Beauty and the Beast revival

Weren't they planning on bringing the show back for a holiday engagement but opted not to do it, because it would have conflicted with the little mermaid?

I think (or hope) they'd go quite a bit younger than Laura Benanti's age (no offense to her)

I would love to see a revival. I just think that they shouldn't try to mimick the animated film, but find something new in the material instead. The score is truly lovely.

I NEED Cynthia Erivo in Aida. I NEED IT.

Maybe Benanti should be cast as Mary in Secret Garden if we think she is right for Beauty & the Beast

Both Lauras are too old to play Belle. Seriously. They both deserve great roles in their futures, but ingenue, not so much. Can't see Disney remounting this anyway...

Oh, and for those disagreeing with me...what did you think of Streisand asking the Playbill journalist, "How old do I look?" when she was asked about her proposed Gypsy remake several years ago?

We all love our favorites, but sometimes when I see posters recommending their favorites for potential upcoming roles, it seems they're not considering a lot of factors. A lot of factors.

Hey, I would've liked to have seen a lot of my favorites do a lot of things they were "rumored" to be doing back in the day.

Honestly, Laura Osnes looks like she's 16 years old.

I don't think Beauty and the Beast requires a radical reconception, but a new take on the material is never remiss.

Benanti, goodness knows, but she is more in the realm of a Mrs. Potts these days - an actually age appropriate one, though younger than we have come to expect. She'd actually be a rather fun Madame de le Grande Bouche.

In regard to age, Disney lore places Belle at 17 years old and Prince Adam (the Beast) has just turned 21 according to the film mythology, after being cursed by the Enchantress as an 11 year old.

( For the record, Will Swenson would be TERRIBLE as the Beast. Absolutely awful. Josh Gad my be a fantastic LeFou on film, we do not know, but he could NEVER play that role as conceived for the stage show.)

icecreambenjamin said: "Victoria Clark would sound fantastic as Mrs. Potts and Norm Lewis would sound pretty great as The Beast.



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1. I'd love them to revive it.

2. Jorge, I believe there were rumors, but nothing definite.

3. icecreambenjamin, I like your new avatar. :)

In regards to broadwayguy91's question: (this is just copied/pasted form it's Wikipedia page)

"The Broadway production closed to make way for Disney's next musical venture, The Little Mermaid. With Disney set to open its Broadway version of The Little Mermaid on November 3, 2007 at the time, it was believed that having two Disney princess films on Broadway at the same time would divide audiences and cause competition between the two shows. At this point, Disney also had three other shows running at the same time: The Lion King, Tarzan, and Mary Poppins."

there is discussion on a Beauty and the Beat revival, but not to open (directly) on Broadway

Yes, where?