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Eight of the film's original songs that were retained for the Broadway adaptation. [1] [3] Menken, who had both scored and written the film's songs alongside lyricist Ashman, returned to the project to write six new songs for the musical; [4] those were co-written by Tim Rice, replacing Ashman who had died in 1991, before the film was released. [5]
Beauty and the Beast is a musical, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and a book by Linda Woolverton.Adapted from Walt Disney Pictures' animated film Beauty and the Beast – which in turn had been based on the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast" by French author Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont – [1] Beauty and the Beast tells the story of an unkind prince who ...
"A Change in Me" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Tim Rice for the musical Beauty and the Beast, a stage adaptation of Disney's 1991 animated film of the same name. The song was written specifically for American singer Toni Braxton when she joined the production to play the role of Belle in 1998, four years into the ...
In the animated film Beauty and the Beast (1991), the Beast does not have his own song, and hardly sings apart from a brief solo during "Something There". [1] [2] Composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman had not been able to determine a suitable moment for the character to sing in the film, but Menken considered it imperative that the Beast sing in the 1994 stage musical adaptation ...
Beauty and the Beast is the soundtrack album to the 2017 film Beauty and the Beast. The album, largely based on material from Disney's 1991 animated version , features songs and instrumental score composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Howard Ashman and three new songs composed by Menken with lyrics by Tim Rice .
Beauty and the Beast is dedicated to Ashman's memory, who died from AIDS eight months before the film's release. An unfinished version of Beauty and the Beast premiered at the New York Film Festival on September 29, 1991, before its wide release on November 22, 1991. The film received widespread acclaim for its story, characters, music, and ...
Matt West is a choreographer and actor.He choreographed the first Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast. [1] He won a Drama-Logue Award for his work on that show.. His acting credits include the role of Bobby in the Broadway musical A Chorus Line.
Beauty and the Beast is a Disney media franchise comprising a film series and additional merchandise. The success of the original 1991 American animated feature, Beauty and the Beast, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, led to three direct-to-video follow-up films, a live-action spin-off television series, a Disney World stage show, a Disney World restaurant, a trackless dark ride ...