Beauty and the Beast Revival Coming To Broadway — Page 3

Mark S Hoebee, who was in the first production is directing it at papermill, he also directed newsies and a lot of other papermill shows. It might be the papermill production?

asoftplacetoland said: "Rachel Zelger for Belle! She even tweeted she would love to be casted. I would love for somebody around 18-25 to play Belle. Anybody older just sometimes looks out of place up there."

I don;t want to be ageist, but I think that Disney princess stars should be in the 18-25 range. When you cast middle-aged women like Patti Murin and Caissie Levy as characters half their age, it just feels a bit awkward...

And yes, I know Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel are also much older than Anna and Elsa, but there is a world of difference between voicing the characters and playing them on stage 8 times a week...

I would love to see Ben Crawford or James Snyder as the Beast.

Updated On: 4/25/19 at 08:26 PM

Laura would be such a snooze fest in this role, and the trend of casting the typical ingenues in the regional market for this show over these last few years drives me crazy. 

I think a lot of people were surprised at her performance opposite Steven Pasquale in the Chicago Lyric Opera production of Carousel. It would be a terrible career move playing another Disney princess, but I guess young actresses don't turn down too many starring roles.

I like the fresh young face option.

Who knew back when The Mickey Mouse Club was ruling the airwaves and we were having our Mickey Mouse themed birthday parties wearing our Mickey Mouse ears that Disney one day would be such a force on Broadway. Is Star Trek next? That franchise has been around almost as long as Disney and its most recognized star, Patrick Stuart, will soon return to the role of Jean Luc Picard in a new television series.

^^ About the puppet idea...a good few regional theaters have done it before that travesty of a cruise line production and there's something about it I do not like...it comes off as odd and I'm still deciding why that is. Someone else said it's because life size teapots and candles don't read to the back of the theater. I also wonder if it's because it just reads as strangely abstract in a show that was conceived as pretty darn NON abstract. Lion King was conceived in abstract hence why it works. And that's a whole new level of puppetry, it's not just a cute little hand worked device, they're literally working an entire body apparatus in that show...

Hot Pants said: "I just came across a post saying that Gavin Lee should play Lumiere. I agree whole heartedly. He would be perfect!"

Yes he would be - and btw, he IS playing Lumiere at the Pappermill production starting soon! I’ve got my tickets already :)

If it is anything resembling that trash Cruise ship production I'm burning the theatre to the ground.

CarmenA3 said: "Hot Pants said: "I just came across a post saying that Gavin Lee should play Lumiere. I agree whole heartedly. He would be perfect!"

Yes he would be - and btw, he IS playing Lumiere at the Pappermill production starting soon! I’ve got my tickets already :)"

Then I guess that means I’m going to see the Papermill production

Jordan Catalano said: "Christy Altomare would be a lovely Belle, but I’m not sure if she’d want to play another role like that."

I could live with this...nor could I imagine her saying no to this either. She VERY much a princess type but there something about her that's still different that the usual princess type that sets her apart. She's not totally homogenous ( like Laura) but she's too far out of the mold either...

Oh if Gavin is Lumiere at Papermill I NEED to see it...

CarmenA3 said: "RWPrincess said: "Gavin Lee as Lumiere? I think I need to get tickets to see this at Paper Mill."

I don’t see a cast listing on their site, but Gavin spoke about it on this interview:

https://youtu.be/Z7HcyfQsbiY"

Thank you for posting this! I just bought my ticket. Last 10 min is where he discusses Paper Mill. I wonder if this was recorded before the revival was announced.