Kansas City Music Hall, Beauty and the Beast, October 2025
KANSAS CITY MUSIC HALL
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
Welcome to Music Hall!
We’re thrilled to have you with us for this spectacular 30th Anniversary production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Many members of the original creative team have reunited to craft a show that’s sure to enchant audiences of all ages. The musical first opened on Broadway in 1994 and ran for thirteen years, making it the sixth longest-running show at that time. Today it remains the tenth-longest running production in Broadway history and if you haven’t seen it before, you’re about to discover why.
Next up, we’re excited to present & Juliet, a bold and hilarious new musical from Emmy-winning writer David West Read (“Schitt’s Creek”) and Grammy Award winner, Max Martin. Martin has written, or co-written, twenty-seven Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits, many of which you’ll hear in the show. This fresh take on Shakespeare’s classic flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. You’ll be swept away on a fabulous journey as Juliet tosses her famous ending for a new beginning.
Thank you to the incredible teams at Music Hall and the American Theatre Guild, and to our partners at PNC Bank. And most of all, thank you for being here. We can’t wait to welcome you back again soon!
With gratitude,
Leslie K. Broecker and the PNC Broadway in KC team
GOING HOME AGAIN: LINDA WOOLVERTON AND MATT WEST ON THE NEW BEAUTY AND THE BEAST TOUR
STORY BY Beth Stephens
What does it feel like to return to the world of Beauty and the Beast?
For book writer Linda Woolverton and director and choreographer Matt West, who created the original choreography for the Broadway production, it feels deeply personal.
“Going home,” West said.
“I was going to say the same thing,” added Woolverton. “It feels like going home. We’re family. We’ve been with this show for so long and it’s been a joy every time. And so to come back and reimagine it and rethink it to the degree we’re doing it is such a joy.”
More than 30 years after the animated film premiered and nearly 25 since the last Disney-produced national tour, Beauty and the Beast is hitting the road again in a bold new production. The show helped shape a generation of theatergoers, many of whom are now performing in this reimagined version.
“It feels a little surreal,” West said. “I have to pinch myself every once in a while to really think about where we all started, starting from the movie, actually creating the movie, to where we are today. It’s kind of mind-boggling.”
Both creatives approached the production with a willingness to examine every part of the production. “I wanted to look at every
Enchanted Objects in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Photo by Matthew Murphy
aspect of it,” West said. “The lighting, the design, the costume design, the scenic design and the dances. We wrote some new scenes for this production. Textures have changed. The lighting is new at your fingertips, so we’ve done it all.”
That includes big changes in choreography. “All the dances are new,” West said. “‘Be Our Guest’ is now a big tap number, which I’ve always wanted to do, so I’ve put it in. David Chase did the new dance arrangements and the tavern number is bigger. They’re all bigger. It’s bigger and brighter and bolder and better than ever.”
Woolverton, who also wrote the screenplay for the animated film, found herself returning to familiar material. “We really worked hard on making the show not feel like it was stuck in the past,” she said. “Over the 30 years we’ve been evolving. Constantly moving and changing. I’ve rewritten so many scenes so many times. Things have come in and gone out, come back in again. I was writing a new scene four weeks ago and I couldn’t believe it. It was like I’m writing the scene again.”
“And it works,” West said.
“It works,” Woolverton replied. “And it’s because they were my friends. So it was like playing with my old friends.”
At the heart of the story is Belle. “You know, Howard Ashman and I really wanted to conjure up a new kind of Disney heroine that wasn’t a princess but was a heroine who took action in the world and was a thinker and a reader,” Woolverton said. “That was really foremost on my mind when I was writing this character for the first time.”
That spirit continues to shape the way Woolverton views the show in 2025. “The story is a contemporary story,” she said. “The heroine is a contemporary girl, so it lends itself to being updated as we go along and learn new things and grow ourselves and put that into the show.”
For many of the cast members, this production represents a full-circle moment. “Many in our cast have shown me pictures of them at the Palace Theatre on Broadway when they were five and six,” said West. “And now here they are doing it with us. It’s surreal. It’s a joy and it’s the gift that keeps on giving.”
The show’s central message continues to resonate. “You know this show points out that love is love is love is love, right?” West said. “Love is love. And these two unlikely people come together and forgive and understand and grow together and end up together. It’s a good story to tell people and it’s a good process to look at.”
Woolverton added, “Really important for me is that you can come back from a mistake. He made a terrible mistake when he was young and suffered a lot, and everyone in the castle suffers for it. But you can come back through love. It’s the redemptive power of love that I think really touches people about this story.”
And of course, the music remains a centerpiece. “I think everybody relates to these characters in some way,” West said. “And the songs by Alan Menken with lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. The songs are well known. You hum along with them. You walk out feeling good. And I think it’s a family show. It’s a date night show. It’s for everyone and I’m very proud of that.”
When asked who they hope will see this new production, their answer was simple.
“People from four to 104,” said West.
“Everyone can be your guest,” Woolverton added.
FOR & JULIET PRODUCER EVA PRICE, ‘JUKEBOX MUSICAL’ IS NOT A DIRTY WORD
The Tony Award winner wants to erase the stigma of what a musical with preexisting songs can be.
STORY BY Ruthie Fierberg
Broadway’s new jukebox musical & Juliet first opened in England at the Manchester Opera House in September 2019. After a move to the West End, British producers eyed a Main Stem transfer, and they thought of just the American producer to partner with them. When they asked Eva Price, a Tony Award winner for the gritty 2019 Oklahoma! revival, the producer recalled: “How quickly could ‘yes’ come out of my mouth?”
Price isn’t afraid to admit (or the word she’d more likely use: declare) that she loves a jukebox musical. “When they’re good,” she clarified.
“I love a jukebox musical and I love an intelligentsia, high culture, elite, smart play or musical,” Price said. “I actually felt, for the first time, I was seeing something [in & Juliet] that meshed both.” And she argues that jukebox musicals actually shouldn’t be one or the other.
Over the past 20 seasons, Broadway has reliably presented at least one jukebox musical each season (with the sole exception of 2007-2008). Still, only two jukebox musicals in that two-decade span won the Tony Award for Best Musical (Jersey Boys and Moulin Rouge!) and only five have ever played more than 1,000 Broadway performances (although Mamma Mia! is the ninth-longest-running Broadway show of all time).
Rachel Simone Webb and Michael Canu in the North American Tour of & JULIET
Photo Credit Matthew Murphy
Whether it’s the lack of critical or financial success (or another factor entirely), “jukebox musical” is a label many shy away from for fear of its negative connotation.
Part of that emanates from a stigma of using preexisting material, as the perception can be that this makes for an easier creative process. “I actually think, in some ways, writing the book for a jukebox musical — when it’s good — is harder,” Price said.
“Let’s just say Mamma Mia! and & Juliet, specifically,” Price said. “They’re wholly original stories that are connecting the songs, and I think & Juliet does it best in which the songs feel like they’re written for that book.”
(Price recounted the proud story of her parents seeing the musical for the first time and telling her, “I can’t believe he wrote all these songs for this musical!”)
Of course, music mega-producer and songwriter Max Martin didn’t write the 29 songs that are in & Juliet specifically for the show, but Tony-nominated book writer David West Read worked hard to make it seem like that was the case. That cleverness, in Price’s mind, is what renders a jukebox musical “good.”
But Price also views the genre as an opportunity for Broadway, especially in this time of rebuilding after the pandemic shutdown. “More shows that bring in new audiences are actually important for the Street and for the industry,” Price said. Like the popular music at the center of the show, & Juliet is for the masses. As Price said, “Our target audience, I think, is anyone with a heartbeat.”
So far, Price’s instincts about adding this specific jukebox musical to her producing roster and bringing it to Broadway have answered a need in this moment. As she said, “What I think we also need as culture-seekers and audiences is joy.”
“What is one of those things that reminds us of good? Nostalgia. What’s nostalgic? Music,” Price continued.
“We were a show that I think people had low expectations about coming into Broadway,” Price confided. Yet & Juliet went on to earn nine Tony nominations. “It’s telling the world that musicals and plays of all shapes and sizes of all genres are here,” Price said, including jukebox musicals. “They’re selling tickets, they’re getting nominations, they’re impacting the conversation.”
Thank You KC For An Amazing 24/25 Season!
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Disney Theatrical Group
under the direction of Andrew Flatt Thomas Schumacher Anne Quart presents
Music
by
ALAN MENKEN
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
BEATRICE GODDARD BEGGS LEVI BLAISE COLEMAN
VINNY ANDALORO BRIANNA ASCIONE BENJAMIN CHENG SPENCER DEAN JULIAN MARCUS D e GUZMAN
MICHAEL DIKEGOROS LEIGH-ANN ESTY MASUMI IWAI DARRELL T. JOE EMILY LARGER MATTHEW MARVIN
LENA MATTHEWS CALEB M c ARTHUR CARSON HAMPTON PALMER KATIE POHLMAN MELAINA RAIRAMO
ELLEN ROBERTS GRACE MARIE RUSNICA BEN SEARS MICHAEL SELTZER JASMINE PEARL VILLAROEL KATE WESLER
Managing Director, Disney Theatrical Group ANDREW FLATT
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
Executive Producer ANNE QUART
Orchestrations DANNY TROOB
Music Supervision and Arrangements
MICHAEL KOSARIN
Production Conceived by ROB ROTH
Directed and Choreographed by MATT WEST
Company Manager MAIA SUTTON
Music Director/Conductor DAVID ANDREWS ROGERS
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
Cogsworth JAVIER IGNACIO
Lumiere DANNY GARDNER
Babette CAMERON MONROE THOMAS
Mrs. Potts KATHY VOYTKO
Chip (at certain performances) .............................................. BEATRICE GODDARD BEGGS
Chip (at certain performances) .......................................................... LEVI BLAISE COLEMAN
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, MATTHEW MARVIN, CARSON HAMPTON PALMER, KATIE POHLMAN
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; 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
“If I Can’t Love Her”*............................................................................................................................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
Vinny Andaloro
Brianna Ascione
Grace Marie Rusnica
Ellen Roberts
Carson Hampton Palmer
Katie Pohlman
Melaina Rairamo
Kathy Voytko
Kyra Belle Johnson Fergie L. Philippe
Stephen Mark Lukas
Danny Gardner
Javier Ignacio
Levi Blaise Coleman
Beatrice Goddard Beggs
Cameron Monroe Thomas
Harry Francis Kevin Ligon
Holly Ann Butler
Darrell T. Joe
Emily Larger
Matthew Marvin
Lena Matthews
Masumi Iwai
Leigh-Ann Esty
Michael Dikegoros
Julian Marcus De Guzman
Benjamin Cheng
Spencer Dean
Ben Sears
Michael Seltzer
Kate Wesler
Jasmine Pearl Villaroel
Caleb McArthur
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. Winner of five Tony Awards®, her Broadway credits include Hotel Paradiso (1957), A Taste of Honey (1960), Anyone Can Whistle (1964), Mame (1966, Tony Award®), Dear World (1968, Tony Award®), Gypsy (1974, Tony Award®), Sweeney Todd (1979, Tony Award®), Deuce (2007), Blithe Spirit (2009, Tony Award®), A Little Night Music (2010) and The Best Man (2012). She appeared in over 60 motion pictures including Gaslight (Academy Award® Nomination), National Velvet, The Harvey Girls, State of the Union, The Portrait of Dorian Gray (Academy Award® Nomination), Samson and Delilah, The Court Jester, The Long Hot Summer, The Manchurian Candidate (Academy Award® Nomination), The World of Henry Orient and Death on the Nile. In 1991 she was the voice of Mrs. Potts in Disney’s animated feature, Beauty and the Beast. From 1984-1996 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 on October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday.
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. Off-Broadway: 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 Old-Fashioned 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.
BEATRICE GODDARD BEGGS (Chip at certain performances) is joyfully celebrating her national tour debut! She hopes to inspire other kids to bravely chase their dreams. With gratitude to Avalon Artists, Bercy Talent & CalliCo, she dedicates this show to her little brother, Teddy. @beatrice_b_adventure_diary
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
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 3:16-17. @benjamin.s.cheng
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, MSG), The 39 Steps. Regional/NY: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (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 who have helped make this dream come true. @calebbmcarthur
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
KATIE POHLMAN (Vacation Swing). Broadway: Aladdin. National Tours: Aladdin, Bandstand. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, MTWichita, Muny; SNL; Oklahoma City University Dance. Many thanks to The Mine, Disney Theatrical Group and Andrew. Love to my amazing nieces and nephews!
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. OffBroadway: Monte Cristo. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, The Muny. TV: “American Idol.” All my love to the whole BATB team, Henderson Hogan, and my family! @ gracerusnica
BEN SEARS (Bookseller, Ensemble) (he/ him). Pizza enthusiast! Broadway: The Heart of Rock and Roll (OBC). National Tours: CATS (1st Nat’l), A Bronx Tale. Love to The A Squad, my agents, Peter Van Dam and 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 and teachers for everything. Wishing on stars and 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 (Off-Broadway). 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: A Musical 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. His latest musical opened in London in 2013, based on James Jones’s novel From Here to Eternity, with music by Stuart Brayson. He is currently working on a show about Machiavelli and wrote three new songs with Alan Menken for the 2017 live action film of Beauty and the Beast www.timrice.co.uk
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 DramaLogue Award, Olivier, Drama Desk and Outer Critics’ Circle Award nominations); Elaborate Lives (Alliance Theatre), music by Sir Elton John, lyrics by Sir Tim Rice. Off-Broadway 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). Award-winning 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® and Drama Desk nominations, Outer Critics Circle nomination, L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award); Falsettos; Sunday in the Park with George (Tony® and Drama Desk Nominations); Harrigan ‘N’ Heart;
SINGLE TICKETS ARE
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 multiGRAMMY-nominated recording artist and producer, with dozens of theatre 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 and Roll, First Wives Club, Nutty Professor, Tales of the City, Emma, Robin and 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 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 Theatre), The Village Bike, The Submission (MTC), Kansas City Choir Boy (Prototype, A.R.T., Kirk Douglas Theatre), Karen O’s Stop the Virgens (St
Anne’s Warehouse, Sydney Opera). Select other designs: WARHOLCAPOTE (A.R.T.), Ringling Bros. and Barnum & 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 (Tour), Dance of the Vampires, All Shook Up (NY and Tour), Souvenir. Off-Broadway: Mimi Le Duck, Indian Blood, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Dinah Was, Twelfth Night, A Dybbuk, 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. OffBroadway: 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) is grateful to have been the associate director of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast for Disney since 2001. He has supervised the show on Broadway, mounted US tours and companies in Korea, Japan, China, Brazil, Australia, UK tours, and an international tour. Sam is the director of the national tour of Elf the Musical, which has toured since 2012, playing engagements in NYC and the Kennedy Center. Sam directed and collaborated with Alan Menken on the Broadway musical Leap of Faith, and co-created and directed Mulan Jr. Sam is a 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 credits: A Doll’s House with Jessica Chastain (Broadway), International Premiere of Beaches the Musical (Theatre Calgary), Tootsie (Ogunquit Playhouse), Spamalot (Ogunquit Playhouse). Jenn is currently associate choreographer for the US national tour and Australian companies of Beauty and the Beast. She was also associate choreographer for the North American tours of Aladdin and Dear Evan Hansen. As a performer, Jenn was in the original Broadway companies of The Cher Show, Escape to Margaritaville, War Paint and Aladdin and made her Broadway debut in Rock of Ages. She was a Radio City Rockette. Thank you, Matt West! For my boys. @jenniferriascannon
ERIN N. MOORE (Associate Choreographer) is a versatile artist, working across genres and mediums. A graduate of Ailey/Fordham, some credits include Company: Philadanco;
TV: “Boardwalk Empire,” “Fosse/Verdon,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” PBS Great Performances “Celebrating 50 years of Broadway’s Best;” Broadway (original casts): Follies, After Midnight, Shuffle Along; Classical: The Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Symphony. Choreography credits: “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (Choreographer), Chase Bank’s “Backstage on Broadway” Industrial (Choreographer), West Side Story, The Muny (Associate Choreographer), Strike Up the Band at Carnegie Hall (Associate Choreographer). Erin is thrilled to be part of this creative team! @mooregranola
THE TRC COMPANY (Casting). Led by partners Claire Burke, Kevin MetzgerTimson, 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 theatres 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
CENTER: JAN 20 – 25 MUSIC HALL: MAR 17 – 22
KAUFFMAN CENTER: APR 7 – 12
MUSIC HALL: FEB 18 – MAR 1 KAUFFMAN CENTER: JUN 2 – 7 MUSIC HALL: AUG 12 – 30
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.
KRISTIN STEWART (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: Frozen, Aladdin, Deaf West’s Spring Awakening. National and International Tours: Frozen, Beauty and the Beast, Elf, Shrek, Young Frankenstein, Wizard of Oz, Hairspray, Wonderful Town, Stand By Your Man, Full Monty. BFA Illinois Wesleyan. MA University of Denver. Love to my husband and our sweet pup. Gratitude to my parents. @theenchantedsms.
DISNEY THEATRICAL GROUP, a division of The Walt Disney Studios, was formed in 1994 and operates under the direction of Andrew Flatt and Anne Quart. Worldwide, its ten Broadway titles have been seen by more than 200 million theatregoers and have been nominated for 62 Tony Awards®, winning Broadway’s highest honor 20 times. The company’s inaugural production, Beauty and the Beast, opened in 1994, playing a remarkable 13-year run on Broadway and continues to be produced in replica productions around the world. In November 1997 Disney made theatrical history with the opening of The Lion King, which received six 1998 Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Director, Julie Taymor, who became the first woman in Broadway history to win the award. Approaching 30 landmark years on Broadway, it has welcomed over 124 million visitors worldwide to date and has multiple productions currently running worldwide. Within Disney Theatrical Group’s first three decades, under the leadership of Thomas Schumacher, The Lion King has played over 100 cities in 24 countries on every continent except Antarctica and its worldwide gross exceeds that of any film, Broadway show or entertainment title in box office history. Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida opened on Broadway next, winning four 2000 Tony Awards. It was followed by Mary Poppins, a co-production with Cameron Mackintosh, which opened in London in 2004 and went on to enjoy a six-year Tony-winning Broadway run. TARZAN®, Tony-nominated for its 2006 Broadway premiere, went on to become an international hit with an award-winning production enjoying a ten-year run in Germany. In January 2008, The Little Mermaid opened on Broadway and was the best-selling new musical of that year. Disney Theatrical Group opened two critically acclaimed productions on Broadway in 2012, winning seven Tony Awards between them: Peter and the Starcatcher and Newsies, each of which enjoyed a two-year run and launched North American tours, with Newsies playing a record-breaking Fathom Events in-cinema release. Disney Theatrical Group’s 2014 hit, Aladdin, continues its smash Broadway run, having launched eleven productions on four continents and been seen by more than 21 million guests. Disney Theatrical Group’s newest hit, the 2018 Tony-nominated Best Musical Frozen has launched eight productions around the world and a filmed version of the stage musical currently available on Disney+. Other stage ventures include King David in concert on Broadway, Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame in Berlin, stage productions of Disney’s High School
Musical and the Olivier-nominated West End hit Shakespeare in Love. 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 recently premiered Hercules in London’s West End and a North American tour production of Beauty and the Beast. Next up: The premiere of the stage musical The Greatest Showman in Bristol, England in Spring 2026. In addition to theatrical stage productions, Disney Theatrical Group licenses and manages LocationBased Entertainment (LBE) experiences for The Walt Disney Company, including Disney On Ice, Mundo Pixar, Disney Junior Live On Tour, and The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail, expanding the magic of Disney storytelling into immersive environments worldwide. With dozens of stage productions and live ticketed events currently being produced or licensed, a Disney live experience is taking place somewhere around the globe virtually every hour of the day.
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Staff for BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Worldwide
General Manager
Production Supervisor
Technical Supervision
Associate General Manager
Associate Director
Myriah Bash
Jason Trubitt
Dave Churchill
Alex Reyes
Sam Scalamoni
Supervising Resident Director Steve Bebout
Associate Choreographers Jenn Rias, Erin N Moore
Movement Coordinator
Associate Scenic Designer
UK Associate Costume Designer
US Associate Costume Designer
Associate Lighting Designer
Moving Light Programmer
Associate Sound Designer
Associate Hair & Make-Up Designer
UK Associate Video Designer
Producing and Development Director
Production Coordinator
SENIOR PUBLICIST
Lorenzo Pisoni
Christine Peters
Jack Galloway
Sam Fleming
Craig Stelzenmuller
Sean Beach
Kevin Kennedy
Ashley Roller
Alessandro Uragallo
Hunter Chancellor
Jake Catsaros
PUBLICIST AMY KATZ
Staff for BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Tour
COMPANY MANAGER
Assistant Company Manager
Production Stage Manager
MAIA SUTTON
Aaron Ward
Andrew Bacigalupo
Stage Manager Caitlin Kellermeyer
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Dance Captain Michael Seltzer
Assistant Dance Captain
Emily Larger
Fight Captain Michael Seltzer
Production Assistants Isaac Byler, Caroline Duffin
Technical Supervisor
Touring Technical Supervisor
Technical Operations Specialist
Production Carpenter
Production Automation
Martijn Appelo
Noah Kern
James Garner
Patrick Eviston
Jem Hodgson
Head Carpenter Nick Ray
Automation Carpenter
Deck Carpenter
Flyperson
Production Electricians
Production Video
Head Electrician
Lead Follow Spot
Deck Electrician/Video
Production Properties
Head Properties
Assistant Properties
Production Sound
Head Sound
Assistant Sound
Crew Swings/Advance
Wardrobe Supervisor
Assistant Wardrobe
Hair & Make-Up Supervisor
Hair & Make-Up Assistant
Tutor/Child Guardian
Athletic Trainer
Assistant Lighting Designer
Scenic Assistant
Mitch Ponikiski
Lakin Freedle
Ashton Hill
Patrick Johnston, Jimmy Fedigan
Dan Mueller
Dawn Kenseth
Jacob Ryan
Mitchell Dailey
Jennifer A Kramer
Andrew Crawford
Taryn Nicole
Nick Borisjuk
Will Koch
Jake Delgado
Kate Spradling, Tiffany White
Élisè M Packee
Maya Patrick
Haley Richardson
Andrew Ozbun
Melissa Waters
Jael Hudson
Brandon Rosen
Jeff Hinchee
Costume Department Coordinator/Assistant
Fabric Manager
Fitting Assistant
Stitcher
Special Projects
Moving Light Assistant
US Video Assistant & Animator
US Video Programmer
Casting Associate
Music Coordinator
KeyComp Music Programming
Brendan Woods
Steven Feldman
Annette Lovece
P� Freeman
Kevin Foster II
Jonah Camiel
Stefania Bulbarella
Andrew “Gus” Gusciora
Olivia Paige West
Michael Aarons
Christoph Buskies, Torben Köhler, Gerrit Netzlaff
Music Preparation
Dialect Coach
Anixter Rice Music Services
Deborah Hecht
Children’s Tutoring On Location Education
Associate to Mr Menken
Production Photography
Rick Kunis
Matthew Murphy
Payroll ����������������������������Cathy Guerra, Marie Caringal, Calvin Gin
Director, Financial Accounting
Manager, Financial Accounting
Corporate Immigration Counsel
Risk Management
Corporate Music Counsel
Corporate Privacy Counsel
Housing Services
Patrick Matarazzo
Jordon Loyo
Fabricio Lopez
Johan Kangas, Matthew Rooney
Donna Cole-Brulé
Anjelica Bader
Road Rebel Global
THE TRC COMPANY
Claire Burke CSA, Kevin Metzger-Timson CSA, Xavier Rubiano CSA, Peter Van Dam CSA, Tara Rubin CSA, Merri Sugarman CSA, Louis DiPaolo CSA, Spencer Gualdoni CSA, Olivia Paige West CSA, Frankie Ramirez CSA
CREDITS
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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