Choreographer, Lori Newmann
Announces It's Spring 2006 Production:
Disney's
Beauty and the Beast
Music by:
Alan Menken |
Lyrics by:
Howard Ashman & Tim Rice |
Book by:
Linda Woolverton |
Performances:
March 3 - 4, 10 - 11, 17 - 18
Friday & Saturday Evenings 7:30 p.m. · Saturday Matinees 1:30 p.m.
Cedar Valley College
Performance Hall
3030 North Dallas Avenue
Lancaster, TX 75134
Tickets may be purchased in advance at the CVC Business Office, Monday - Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., and
Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., or by calling 972-860-2994. For more information, please call 972-860-7444, ext. 9302
Ticket Prices:
$5.00 Children (ages 4-12) · $6.00 Seniors (55 and older) · $10.00 Adults
Cast List 
Background Information about the Show:
In 1991, the animated feature BEAUTY AND THE BEAST became the first "cartoon" to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Prompted by the unprecedented success of the film, and by critics likening the music to that of a Broadway score, Disney executives began to develop a stage version with an eye toward the Great White Way. Of course, award-winning composer Alan Menken would write the new songs needed for the expanded story, but with the untimely death of his writing partner Howard Ashman, a new lyricist was needed. Tim Rice, who had already worked with Menken on additional material for the Aladdin film, was asked to contribute. In all, the pair wrote seven new songs. In addition, the song "Human Again," with lyrics by Ashman but cut from the film, would be restored for the stage.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST first premiered at Houston's Theater Under the Stars in December 1993. There were 40 performances in Texas before the show opened at Broadway's Palace Theater on April 18, 1994. The original cast included Susan Egan as Belle, Terrence Mann the Beast, and Tom Bosley of TV's Happy Days as Belle's father, Maurice. Disney's unmatched reputation for quality family entertainment was clearly in evidence, as the show broke box office records for single-day ticket sales. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST was nominated for nine 1994 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
In 1999. Disney decided to move the show to the Lunt-Fontanne theater in order to make room for its production of AIDA at the Palace. BEAUTY was slightly scaled d