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Disney’s Hit Musical
Angelina Arts Alliance News Release - October 4, 2011
Contact: Ginger Trotter, Marketing & Communications - 936-633-3220
Good seats are still available for Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the smash hit Broadway musical, coming to the Temple Theater in Lufkin Sunday, October 23 & Monday, October 24 at 7:00 p.m. The Matinee performance on Sunday is sold out. Tickets are $31-$40 ($50/Premium) and available now at the Temple Theater Box Office (936.633.5454). Tickets for youth 17 and under are half-price. Beauty and the Beast is sponsored by the T.L.L. Temple Foundation. Season sponsors are First Bank & Trust East Texas and Temple Inland. A traditional fairy tale first published in France in the mid-18th century, “Beauty and the Beast” is an enduring story of love and friendship that has been translated into hundreds of versions worldwide. When Walt Disney Pictures released the animated feature film Disney’s Beauty and the Beast in 1991 with a score by composer Alan Menken and the late lyricist Howard Ashman, it was hailed as an instant classic with critics praising its “songs worthy of a Broadway musical.” The film went on to win Academy® Awards for Best Song and Best Original Score and made history as the only animated feature ever nominated for Best Picture. Given the power of the film’s story and music, the decision was made to bring Disney’s Beauty and the Beast to the Broadway stage. Disney Theatrical Productions assembled the creative team and worked hard to combine the strengths of the beloved film with the possibilities that only live theatre can offer. Linda Woolverton adapted her Disney’s Beauty and the Beast screenplay to the stage, adding new scenes to fill out the story for the stage. The Oscar®-winning score was expanded to include several new songs by Menken and veteran lyricist Tim Rice. Beauty and the Beast opened at the Palace Theatre on April 18, 1994, played on Broadway for over 13 years (5,461 performances, finishing its run at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre), ultimately becoming the eighth longest-running musical in Broadway history. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is the third show of the Angelina Arts Alliance 2011-2012 Season. The Temple Theater Box Office located on the Angelina College Campus. Box office hours are 11:00-5:00 M-F. Tickets may be purchased in person or by calling 936.633.5454. For additional information, visit www.angelinaarts.org.
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