Steve Blanchard News

Sarah Litzsinger will succeed Ashley Brown as Beauty and the Beast's Belle on May 30th

Donny Osmond will be making his return to Broadway as Gaston in Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

On Thursday, April 27th, cast members from Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST on Broadway will kick off the U. S. Postal Service's commemorative stamp dedication celebrating The Art of Disney: Romance stamp featuring Belle and the Beast from the Disney animated film.

Performers from Broadway's Beauty and the Beast will take part in a fine art and craft fair on April 29th

Ashley Brown, the current Belle of Broadway in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, will be among the stars performing at the South Jersey AIDS Alliance's Broadway on the Bay benefit at Atlantic City's Borgata on Monday, February 27th

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The Actors' Fund will present a Special Performance of Beauty and the Beast on February 22nd

A second weekly column of news and ideas for Baltimore area theatre-goers. This will appear (I hope) weekly on Tuesdays. Charles Shubow's column, Baltimore Backstage, will appear on Fridays

Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST set a new box office record at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street) for the week of December 26-January 1. The production grossed $1,229,825 over nine performances.

Jeanne Lehman and Meredith Inglesby will join the cast of Beauty and the Beast this week--as Mrs. Potts and Babette, respectively

Ashley Brown, who recently made her Broadway debut in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, will be this weekend's guest on the syndicated radio show, 'Broadway's Biggest Hits,' hosted by Bud Wilkinson.

The thoughts of Ashley Brown, currently starring as Belle in the Beauty and the Beast, can now be read on her exclusive online diary

BroadwayWorld.com brings you this first look at Ashley Brown in Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Ashley Brown is making her Broadway debut as the newest Belle in Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. She begins performances tomorrow, Tuesday, September 20th at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street).

Ashley Brown is making her Broadway debut as the newest Belle in Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST on Tuesday, September 20.

On Saturday, April 16th, the show celebrated its 11th anniversary on Broadway.

Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the sixth longest running show of all time and Broadway's current longest running American musical, celebrates its 11th anniversary on Broadway next week. The production originally opened on April 18th, 1994.

Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, which is the sixth longest running show of all time and Broadway's current longest running American musical, will celebrate its 4,500th performance on Friday, April 8th.

Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST had its highest gross ever in its 11-year history on Broadway for the week of December 27-January 2. The production grossed $1,044,028, filling the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre to 100% capacity, and breaking last year's record for BEAUTY AND THE BEAST for $986,950 for the same New Year's Eve holiday week.

Georgia Stitt's sold-out concert at Birdland was a hotbed of activity for the young, up-and-coming Broadway composers and singers!