BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 10:20am
Maybe. For a limited holiday run. Possibly.
http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2008/06/03/high-school-musical-5-6-beauty-the-beast-headed-back-to-broadway.aspx
#2re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 10:22amthat'd be a treat [for me atleast], I never saw it before..
Rotel1026
Broadway Star Joined: 8/12/06
#2re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 1:28pmWhat theater would they take? Seems like it's getting awfully crowded with seasonal shows. Grinch sent out a survey that mentioned a 2008 run. White Christmas is rumored and we still have Cirque and the Rockettes. Seems like a lot of shows competing for money when the economy is not at it's best.
#3re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 1:35pm
Maybe they will do the Beauty and The Beast: Enchanted Christmas for the holiday season.... And then we could get a slew of comments about who would be the best to belt out AS LONG AS THERE'S CHRISTMAS.... from the movie.
I say get Bernadette Peters back on Broadway where she belongs. LOL
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philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#4re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 1:46pmI'd see it! Beauty is the only Disney show I've liked (well I haven't seen Mermaid yet).
#5re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 2:02pm
Interesting. I'd go see this.
Guess we'll just have to see what happens with this.
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#6re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 2:12pmI remember awhile ago saying if they did Enchanted Christmas that Bernadette Peters and Tim Curry should come back and recreate their roles for the stage version.
Broadway Shows I've Seen: Hairspray, Chicago, Little Shop of Horrors (2003), The Wedding Singer, Spamalot, Riverdance, Rent, Beauty and the Beast, Spring Awakening, Wicked, Legally Blonde, Phantom of the Opera, Sweet Charity (revival), Drowsy Chaperone, The Lion King, Dreamgirls(2010 Tour).
#6re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 2:12pm
Broadway Shows I've Seen: Hairspray, Chicago, Little Shop of Horrors (2003), The Wedding Singer, Spamalot, Riverdance, Rent, Beauty and the Beast, Spring Awakening, Wicked, Legally Blonde, Phantom of the Opera, Sweet Charity (revival), Drowsy Chaperone, The Lion King, Dreamgirls(2010 Tour).
Updated On: 6/3/08 at 02:12 PM
Trekkie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/06
#8re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 2:20pm
"What theater would they take? Seems like it's getting awfully crowded with seasonal shows. Grinch sent out a survey that mentioned a 2008 run. White Christmas is rumored and we still have Cirque and the Rockettes."
Don't forget Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas. God help us all.
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#9re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 2:24pmBeauty & the Beast was one of the first shows I saw as a kid - my class went, haha. I'd love to relive my childhood :)
#10re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 2:26pm
THAT would be wonderful!!!
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Updated On: 6/3/08 at 02:26 PM
#11re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 2:29pmWhy not do the Enchanted Christmas. It is a great story and it actually fits smoothly into the regular story. I think it would be really neat to see it onstage.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
TooDarnHot
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
#12re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 2:32pmplease tell me this is just a rumor.
ElFantasma14
Broadway Star Joined: 9/26/06
#13re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 3:39pmEnchanted Christmas could just use the regular BATB set too. I'd love to see Bernadette come back to Broadway!
#14re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 3:58pm
I would love to see B&B again!!
Especially if it's the Christmas version! 
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jagfkb
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/29/07
#15re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 4:29pmThe Nederlander as a holiday house? Fix it up and open in Late November?
#16re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 7:52pm
While I LOVE B&TB, it seems a little silly to open it as a Holiday show when it just finished its run. In fact, a lot of the American public probably hasn't realized that B&THB has closed yet! If they are trying to bring in the dollar signs, I'd say to wait to do this until a couple years have passed and people are beginning to miss the show/realize its gone. That way the limited run would be even more of a treat and a bigger deal.
Haha, how does Enchanted Christmas fit smoothly into the storyline? I never got that. But...whatever, Bernie can read out of the phone book and I'd give her a standing ovation.
misto625
Broadway Star Joined: 11/10/05
#17re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 8:07pmI missed Beauty and the Beast ever since it closed, and reading the reviews of Little Mermaid, I miss the show even more.
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broadwayboy522
Leading Actor Joined: 5/6/06
#18re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 8:23pmI'd rather them wait a little bit longer and bring it back for longer than a limited run! Then Disney could finally have four shows on Broadway at a time which is what they were wanting to do earlier when they opened Tarzan and Mary Poppins one after another.
#19re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:48pm
Among Disney circles, Jim Hill is known as a major rumor-monger. Much of what he reports turns out to be not true. I would completely doubt the credibility of this rumor at the moment.
#20re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:58pmFollowing a successful version of BATB, my friends and I jokingly contemplated Enchanted Christmas.... we never thought anyone would be so stupid as to actually stage it. Sheesh, talk about a pipe dream...
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walkedthroughmany
Leading Actor Joined: 3/25/07
#21re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/4/08 at 2:50amIsn't this the guy who reported Beyonce would be starring in the Aida movie?
jackson992
Broadway Star Joined: 12/25/04
#22re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/4/08 at 2:52amWhat a fun show. Just recently got to play D'Arque in this
JillianMelko
Swing Joined: 7/31/06
#23re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/4/08 at 3:30pmI Would DIE if it came back...I cried when I first heard it was closing it is my all time favorite Broadway show/ Disney Movie ever and I would have to see it, if not audition for it!
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bwaybabe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/08
#24re: BEAUTY & the BEAST to return to Broadway?
Posted: 6/7/08 at 1:39am
so...rumor or reality...?
...hope is the second, because I'd love to catch it, this time around.
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