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Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is returning to Palm Desert. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at the McCallum Theatre on Friday March 25, at 8:00pm, Saturday, March 26 at 2:00pm and 8:00pm, and Sunday, March 27, 2:00pm and 7:00pm. Disney's Beauty and the Beast features the Academy Award®-winning score with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by the late Howard Ashman, with additional songs composed by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice. The book is written by Linda Woolverton. 

'Tale as old as time' nails the complex simplicity of Beauty and the Beast the quintessential story of true love, the most difficult to obtain and sustain.  Disney's adaptation of the fairy tale with its sweepingly imaginative spectacle won over even the hardest of hearts. The animated film was such a tremendous hit in 1991 that it was adapted for the stage in 1994 with new songs by Tim Rice added to the Academy Award-winning movie score by deceased Howard Ashman. It ran worldwide until 2007 and proves undoubtedly that fairy tales retain a popularity that never dies... and that the story  translates beautifully to the stage with vibrant actors recreating all the animated figures.. This new production by 3-D Theatricals of Beauty and the Beast, which closed Sunday at the Redondo Performing Arts Center, was every bit as joyful and elegant as the original. I cannot say enough about T. J. Dawson's fabulous direction and casting and Mela Hoyt-Heydon's spectacular costumes that were built completely from scratch by 3-D Theatricals.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is returning to San Jose as part of Broadway San Jose's 2015-16 season. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on-stage at the Center for the Performing Arts (255 Almaden Blvd.) for five performances only - April 1 - 3, 2016. Tickets for Disney's Beauty and the Beast are available now online at www.ticketmaster.com, in-person at the City National Civic Box Office (150 West San Carlos Street), or by calling 800-982-ARTS (2787). Orders for groups of ten (10) or more may be placed by calling 669-242-8557. Ticket prices are subject to change without notice.

?Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning, worldwide, smash hit Broadway musical, is returning to Columbus' Palace Theatre. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at the Palace Theatre March 15-20.

The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center announced today that tickets for the return engagement of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, will go on sale Monday, February 15 at 10 a.m. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage for a limited one week engagement June 22 through June 26, 2016 at the Winspear Opera House in the Dallas Arts District as part of the Broadway Series. For information on the production, visit www.BeautyAndTheBeastOnTour.com.

Leave it to the creative folks over at 3-D Theatricals, Orange County's award-winning Broadway-caliber theatrical company, to be the entity responsible for this splendid new regional production of DISNEY's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST---the 1994 stage adaptation of the studio's gorgeous Academy Award-winning 1991 animated film that features music by Alan Menken, and lyrics by the late Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. 3DT's rather complex mounting---directed by 3-DT co-founder and artistic director TJ Dawson---is a marvelously-enchanting reboot, even despite the myriad of unfortunate opening night technical gaffes and (almost) forgotten/missed lines of dialogue that occasionally interrupted some of the wonderment. Of course, surely the kinks will be ironed out for the remainder of its scheduled run at the Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton through February 21 (which will then transfer for a weekend of shows at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center from February 26-28).

Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is returning to San Francisco from June 29 through July 10, 2016. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at the SHN Orpheum Theatre. For information on the production, visit www.BeautyAndTheBeastOnTour.com.

North Carolina Theatre, the region's premiere nonprofit professional regional theatre producing Broadway musical revivals, welcomes Broadway couple Hunter Foster and Jennifer Cody for this month's production of GREASE as director and choreographer, respectively. The power couple starred together in the 1994 Tony-nominated Broadway revival of GREASE for several years, during which the two were married.

Double Platinum selling artist Newton Faulkner joins the cast of Green Day's explosive Tony Award ® winning musical, American Idiot, on it's UK Tour. Newton will be taking on the role of Johnny from May 2016 after Matt Thorpe, who will open the role from 19 March at the Curve Theatre, Leicester until 7 May at the New Theatre, Oxford.  One of the UK's finest contemporary singer-songwriters, Newton's unique style of guitar playing and soaring vocals have made him a worldwide success since he burst onto the music scene back in 2007. 

Dan Stevens will take on the role of the leading man in FX's upcoming pilot LEGION. The 'Downton Abbey' star will appear alongside Aubrey Plaza, Rachel Keller and Jean Smart

Theatre Development Fund (TDF), the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts, will honor Disney Theatrical Productions and Thomas Schumacher, its president and producer, at TDF's Gala on Monday, March 14 at Manhattan's historic Gotham Hall (1356 Broadway @ 36th Street, NYC). 

Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is returning to St. Louis as part of the U.S. Bank Broadway Series. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at the Fabulous Fox Theatre March 11 - 13. For information on the production, visit www.BeautyAndTheBeastOnTour.com.

Michael Xavier, Siobhan Dillon and Fred Johanson will join Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard, the second production in the partnership between English National Opera (ENO) and the GradeLinnit Company. 

CABARET, the musical masterpiece, returns direct from Broadway!

 Show Boat, the first great serious Broadway musical, combined the talents of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. The story, which spans almost fifty years, follows the lives, loves, and losses of a troupe of riverboat performers aboard the Cotton Blossom floating theater on the mighty Mississippi.  Its timeless score contains some of the most beautiful and emotionally charged songs ever written for a musical, including 'Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man' and 'Make Believe.' "Ol' Man River", is the show's most memorable anthem about how the mighty Mississippi River, that unstoppable force of nature, is completely indifferent to human suffering.

DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, currently playing at Georgetown's Palace Theatre exhibits some truly wonderful performances from many of the actors, unfortunately it is the technical aspects of the show that are less than stellar.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is returning to Seattle as part of the KeyBank Broadway at The Paramount series. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at The Paramount Theatre from December 11 - 13. For information on the production, visit www.BeautyAndTheBeastOnTour.com.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is returning to Boise as part of the 2015-2016 Broadway in Boise series. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at the Morrison Center today and tomorrow, December 8-9, 2015.

North Carolina Theatre, the region's premiere nonprofit professional regional theatre producing Broadway musical revivals, is thrilled to announce Broadway couple Hunter Foster and Jennifer Cody will lead the February 2016 production of Grease as Director and Choreographer respectively.  The power couple starred together in the 1994 Tony®-nominated Broadway revival of Grease for several years, during which the two were married.  NC Theatre's production of Grease runs February 9-14, 2016 in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is returning to Seattle as part of the KeyBank Broadway at The Paramount series. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at The Paramount Theatre from December 11 - 13. For information on the production, visit www.BeautyAndTheBeastOnTour.com.

Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is returning to Cincinnati as a season special for Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati presented by TriHealth and tickets are on sale now.

Thus, we are happy to present the return of one our most popular features: The Nashville Theater Calendar, a comprehensive - maybe even exhaustive (lord knows we're exhausted from putting it together, gathering all the info from all over the interwebs!) - listing of theatrical openings for the 2015/16 season. We'll update the calendar every Monday, clearing out the shows that have closed and adding additional information on the shows still to come. Something's missing? That's an easy fix: just send us a message here, on Facebook, or by email at jeffreyellis37215@att.com.

Disney Theatrical Productions, Broadway Entertainment Group and NETworks Presentations are delighted to announce that, in celebration of Disney's Beauty and The Beast's 20th anniversary on the stage, the show will visit Beirut - Lebanon for the very first time as part of its International tour.  The English-language production will play at the Casino Du Liban Theater on October 28 until Nov 8, 2015 as part of a world tour which includes numerous countries in Asia & the Middle East

Sometimes it seems there is so much theater happening that it's difficult to keep track of it all. From personal experience, despite all the datebooks, smart phones, tablets, desktop computers and laptops...it's hard to keep everything straight in this wacky business of the show.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is returning to San Diego as part of Broadway/ San Diego's 2015-2016 season.