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Meyer who immediately set out to find a way to translate Beauty
and the Beast to the Broadway stage. With the help of costumedesigner
Ann Hould-Ward, they soon determined how best to make the enchanted
objects from the film instantly recognizable withouth impairing
the actors' movements, but they were still stumped when it came
to recreating onstage such effects as the Beast's mystical transformation
back into a prince. For this, they turned to John Gaughan and Jim
Steinmeyer who had designed illusions for magicians David Copperfield
and Siegfried & Roy. Beauty and the 
Beast
opened at the Palace Theatre on April 18, 1994.It featured
all of the characters from the film including Belle, Maurice, Gaston,
Lumiere, and Mrs. Potts. Hould-Ward was awarded a 1994 Tony Award
for "Best Costume Design" for her work on the musical.
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“I think it was a real hit because everybody brought their kids,” said John Lorentzen, Reed choral director. The production involved a cast of 45 students, including about 20 seniors giving their farewell performance. Lorentzen said
probably the most challenging aspect of this year’s production
was the number of elaborate costumes required for the magical story. “The students all played regular characters and then enchanted characters when they were in the castle,” he said. “Those characters were like knives, forks, spoons, plates, corkscrews, cheese graters.” To meet the challenge, parents pitched in to make some costumes but many were rented from Akron Design & Costume Co in Akron, Ohio. All told, the musical rang up at about $15,000 to produce. Luckily, sold out crowds brought in about $27,000 in ticket sales, so Reed’s coffers have been replenished for next year’s spring musical. |
Reed
High’s spring musical, Beauty and the Beast, enjoyed 10 performances
to sold out crowds this month.
T e s t i m o n i a l s
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 "We
sold more tickets than any other show in the history of Hattiesburg
High Theatre. Thanks to your costumes, it was not just a good show
- it was MAGNIFICENT! Hope we
get to work together again soon." Tammy Mansfield of Hattiesburg,
MS"The production was AMAZING and we completely appreciate all your support." - Cynthia Martinez of Reno, NV 
"I saw your costumes at Bishop McGinnis High School in North Carolina and thought they were FABULOUS." - Libby Brown of East Bend, NC |
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HUNTINGTON - Huntington Outdoor Theatre is going where it’s never gone before - intoa fourth weekend. "We’ve never done one show for four weeks, so this is a new thing and testing the water," Freeman said. "But if any show can do it, Disney can bring it - if you do it right." H.O.T., now in its 12th season, has taken measures to do it right with a full slate of seasoned actors, a set designed by Steven Freeman, an orchestra conducted by Mark Smith and the most expensive costuming in the company’s history. Freeman said hats and wigs are off to Akron Design & Costume Co of Akron, OH, Magic Makers of Huntington and costume manager Jeanette Bills and her crew for the extensive costume work. "The one thing we have heard over and over again is that the show is AMAZING," Freeman said. "It is the best one we have ever done, and this one is just set apart by the costumes." Although it’s hard to tell if the Beast is getting a bit misty-eyed through the mask, Hardiman said everyone in the tight-knit cast has mixed emotions about the show coming to a close.
"This is one of those opportunities that you’re waiting for and that you dream of doing." |
"It’s
going to be sad," Hardiman said. "We were at a rehearsal
for the tribute to Clint McElroy’s wife, and we were all
talking about the show ending, and we’re not glad. This is
magic. How else do you get to do a Disney show that has been on
Broadway for 10 years? And we were one of the first theater companies
in the region to do it. 
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