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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

A woman reaches for a rose emerging from a book

Disney's

Beauty and the Beast

music by ALAN MENKEN
lyrics by HOWARD ASHMAN & TIM RICE
book by LINDA WOOLVERTON
directed by CAROL DUNNE

NOVEMBER 20, 2024 - JANUARY 1, 2025

This romantic “tale as old as time” follows Belle, a bookish young woman from a provincial town, and her unlikely captor the Beast, who is really a Prince under an enchantress’s spell. Can the Beast earn Belle’s love before the last petal of the rose drops, or will he remain forever entrapped by the magic spell? Will this small town ever learn not to judge a book by its cover?

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Photo Illustration by Emily Cooper.

  • Regular Tickets $34 - $94

    Prices vary based on seat location

  • Youth Tickets $24

    25 and under

  • Student Tickets $24

    For students of all ages

  • Pay-What-You-Can Previews (Nov. 20-21) $5+
Relaxed Matinee:
Saturday, Dec. 7 at 12:00PM
Running time is approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, with a 15-minute intermission. This show is recommended for ages four and up. For more advisory information, please contact the box office.
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Special Events

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Available in the Roesch Lobby through the entire run!

Cozy up with a book and hot cocoa before the show or during intermission at the family-friendly Belle’s Book Nook, located in our lobby! Bring your own reading material, or select a title to peruse from the in-house collection specially curated by CLiF. 

Theatergoers are also encouraged to bring a new children’s book to donate to Belle’s Book Drive this holiday season. All of the books from the book drive and the book nook will be distributed to deserving children in areas served by CLiF after the run of the show. Looking to purchase a book to donate? Visit Still North Books HERE for 20% off online or in person.

Belle’s Book Nook is made possible by Northern Stage’s partnership with the Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF), whose mission is to create literacy opportunities that support success in life and learning for under-resourced children in New Hampshire and Vermont. Learn more about CLiF HERE.

FRIDAY, DEC. 6
6:30 PM – 7:20 PM

Join fellow subscribers for complimentary drinks and snacks prior to the show!

RSVP recommended but not required. Admission is Free to all 2024-25 seasons subscribers.

SATURDAY, DEC. 7
12:00 PM Performance

A Relaxed Performance is an inclusive theatrical experience that offers accommodations for people who benefit from a more relaxed and comfortable environment. The artistic integrity of the piece remains unchanged, however modifications to the social and sensory environment may be made. A Relaxed Performance can also be beneficial for people who are neurodivergent, families with young children, and anyone who finds traditional performance protocols do not work for their needs.

Below are our Relaxed Performance accommodations. Please contact our box office for more information or requests.

  • Early entry to the theater & early seating
  • Dimmed house lights throughout the show
  • Designated quiet area & quiet room activities
  • Performance sensory advisory (available upon request)
  • Sensory toys, fidgets, ear muffs, and sunglasses (available upon request)


Please be advised that this is NOT a Sensory-Friendly performance.

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SATURDAY, DEC. 7
Following the 7:30 PM Performance

Join us after the 7:30 PM show for a conversation with the Disney’s Beauty and the Beast company.

Admission is Free to the Public.

SATURDAY, DEC. 14
1:00 PM through intermission of the 2:00PM Performance

This holiday season, we are excited to bring back one of our patrons’ favorite community partners rePlay Arts for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast! NS and rePlay Arts invite you to an afternoon of show-themed winter arts & crafts with your family and friends. All are welcome!

rePlay Arts is a community based arts organization with a mission to inspire and promote environmentally sustainable practices through creative reuse. Learn more about rePlay Arts HERE.

Admission to arts & crafts is free to the public. Click HERE for tickets to the rePlay Arts matinee performance.

Click HERE to purchase a gift for CLiF from Still North Books

Meet the Cast

Riley Noland (Belle)
Laura Axelrod (Ensemble)
Dianna Marie Barger (Fille de la Ville/ Ensemble)
Tim Canali (Ensemble)
Sam Empey (Monsieur D’Arque/ Ensemble)
Tom Ford (Claude & Others)
Alia Gonzalez (Madame de la Grande Bouche/ Ensemble)
Susan Haefner (Mrs. Potts)
Peter Neureuther (Beast)
Tim Rogan (Gaston)
Noah Schutzius (Ensemble)
Julia Springer (Babette)
Kevin David Thomas (Kevin T. & Others)
Kelsey Walker (Fille de la Ville/ Ensemble)
Jake Urban (Ensemble)
Anthony Wayne (Lumiere)

Team Red

CHIP

Pavla Ballou

Ensemble

Dash Ballou

Ensemble

Devi Belisle

Ensemble

Elizabeth Chambers

Ensemble

Nathaniel LeBlanc

Pavla Ballou
Dash Ballou
Devidan Belisle (Tootles)
Elizabeth Chambers
Nathaniel LeBlanc

Team Green

CHIP

Anna Jacobson

Ensemble

Lila Bucci

Ensemble

Ciarán Grant

Ensemble

Sam Harrison

Ensemble

Reya Sharma

Anna Jacobson
Lila Bucci
Ciarán Grant
Sam Harrison
Reya Sharma

Meet the Creatives

Alan Menken

Composer

Theater: God Bless You Mr Rosewater, Little Shop Of Horrors, Real Life Funnies, Atina: Evil Queen Of The Galaxy, Kicks, The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz, Beauty And The Beast, A Christmas Carol, Weird Romance, King David, Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame, The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, Leap Of Faith, Aladdin and Newsies. Film: Little Shop Of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, Newsies, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Hercules, Life With Mikey, Lincoln, Home On The Range, Noel, Enchanted, Shaggy Dog, Tangled and Mirror Mirror. Songs: Rocky V, Home Alone 2 and Captain America. Awards: 8 Oscars (19 nominations), 11 Grammys (including Song of the Year), 7 Golden Globes, Tony® (plus 4 nominations), Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, New York Drama Critics, Olivier and London’s Evening Standard Award, Drama League. Honors: Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, Doctorates from New York University and University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Howard Ashman

Lyricist

Best known as a pivotal creative mind behind the renaissance of Disney animation and his work on The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty and The Beast (which is dedicated to, “Our friend, Howard Ashman, who gave a Mermaid her voice and a Beast his soul…”) Ashman’s first love was theater. Ashman was a founder of off off Broadway’s renowned WPA Theater, where he conceived, wrote and directed God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, as well as the classic musical, Little Shop of Horrors (both music by Alan Menken). In 1986, he wrote and directed the Broadway musical Smile (music by Marvin Hamlisch). Lamented as a lost treasure of the 1980’s theater scene, Smile remains popular on High School and College campuses throughout the country. Howard Ashman died in 1991 from complications of AIDS. For more information, please visit howardashman.com.

Tim Rice

Lyricist

TIM RICE has worked in music, theater, and film since 1965, when he met Andrew Lloyd Webber, a fellow struggling songwriter. Rather than pursue Tim’s ambitions to write rock or pop songs, they turned their attention to Andrew’s obsession – musical theater. Their first collaboration, The Likes Of Us (lyrics by Tim, music by Andrew), was an unsuccessful show based on the life of Dr. Barnardo, the Victorian philanthropist. Their next three works together were much more successful: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Evita. Tim has also worked with other distinguished popular composers such as Elton John (The Lion King, Aida), Alan Menken (Aladdin, King David, Beauty and the Beast), and Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (Chess). From Here to Eternity, with music by newcomer Stuart Brayson, coproduced with Lee Menzies, directed by Tamara Harvey, and with book by Bill Oakes, premiered in the West End at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 2013. He formed his own cricket team in 1973 and was president of the MCC in 2002. In 2013, he wrote and presented a 52-part series for BBC Radio 2, American Pie, a trawl through the music and musicians of every American State. He has won several awards, mainly for the wrong thing or for simply turning up.

Linda Woolverton

BOOK Writer

Credits include the screenplay for the animated feature film BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Golden Globe winner and Academy Award Best Picture nominee); the screenplay (shared) for HOMEWARD BOUND: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY; screenplay (shared) for the animated feature film THE LION KING; the book for the Broadway musical BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical, winner 1998 Olivier Award Best New Musical); and book (shared) for Elton John and Tim Rice’s Broadway musical AIDA. Also she has written two young-adult novels, STAR-WIND and RUNNING BEFORE THE WIND. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre Arts from California State University Long Beach and a Master’s degree in Theatre from California State University Fullerton. Linda is currently involved in writing and producing film projects for Miramax and Revolution studios. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband Lee Flicker and daughter Keaton.

Carol Dunne

Director

CAROL DUNNE has served as Producing Artistic Director of Northern Stage since 2013. At Northern Stage she has directed 20 productions including A Christmas Carol, The Railway Children, Million Dollar Quartet, Once, and Disgraced. She launched New Works Now in 2014 and since then Northern Stage has presented seven world premieres and three Off-Broadway transfers including the New York Times Critic’s pick Only Yesterday. In 2017, Dunne received a Genius Grant from the Helen Gurley Brown Foundation, and with the Foundation she created and now directs the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle (www.boldtheater.org), a $1.75 million annual grant in its fifth year which is breaking the glass ceiling for women in theater. Dunne is also a Senior Lecturer in Theater at Dartmouth College where she directs plays and musicals including Cabaret and Rent. With the Dartmouth Department of Theater, she launched the Experiential Term providing professional development to Dartmouth students. Prior to coming to Northern Stage, Dunne was Producing Artistic Director of the New London Barn Playhouse from 2008 until 2015.

Assistant Director/Child Supervisor

Mandi Benjamin

Choreographer

Kyle Brand

Costume Designer

Camilla Dely

Wig Designer

Moriah James

Sound Designer

Stephen Jensen

Lighting Designer

Dan Kotlowitz

Music Director

Jarred Lee

Fight Director

Paul West

Scenic Designer

Alexander Woodward

Production Stage Manager

Margaret Kayes

Community
Partners

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Production
Sponsors

Disney's Beauty and the Beast is sponsored in part by Casella Waste Systems, Elixir Restaurant, Main Street Kitchens, M&T Bank, The Norwich Inn, Sheehey Furlong & Behm P.C., Upper Valley Aquatic Center, Vermont Public, and White Mountains Insurance.

Series
Sponsors


Opening Nights are sponsored in part by Morgan Stanley | The Dubie Group.

Access For All performances are sponsored by Bar Harbor Bank and Novo Nordisk.

DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com