125 'Beauty' Cast & Creative Team Set for 13th Anniversary

On Wednesday, April 18th, Disney's Beauty and the Beast will celebrate its 13th Anniversary with Broadway's biggest cast photo and party.  More than 125 past and present cast members will gather on stage at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street) for a giant cast photo.  A private cast party will follow.  These cast members will represent the more than 250 actors that have starred in Beauty and the Beast on Broadway since the show's debut in 1994.

Participants will include creative team members Robert Jess Roth (Director), Alan Menken (Music), Linda Woolverton (Book), Stanley Meyer (Scenic Design),  Matt West (Choreographer), Michael Kosarin (Music Director), Keith Batten (Associate Director).

The evening will also include cast members Sherry Anderson, Ana Andricain, Ann Arvia, Joan Barber, Peter Bartlett, Gary Beach, Jeremy Bergman, Sarah Uriarte Berry, Steve Blanchard, Trevor Braun, Jeff Brooks, Ashley Brown, Stephen Buntrock, Andrea Burns, Joey Caravaglio, Alex Carney, Lesley Castay, Adam Castner, Harrison Chad, Jennifer Cody, Paul Cole, Pierce Cravens, Alma Cuervo, Michael Demby-Cain, David deVries, Joey DiConcetto, MacIntyre Dixon, Matt Dotzman, Karl Duhoffman, Sally Mae Dunn, Peter Flynn, Barb Folts, Beth Fowler, Robert Fowler, Jonathan Freeman, Terri Furr, Connor Gallagher, Gregory Garrison, Tracy Generalovich, Deborah Gibson, Aldrin Gonzalez, Zachery Grill, Skip Harris, Jack Hayes, Patrick Henney, Henry Hodges, Meredith Inglesby, Steve Jones, John Christopher Jones, Nicholas King, Alisa Klein, Steve Konopelski, Lauren Kosarin, and Marc Kudisch.

Others include Patrick Lavery, Steve Lavner, Jeanne Lehman, Robin Lewis, Michelle Lookadoo, Stephanie Lynge, Michelle Mallardi, Jennifer Marcum, Stuart Marland, Andrea McArdle, Megan McGinnis, William Paul Michals, Garrett Miller, Chris Monteleone, Judith Moore, Cass Morgan, Bill Nabel, Brynn O'Malley, Renee Lawless Orsini, James Patterson, Vince Pesce, Elizabeth Polito, Stacee Raber, Lee Roy Reams, Rod Roberts, Jamie Ross, Alex Rutherford, Raymond Sage, Ann Sanders, Daria Lynn Scatton, Jeff Schector, Alex Scheitinger, Marlon Sherman, Jennifer Schrader, Brett Shuford, Sarah Solie, David Spangenthal, Gina Statile, Erin Stoddard, Mary Stout, Rob Sutton, Cheryl Swift, James Tabeek, Linda Talcott-Lee, Brooke Tansley, John Tartaglia, Ann Van Cleave, Anneliese van der Pol, Elisa Van Duyne, Billy Vitelli, Brek Williams, Jennifer Hope Wills, David Wood, Wysandria Woolsey, Jacob Young and Tia Marie Zorne.

Beauty and the Beast officially opened on Broadway on April 18, 1994 and played at the Palace Theatre for the first five years of its run. The production transferred to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 11, 1999.  The musical is the 6th longest-running Broadway show of all time. 

As previously announced, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, theinaugural Broadway musical from Disney Theatrical Productions will take its final bow at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Sunday, July 29th after enchanting audiences for more than 13 years. The Broadway production will have played 46 previews and 5,464 regular performances.

The musical, directed by Robert Jess Roth, features Alan Menken's Academy Award-winning score, with songs by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman (including the Academy Award-winning title song and the show-stopping "Be Our Guest"), plus songs written especially for the stage by Alan Menken and Tim Rice (including "If I Can't Love Her" and "A Change In Me").   The production also features a book by Linda Woolverton, author of the original screenplay and choreography by Matt West.  Sets are by Stanley A. Meyer, costumes by Ann Hould-Ward (Tony Award-winner for Beauty and the Beast) and lighting by Natasha Katz (Tony Award-winner for Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA). 

Today, the cast includes Anneliese van der Pol as Belle, Steve Blanchard as the Beast, Stephen Buntrock as Gaston, John Tartaglia as Lumiere, Jeanne Lehman as Mrs. Potts, Jonathan Freeman as Cogsworth, Jamie Ross as Maurice, Meredith Inglesby as Babette, Mary Stout as Madame de la Grande Bouche, Aldrin Gonzalez as Lefou, and Trevor Braun and Marlon Sherman alternating in the role of Chip. 

The performance schedule is as follows: Tuesday at 7pm, Wednesday – Saturday at 8pm, Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 3pm.  There are three easy ways to get tickets to Disney's Beauty and the Beast on Broadway – Online at www.disneyonbroadway.com, via Ticketmaster at (212) 307-4747 or www.ticketmaster.com, and in person at the Lunt-Fontanne box office (205 West 46th Street).  Tickets are $40 - $110 for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday performances and $40 - $115 for Friday, Saturday and Sunday performances. 

Visit www.disneyonbroadway.com for more information.

Photo - current Belle, Anneliese van der Pol