Thursday, October 11, 2012
Beauty and the Beast
As someone who spent a good chunk of her early childhood believing she was Belle from Beauty and the Beast, it was a no-brainer to jump onto the opportunity to go see the stage production of the Disney Classic at the Palace, one of my favorite locations in downtown Columbus. My heart pretty much sank when I found out there was a mix-up in getting my ticket, but much thanks to Ben and my mentors, who happened to come, for helping me out. Overall, I was mesmerized by the performance: the effects were fantastic, the classic songs made me want to sing along, and the actress playing Belle seemed to have jumped right out of the film! Gaston's exaggerated actions were wonderful too, especially considering he was an understudy. Nevertheless, the Beast's simple overacting and some edgy lines for a Disney production left me preferring the film version. But I was so happy to have gone and heard those famous songs, to get to talk to the cast after the show, and to get to hang out with fellow Humanities Scholars and the Arts Scholars!
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Erin, I completely agree! The production was a lot of fun to watch, and their original songs that were added were decent. It was incredible how the actress portraying Belle sounded exactly like her in the film! I also agree that the Beast overdid it a little bit. Overall, though, it was a great show!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, I absolutely loved the play! It was so magical, and it was incredible to be able to meet some of the actors after the show (The actress who played Mrs. Potts is so young!) I actually preferred the play version over the film! I guess I just loved how the actress who played Belle had the ability to make the crowd feel so emotional :)
ReplyDeleteBeauty and the Beast was always my favorite Disney movie and seeing the play was amazing. The set was so creative and I loved the talk back that we had after. I was impressed that some of the leads stayed back to talk to us.
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