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Who originated Belle on Broadway?
Susan Egan
At the age of 23, Susan Egan originated the role of Belle in Beauty and the Beast on Broadway.
When was Beauty and the Beast musical composed?
Beauty and the Beast (musical)
| Beauty and the Beast | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics | Howard Ashman Tim Rice |
| Book | Linda Woolverton |
| Basis | Beauty and the Beast, 1991 Disney animated movie Fairy tale by Madame Leprince de Beaumont |
| Productions | Broadway (1994) West End (1997) |
Who owns the Lunt-Fontanne Theater?
the Nederlander Organization
Built in 1910 as the Globe and renamed the Lunt-Fontanne in 1958 in honor of the famed acting couple Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, this handsome theatre is now owned by the Nederlander Organization.
When was Beauty and the Beast on Broadway?
November 28, 1993Beauty and the Beast / Premiere date
Where was Beauty and the Beast first performed?
November 28, 1993Beauty and the Beast / First performance
When did Beauty and the Beast open on Broadway?
April 18, 1994
Beauty and the Beast opened on April 18, 1994, and was the inaugural Broadway musical from Disney Theatrical Productions.
When was Beauty and the Beast first performed?
How long is Tina musical?
Running time: 2 hr 45m (including interval)
When did Beauty and the Beast first open on Broadway?
When did Beauty and the Beast musical close?
July 29, 2007
The show then transferred to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 11, 1999, with an official opening date of November 16, 1999. The musical closed on July 29, 2007, after 46 previews and 5,461 performances, and is Broadway’s tenth-longest running production in history (as of September 2019).
When did Beauty and the Beast open in London?
Casting for the production is by Pippa Ailion Casting. The original West End production of Beauty and the Beast opened at the Dominion Theatre in April 1997, playing over 1100 performances to more than two million people.