In this episode, we talk about Beauty and the Beast talking about its origins as the first Disney musical, the changes they made from the animated movie and whether a Disney story from the 90’s has to be feminist.  Yes, we know about the National tour next year it was announced the DAY AFTER we recorded.  Find us on socials  Email: [email protected] Instagram: @wrongaboutmusicals tiktok:@wrongaboutmusicals Twitter: @wrongabmusicals Youtube: YourWrongAboutMusicals  Links Background https://threadbythread.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/beauty-the-beast-from-screen-to-stage/ https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Robert-Jess-Roth/#:~:text=Robert%20Jess%20Roth%20is%20a,Beast%20%5BBroadway%2C%201994%5D https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8OMCAAAAMBAJ&q=beauty+and+the+beast+broadway+michael+eisner&pg=PA40&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false http://www.themousecastle.com/2012/07/susan-egan-belle-meg-glamour-and-goop.html  Broadway https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/architecture-disney-to-the-rescue-in-times-square-new-york-is-trying-to-clean-up-a-part-of-manhattan-that-has-been-taken-over-by-sleaze-and-drugs-who-else-to-lead-the-way-than-walt-disney-peter-slatin-1368218.html  https://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/essays/resurrection-of-42nd-street/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bb3DadVOcM&t=11s  https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/beauty-and-the-beast-4602 https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/14/theater/beauty-moving-from-palace-to-the-fontanne.html?_r=1  Reviews https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/19/theater/review-theater-beauty-and-the-beast-disney-does-broadway-dancing-spoons-and-all.html?pagewanted=all https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OeQCAAAAMBAJ&q=beauty+and+the+beast+broadway&pg=PA72&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Synopsis https://www.playbill.com/production/beauty-and-the-beast-palace-theatre-vault-0000009145 Tony Awards https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1994/category/any/show/any/  Toni Braxton joining the cast  https://www.playbill.com/article/beautys-belle-may-toll-for-pop-star-toni-braxton-com-76377  https://jimhillmedia.com/tune-thursday-how-a-change-in-me-wound-up-being-added-to-broadways-beauty-the-beast/  https://www.jstor.org/stable/1146996?seq=17  West End Runs https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/review-musical-beauty-and-the-beast-dominion-theatre-london-1261612.html https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1998/ https://www.playbill.com/article/disneys-beauty-and-the-beast-will-play-london-palladium-this-summer Amutre rights https://playbill.com/article/the-10-most-produced-high-school-plays-and-musicals-of-2022-2023 https://playbill.com/article/the-10-most-produced-high-school-plays-and-musicals-of-2021-2022  Broadway revival talks/ the upcoming national tour https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/disneys-beauty-and-the-beast-broadway-revival_88543.html/  https://www.mtishows.com/disneys-beauty-and-the-beast  https://www.playbill.com/article/disneys-beauty-and-the-beast-to-embark-on-reimagined-north-american-tour-in-2025