Disney Theatrical Group, under the direction of Andrew Flatt, Anne Quart and Thomas Schumacher, and DPAC announced today that a block of tickets for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the first North American production of the musical presented by Disney in over 25 years, will go on sale to the public on June 26 at 10:00 AM. The enchanting and timeless Broadway musical will begin performances in Durham at DPAC on September 2 for a limited engagement of 2 weeks through September 14.

 

Tickets start at $55 (includes all fees and taxes) and go on sale as follows:

• On Thursday, June 26 at 10:00 AM for the September 9 – 14 performances
• On Thursday, July 10 at 10:00 AM for the September 2 – 7 performances
  • Online at DPACnc.com
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina - Ticket Center at DPAC: 919.680.2787
  • Groups of 10 or more by e-mailing groups@dpacnc.com

 

At DPAC, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast will play Tuesdays through Fridays at 7:30 PM, Saturdays at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM and Sundays at 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM. Extra Magic Packages, which include an excellent seat in the theater and show merchandise, are also available.

Based on the 1991 Academy Award®-winning animated feature film, Beauty and the Beast premiered on Broadway in 1994 and still ranks as the 10^th 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.

 

About Disney’s Beauty & the Beast

Critics have raved about the show throughout its history, from its 1994 Broadway premiere through the recent smash U.K. and Australian productions: “A delight! The astonishments rarely cease,” declared The New York Times in reviewing the original Broadway production.  “A tale as old as time, but as exhilarating as ever,” raved the London Evening Standard. “Witty and exuberant with breathtaking choreography,” wrote the Sydney Morning Herald.

 

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.

 

Longtime Menken collaborators Michael Kosarin and Danny Troob are music supervisor/arranger and orchestrator, respectively. New dance music arrangements are by David Chase.  David Andrews Rogers is music director.

 

Completing the design team, John Shivers is sound designer, Darrel Maloney is projection & video designer, and David H. Lawrence is hair & make-up designer. Jim Steinmeyer is the illusion designer, as he was on the original 1994 production. Jason Trubitt is the production supervisor and Myriah Bash is the general manager. Anne Quart serves as executive producer.

 

Previous Disney-produced North American Tours of Beauty and the Beast played for almost eight years from November 1995 through August 2003, for a combined total of 2,893 performances to nearly 6 million audience members.

 

For more information, visit beautyandthebeastthemusical.com, Instagram and Facebook.

 

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