Beauty and the Beast Revival Coming To Broadway

[Call_me_jorge]

David10086 said: "Patti Lupone as Belle!

Andrew Lloyd Webber as the Beast!"

In this version Belle locks up the beast!

[RWPrincess]

The Paper Mill cast has been announced. Gavin Lee is indeed Lumiere. Nice to see some Anastasia actors here too. Molly Rushing confirmed on Instagram that she is the Belle understudy.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Gavin-Lee-and-More-Join-the-Cast-of-Paper-Mills-BEAUTY-AND-THE-BEAST-20190430

[Pashacar]

RippedMan said: "Let’s let Alex Timbers direct this!! Disney screwed themselves by firing him off Frozen."

I think Beetlejuice is proof positive he's best suited for less commercial offerings.

[darreyl102]

stephen mark lukas is gonna be a dreamy Gaston!

[fashionguru_23]

I need to say that the original Broadway production was the only production to get the look of the Beast correct. It's not Beauty and the Goat, or Ram, or Deer

[RippedMan]

I don't think the Papermill production is any indication of how the revival will look. I'd think they'd get a better production team, etc.

[BroadwayMarley]

I have heard great things about the Papermill production.  I am sorry that I am not able to see it.

[CATSNYrevival]

RippedMan said: "I don't think the Papermill production is any indication of how the revival will look. I'd think they'd get a better production team, etc."

I hope so! The two candles on each hand for Lumiere looks even more cumbersome than the original design. 

[RippedMan]

I'd think we'd either get a faithful revival of the original, or they'd go a totally different route and do like John Tartaglia version with actual puppets. 

[SomethingPeculiar]

RippedMan said: "I don't think the Papermill production is any indication of how the revival will look. I'd think they'd get a better production team, etc."

I think Tom Schumacher said the original team is working on the BATB revival (if it happens). Which would be: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/beauty-and-the-beast-4602

[RippedMan]

Oh cool! Would actually love to see the original design. 

[CATSNYrevival]

I doubt we’ll ever see the original design again but I do hope they come up with something equally opulent even if they are on a budget this time around. Even when they downsized from the Palace to the Lunt, what was on Broadway was still far more elaborate than the bare bones third national tour and the later redesigned NETWorks national tour which was still directed and designed by the same team.

[JennH]

fashionguru_23 said: "I need to say that the original Broadway production was the only production to get the look of the Beast correct. It's not Beauty and the Goat, or Ram, or Deer"

I'M SCREAMING!! However, there have been some good ones regionally, Papermill already looks great, so I'd say it's very rarely done right. The Low Budget Beast Tumblr is a thing for a reason I'm afraid...