Beauty and the Beast: The Musical was enchanting. The performers, the sets, the music - flawless, magical, relatable, familiar - the whole experience was amazing.
Lumiere and Cogsworth! were absolutely delightful. Lumiere had several sexy hip-shaking, let's-light-up-into-fire moments while Cogsworth flashed the audience! No really, they were amazing and I loved the Be Our Guest scene.
Be our guest! Be our guest!
Put our service to the test!
Beef ragout
Cheese souffle
Pie and pudding "en flambe"
Lumiere and Cogsworth! were absolutely delightful. Lumiere had several sexy hip-shaking, let's-light-up-into-fire moments while Cogsworth flashed the audience! No really, they were amazing and I loved the Be Our Guest scene.
Be our guest! Be our guest!
Put our service to the test!
Beef ragout
Cheese souffle
Pie and pudding "en flambe"
Lyrics made me hungry!
(Chip - the teacup - is SO CUTE!)
The library scene was perfect.
Belle and Beast reading together - sigh... It tied in so nicely with an earlier scene when Belle wished for someone who would understand. And the scene was so tender and knowing and comfortable you couldn't help but believe in their relationship.
HE GAVE HER A LIBRARY.
I can't find more pictures of the musical. =(
One of my favourite scenes was of the Beast singing atop his balcony. Despair, loneliness, dashed hopes. The only true solo on the stage and he deserved it. Bravo to making a beast likable.
The classic Beauty and the Beast song was sung by Mrs. Potts, the teapot! Strange choice, I thought. (I'd been looking forward to the song the whole musical!) I would have loved a duet by Belle and her Beast - a simultaneous attraction and repulsion thing - but it was not to be. Mrs. Potts sang it well though, and Belle and her Beast were instead to her side having dinner.
Gaston creeped me out because he appeared in a skin-tight orange vest! Argh my eyes! He was also somehow quite gay... and oh-so uber swarmy-arrogant you can help but roll your eyes - the poses he pulled! He must have showed off his biseps 10 times!
'For you, mademoiselle.'
'A miniature potrait... of you. You shouldn't have.'
'Don't mention it!'
The Beast was marvelous - scary and swooping and menacing at times, frustrated (but she is being so difficult!) and childish at times, sensitive and charming at times, funny, sad, despondent, vulnerable, scared, in love.
Somehow the Beast stood out more for me compared to Belle, even though she appeared in practically every single scene! Scenes with her father with touching, especially when she said 'take me instead'. Her voice is fantastic, but so is the rest of the cast's and together they make for a great show.
And I shall end this with a quote:
Cogsworth
(suggesting things to woo Belle)
Flowers, chocolates, promises you don't intend to keep...
The guy beside me burst into laughter. Boys.
Belle and Beast reading together - sigh... It tied in so nicely with an earlier scene when Belle wished for someone who would understand. And the scene was so tender and knowing and comfortable you couldn't help but believe in their relationship.
HE GAVE HER A LIBRARY.
I can't find more pictures of the musical. =(
One of my favourite scenes was of the Beast singing atop his balcony. Despair, loneliness, dashed hopes. The only true solo on the stage and he deserved it. Bravo to making a beast likable.
The classic Beauty and the Beast song was sung by Mrs. Potts, the teapot! Strange choice, I thought. (I'd been looking forward to the song the whole musical!) I would have loved a duet by Belle and her Beast - a simultaneous attraction and repulsion thing - but it was not to be. Mrs. Potts sang it well though, and Belle and her Beast were instead to her side having dinner.
Gaston creeped me out because he appeared in a skin-tight orange vest! Argh my eyes! He was also somehow quite gay... and oh-so uber swarmy-arrogant you can help but roll your eyes - the poses he pulled! He must have showed off his biseps 10 times!
'For you, mademoiselle.'
'A miniature potrait... of you. You shouldn't have.'
'Don't mention it!'
The Beast was marvelous - scary and swooping and menacing at times, frustrated (but she is being so difficult!) and childish at times, sensitive and charming at times, funny, sad, despondent, vulnerable, scared, in love.
Somehow the Beast stood out more for me compared to Belle, even though she appeared in practically every single scene! Scenes with her father with touching, especially when she said 'take me instead'. Her voice is fantastic, but so is the rest of the cast's and together they make for a great show.
And I shall end this with a quote:
Cogsworth
(suggesting things to woo Belle)
Flowers, chocolates, promises you don't intend to keep...
The guy beside me burst into laughter. Boys.