Photo Coverage: Be Their Guest! Meet the Company of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST International Tour
By: Jessica Fallon Gordon Sep. 14, 2014
In celebration of Disney's Beauty and the Beast's 20th anniversary on the stage, Disney Theatrical Productions, NETworks and Broadway Entertainment Group will present the first-ever international tour for the title. The English-language tour will open at Istanbul's Zorlu Center in October 2014 and will tour to diverse international markets including Kazakhstan, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia marking the first time Disney's timeless musical will have been seen in these territories. The company just met the press and BroadwayWorld was there for the big event. Check out photo coverage below!
The international tour of Disney's Beauty and the Beast will see the show's original Broadway creative team reuniting to bring this Broadway classic to life. The musical is directed by Rob Roth and choreographed by Matt West, with Costume Design by Ann Hould-Ward (Tony Award winner for her work on Disney's Beauty and the Beast), Lighting Design by Natasha Katz, Scenic Design by Stanley A. Meyer, Sound Design by John Petrafesa Jr. and Music Supervision by Michael Kosarin. Auditions are currently underway in the US and casting will be announced in the coming months.
Based on the 1991 Academy Award-winning animated feature film, Disney's Beauty and the Beast premiered on Broadway in 1994, where it was nominated for nine prestigious Tony Awards and ran for 13 years. It still ranks as one of the longest-running and highest-grossing Broadway shows of all time. Since its debut, the title's visibility and success has expanded globally with subsequent productions produced around the world. Since licensing of the title began in 2004, there have been productions in 22 countries, seen by more than 35 million people, translated into 8 different languages with over 28 thousand performances - equivalent to a run of 67 years, generating over $1.7B in revenue.
Disney's Beauty and the Beast is the classic story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped in a spell placed by an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed to his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity.
Photo Credit: Jessica Fallon Gordon
The set model
Rob Roth
The International Company
The International Company
The International Company
Paul Crane and Hilary Maiberger of the International Company
Hilary Maiberger of the International Company
The Domestic Company
The Domestic Company
The Domestic Company
The International and Domestic Companies
James May, Hassan Nazari-Robati, Jordan Aragon, Adam Dietlein, Hilary Maiberger, Darick Pead, William Poon, Charlie Jones and Emily Mattheson of the International Company
Hilary Maiberger and Darick Pead of the International Company
Charlie Jones, Emily Mattheson and William Poon of the International Company
Adam Dietlein and Jordan Aragon of the International Company
James May, Emily Mattheson and Hassan Nazari-Robati of the International Company
Ross Nemeth, Ann Hould Ward and Logan Sejas
Logan Sejas, Emily Jewell, Ross Nemeth, Samuel Shurtleff, Ryan Everett Wood, Jillian Butterfield, Patrick Pevehouse, Cameron Bond and Jake Bridges of the Domestic Company
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