'Beauty & The Beast' tour cast announced!

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 1/8/10 at 3:23pm

Justin Glaser as Beast
Liz Shivner as Belle
Merritt David Janes as Lumiere

The rest:
http://www.beautyandthebeastontour.com/cast

Photos:
http://www.beautyandthebeastontour.com/photo-galleries

[rmusic11322]

Posted: 1/8/10 at 3:31pm

looks pretty close to the Broadway porduction
i'm excited about this!! :)

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 1/8/10 at 3:34pm

You've seen 2 costumes.

The choreographer gives some insight on the new set & choreography.
http://beautyandthebeastontour.blogspot.com/

Robert Jess Roth is directing the tour & Matt West is choreographing. They both held the same post with the Broadway show. I really want to see this! Updated On: 1/8/10 at 03:34 PM

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 1/8/10 at 3:43pm

My friend, Heather Russell, is in this! I wish I had the chance to see it. Too bad I live in the city.

[BwayBoundJoe]

Posted: 1/8/10 at 3:51pm

Have tickets for June in Nashville...can't wait.

[MusicSnob1]

Posted: 1/8/10 at 3:56pm

Who?

None of these names ring a bell.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 1/8/10 at 4:01pm

And your point, MusicSnob?

Merritt David Janes was a wonderful Sweeney in Networks' Sweeney Todd tour.

[MusicSnob1]

Posted: 1/8/10 at 4:03pm

My point is that I was hoping for at least ONE recognizable name.

[BwayBoundJoe]

Posted: 1/8/10 at 4:05pm

Is this a non-equity tour?

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 1/8/10 at 4:07pm

My point is that I was hoping for at least ONE recognizable name.

It's non-equity...

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 1/9/10 at 12:49am

I auditioned for this...as you can see I wasn't cast....waaaah waaaah (that was my Debbie Downer moment...ahaha)

[lisaatje009]

Posted: 1/9/10 at 5:42am

Sabrina Petra?! I wonder what she's going te be like. I saw her in the Dutch Beauty and the beast and in the search for Evita. Let's say she didn't really convince me there...

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 1/9/10 at 12:38pm

I hope they extend past June and that the tour comes to Dallas.

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 1/9/10 at 1:23pm

The set looks very interesting, there is a video on the home page...

It would be clutch if this stopped at the Tilles Center on Long Island for a weekend!

[bwaybabe2]

Posted: 1/9/10 at 5:54pm

Thanks, TheatreFan! One of my "Bway dreams for 2010" will be realized, after all!

[bwaybabe2]

Posted: 1/9/10 at 5:56pm

Sorry, got so excited double posted :I Updated On: 1/9/10 at 05:56 PM

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 1/9/10 at 6:09pm

Wow, Robert Jess Roth got another job?
Well, the same job, again.

[gypsy4]

Posted: 1/10/10 at 2:37pm

this looks like a massive non-equ production which is exciting.

[jagfkb]

Posted: 1/10/10 at 8:02pm

It's the original direction, just recreated by Sam Scalamoni, who's recreated the original staging EVERYWHERE for the past decade.

[gypsy4]

Posted: 1/10/10 at 8:08pm

did you check the site the new staging J.roth theres no mentioning of any except he is the assosiate director.
Updated On: 1/10/10 at 08:08 PM

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 1/10/10 at 10:01pm

I'm seeing it this May and I'm REALLY excited. Merritt was a lovely Sweeney, despite having 'off' comic timing, so I'm curious as to how he'll do in this role.

[Maceman91]

Posted: 1/10/10 at 10:26pm

Any word on what kind of orchestra will be used in this production?

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 1/10/10 at 10:45pm

From what the conductor of "The Wizard of Oz" told me, it will be the same size as most NETworks shows. (AKA, not very big).

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 1/10/10 at 10:51pm

The 'Wizard of Oz' tour sucks some major ass. We didn't even get the damn backdrop productions. We got an ugly ass black sheet!!

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 1/10/10 at 10:58pm

This is my favourite show and film, and I'm not overly excited about this. The one thing it has going for it, is that it is the entire original Broadway creative team.