In the introduction of Beauty and the Beast: Classic Tales of Animal Brides and Grooms, Maria Tatar talks about how to classify a fairy tale using the Aarne-Thompson system. Developed and refined ...

EXCLUSIVE: Hot on the heels of another splashy revisionist fairy tale opening in Oz The Great and Powerful, Disney is in talks with UK-based writer Joe Ahearne to reinvent its Beauty And The Beast ...

Chico >> Learning to love and be loved in return is the heartwarming theme of California Regional Theatre’s next musical, “Beauty and the Beast.” The well-known and loved show will appear on stage at ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. As for those song-and-dance segments, TBTS's talented company (under the ...

Many well-loved fairy tales predate the Bible, Greek and Roman myths, and many current European languages and world religions, a new study has found. The Brothers Grimm collected fairy tales back in ...

It’s a tale as old as time. More than 30 years after Beauty and the Beast first captivated audiences with its sweeping score and enchanted story, LEGO is giving fans a new way to step into the tale — ...

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It’s easy to forget—amid the kicky tap-dancing kitchenware, the twinklingly romantic score, and the swooning waltz in both Disney versions—how strange the central concept of Beauty and the Beast is.

Off-Broadway’s “Beauty and the Beast” — a critically acclaimed, adults-only affair with explicit sex and nudity — is a fairy-tale love story both onstage and off. Chalk it up to its stars, burlesque ...

Erase Walt Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” from all corners of considera-tion. “This is definitely not the Disney version,” said Deanna Cole-Roberts, Highlands Ballet founder and co-artistic director.