BWW TV Exclusive: Saying Au Revoir To Beauty and the Beast

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BWW TV Exclusive: Saying Au Revoir To Beauty and the Beast

Posted: 7/27/07 at 3:35am

Saying goodbye is never easy - especially to a musical that has touched the hearts and souls of so many during it's 13+ years on Broadway. BroadwayWorld invites you, our readers, to take a journey back in this exclusive video retrospective featuring highlights, memories and more from Disney's Beauty and the Beast which will play its final performance on Sunday, July 29th, 2007.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=20280

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"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 3:55am

Beautiful video!

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 3:59am

What a great video! I liked how Susan Egan said they could revive it and then she could be Mrs. Potts!

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:02am

What an amazing video!

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:21am

Great video! I'm still sad to see it go though

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 5:14am

amazing video! there was a lot of coverage ive never seen before, (like christy carlson romano, and jamie lynn sigler).

i really hope they listen to susan egan and revive it in 3 years, a la Les Miz!

p.s.- van der pol gave me chills!

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 5:30am

Thank you, Craig - that was beautifully done.

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 7:42am

This was absolutely beautiful! It brought tears to my eyes. Thank you.

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 9:00am

Great video. I loved watching the clips of previous Belles.

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 10:01am

I just watched it,what a beautiful video.Gave me the chills seeing some of the clips.

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 10:16am

Great video, just saw this for the first time two weeks ago. One thing I was curious about was how Donny Osmond got away with playing Gaston and all those comments about how big and manly he was, apparently they make him wear long sleeves.

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 10:44am

amazing video. it actually made me cry. I'm so sad to see Beauty go!

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 10:56am

I am so sad to see Beauty and the Beast go. I saw it when I was little with the origanal cast. It was my first broadway show. I am gona miss it so much.

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 11:48am

Very nice! I think Van der Pol is clearly one of the best actresses to ever grace the role of Belle, in comparison with some of the others in those videos.

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 12:27pm

Fantastic video.
It got me teary eyed.

Loved seeing all the clips of the Belles, I wish there had been one of Kerry. I love Anneliese, Susan and Ashley, they are seriously powerhouses.

Susan and her comment about playing Mrs. Potts! HAHAH. I love her.

Beauty and The Beast was my first Broadway musical. October 22nd, 2000, a Sunday matinee. Andrea Mcartle was Belle. I will never, ever forget that until the day I die. One of the most memorable moments in my life was seeing Beauty and The Beast as a kid.

A tearful Au Revoir to Beauty and The Beast.

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 12:44pm

There might be a few bonus clips I could put together....

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"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 1:07pm

What a beautiful video! Brought a tear to my eye ~

And all the fairwells were so sweet! But can I say? I think Deb Gibson look AWFUL in that video! She looks SO old in it! Or maybe it's just me...

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 2:48pm

AH! Craig! The bonus footage from the performances would make my life! Please!

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"The Light in the Piazza....My Love"

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 2:53pm

Smash up job Craig, loved it.

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 3:08pm

awww great video!

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 3:28pm

I can't wait to get home from work so that i can watch this video!! I love BATB and I'm sad that it is closing. I'm excited to hear that there is Jamie Lynn Sigler footage! I rememeber hearing some of her "Change in Me" a while back, and thought she sounded great!

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 3:47pm

Many thanks.

I saw the show about 50 times and could always count on a much needed boost.

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:24pm

Too beautiful, Craig. I cried. Great job!

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"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 5:16pm

Oh, I'm so glad I'm not the only teary one! Craig, thank you! You have made the days of so many people around me a much more pleasant one, to be certain!

The extra footage...xoxoxo? And if there is a (name your favorite diety) in (ditto), could these videos exist on BWW into perpetuity to allow us addicts just a tiny diversion from the mess known as life?

Well Craig, in my world, you're as close to the golden goose as I can imagine. Keep the videos coming, and know there's a special place in my heart (if not in heaven) for people like you!

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Posted: 7/27/07 at 5:43pm

Aw, now I'm even more sad that I never got to see it.