Tale As Old As Time - Beauty and the Beast

The best thing about Disney for me is that so many of the movies they have done remain timeless and the music continues to resonate with people years after they were first written. Beaty and the Beast is one of those timeless movies with great songs and a solid story line. Disney's Beauty and the Beast is based on an early french story dating back to 1740. It was passed on throughout the centuries until it was picked up by disney and made into a feature film in 1991. The movie was hugely successful and the broadway musical opened in 1994. The musical has been on tour ever since and continues to be one of the most successful Disney movies/plays of all time. I'm not going to go over the plot since everyone probably knows the story but seeing the play five times reminded how good the songs and the characters really are.

This show tested the usher crew in a lot of ways. For one thing, we had five shows in 3 days. This included two straight 11 hour work-days. While I did get payed overtime, I was still dog tired by the end of each night and standing up for all that time really gets to you after a while. Along with that, all of the shows had a considerable amount of people on the lawn and a couple of them were pretty much full. Going along with this, there were a lot of children, as was expected, and while I enjoyed seeing all the young kids in costume, it  was just a lot to look after. Finally, Disney didn't want any photographs to be taken of the stage so most of my time was spent looking for iPhones and camera flashes. Luckily, no one really argued the policy but it was just a hassle overall and I'm sure we didn't catch everybody. Nonetheless, I did enjoy the play and as as always, I'm looking forward to more shows!

My favorite part of each show was "Be My Guest!" One of my favorite disney songs that translated very well on stage!

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I wonder how uncomfortable that beast costume is