This week at the Aronoff Center in Cincinnati Beauty and the Beast will be taking the stage, and I for one cannot wait! I have already warned my daughter that I will most likely be belting out “Be Our Guest” right there with Lumiere. Beauty and the Beast is my favorite Disney movie, and Belle is my favorite Disney princess. One of the things I love about Belle is her passion for literature, and I love that Broadway in Cincinnati is using this show to collect books for children in need. If you have plans to attend Beauty and the Beast this week please be sure to bring a book or two (or three or four) to help bring literature into a child’s hands.
Broadway in Cincinnati and Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST announce a “Books for Belle” drive to benefit Adopt a Book
Inspired by Belle’s generous heart and love of books in Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Broadway in Cincinnati is collecting children’s books to help further the good work of the inspiring local non-profit Adopt a Book. This organization is dedicated to serving local kids who may have never been to a library and have never had a book of their own.
Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is returning to Cincinnati as a special engagement in the Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati season presented by TriHealth. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at the Aronoff Center, April 20 – 24, 2016. For information on the production, visit www.BeautyAndTheBeastOnTour.com.
Founded by two 8-year-old Cincinnati-area siblings in 2011, Adopt a Book has donated over 100,000 books through more than 93 organizations in the Tri-State, with the goal of giving at-risk kids books of their own.
Broadway in Cincinnati general manager Genevieve Miller Holt encourages show attendees to participate. “We at Broadway in Cincinnati are dedicated to helping local non-profits by creating charity drives that tie in with the themes of the shows we present. This week’s engagement of Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is sold out, so if every family attending the show brought one book, we could contribute more than 5,000 books to deserving local kids, promoting literacy and a love of reading. We sincerely hope our generous audiences will join us in this worthy cause.”
Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST features the Academy Award®-winning score with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by the late Howard Ashman, with additional songs composed by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice. The book is written by Linda Woolverton.
Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is the classic story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped in a spell placed by an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed to his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity.
Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST will play the Aronoff Center from April 20 – 24, 2016: Wednesday – Thursday at 7:30PM, Friday at 8:00PM, Saturday at 11:00AM, 3:30PM and 8:00PM and Sunday at 1:00PM and 6:30PM. Performance schedule, prices and cast are subject to change without notice. For more information, please visit www.BroadwayInCincinnati.com.
Photo Credits: Matthew Murphy, provided by Broadway in Cincinnati
Disclaimer: I was given complimentary tickets to see “Beauty and the Beast” for review purposes, the opinions are 100% my own.
