Beauty and the Beast: A thirtieth Celebration introduced Disney followers behind-the-scenes of the creation of the Disney animated basic. H.E.R., Josh Groban, and a star-studded solid got here collectively on the Disney Animation Studios lot to ship a tribute manufacturing of the movie’s musical numbers, paired with scenes from the animated movie proven each in animated type and live-action recreations, on December 15 on ABC, telling the story as outdated as time.
Jon M. Chu directed the particular, with the radiant Rita Moreno as host and narrator, H.E.R. as Belle, Groban as Beast, Joshua Henry as Gaston, Martin Short as Lumière, David Alan Grier as Cogsworth, Shania Twain as Mrs. Potts, Jon Jon Briones as Maurice, Rizwan Manji as LeFou, and Leo Abelo Perry as Chip, along with a large ensemble.
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Chu’s imaginative and prescient for the particular included new dance numbers into the basic songs and splendid concepts for bringing the spellbound fortress employees to life in high-energy manufacturing numbers like “Be Our Guest.” Anyone excited concerning the Wicked motion pictures (which Chu shall be directing) ought to see this particular as an encouraging show of what Chu can do to make an outdated, beloved story really feel each honored and new.
The particular additionally paid tribute to the late Angela Lansbury, the unique voice of Mrs. Potts, throughout a efficiency of the Oscar-winning “Beauty and the Beast” by Twain, accompanied by unique composer Alan Menken on the piano. At the tip of the tune, which Lansbury sang within the 1991 movie, an In Memoriam photograph of Lansbury subsequent to Mrs. Potts was displayed throughout the stage’s big display.
Here are some extra highlights from ABC’s pleasant Beauty and the Beast: A thirtieth Celebration.
Beauty and the Beast: A thirtieth Celebration, Next-Day Streaming, Disney+