Our Production of Beauty & the Beast
It's a crowd favorite, beloved by millions and a sure bet for bringing in an audience. It's also a Beast of a show to produce - pun intended.
This is our school's journey through the production of Beauty & the Beast, Jr., recorded here to help other educators working on this project (or to perhaps frighten them away!).
WHY BEAST?
We are a small, K-8 school; our program is open to students in grades 3 - 8. For this reason we are locked into MTI's "Broadway Junior" series or the Rodgers & Hammerstein "Getting to Know" series.
We knew Beauty & the Beast was going to be a challenge, but it was such a perfect fit for our cast that we had to attempt it. We had a group of seasoned eighth-graders in their final year of the program, as well as a bumper crop of incoming 8-year-olds.
Our oldest students took on the principal roles, our 4th - 7th grade students performed the smaller featured parts such as the Baker and Bookseller, and our young newcomers turned into flatware.
This is our school's journey through the production of Beauty & the Beast, Jr., recorded here to help other educators working on this project (or to perhaps frighten them away!).
WHY BEAST?
We are a small, K-8 school; our program is open to students in grades 3 - 8. For this reason we are locked into MTI's "Broadway Junior" series or the Rodgers & Hammerstein "Getting to Know" series.
We knew Beauty & the Beast was going to be a challenge, but it was such a perfect fit for our cast that we had to attempt it. We had a group of seasoned eighth-graders in their final year of the program, as well as a bumper crop of incoming 8-year-olds.
Our oldest students took on the principal roles, our 4th - 7th grade students performed the smaller featured parts such as the Baker and Bookseller, and our young newcomers turned into flatware.