The 30th Anniversary celebration of the animated classic “Beauty and the Beast” that aired on ABC on Thursday night had a tall — and at times confusing — order: It was a live show, it was a dance ...

It’s a tale as old as time, yet Disney brings to life “Beauty and The Beast” in a way that feels fresh and pays tribute to the timeless classic. Directed by Bill Condon and starring the perfect cast ...

Belle, the heroine of “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” has always had moxie. After all, she disses the local sexist hunk and repeatedly rescues her father. But in the Olney Theatre Center production, ...

As a young girl, a brown-haired product of the 1980s with a taste for the musical and a thirst for adventure, I identified with Disney heroine Belle as “my” princess. Scrappier than others — or a ...

Jade Jones and Evan Ruggiero star in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” at Olney Theatre Center. (Olney Theatre Center) Last December, Olney Theatre Center had started performances of Disney’s “Beauty ...

When I was a kid, Disney would periodically re-release their classic animated films to theaters. This allowed me, in the 1980s, to see films like Bambi, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty on the big ...