Tickets to BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at BroadwaySF’s Orpheum Theatre on Sale
Beauty and the Beast premiered on Broadway in 1994 and still ranks as the 10th longest-running show in the industry’s history.
By: Chloe Rabinowitz Nov. 07, 2025
Tickets for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the first North American touring production of the musical presented by Disney in over 25 years, at the Orpheum Theatre are on sale now! The enchanting and timeless Broadway musical will begin performances in San Francisco at BroadwaySF’s Orpheum Theatre on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 for a limited engagement of four weeks through Sunday, August 9, 2026.
Based on the 1991 Academy Award-winning animated feature film, Beauty and the Beast premiered on Broadway in 1994 and still ranks as the 10th longest-running show in the industry’s history. Nominated for nine Tony Awards, winning for Best Costume Design, Beauty remains one of the highest-grossing Broadway shows of all time. The title’s visibility and success have expanded globally with productions of the stage show and the smash Oscar-nominated 2017 live-action film, which grossed over $1B worldwide.
The structure and tone of the story and score made Disney history. It was just the second time that a Disney film had been structured as a stage musical where the songs are integral to plot and characterization. This Menken/Ashman innovation is credited with the 1990’s Disney animation renaissance that went on to create such film classics as Aladdin, The Lion King and Hunchback of Notre Dame and helped re-introduce the book musical form to popular culture.
Beauty and the Beast, directed & choreographed by Matt West, features Alan Menken’s Academy Award-winning score, songs by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman (including the Academy Award-winning title song and the show-stopping “Be Our Guest”), plus songs written especially for the stage by Alan Menken and Tim Rice (including “If I Can’t Love Her” and “A Change In Me”). The production features a book by Linda Woolverton, author of the original screenplay. Sets are by Stanley A. Meyer, costumes by Ann Hould-Ward (Tony Award winner for Beauty and the Beast) and lighting by Natasha Katz.
