“I didn’t think it needed any gimmicks or anything. “One of the cool things that Marcia, our director, and Ivania, our costume designer, got to talk about was how we’re going to work in my prosthetic leg,” Ruggiero said. The detailed hair, makeup and wardrobe add to the magical presentation. That staircase can actually get retracted into the wall … when we go to the town where Belle lives.” We have a stained-glass window with rose petals and as the show progresses, you see each light on the rose go out,” Ruggiero said.
“We don’t actually have the rose petal as an object. What about the famous rose petals functioning as a ticking clock? It’s all encompassed in this one set that Narelle designed.” It throws me for a loop sometimes how little we have to do to change the castle into the pub or the woods or outside of Belle’s house. As stunning and grand as it is, it’s actually very minimal. “We have a huge chandelier that is brought in. … The video that I posted myself has almost 40,000 views on Instagram, not to mention I just made a TikTok … and it has over 20,000 views.”ĭirector Marcia Milgrom Dodge (Olney Theatre’s “Once”) brings it all to life visually. “There’s the song that Evan sings so well, one of my favorite musical theater songs, ‘If I Can’t Love Her,'” Jones said. “There’s also ‘Home.’ … I shared my version the other day and it’s gone viral. The songbook also includes additional numbers written for the 1994 Broadway version. I’m supposed to be in utter bliss during that moment, but almost every night I’m brought to tears.” You’ve never heard that song the way that our Mrs. “‘Be Our Guest,’ ‘Something There,’ ‘Gaston,’ the pub song and. “There’s the top of the show number, ‘Belle,’ with all the townies describing Belle,” Jones said. The show boasts all of your favorite songs by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. We only get to share the stage at the end, but he is a great guy.” “I spend a lot of time with him on stage, as well as Bobby Smith as Lumiere, so the three of us have a lot of fun. “Dylan Arredondo is playing Cogsworth,” Ruggiero said.
Jess Ball is one of the scene stealers as Wardrobe. I feel like I am living my Disney fantasy with Bobby. He is not only an amazing actor and singer, but an incredible dancer. They’re surrounded by a stellar supporting cast of Olney favorites. … I feel like we weren’t meant to play these roles, but we were so meant to play these roles!”
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… The original movie is this skinny white girl and this beast who becomes this able-bodied, good-looking guy. “We have never seen Belle played by a plus-sized Black woman,” Ruggiero said. The two lead actors expand the roles to demographics you may not have seen before.
“It’s a testament to not judging a book by its cover.” “Two outsiders that their peers consider odd meet and go on a journey together, find home and love in each other,” Jones said. The fantasy themes are timeless to anyone who has ever felt like an outsider. Belle and the Beast meet each other, they get to know each other … and they eventually develop feelings for each other.”
“We then meet Belle, our female hero, who is out looking for her father after he is snatched up by the Beast. “We meet a young prince, who is not a very nice person, transformed into this hideous creature,” actor Evan Ruggiero said. Can he win Belle’s love before the last rose petal falls to seal his beastly fate? Or will the narcissistic brute Gaston spoil their plans as he woos Belle? The story follows a poor, provincial bookworm named Belle, who becomes imprisoned by a Beast that is actually a wealthy prince transformed into a monster to reflect his ugly selfishness on the inside. “Our show is so authentic and original with such heart,” actress Jade Jones told WTOP. Now, the timeless tale comes to Olney Theatre Center through Jan. In 1991, Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” became the first animated Best Picture Oscar nominee. WTOP's Jason Fraley salutes 'Beauty & The Beast' at Olney Theatre (Part 1) Business & Finance Click to expand menu.
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