BE THEIR GUEST MEET THE BEAUTY AND BEAST OF DISNEY'S TOURING MUSICAL.Byline: Alessandra Djurklou Staff Writer Single white prince (SWP SWP Socialist Workers Party SWP Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (German Institute for International Politics and Security) SWP Swap File (extension) SWP State Water Project ), very beastly looking (VBL VBL Versorgungsanstalt des Bundes und der Länder (Occupational pension, Germany) VBL Verband Bayerischer Lokalrundfunk (Germany) VBL Vertical Bloch Line (Memory Device) ), seeks VGL VGL Vergleich (German: comparison) VGL Very Goodlooking VGL Very Good Looking , bookish SWF See Flash. (filename extension) swf - /S W F/ The filename extension for Adobe Shockwave Flash animated vector graphics files, common on the World-Wide Web. A rarely used alternative expansion is "Small Web Format". for LTR LTR - Langage Temps-Réel. (French for "real-time language") A French predecessor to Ada, LTR is Modula-like with a set of special-purpose real-time constructs based on an event model. It was mentioned in the reference below. ["An Overview of Ada", J.G.P. . Must be willing to put up with singing clocks and candlesticks, dusty castle, wilting roses, occasional bad temper. Spoiled princesses need not apply. While the above personal ad may not appear in your local paper anytime soon, Disney's smash musical ``Beauty and the Beast'' is coming to a theater near you. The national tour, sponsored in the Southland by the Theater League, stops at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium Sept. 10-15, the Long Beach Terrace Theater Sept. 17-22, and the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is a performing arts and administrative center located in Thousand Oaks, California. It was built in 1994 on the former site of "Jungleland" at a cost of $63.8 million. Sept. 24-29. Based on the Oscar-winning Disney cartoon about a beautiful young woman who falls in love with a selfish prince enchanted en·chant tr.v. en·chant·ed, en·chant·ing, en·chants 1. To cast a spell over; bewitch. 2. To attract and delight; entrance. See Synonyms at charm. to look like a hideous beast, this is the live version, starring Danyelle Bossardet as Belle (that would be French for Beauty) and Grant Norman as the Beast. ``In the beginning, he's very spoiled and selfish, a mean guy,'' said Norman of his hairy and horned character, who not only stomps around growling a lot but also kidnaps Belle's father and then demands Belle for ransom. In fact, in the first act, there's not much the Beast does that's redeemable, Norman said. ``It makes the second act much more difficult,'' Norman said. ``You don't just have to woo the characters, but also the audience.'' But Norman is rather experienced at playing characters who are woo- challenged. He started the ``Beast'' production playing not just the Beast but also Gaston, Belle's boorish village suitor. And then, he played another famous Broadway beast: the Phantom of the Opera. Unlike the Phantom, unfortunately, the Beast doesn't have as much singing to do. But luckily, Norman said, Disney decided that the stage adaptation needed more beastly singing and added ``If I Can't Love Her'' for him to sing. ``Structurally, it pushes the plot forward,'' Norman said. Still, most of the singing falls to Belle. Which is interesting, considering that this production's Belle originally trained as a dancer. The San Diego native's first professional gig was as a dancer in the chorus of the then-brand-new stage version of ``Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale (type 425C -- search for a lost husband -- in the Aarne-Thompson classification). The first published version of the fairy tale was a meandering rendition by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in .'' Bossardet was a student at the University of Arizona (body, education) University of Arizona - The University was founded in 1885 as a Land Grant institution with a three-fold mission of teaching, research and public service. , and she got the gig in the summer between her junior and senior years. She left the production after four months to finish college. ``I sent my graduation announcement to (people in management at 'Beauty and the Beast'), and they called and asked me to be an understudy.'' She understudied for a while, then left to do other shows, including ``Chess'' and ``Grease'' (another good-girl-makes-good story). But the ``Beast'' kept calling, and as of two years ago, Bossardet begain touring as Belle. ``It's a dream come true to be promoted,'' she said. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST What: Musical based on the Disney film. Where: Pasadena Civic Auditorium: Sept. 10-15; Long Beach Terrace Theater: Sept. 17-22; Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza: Sept. 24-29. Tickets: Call the venues directly or Ticketmaster at (213) 480-3232; www.ticketmaster.com. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Danyelle Bossardet and Grant Norman star in the touring production of ``Beauty and the Beast.'' |
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