Beauty And The Beast Analysis

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From adapting "Beauty and the Beast" from a classic animated picture to the stage, and the intricate artwork of "The Lion King's artwork costumes, Disney has certainly proudly made a name for itself in New York City.Disney has positively impacted Broadway stage since the early nineties after Times Square New York City was earning a not so desirable reputation amongst both tourists and locals. They are the big names that all Disney fans know by heart and love. Titles like "Beauty and the Beast", and "The Lion King"made their impact onto the broadway stage in the early nineties. This not only saved Broadway, but it reclaimed it's ritzy title and brought major tourism and excited families to the heart of the city. With the opening and hit success…show more content…
As an audience member watching “Beauty and the Beast” on Broadway, one can expect to see what you love from the film, as well as a fresh take and differences on it’s classic characters. From the beginning everyone involved knew that their was an unprecedented assignment, take an enormously successful animated movie and create a live theatrical experience that would meet the expectations of the world(2). What can be learned from taking a popular Disney film and turing it into a live show is that animated characters that we are familiar with can be difficult to recreate in person. The biggest challenge in translating Beauty and the Beast from the animated film to the stage was really how to deal with the enchanted objects. A candelabra, a teapot, and a clock(2). The creative team of the show decided to come up with a new beginning of the plot to make the actors have to hide the fact that they were human, but use it as a way to represent the transformation they were undergoing and explain their larger scale. In the film, the enchantress comes to the castle and she places a…show more content…
One of the most unusual and fascinating aspects of the show's is that many scenes and characters are all different types of puppets. If somebody who has never experienced the show before expects to see performers from head to toe in fur costumes with tails, they are far off. "Lion King" uses both props and costumes that are each art pieces and one of a kind. One of the few hand puppets featured is the Hornbill Zazu character. The small hand puppet weighs in at only four pounds and is fully functional, from his expressive eyes, to his spreader wings(3.) The use of puppets in this show like the hand puppet Zazu move effortlessly with the help of a talented actor who can not only perform well for one but also the small object he carries in his hand. Puppets are not always worn on the hand in "Lion King", but are created through the use of shadows. Before the stampede when Mufasa falls into the buffalo stampede, the young Simba and Scar can be seen walking through the desert through the use of shadow puppets, conducted by a puppeteer not seen by audience members. They operate by the puppeteer moving their legs and heads on thin poles to give them a lifelike appearance. The puppets are not the only incredible sight in the show, the costumes are an award winning and unforgettable spectacle. The lion heads, inspired by the Maasai tribe are true works of art each
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