Disney's Beauty and the Beast

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April 24 - August 2

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April 24 - August 2

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RICHARD STAFFORD (Director/Choreographer)

On Broadway, Mr. Stafford was the choreographer for In My Life (Music Box Theatre), the associate choreographer for Aspects Of Love (Broadhurst Theatre), and dance supervisor
for CATS (Winter Garden Theatre)

Off-Broadway he was the associate director for Summer'69 (John Houseman Theatre) and associate choreographer for The Middle Of Nowhere (Astor Place
Theatre)Internationally he was director/choreographer for The Full Monty, Joseph.Dreamcoat (Mexico City), choreographer for Jesus Christ Superstar
(Mexico City), Evita (Sydney), CATS (Mexico City, Buenos Aires) and director/choreographer for CATS (Copenhagen) National Tours include CATS
(director/ choreographer), My Fair Lady (choreographer), Joseph.Dreamcoat (choreographer, starring Debbie Gibson and Patrick Cassidy)-Troika Entertainment. Mr. Stafford's Regional credits include: Director--Dreamgirls (North Carolina Theatre), Director/Choreographer:
Singin' In The Rain, Crazy For You, Fame, Swing, Cats (North Shore Music Theatre), Disney's Beauty And The Beast (Walnut Street Theatre and Ogunquit
Playhouse), The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (Ogunquit Playhouse starring Sally Struthers), Gypsy, The Full Monty, Cats (Westchester Broadway Theatre), Annie Get Your Gun (North Carolina Theatre), Cats (Pittsburgh
CLO), Sweeney Todd, Evita (Pennsylvania Center Stage), She Loves Me, Copacabana, Pirates Of Penzance, My Way (Mill Mountain Theatre) Choreographer: at the Walnut Street Theatre--The Goodbye Girl (starring Donna Mckechnie), Camila (premier), La Vie En Bleu ( premier), Evita, Grand Hotel. At Pittsburgh CLO-- On the Town, Grand Hotel, Camelot, Yestin/Kopit's Phantom. At Casa Manana-- My Fair Lady, Tommy, Camelot, Grossinger's
(premier, starring Gavin Macleod), Dodsworth (premier, starring Hal Linden), Sound Of Music, Evita. Song Of Singapore (Chicago company), Grand Hotel
(TUTS, Fifth Avenue Theatre), Joseph.Dreamcoat (Paper Mill Playhouse), Victor/Victoria (Maine State Music Theatre), Oliver! (starring Davy Jones-Hirschfeld Theatre) among others. Mr. Stafford won the Barrymore Award for outstanding choreography for La Cage Aux Folles at the Walnut Street
Theatre. He is happy to return to WBT.

Step into the enchanted world of Broadway’s modern classic, Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Based on the Academy Award winning animated feature, the stage version of Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST includes all of the wonderful songs from the film, written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, (the team responsible for LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS), plus new songs written especially for the Broadway version by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice (ALADDIN, AIDA).

Audiences will be transported to a lovely French provincial town where the beautiful Belle lives with her father – a dotty inventor. When her father doesn’t return from a trip to the local fair, Belle rushes off to find him. To her dismay, she discovers he is being held captive in an old castle by a horrible beast. She trades her freedom for his and the “tale as old as time” begins.

How Belle tames the unfortunate Beast and his ultimate transformation into a handsome prince continues to enthrall audiences nightly. Filled with spectacular costume and sets Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST offers family theatre at its best.

Musical Numbers
ACT I
Prologue (The Enchantress)
Belle
No Matter What*
No Matter What* (reprise) / Wolf Chase
Me*
Belle (reprise)
Home*
Home* (reprise)
Gaston
Gaston (reprise)
How Long Must This Go On?*
Be Our Guest
If I Can't Love Her*
ACT II
Entr`acte / Wolf Chase
Something There
Human Again
Maison des Lunes*
Beauty and the Beast
In I Can't Love Her*
The Mob Song
Transformation*
Beauty and the Beast (reprise)

Cast (In Order of Appearance)
To Be Announced

Young Prince…………………..…………………Steve Schepis

Enchantress……………………………………Samantha Strum

Belle………………………………….......….………Rena Strober*

Book Seller……………………………….Roger Preston Smith*

Lefou………………………………......……………Adolpho Blaire

Gaston…………………………………………..Jonathan Burgard*

Silly Girls…………………………....…………….Jessica Dillian*,
Floryn Glass, Samantha Strum

Maurice………………………………….......………David Titus*

Wolves……………………………………......…….Adrian Pena*,
Daniels Evans, Steve Schepis

Cogsworth…………………………….…………William Hartery*

Lumiere…………………………………....………Rick Hilsabeck*

Babette………………………………….……….Talana Deshaies

Mrs. Potts…………………………………….Stacia Fernandez*

Chip……………………………Michael Herwitz/Alex Pasieka+

Beast……………………………………………Joseph Mahowald*

Madame de la Grande Bouche…Marguerite Willbanks*

Carpet…………………………………......…………Adrian Pena*

Monsieur D’Arque……………………Roger Preston Smith*

Townspeople, Enchanted Objects: Craig Blake, Jessica Dillian*, Daniel Evans, Floryn Glass, Mahilia Miner-Le
Grand, Adrian Pena*, Steve Schepis, Katie Sina*, Roger Preston Smith*, Watkins Smith Jr., Samantha Strum, Marguerite Willbanks*

Non performing swing and dance captain….Jonathan Stahl*

+children alternate performances
*members of AEA

RENA STROBER (Belle)

is thrilled to be making her WBT debut as a Disney Princess. Broadway: Les Miserables(Cosette). Off-Broadway: Spaghetti & Matzo Balls! My Life with Albertine (Playwrights Horizons). Theda Bara and the Frontier Rabbi (York Theatre), I Can Get It For You Wholesale (York Theatre). Rena recently orignated the role of Tonya in Zhivago at the LaJolla Playhouse (directed by Des McNuff). She received a Craig Noel Award for her performance. Other roles include Antonia in Man Of La Mancha (Long Wharf), Billy Smith in Babes In Arms (Goodspeed Opera House), Shelley in Batboy, and Jenny Lind in Barnum (with Peter Scolari). Original LA cast of Reefer Madness (cast album). TV: Law and Order:Criminal Intent; HBO: House Arrest. Rena has sung on stage at Lincoln Center, Town Hall and on home plate at Shea Stadium. Her Debut CD will be released in June 1st. renastrober.com

STACIA FERNANDEZ
as Mrs. Potts
Happy to be with my second family here! BROADWAY: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, TOM SAWYER, SWING, THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (as Mrs. Potts)
OFF- BROADWAY: Lonestar Love.
TOURS: Evita, Beauty and the Beast, Jerome Robbins Broadway, and Heartstrings to raise money for AIDS awareness.
REGIONAL THEATRE: Death of a Salesman, CATS, Prince and the Pauper, Kiss Me Kate, the King and I, Anything Goes. Soundtracks: Disney’s Enchanted and Shaggy Dogg.

JOSEPH MAHOWALD (Beast) Joe’s delighted to return to WBT. This is his sixth show here! Broadway; The Pirate Queen, Jekyll And Hyde,Les Miz and Metropolitan Opera Guild’s Different Fields. Off-Broadway; the Prince And The Pauper, Antigone, The Little Prince and in Lone Star Love. He’s recorded several CD’s, appeared in film, Soaps and has extensive regional credits. He was featured soloist at Carnegie Hall, and has sung with a score of major Symphonies, here and around the world. josephmahowald.com

Thank you for your interest in Beauty and the Beast at the Westchester Broadway Theatre. We know you will find the production thoroughly entertaining.

     The Westchester Broadway Theatre produces primarily contemporary musicals some of which could be considered family-friendly; however, we are not a children's theatre. Productions may contain some language, subject matter or choreography which may be considered unsuitable for children.

    Our production of Beauty and the Beast is a wonderful story which should delight all ages, and we feel that our production will be suitable for children yet, but as with all productions, we leave the decision to your judgment.

    Upon request we are happy to provide specific information regarding the show as it relates to children, so you can make an informed decision for your family. We respectfully leave those decisions to you. Please contact the box office at (914) 592-2222 with any questions.