Beauty and the Beast

Zao Theatre
550 S Ironwood Dr Apache Junction

It's a tale as old as time ... As all good fairy tales go, only true love can save the day when evil casts a spell enchanting the castle and turning the young prince into an ugly beast. In our story, true love appears in the form of Belle, a beautiful and intelligent young woman who loves books and feels out of place in her provincial French village. With the help of the Beast's enchanted household - populated by such beloved characters as Mrs. Potts, Lumiere, Cogsworth, and Chip, we see Belle and the Beast begin to understand and befriend one another. Their feelings grow ever deeper as the clock ticks and petals continue to fall off the enchanted rose. But will they confess their love for one another before time runs out? Come and sit on the edge of one of our seats and see what happens ..." ___Disney's Beauty and the Beast__ , with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, has been adapted from Walt Disney Pictures' Academy Award-winning 1991 animated musical film of the same name - which in turn had been based on the classic French fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont.