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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast returns to the Whitney Hall stage in a newly imagined 30th Anniversary production.
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Leslie Broecker
Music by
ALAN MENKEN
Disney Theatrical Group under the direction of
presents Andrew Flatt Managing Director Anne Quart Executive Producer
Lyrics by
HOWARD ASHMAN & TIM RICE
Starring
Book by
LINDA WOOLVERTON
KYRA BELLE JOHNSON FERGIE L. PHILIPPE
STEPHEN MARK LUKAS DANNY GARDNER KATHY VOYTKO JAVIER IGNACIO
HARRY FRANCIS KEVIN LIGON HOLLY ANN BUTLER CAMERON MONROE THOMAS
LEVI BLAISE COLEMAN KANOA EDGAR
VINNY ANDALORO BRIANNA ASCIONE BENJAMIN CHENG KRISTEN SMITH DAVIS SPENCER DEAN
JULIAN MARCUS D e GUZMAN MICHAEL DIKEGOROS LEIGH-ANN ESTY MASUMI IWAI DARRELL T. JOE EMILY LARGER
MATTHEW MARVIN LENA MATTHEWS CALEB Mc ARTHUR CARSON HAMPTON PALMER MELAINA RAIRAMO
ELLEN ROBERTS GRACE MARIE RUSNICA BEN SEARS MICHAEL SELTZER JASMINE PEARL VILLAROEL KATE WESLER
Production Originally Produced by THOMAS SCHUMACHER
Scenic Design STANLEY A. MEYER
Sound Design JOHN SHIVERS
Costume Design ANN HOULD-WARD
Hair & Make-Up Design DAVID H. LAWRENCE
Movement Coordinator LORENZO PISONI
General Manager MYRIAH BASH
Associate Director SAM SCALAMONI
Illusion Design JIM STEINMEYER
Lighting Design NATASHA KATZ
Projection/Video Design DARREL MALONEY
Casting THE TRC COMPANY KEVIN METZGER-TIMSON, CSA PETER VAN DAM, CSA
Technical Supervisor MARTIJN APPELO
Associate Choreographers JENNIFER RIAS
ERIN N. MOORE
Dance Music Arrangements DAVID CHASE
Production Supervisor JASON TRUBITT
Production Stage Manager ANDREW BACIGALUPO
Music Coordinator MICHAEL AARONS
Orchestrations DANNY TROOB
Music Supervision and Arrangements MICHAEL KOSARIN
“Me”*.......................................................................................................................................................... Gaston, Belle
“Belle” (Reprise) ....................................................................................................................................................... Belle
“If I Can’t Love Her”* ............................................................................................................................................. Beast
“Beauty and the Beast”...................................................................................................................................Mrs. Potts
“If I Can’t Love Her”* (Reprise) Beast
“A Change In Me”* .................................................................................................................................................. Belle
“The Mob Song” Gaston, Ensemble
“Home”* (Reprise) ................................................................................................................................................... Belle
Transformation*/Finale Ultimo ..................................................................................................................... Company
Music by Alan Menken. *Lyrics by Tim Rice. All other lyrics by Howard Ashman.
Violin: RYU MITSUHASHI; Flute/Piccolo/Alto Flute: DANE ANDERSEN; Clarinet/Flute/Bass Clarinet: DAVID ORLICZ; Trumpet/Flugelhorn/Piccolo Trumpet: TIM BURKE; French Horn: SARAH YOUNKER; Trombone/Bass Trombone: MEGAN O’MALLEY; Drums/Percussion: GARY SELIGSON; Music Associate/Keyboard Swing: MICHAEL HOPEWELL Keyboards: CONNOR DORAN; JOSH TATSUO CULLEN
Music Coordinator: Michael Aarons, M-Squared Music
Associate Music Coordinator: Anja Wood, M-Squared Music Music Preparation: Anixter Rice Music Services
CAST
(in order of appearance)
Enchantress ............................................................................................................................................... KATE WESLER
Beast FERGIE L. PHILIPPE
Belle ............................................................................................................................................ KYRA BELLE JOHNSON
Bookseller BEN SEARS
Lefou ...................................................................................................................................................... HARRY FRANCIS
Gaston ........................................................................................................................................ STEPHEN MARK LUKAS
Village Lasses MELAINA RAIRAMO, JASMINE PEARL VILLAROEL, KATE WESLER
Maurice ...................................................................................................................................................... KEVIN LIGON
Chip (at certain performances) ................................................................................................... LEVI BLAISE COLEMAN
Chip (at certain performances) KANOA EDGAR
Madame .........................................................................................................................................HOLLY ANN BUTLER
Monsieur D’Arque SPENCER DEAN
Ensemble ...............................................................................................................BENJAMIN CHENG, SPENCER DEAN, JULIAN MARCUS DE GUZMAN, MICHAEL DIKEGOROS, MASUMI IWAI, DARRELL T. JOE, EMILY LARGER, MELAINA RAIRAMO, GRACE MARIE RUSNICA, BEN SEARS, JASMINE PEARL VILLAROEL, KATE WESLER
Voice of Prologue Narrator…Angela Lansbury
SWINGS
VINNY ANDALORO, LEIGH-ANN ESTY, LENA MATTHEWS, CALEB McARTHUR, ELLEN ROBERTS, MICHAEL SELTZER
VACATION SWINGS
BRIANNA ASCIONE, KRISTEN SMITH DAVIS, MATTHEW MARVIN, CARSON HAMPTON PALMER
UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies never substitute for listed players unless announced at the time of the performance.
Belle: MELAINA RAIRAMO, GRACE MARIE RUSNICA; Beast: BENJAMIN CHENG, CALEB McARTHUR; Gaston: BENJAMIN CHENG, CALEB McARTHUR, CARSON HAMPTON PALMER; Mrs. Potts: Leigh-Ann Esty, EMILY LARGER; Lumiere: MICHAEL DIKEGOROS, BEN SEARS; Cogsworth: SPENCER DEAN, MICHAEL DIKEGOROS; Lefou: JULIAN MARCUS De GUZMAN, MICHAEL SELTZER; Maurice: SPENCER DEAN, BEN SEARS; Madame: EMILY LARGER; Babette: MELAINA RAIRAMO, JASMINE PEARL VILLAROEL.
DANCE CAPTAIN: MICHAEL SELTZER
ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN: EMILY LARGER
FIGHT CAPTAIN: MICHAEL SELTZER
Scan here for any updated cast replacement announcements for this performance
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST
ANGELA LANSBURY ( Voice of the Prologue Narrator ) enjoyed a career spanning almost 75 years in film, stage and television. Her numerous Broadway credits include Mame (Tony Award®), Dear World (Tony Award®), Gypsy (Tony Award ® ), Sweeney Todd (Tony Award ® ) and Blithe Spirit (Tony Award®). She appeared in over 60 motion pictures including Gaslight (Academy Award® Nomination), The Portrait of Dorian Gray (Academy Award® Nomination) and The Manchurian Candidate (Academy Award ® Nomination). In 1991 she was the voice of Mrs. Potts in Disney’s animated feature, Beauty and the Beast. She made television history starring as Jessica Fletcher on “Murder, She Wrote,” the longest-running detective drama series in TV history, winning four of her six Golden Globe® Awards. In 2013 she was awarded an Oscar ® for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures. She was named a Dame of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. Lansbury passed away peacefully in 2022 at age 96.
KYRA BELLE JOHNSON ( Belle ) is honored to bring this magical story back to the stage. She previously toured as Sophie in the National Tour of Mamma Mia! TV/Film Credits: Damned If You Do, Role Play, and “FBI.” Proud alumna of Texas State’s BFA Musical Theatre Program. Huge thanks to DGRW and Disney for making this dream come true. Endless gratitude to Colin and her family, given and chosen, for their steadfast love and support. @kyrabellejohnson
FERGIE L. PHILIPPE ( Beast ). Grateful to be making his Disney wishes come true! Broadway: Hamilton as Hercules Mulligan and James Madison, Camelot as Sir Sagramore/King Arthur u/s. Off Broadway: Jason Robert Brown’s The Connector as Bob/Willis. On television: “The Good Fight,” “Law and Order: SVU” and “The Gilded Age.” Film: Space Cadet . Puppetry: Aanika’s Elephants, Jupiter’s Journey to Earth, Rescue Rue and Disney’s The Little Mermaid. He sends his love to Rose, his family and Disney World. Insta - @fergsters95
STEPHEN MARK LUKAS ( Gaston ). Broadway/ Tour: Nick Arnstein in Funny Girl, The Book of Mormon . Regional: Paper Mill, Goodspeed, Ogunquit, Maltz Jupiter, Westport Country Playhouse. Television: “Elsbeth,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “Gossip Girl.” Love to my family and B. Follow along: @smlukas
DANNY GARDNER ( Lumiere ). Broadway: Dames At Sea, A Christmas Carol, Flying Over Sunset . Off-Broadway: Lady, Be Good! (City
Center Encores!), The NY Summer Spectacular (Radio City). National Tours: White Christmas, 42nd Street . Regional: Crazy For You (Signature Theater), Mary Poppins (Seattle 5th Avenue). Love to my wife, castmate Emily. www.danny-gardner.com @dannyjgnyc
KATHY VOYTKO ( Mrs. Potts ). Broadway: The Music Man, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Tuck Everlasting, Next To Normal, The Pirate Queen, The Frogs, Nine, Oklahoma! Tours: Phantom of the Opera, Evita, Gentleman’s Guide… Thank you Disney, the amazing BATB company, TRC & CGF! For my loves: John, Alena, & Evelyn.
JAVIER IGNACIO ( Cogsworth ). Broadway: Company (Jamie, Peter, Andy u/s); Side Show (Houdini/Dog Boy). National Tour: Company (Peter); Fiasco’s Into the Woods. OffBroadway: Fiasco’s Twelfth Night (Sebastian); PublicWorks’ Twelfth Night ; Encores! Call Me Madam. Regional Theatres: La Jolla Playhouse, The Kennedy Center, The Asolo Rep and MTWichita. Wichita State University Alum. AEA. www.JavierIgnacio.com
HARRY FRANCIS (Lefou). London/West End: Mary Poppins, Cats, Wicked, A Chorus Line, Barnum, Pippin, The Book of Mormon . Tours: Cats, Hairspray, West Side Story, Edward Scissorhands. US: West Side Story, Cats, Newsies, Jersey Boys and Elvis. @HarryRFrancis
KEVIN LIGON ( Maurice ). 12 Broadway shows including Hello, Dolly!, The Producers, The Secret Garden. Regional: Arthur Whittington in An OldFashioned Family Murder (New Theatre), Herr Schultz in Cabaret (Goodspeed), Pirelli in Sweeney Todd (Kennedy Center). TV: “Blue Bloods,” “The Good Fight,” “Law & Order: SVU.”
HOLLY ANN BUTLER (Madame). Broadway: Come From Away, Diana the Musical, On the Town, How to Succeed…, Grease. National Tours: Evita, Shrek, Jersey Boys. TV/Film: Diana the Musical, A Holiday Spectacular, “Figure It Out.” Instagram: @performingpinup. Thanks to my husband, Steven.
CAMERON MONROE THOMAS ( Babette ), TXST MT 2025, is thrilled to make her National Tour debut with BATB! Recent credits: Sister Act (Tina/ Ensemble) and BATB (Ensemble) at The Muny and Beautiful (Lucille/Shirelle) at The ZACH. Philippians 4:13.
LEVI BLAISE COLEMAN ( Chip at certain performances). Debut tour! Levi thanks JESUS; Disney Theatrical Group; TRC Company; Kim Pedell/Zoom Talent; David Gilbert/Zuri Agency;
Amelia DeMayo/Glenn Gordon & bergenPACPAS; Jessi Clayton/ThePrepNY; The Ailey School; family & friends. IG: @leviblaise
KANOA EDGAR (Chip at certain performances). Thrilled to tell this story! Regional: Tiny Tim, Christmas Carol (Drury Lane). Voiceover: Wonder Pets in the City . Several commercials. Thanks: Disney, TRC, DDO Kids, coaches Tom Vendafreddo & Audrey Adams. Love to Kalea & Kai. @kanoaedgar
VINNY ANDALORO ( Swing ) is thrilled to be twirling on the road again! National Tours: Funny Girl, Cats. Regional: Ogunquit, NSMT, The LEX. BFA, The Boston Conservatory. Love to my amazing family, friends, mentors, and incredible fiancé, Jackson. IG: @vinny__andaloro
BRIANNA ASCIONE (Vacation Swing). National Tour debut! Credits: Broadway At Music Circus, Goodspeed Musicals, Bucks County Playhouse. Marymount Manhattan 2022. Huge thanks to Suite Talent and Disney. All the love to my family and friends for their love and support! @briannajascione
BENJAMIN CHENG ( Ensemble ). National tour debut! Memphis, TN native and recent CCM graduate. Many thanks to HCKR and The TRC Company. And thanks to God and my family for their constant love and support! Colossians 3:1617. @benjamin.s.cheng
KRISTEN SMITH DAVIS ( Vacation Swing ). Broadway: Anastasia . National tours: Frozen , South Pacific, Evita, White Christmas, Anastasia. Regional: Paper Mill, Goodspeed, Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Pioneer Theatre Company, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Sacramento Music Circus. Film: Ted 2 www.kristensmithdavis.com
SPENCER DEAN ( Monsieur D’Arque , Ensemble ). National Tour debut!! Regional:
MUNY, Goodspeed, NSMT, Weston, City Springs. TV: “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” BFA: Boston Conservatory. Thanks to The TRC Company, Lucille and The Hybrid Agency. Immense love to friends & family, especially mom - you are my rock! @JSpencerDean; www.Spencer-Dean.com
JULIAN MARCUS De GUZMAN ( Ensemble ). Broadway: Beetlejuice, Newsies, Hello, Dolly!, Miss Saigon. BFA Dance & Sociology, UC Irvine. Filipino. San Francisco Bay Area Born & Raised. Thankful for the DeGuzman’s, Jo, CESD, Canaan, Joni, Coyote. Isang bagsak! @julianofguzman
MICHAEL DIKEGOROS ( Ensemble ). National tour debut! Off Broadway: The York. Regional: Ogunquit, Tuacahn, Music Theatre Wichita. Commercial: Holiday Inn Club Vacations. Elon BFA MT. Love to CTG, The TRC Company, his family, friends, Brady and Ellie. michaeldikegoros.com @m_dikegoros
LEIGH-ANN ESTY ( Swing ). Thrilled to be back with DTG! Credits include Carousel (Broadway), An American in Paris (1st National), Frozen (NAT), Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, and HBO’s The Gilded Age. Love to @lakeywolffco, Mom, Dad, and Sara! @leighesty
MASUMI IWAI (Ensemble). Thrilled to be back on the road! Credits, Broadway: Funny Girl (OBC); Regional/Tours: FLY (La Jolla Playhouse), The King and I (National Tour). Much love to friends and family both in Japan and US! @mmmasssun
DARRELL T. JOE (Ensemble). So excited to share this “tale as old as time” around the country! Broadway: Spamalot . Off Broadway: Cheek to Cheek (York). National Tours: Jesus Christ Superstar . Regional: Goodspeed, Muny, DCPA, TUTS, Maltz and more! @darrelltjoe
EMILY LARGER ( Ensemble, Assistant Dance Captain). National Tours: Elf (Kennedy Center,
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MSG), The 39 Steps . Regional/NY: Dirty Rotten Scoundrel s (Christine), Billy Elliot, Cabaret (Goodspeed), A Chorus Line (Cassie). Sharing this adventure with her loves Danny, Jack, and Maple! emilylarger.com
MATTHEW MARVIN (Vacation Swing). National Tour: Elf The Musical . Regional: Tuacahn, Riverside, Fulton, Maine State, Stages STL, ACT of Connecticut, Cincinnati Playhouse, The LEX. Film: Doubt. BFA: MMC. Thanks to Avalon Artists Group, the BATB team and The TRC Company! @matthewmarvin.
LENA MATTHEWS (Swing) is thrilled to be a part of BATB! Broadway: Trisha Paytas’ Big Broadway Dream . Off-Broadway: A Sign of the Times . Tour/Regional: Jesus Christ Superstar, Newsies, Carousel . Love and gratitude to my father Bob Matthews and my team at Suite talent! @_lenamatthews
CALEB McARTHUR (Swing). National Tour Debut! University of Michigan BFA Musical Theatre Alum. Thank you to his agents at Henderson Hogan, his devoted teachers and his loved ones
CARSON HAMPTON PALMER (Vacation Swing) is excited to be making his National Tour debut! Regional: Sacramento Music Circus, MTWichita. Many thanks to his family, friends, CTG, Creative Team, TRC, and Disney for making his dreams come true. BFA: TXST. @carsonhamptonpalmer
MELAINA RAIRAMO (Village Lass, Ensemble) is overjoyed to be here! Regional: Guthrie, Fulton, Maine State. Proud UATD alum. Endless gratitude to family, friends, and the Beauty team—this dream wouldn’t be possible without you. Roll Tide! @Melaina_Rairamo
ELLEN ROBERTS (Swing). National Tour Debut! Boston Conservatory class of 2025. Credits: Frozen, Jersey Boys (NSMT), Beautiful, Jersey Boys, The Bodyguard (TBTS). LINK Class 6. Thanks to Michelle Chasse, Daniel Hoff Agency, and love to her family.
GRACE MARIE RUSNICA ( Ensemble ). National tour debut! Pittsburgh native and recent graduate of CCM. Off-Broadway: Monte Cristo . Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, The Muny. TV: “American Idol.” All my love to the whole
BEN SEARS (Bookseller, Ensemble). (he/him) Pizza Enthusiast! Broadway: The Heart of Rock & Roll (OBC). National Tours: CATS (1st Nat’l), A Bronx Tale. Love to The A Squad, my agents, Peter Van Dam & my Family. As always, this is for Dad.
MICHAEL SELTZER (Swing, Dance Captain, Fight Captain). Broadway: West Side Story. 1st National Tour: Back to the Future . Regional: The Old Globe, Asolo Rep, Sacramento Music Circus, The Muny, Weston Theater Company. BFA Musical Theater: The Boston Conservatory. Love to The Bloc Agency and family.
JASMINE PEARL VILLAROEL ( Village Lass, Ensemble ) completed her BFA at Temple University (‘25) while in the Original Broadway Cast of The Great Gatsby ! Endless love and thanks to family, friends & teachers for everything. Wishing on stars & working hard! @jasmine.villaroel
KATE WESLER ( Enchantress , Village Lass, Ensemble ). Broadway: Harmony (OBC). Tours: Chicago (Roxie), Pippin (Fastrada). TV/Film: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Principal Dancer), Caught Stealing (Principal Dancer). Julianne Hough Residency (Dancer). CCM graduate. Grateful for this team. Love to my family. www.katewesler.com @kate.wesler
LINDA WOOLVERTON (Book). Linda Woolverton’s first animated feature, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (1991) won the Golden Globe for the Best Comedy/Musical and became the first animated film to be nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award®. Woolverton cowrote the screenplay for The Lion King animated feature, rewrote the script for Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey and contributed to the animated feature Mulan. She went on to adapt the script of Beauty and the Beast for the Broadway stage and received the Tony Award® nomination for Best Book of a Musical in 1994. Woolverton was also awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Beauty and the Beast for Best New Musical in the UK. Beauty and the Beast ran in New York between 1994 and 2007, becoming the sixth longest running show in Broadway history. Woolverton also wrote the Book for Elton John and Tim Rice’s Musical Aida which ran for five years at the Palace. Woolverton’s script for Alice in Wonderland (2010), directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, grossed over one billion dollars and she became the first female screenwriter with a sole credit on a billion-dollar film. From there she wrote the screenplay for Disney’s Maleficent (2014) starring Angelina Jolie which became a worldwide success. She is currently creating a television series, producing an animated series and adapting a fantasy novel for film.
ALAN MENKEN ( Composer ). Theatre: God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Little Shop of Horrors (Broadway), Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol, The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, Leap of Faith, Newsies, Aladdin, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, A Bronx Tale, Hercules, Little Shop of Horrors (OffBroadway). Film: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast (Animated) , Newsies, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Enchanted, Tangled, Sausage Party, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin (Live Versions), Disenchanted (Live Action), The Little Mermaid (Live Version), Spellbound. Television: “Sesame Street,” “Lincoln,” “The Neighbors,” “Galavant,” “Tangled.” Awards: Tony Award; Daytime Emmy®; 2 Drama Desks; 8 Oscars®; 11 GRAMMYS®; 7 Golden Globes; London’s Evening Standard; Olivier; 3 Outer Critics Circle Awards. Songwriters Hall of Fame, American Theater Hall of Fame, Billboard’s #1 single/album, Disney Legend, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Max Steiner Award. His Emmy ® win elevated him to EGOT status, as the 16th person ever to receive an Emmy, GRAMMY®, Oscar, and Tony Award. Upcoming: Nancy Drew And the Mystery at Spotlight Manor:
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HOWARD ASHMAN (Lyricist) is best known as the pivotal creative mind behind The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast (which is dedicated to “Our friend, Howard Ashman, who gave a Mermaid her voice and a Beast his soul…”). Ashman’s first love was theatre. He was a founder of Off Off-Broadway’s renowned WPA Theatre, where he conceived, wrote and directed the classic musical Little Shop of Horrors as well as God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (both music by Alan Menken). A new cast recording of Rosewater is available from Sh-K-Boom records. In 1986, Ashman wrote and directed the Broadway musical Smile (music by Marvin Hamlisch). Lamented as a lost treasure of the 1980’s theatre scene, Smile remains popular on high school and college campuses. A documentary about Ashman’s life titled HOWARD has received great acclaim for its sensitive portrayal of the man and the artist. Howard Ashman died in 1991 from complications of AIDS. For more information, please visit howardashman.com.
TIM RICE ( Lyricist) has been writing lyrics for musical theatre and related enterprises for nearly 50 years. Credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita with Andrew Lloyd Webber; Aladdin, King David and Beauty and the Beast with Alan Menken; Chess with Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson; and The Lion King and Aida with Elton John. He has won numerous awards along
the way, usually for the wrong things or for simply turning up.
MATT WEST ( Director & Choreographer ). Matt West’s Broadway credits include Lestat (Palace Theatre), Music by Sir Elton John, Lyrics by Bernie Taupin; Beauty and the Beast (Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award, Olivier, Drama Desk and Outer Critics’ Circle Award nominations); Elaborate Lives (Alliance Theatre), Music by Sir Elton John, Lyrics by Sir Tim Rice. OffBroadway credits: Disenchanted, Mimi Le Duck starring Eartha Kitt. International credits: Little Shop of Horrors (Buenos Aires), The Wanderer (Tokyo’s Parko Theatre). Touring credits: Trolls Live! (Director/Choreographer, Cirque du Soleil). Home Video: The Little Mermaid, Cinderella and Peter Pan (VSDA), The Nutcracker (The Disney Channel). Disney Live Entertainment: World of Color, Dream Up, Jubilation, Fantasmic! As an Actor, Matt created the role of Bobby in the film A Chorus Line directed by Sir Richard Attenborough. Future projects: The Broadway bound wrestling musical Wow!
STANLEY A. MEYER ( Scenic Designer ). AwardWinning Artist, Illustrator, and Scenic Designer. Winner of the League of American Theatres & Producers National Broadway Award; 30 Float Designs, 23 Awards for the Tournament of Roses Parade ; Dial M For Murder & The Three Musketeers, Syracuse Stage. American Premieres: Sir Tim Rice’s From Here to Eternity & Saturday Night Fever , REV; Treasure Island , Arkansas Rep; WarholCapote, ART. Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Ogunquit Playhouse; Ain’t Misbehavin’, Cleveland; Steve Miller Band, Alice Cooper, Cyndi Lauper, Disney on Ice, Barbie Live!, Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus, Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Universal Studios Japan, SeaWorld Orlando, San Diego, Abu Dhabi. Thank you, Tom Schumacher, for asking me to design the scenery and digital artwork for this show. My agent, Michael Moore, and my Associates, who keep me sparkling: Christine Peters, Brian Webb, Jason M. Curtis, Jesús Luna, Gaetane Bertol, and Bill Beilke. Love to my husband, Arnis. Explore more: www.stan.fyi
ANN HOULD-WARD ( Costume Designer ). Broadway: The Color Purple ; The Visit ; The People in the Picture; A Free Man of Color (Drama Desk nomination); A Catered Affair (Drama Desk nomination); Company ; Dance of the Vampires; Beauty and the Beast (Tony Award®, American Theatre Wing’s Design Award, Ovation Award); Into the Woods (Tony ® & Drama Desk nominations, Outer Critics Circle nomination, L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award); Falsettos; Sunday in the Park with George (Tony® & Drama Desk Nominations); Harrigan ‘N’ Heart; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; St. Joan; Three Men on a Horse;
Timon of Athens ; In the Summer House ; Little Me; The Moliere Comedies . West End/London: The Prince of Egypt; Imagine This; Beauty and the Beast (Olivier nomination); Notes from the Field by Anna Deveare Smith (Royal Court); Dear World (directed by Gillian Lynne). Berlin: Schuh Des Manitu. European Tour: Ben Hur Live. Off-Broadway: over 50 Off-Broadway credits. Regional: over 100 credits in USA regional theatres including Guthrie Theatre, Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse and Arena Stage. Opera: Peter Grimes (Metropolitan Opera); West Side Story (Salzburg Festival); MAHAGONNY (Los Angeles Opera); The Most Happy Fella (NYC Opera). Circus: Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (2001 & 2003). Film: Strike!; Six by Sondheim. Ballet: Norwegian National Ballet; Mikhailovsky Ballet; ABT; Alvin Ailey; San Francisco Ballet; Ballet Hispanico. Recipient of Irene Scharaff Award for Sustained Excellence.
NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Designer) has designed extensively for theatre, opera, dance, concerts and permanent lighting installations around the world. She is an eight-time Tony Award® winner whose recent Broadway credits include Hell’s Kitchen; Sweeney Todd; Here We Are; Grey House; MJ; Some Like It Hot; Springsteen on Broadway; and Hello, Dolly! Recent dance designs include Like Water for Chocolate at the Met. She is a TDF Wendy Wasserstein Project Mentor and was recently inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame.
MICHAEL KOSARIN ( Music Supervision and Arrangements) was music director, conductor, and arranger of the original Broadway production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast in 1994 and has collaborated with composer Alan Menken ever since. He’s worked on Broadway since 1982, on the original productions of Nine, Grand Hotel, Secret Garden, King David, A Chorus Line, Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, Newsies, and Aladdin, as well as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Hercules worldwide. Film work includes Pocahontas, Hercules, Enchanted, Tangled, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Disenchanted, Spellbound, and live-action Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. An Emmy-award-winning television music producer/arranger, he produced/arranged music for “Galavant,” has composed songs and scores for “Sesame Street” and “The Wonder Pets,” and contributes to “Ms. Rachel’s” program. Kosarin is a multi-GRAMMY-nominated recording artist and producer, with dozens of theater albums and motion picture soundtracks, as well as long-time collaborations with such legendary artists as Carly Simon and Barbara Cook.
JOHN SHIVERS (Sound Designer). Real Women Have Curves, Swept Away, The Heart of Rock and Roll, Shucked (2023 Tony and Drama Desk Award nominee), Beauty and the Beast (Worldwide),
Pretty Woman (Worldwide), Gettin’ The Band Back Together, Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour, Kinky Boots (2013 Tony Award recipient), Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Leap of Faith, Bonnie & Clyde, Sister Act, 9 to 5, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, The Little Mermaid, TARZAN®, Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays International: Wicked, TARZAN®, The Lion King (Shanghai) and (Singapore), Regional: The Muny (2015-Present), Swept Away (2024 Helen Hayes Award recipient), Galileo, Trading Places, The Wanderer, Becoming Nancy, 42nd St., Heart of Rock & Roll, First Wives Club, Nutty Professor, Tales of the City, Emma, Robin & the 7 Hoods, Ace Associate / Supervisor: Mary Poppins, Hairspray, The Producers, The Lion King (worldwide), Titanic, Big, How to Succeed…, The Who’s Tommy, The Buddy Holly Story. Other credits: Savion Glover, Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach, Gregory Hines and engineering at Electric Lady Studios.
ROB ROTH (Production Conception ) was nominated for a Tony Award® as Best Director for his Broadway debut, Beauty and the Beast, which has become one of the top ten longest-running musicals in Broadway history. The show has been produced all over the world, selling more than 45 million tickets and winning many awards including the Olivier Award for Best Musical in
London. Rob went on to direct the world premiere of Elaborate Lives: The Legend of Aida, collaborating with Sir Elton John and Sir Tim Rice. Rob directed the Broadway musical Lestat, based on the Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles with a score by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Rob frequently directs rock concerts, working with legendary artists including Alice Cooper, KISS, The Dresden Dolls, Cyndi Lauper and Steve Miller. Rob’s first play, WARHOLCAPOTE , debuted at American Repertory Theatre at Harvard, and was published in hardcover by Simon & Schuster. The play was named Best Audio Book of 2022 by The Times of London and was a #1 best seller on Amazon. Rob is an avid collector of rock and roll graphics, his collection is featured in a new book, Rock Visions, from Genesis Books, to be released in 2025. Rob and his husband Patrick live in New York with their Labrador Tag.
DANNY TROOB (Orchestrator). Danny’s career as a musician includes composing, orchestrating and conducting. Some early credits include Pacific Overtures, The Baker’s Wife (both shows’ dance music), Big River (music supervision, Drama Desk Award winner). Danny orchestrated the animated features Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Pocahontas – where he also
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conducted the score – and wrote and conducted the scores to Disney’s The Little Mermaid 2 and Lady and The Tramp 2 . On Broadway, he orchestrated the award-winning revivals of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying and The Pajama Game. He received a second Drama Desk Award for Cinderella in 2011. He orchestrated Dr. Zhivago in Australia in 2014, and more recently Disney’s Hercules and Jeanine Tesori’s Soft Power
DARREL MALONEY ( Video & Projection
Designer) is an award-winning designer who has designed for theatre, broadcast, concerts, opera, museums, exhibitions and film. Broadway: The Cher Show, American Idiot, On Your Feet!, Allegiance, The Parisian Woman, A Night with Janis Joplin, Everyday Rapture, The Illusionists. Off-Broadway: Found (Atlantic Theater, Drama Desk nom.), Checkers (Vineyard Theatre, Drama Desk nom.), Tappin’ Thru Life (Drama Desk nom.), The Babylon Line (Lincoln Center Theater), Joan of Arc: Into The Fire (Public Theater), Pretty Filthy (Civilians), Kung Fu, Golden Child (Signature
designs: WARHOLCAPOTE (A.R.T.), Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus, Surf (Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas), Sadko (Vlaamse Opera, Ghent), The Summer King (Pittsburgh Opera). Darrel’s company “d13” has provided the performance and virtual set content for The Tony Awards and titles sequence and post-production for the filmed version of Allegiance on Broadway.
DAVID H. LAWRENCE (Hair & Make-Up Designer) is happy to be working with members of the original creative team on this new production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast . Broadway: Baby It’s You, Company (Revival), Anything Goes, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, She Loves Me, Guys and Dolls (CLAIROL Award) , Tommy, How to Succeed…, Trying, A Funny Thing Happened…, The King and I, Moliere Comedies, Night of The Iguana, On The Waterfront, Wait Until Dark, On The Town, Grease, Death of a Salesman (NY/LA and Showtime) , Bells are Ringing, 42nd Street (NY, Germany, US Tour), The Full Monty (NY and Tour), Maurice Hines’ Guys and Dolls (Tour), The Crucible, Some Like it Hot starring Tony Curtis
Jeffrey, Picasso at the Lapin Agile. TV/Film: “SNL” (Emmy nom.), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (ABC), The James Brady Story (HBO). Winner 1994 Outstanding Achievement Award from Theatre Crafts International for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. In honour of the late, great Paul Huntley. Without his mentorship, I would not be here.
JIM STEINMEYER ( Illusion Designer ). Jim Steinmeyer was called by The New York Times the “celebrated ‘invisible man’— inventor, designer, and creative brain behind many of the great stage magicians.” His illusions have been featured by Doug Henning, Siegfried and Roy, David Copperfield, Ricky Jay, and many others. He created the special illusions for Beauty and the Beast, Into the Woods, Mary Poppins, Aladdin, and many other shows. He is also the author of books on the history and art of magic.
DAVID CHASE (Dance Music Arrangements) has been Music Director, Music Supervisor and/or Dance Arranger for 40+ Broadway productions over the last three decades. He has two Emmy® Award nominations for Music Direction for NBC’s live telecasts of “The Sound of Music” and “Peter Pan,” plus GRAMMY® and Olivier® nominations. David has written arrangements and orchestrations for Boston Pops (including their signature “Twelve Days of Christmas”), Kennedy Center Honors, Essential Voices USA, and Radio City Music Hall. TV includes conducting, arranging and orchestrating for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “Schmigadoon!,” “The Gilded Age,” and “Étoile.” David appeared onscreen in Season 5 of “Maisel” as the announcer and bandleader for the ‘Gordon Ford Show.’ Other conducting includes numerous film scores (recently: The Last Showgirl) as well as productions at Lyric Opera of Chicago. His choral arrangements are published by Hal Leonard. David lives in New York City with his wife (and Drama Desk nominee) Paula Leggett Chase and their two sons. DavidChaseMusic.com
CHRISTOPH BUSKIES ( Electronic Music Programming ). Christoph’s revolutionary music system KeyComp has been successfully implemented worldwide in The Lion King, Frozen, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Sister Act and Beauty and the Beast
MICHAEL AARONS ( Music Coordinator ). Broadway: Boop!, Smash, Old Friends, Pirates! The Penzance, Real Women Have Curves, Sunset Boulevard, & Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, Hamilton, Aladdin. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors Other: Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Paper Mill Playhouse . Tours: Hamilton, & Juliet, Mamma Mia!, Moulin Rouge!, The Wiz, Beauty and the Beast. TV/Film: “Up Here,” “South Park,”
“Annie Live!,” Hamilton, Incredibles 2, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. www.m2music.nyc
LORENZO PISONI ( Movement Coordinator ). Broadway: Parade; MJ; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Gary; Beetlejuice; Disney’s Frozen; Noises Off. Off Broadway: Lucy, Mac Beth; All the Fine Boys; Harlequin Studies. West End: MJ; Disney’s Frozen; Mary Poppins. Lorenzo’s acting on and off-Broadway has been recognized with Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Obie and Outer Critics Circle Awards.
SAM SCALAMONI (Associate Director). Associate Director of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast for Disney Theatrical Group since 2001 (Broadway and internationally). Director: Elf the Musical national tour 2012 – 2024; Alan Menken’s Leap of Faith workshops; co-created and directed Mulan Jr. Founding Member and Artistic Director of Skyline Theatre Company.
STEVE BEBOUT (Supervising Resident Director). Associate directing credits include Company (Tour), Some Like It Hot (Broadway, Tour), Disney’s Aladdin (Broadway, Tour), Something Rotten! (Broadway, Tours), The Book of Mormon (Broadway, Tours, West End), Sister Act (Broadway), The Addams Family (Broadway, Tours, International). He’s directed a bunch of his own stuff too.
JENN RIAS ( Associate Choreographer ). Choreography: A Doll’s House (Broadway), Beaches the Musical (Theatre Calgary), Tootsie, Spamalot (Ogunquit Playhouse). Associate Choreography: Current US Tour and Australian Company of Beauty and the Beast. Performer: Original Broadway Companies of The Cher Show, Escape to Margaritaville, War Paint and Aladdin. Broadway debut: Rock of Ages. Radio City Rockette. Thank you, Matt West! For my boys.
ERIN N. MOORE ( Associate Choreographer ) is a versatile artist whose credits include - TV: “Fosse/Verdon,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel;” Broadway: Follies, After Midnight and Shuffle Along . Choreography: “The Tonight Show” starring Jimmy Fallon, Chase Bank’s “Backstage on Broadway,” West Side Story at The Muny (Associate Choreographer), Strike Up the Band at Carnegie Hall (Associate Choreographer). @mooregranola
THE TRC COMPANY (Casting). Led by partners Claire Burke, Kevin Metzger-Timson, Xavier Rubiano, and Peter Van Dam. Broadway: Dead Outlaw, BOOP! The Musical, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, Left on Tenth, The Outsiders, SIX, Aladdin. National Tours: The Phantom Of The Opera, Water For Elephants, The Wiz, Back To The Future, Mamma Mia!, Les Misérables
The TRC Company is proud to continue the casting legacy of Tara Rubin Casting and Johnson-Liff Associates.
NEURO TOUR ( Physical Therapy ) Carolyn M. Lawson PT, founder and CEO of Neurosport & NEURO TOUR (Physical Therapy), leaders in performing arts medicine. We are honored to be part of this amazing tour.
JASON TRUBITT (Production Supervisor) is proud to be with Disney Theatrical, having supervised 11 productions of Aladdin and 6 productions of Beauty and the Beast in 9 countries. Prior to supervising, Jason was a stage manager on the original Broadway productions of Aladdin, Sister Act, Mary Poppins, Brooklyn, and Never Gonna Dance. Additional happy years spent at Wicked Broadway and Mamma Mia! National Tour. Jason has also stage managed at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Washington Opera, and the Goodspeed Opera House. Thanks to Clifford Schwartz. Love to Marlene, Herbie and Ryan.
DAVID ANDREWS ROGERS ( Music Director/ Conductor ). Broadway/International tours: Phantom of the Opera, My Fair Lady, An American in Paris, The Wizard of Oz, Fiddler on the Roof, Cats, Chicago, Les Misérables, Show Boat . Guest Conductor: NY Pops at Carnegie Hall, OKC Philharmonic, Apollo Theatre. NY: York Theatre, New World Stages, Theatre at St. Clements. Extensive stock and regional theatre. Orchestrator and educator.
ANDREW BACIGALUPO ( Production Stage Manager ). NYC: Elf: The Musical ; Milan, Italy: Priscilla Queen of the Desert ; National/
International Tours: Some Like it Hot, Disney’s Aladdin, Oklahoma!, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Sound of Music, Million Dollar Quartet, Walking with Dinosaurs, and Ghost the Musical. Proud AEA member. Love to Mom, Dad, Matt and Izzy.
CAITLIN KELLERMEYER (Stage Manager). Select theaters and companies: The Walt Disney Company, TUTS and La Jolla Playhouse. Select Broadway/tours: Back to the Future ; Tina ; Kiss Me, Kate ; Irving Berlin’s White Christmas . Love to the family and #kellermeyerkids! @cakellermeyer
MALASHIA CARTER (Assistant Stage Manager). National Tours: Ain’t Too Proud, Company, Back To The Future . Broadway: Apprenticeships on Some Like it Hot, Ain’t Too Proud. Montclair State. She is grateful to God, family, and friends for their love and support.
KELLEY LYNNE MONCRIEF ( Assistant Stage Manager ) has primarily been a substitute stage manager on over a dozen Broadway, OffBroadway, and touring productions including Some Like It Hot, An Enemy of the People, Moulin Rouge, Heathers and Teeth. @kelleylynnem
DISNEY THEATRICAL GROUP, a division of The Walt Disney Studios, operates under the direction of Andrew Flatt and Anne Quart. The group produces and licenses Broadway productions around the world, including Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Elton John & Tim Rice’s Aida, TARZAN® , Mary Poppins, a co-production with Cameron Mackintosh, The Little Mermaid, Peter and the Starcatcher , Newsies , Aladdin , Frozen and Hercules, winning 20 Tony® Awards and 62 nominations for their Broadway productions. Other stage ventures include the Olivier-nominated West End hit Shakespeare in Love, stage productions of Disney’s High School Musical , Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame in Berlin and King David in concert on Broadway. Disney Theatrical Group has collaborated with preeminent theatres in the US to develop new stage musicals including The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Freaky Friday. As a part of the recent acquisition of 20th Century Studios, Disney Theatrical Group also heads the Buena Vista Theatrical banner, which licenses Fox titles for stage adaptations including Anastasia , Moulin Rouge! The Musical and Mrs. Doubtfire. Disney Theatrical Group recently premiered Hercules in London’s West End and a North American tour production of Beauty and the Beast . Next on the schedule: The premiere of the stage musical The Greatest Showman in Bristol, England in Spring 2026.
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Myriah Bash
Jason Trubitt
Dave Churchill
Alex Reyes
Sam Scalamoni
Steve Bebout
Associate Choreographers.................................. Jenn Rias, Erin N. Moore
US Video Assistant & Animator...................................Stefania Bulbarella
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Music Coordinator
KeyComp Music Programming
Torben Köhler, Gerrit Netzlaff
Music Preparation
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Andrew “Gus” Gusciora
Olivia Paige West
Michael Aarons
Christoph Buskies,
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Deborah Hecht
Children’s Tutoring ............................................... On Location Education
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Matthew Murphy
Payroll Cathy Guerra, Marie Caringal, Calvin Gin
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Scenery constructed by Great Lakes Scenic Studios and F&D Scene Changes. Automation and Additional Scenery by Silicon Theatre Scenery B.V. Additional Scenery and Automation by PRG Scenic Technologies. Additional Scenery by Scenic Art Studios. Soft Goods by Rose Brand, J&C Joel, and Big Image Systems. Lighting, Audio, and Video Equipment by PRG Broadway. Props by Marcus Hall Props, Bad Monkey Props, BB Props, and The Specialists Ltd. Illusion Effects by WK Magic. Special Effects equipment by LUMINOUS and J&M Special Effects. Handlesticks Designs by Jeremy Chernick. Costumes by Eric Winterling Costumes, Das Gewand, Phil Reynolds Costumes, Blackheath Park Fine Costumes, Arel Studio, Arnold Levine Millinery, Charles Hanrahan Costumes, Parsons-Meares, Ltd., Randy Carfagno Productions, Pintler Costumes and Technologies, Dress 4 Dance, On Stage, Sky NYC. Custom shoes by La Duca, T.O. Dey Shoes, World Tone Dance Shoes. Wig Construction by Backstage Artistry. Prosthetic Makeup by Joshua Turi/Designs to Deceive and Applied Arts. Trucking provided by Clark Transfer, Inc.
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