Disney will launch North American tour of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST in 2025, Broadway stop next? — Page 3

tomorrowBIGLITES said: "linus84 said: "I saw this in Schenectady and can confirm No Matter What, Maison De Lunes, and The Battle are cut. New overture featuring A Change in Me

New dance arrangements for Gaston, Be Our Guest, and Human Again.

New dialogue woven into a few scenes, some cuts made to dialogue/ characters (ex: three silly girls appear in Belle number but no longer have dialogue/scene with Gaston before Me, Wardrobe character given more)

New costume/set designs that evoke the original but reflect the current theatrical trends."


You should always cut “A Change in Me”

Simply cause Belle doesn’t change in the story. The beast does. That’s why that song is boring.


Poor “No Matter What”. If there’s any song in the show worth Menken rewriting it’s that one."

Belle DOES change. She is benign but aloof in the village, living in a world of her own. She isn’t a narcissist like Gaston, but outside of her family no one really interests her. In the castle, she discovers empathy and bonds with people outside herself.

Does this use the Angela Lansbury narration during the prologue?

darquegk said: "tomorrowBIGLITES said: "linus84 said: "I saw this in Schenectady and can confirm No Matter What, Maison De Lunes, and The Battle are cut. New overture featuring A Change in Me

New dance arrangements for Gaston, Be Our Guest, and Human Again.

New dialogue woven into a few scenes, some cuts made to dialogue/ characters (ex: three silly girls appear in Belle number but no longer have dialogue/scene with Gaston before Me, Wardrobe character given more)

New costume/set designs that evoke the original but reflect the current theatrical trends."


You should always cut “A Change in Me”

Simply cause Belle doesn’t change in the story. The beast does. That’s why that song is boring.


Poor “No Matter What”. If there’s any song in the show worth Menken rewriting it’s that one."

Belle DOES change. She is benign but aloof in the village, living in a world of her own. She isn’t a narcissist like Gaston, but outside of her family no one really interests her. In the castle, she discovers empathy and bonds with people outside herself."


I don’t think that’s it. I think it’s like she goes to college and is like “finally my people!” And then marries a rich guy.

Give him one night at The Eagle and he'd never come home to Belle.

For me the biggest loss is the mob stuff. That’s just such a fun part of the show, building up to the big fight. And Be Our Guest. I can’t stand the changes made to that number. 

Updated On: 7/10/25 at 05:46 PM

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "How many players in the orchestra?"

Looks like 9, with the common doubling or tripling up.

1. violin

2. flute/piccolo/alto flute

3. clarinet/flute/bass clarinet

4. trumpet/flugelhorn/piccolo trumpet

5. French horn

6. trombone/bass trombone

7. drums/percussion

8. keyboard

9. keyboard 

In the early days of tik tok I remember a girl talking about her high school production of BATB where a Black student played The Beast and a white student played him post-true loves kiss. Disney should try that!

BrodyFosse123 said: "Having seen the original Broadway production a handful of times at the Palace Theatre, I have zero interest in seeing a watered-down reduced budget level production. Ever.

For those who weren’t around about 30 years ago, here’s the full “Be Our Guest” number performed by Gary Beach, Susan Egan, and the entire original 1994 Broadway cast at the Palace Theatre:

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I hated this. It looks like a non-eq tour. It’s super cheesy. The design is bland and bad. There’s no magic. It’s just all around a miss for me. I cannot see this even touching Broadway. 

KrupYou said: "Hearing tour will stop in town for a limitedrun. this seems to be an increasing move. i love it."

Would they be sticking with the US tour set or change it out with what London and the Australian Tour got?

Call_me_jorge said: "KrupYou said: "Hearing tour will stop in town for a limitedrun. this seems to be an increasing move. i love it."

Would they be sticking with the US tour set or change it out with what London and the Australian Tour got?"

Im under the impression that they're all the same set?

TheatreFan4 said: "Call_me_jorge said: "KrupYou said: "Hearing tour will stop in town for a limitedrun. this seems to be an increasing move. i love it."

Would they be sticking with the US tour set or change it out with what London and the Australian Tour got?"

Im under the impression that they're all the same set?"

The US tour set is even more scaled down compared to the latter two. Just off the top of my head: there’s no turntable, the physical village set has been exchanged for flats and they no longer have the bridge, Belles house is just an image projected on the back video wall, the Be Our Guest portals are square instead of round, and the gold leafy arm things no longer unravel(they just slide side to side). 

Updated On: 7/20/25 at 09:00 AM

This makes me so sad.