MPAC’s spring musical returns to our stage for its' 10th annual production! Experience the romance and enchantment of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast! Based on the classic animated feature film, this timeless musical love story is filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling production numbers!
Creative Team:
Cathy Roy – Director
Charles Santoro – Musical Director/Conductor
MPAC’s production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast will feature a dynamic cast of several dozen young performers. Visit our Spring Musical page to find out more!
MPAC Spring Musical Productions present a unique opportunity for young performers to participate in a fully professional production in which they work with a professional crew and guest Equity artists. Previous MPAC Spring productions have included Matilda (2023),School of Rock (2022), Grease (2019), Shrek the Musical (2018), West Side Story (2017), Mary Poppins (2016), Les Miserables (2015), Hairspray (2014) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2013).
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast has been produced in 37 countries worldwide. Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature, the stage version includes all of the wonderful songs written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, along with new songs by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice. The original Broadway production ran for over thirteen years and was nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed into his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity.
“We’re thrilled to be back for our 10th Annual Main Stage production at MPAC and even more excited to be presenting Disney’s Beauty and the Beast!,” said Cathy Roy, MPAC Education Director. “This classic and ‘tale as old as time’ musical is filled with fantastic opportunities and exciting challenges for our young performers and artistic staff! Not only is it filled with fun and vivid characters, amazing sets and costumes, a great score and wonderful staging opportunities, but underneath it’s all about love, kindness and seeing others for who they are inside. It’s really a perfect musical for us, and I can’t wait to bring it to life on the MPAC stage!”
The production will feature a cast of young performers ranging from age 7-25.
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Rick Steves host
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New Jersey Symphony
Rick Steves host
Nicholas Hersh conductor
New Jersey Symphony
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