Santa Monica Playhouse
Beauty and the Beast - a
Santa Monica Playhouse - The Other Space
1211 4th Street, Suite 201, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Nov. 2nd - 17th
Price starting at:
$12.50
It's the 30th anniversary production of the celebrated original Rudie-DeCarlo musical BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, a heart-warming adaptation of the original French tale.
"A delightful musical with a timeless message!" The Argonaut
The magic, romance, humor and grandeur of this timeless tale touches your heart, and indeed, almost your fingertips as you follow Beauty on her journey through the world of manners, reading, sensitivity, gentility, and the pros and cons of washing behind your ears.
"The brightest, most intelligent, not to mention goofiest family theatre in town!" LA Parent
Set in a fantasy Medieval milieu "long, long ago," a lovely and spirited Beauty takes charge of her fate and molds herself a most endearing, and definitely un-scary, Beast. Ditzy sisters, a befuddled sire, and a flamboyantly foppish suitor strew more than a few thorns along Beauty and her Beast's arduous, and ardor-ous, path, but loves wins out, allowing all to find their happily-ever-afters and proving that beauty is, and always will be, in the eye of the beholder.
"Wonderful theatrical experience!" Between Pages
This richly humorous production is written and directed by Chris DeCarlo and Evelyn Rudie, and features Theødor Dronen, Holly Gibson, Michala Peltz, Joseph Perez, Megan Wright, and Devin Ricklef as Beauty's most adorable, and most un-scary Beast, with breath-taking costumes by award-winning designer Ashley Hayes and Graham Silbert, and magical FX that transform the stage into an ornately detailed Medieval castle right before your eyes.
Birthday parties, hosted by gaily-costumed fairytale characters, are available with every performance.
Santa Monica Playhouse programs are supported in part by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission; the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission; We Are Santa Monica; the Ahmanson Foundation and Playhouse PALS.
