How does the Beast in Beauty and the Beast change back into the prince during the show? — Page 2

Contractual secret? This info. is as available as the POTO dissappearing chair "miracle". Why, it's just Disney Magic at its best.

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PB ENT., you just mentioned the chair trick in PHANTOM. Do you or anyone know how they do it? I havnt seen the show yet, so I cant assume anything.

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My nephew works backstage at a theater in Seattle. There is a door which is called a "Beauty Door" and they installed it for the production of Beauty and the Beast. It is up on the back wall(I forget what the back wall is called), high up on the wall and when the Beast spins into the air he actually changes places though the door with a look alike.

Oh I wish I could simplify a tad more...but my nephew is in route flying home from Costa Rica right now (with my daughter too) and I cant reach him to get the exact specifics. Coincidentally he just told me about this door a couple weeks ago..and didnt tell me in great detail. He will be home late tonight and maybe I can get the exact specifics and post tomorrow. I know the door was very interesting to him, he job shadows the stage manager at the theater, hoping to become a professional one himself (he is only 16) and every time he goes he finds out more trivia about the props/stage/sets/rigging/lights etc. (My nephew is at a very good local public high school that is really into the arts and is a stage hand there, and they do FIRST CLASS productions!)
My nephew did talk to a stage manager once from the actual Beauty musical (sat next to him on a plane..much to my nephews JOY!) and tried getting some "secrets" revealed..the stage manager said he absolutely could not divulge any of the secrets.

Updated On: 2/26/05 at 03:17 PM

Actually, the info isn't available. As I said, it is illegal to release any information.

I suggest this not be brought up again.

When I saw it, and I stayed afterwards, they were like, "Oh it's Disney magic!" But I think it's like the whole Into the Woods thing, there's a double.