BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – excerpt

Act One

Delete “Prologue”
1a
1b part / 2-10 / Open traveler
Closed Main / #2 – Belle
#2b – Maurice’s Entrance (orch)
Gaston & Lefou Exit on Maurice’s Invention music….
Skip from Maurice’s entrance music to…
Belle: “I know you’ll win 1st prize at the fair tomorrow, I just know it.” (script bottom of p. 14)
2 / 15-16 / Close Traveler / #3a No Matter What - reprise
#4 – Wolf Chase #1 (orch)
3 / 16-21 / Castle Interior / #4a – Maurice & the Beast (orch)
4 / Skip all of Gaston’s part of the scene, and Silly Girl’s. Skip song “Me”
Start at Belle’s entrance.. “Is he gone?” (script p. 26, right at start of #6)
26-27 / Close Traveler / #6 – Belle reprise
#6a-Then I’ll Find Him Myself (orch)
Cut I:5a entirely.. Start immediately at Belle’s entrance to cell area
Belle: “Hello? Is anyone here? Please, I’m looking for my father.” (Script p. 32)
5b / 32-36 / Cell, and… / #6b – Belle in the Castle
After Beast takes Belle to her room & says: “You will join me to dinner. That is not a request!”
ADD: Wardrobe conversation with Belle from I:5c,
End at Belle’s line: “He may be your master, but he’s not mine.” BLACKOUT
Cut the rest of I:5c, Go directly to Tavern scene
6 / 39-43 / Tavern / #8 – Gaston
On Maurice’s exit, ALL exit quickly including Silly Girls…bottom of p. 43 Gaston: “Crazy old Maurice..(and addà) LeFou, this gives me an idea….” BLACK OUT
Delete #8a Gaston Reprise
7a-c / Delete all of these initial scene segments:
Start scene in Belle’s room w/ Belle’s line:
“Actually madame, I am a little hungry” (Script p. 53)
STOP at Wardrobe: “Oh dear, oh dear” Belle xing downstairs.
THEN Lumiere enter with Cogsworth, Potts, Chip
Start at Cogsworth’s “if there is anything we can do to make your stay more comfortable…”
7c-d / 54-59 / Castle / #9 – Be Our Guest
After Cogsworth’s line: “good show…etc….Off to bed!” ALL IMMEDIATELY EXIT EXCEPT BELLE
Skip immediately to Belle’s x up to West Wing
7e / 62-63 / West Wing / #9a – Belle in the West Wing (orch)
After Beast’s last spoken line: “There’s so little left of me.. so little left” BLACKOUTSkip song at the end…
Act Two
IN BLACKOUT: wolves begin to howl; Belle & Beast improvise lines/noise for the Wolf Chase
2a / 65-67 / Castle Fireplace / #12 – Something There à just through Beast’s solo
(on Belle’s exit, change to GOLD dress)
After Beast’s solo portion (top of p. 67)- BLACKOUT
(During BLACKOUT – move table to CS & remove chair covers, switch out plates for bowls)
Beast, Cogsworth, Lumiere – x to West Wing…. Belle & Mrs. Potts x to Belle’s room a.s.a.p.
4a / 80-81 / Beast’s Lair/WestWing / Skip scene with Lumiere/Cogs/Beast
Start right at the song …. w/ no table.
4b / 82-85 / Ballroom / #15 – Beauty and the Beast
After Beast let’s Belle go… skip rest of scene
5a / 86-87 / Belle’s Cottage exterior / Skip “Change in Me’ – go straight to entrance of Mob
5b / 87-92 / #16b – Show Me the Beast (orch)
#17 – Mob Song
6a / 92-94 / Castle Interior / #17a – The Battle (orch)
6b / 94-96 / West Wing / #17b – Fight on the Tower (orch)
skip – Is This Home – Reprise
6c / 96-100 / Castle Interior / #19 – Transformation/Finale