| Beauty and the Beast - Live on Stage | |
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| Disney's Hollywood Studios | |
| Land | Sunset Boulevard |
| Opening date | November 22, 1991 |
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Disney's Hollywood Studios
Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage is a Broadway style musical at the 1,500-seat Theater of the Stars, on Sunset Boulevard, at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World. It is based on the popular animated film Beauty and the Beast, including many of the original songs and characters. Two versions of the show have been presented. The original version which opened for the film's 1991 premiere presented the film's songs and story out-of-sequence. It's first performance was on November 22, 1991. When the original Theater of the Stars was knocked down in 1993 (to make room for the construction of Sunset Boulevard), the show was temporarly moved to the Backlot Theater on New York Street. The show reopened in July 1994, in the now covered & newly rebuilt Theater of the Stars on Sunset Blvd. The second version of the show debuted in early 2001 & now features the songs in the order they are presented in the film. The show's principal parts (Belle and Gaston) are live-sung. Order of Songs in the Original Version:
- Be Our Guest
- Belle
- Something There
- The Mob Song
- Beauty and the Beast (1991 song)
Order of Songs in the Current Version:
- Belle
- Belle (Reprise)
- Be Our Guest
- Something There
- The Mob Song
- Beauty and the Beast (1991 song)
Disneyland
A similarly-titled show with a different script, set, and costumes opened at Disneyland on April 12, 1992. The show was extremely popular, appearing over 4300 times in just over three years, and served as a development platform for an adaptation of the film which ran on Broadway from . The show played it's final performance on April 30, 1995.
Disneyland Paris
A similar show sharing scripts, sets, and costumes appeared for several seasons at the Disneyland Paris park with a recorded vocal track (in French). The show played from 1992 - 1996.
