BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at the Hollywood Bowl

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Zooey-Deschanel-Taye-Diggs-Rebel-Wilson-and-More-to-Star-in-BEAUTY-AND-THE-BEAST-at-the-Hollywood-Bowl-20180312

Zooey Deschanel is Belle, Taye Diggs is Gaston and Rebel Wilson is Lefou

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Jane Krakowski as Mrs. Potts...?

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Woah.

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I literally just got done playing LeFou for five months. That side plot doesn't work if LeFou is a girl. Oregon Shakespeare Festival did it with a female LeFou and it was dreadful - the only dreadful part about that production, actually. I hate hate hate hate LeFou as a girl. The rest is fine, whatever. Excited to hear Jane and Zooey. But my gosh, why Rebel? I quite enjoy her usually, but....this role? Does she have a residency contract to appear in every Hollywood Bowl musical now? There are plenty of fat male actors in the area who would have been perfect. And I get the point is to star cast every role for these things, but come on, just cast someone, I don't know, actually right for the role? It's going to get real icky real fast. I'm mad.

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Kelsey Grammer as Lumière? He seems more like a Cogsworth to me.

Has anyone come across any presale codes?

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As a person who saw the show, I can tell you that was not the only dreadful part of that production. It was dreadful all around!



CindersGolightly said: "I literally just got done playing LeFou for five months. That side plot doesn't work if LeFou is a girl. Oregon Shakespeare Festival did it with a female LeFou and it was dreadful - the only dreadful part about that production, actually.I hate hate hate hate LeFou as a girl. The rest is fine, whatever. Excited to hear Jane and Zooey. But my gosh, why Rebel? I quite enjoy her usually, but....this role? Does she have a residency contract to appear in every Hollywood Bowl musical now? There are plenty of fat male actors in the areawho would have been perfect. And I get the point is to star cast every role for these things, but come on, just cast someone, I don't know, actually right for the role? It's going to get real icky real fast. I'm mad."

Wow is all I can say. This concert was very amateurish in my eyes. There are so many weird spots and everything just felt very discombobulated. Taye Diggs must have never even seen the original film as he didn't embody the character of Gaston in the slightest. Zooey Deschanel sang the part of Belle worse than Emma Watson- which I didn't think was possible. Jane Krakowski did a good mrs. Potts and Kelsey Grammer did a good Lumiere. Anthony Evans was the highlight of the night for me. I really wouldn't have minded missing this production. Lol

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LOL I just watched some of the videos and YIKES. Zoey baby NO. My mouth dropped out when they messed up the Belle reprise.

Someone on YouTube said it best: "This is a school play for celebrities". I concur. it's a shame because the other Disney at the Bowl concerts have been great.

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