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                                                       Beauty and the Beast

                                                                                       Gaston chants his
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                                                                                       “Kill the Beast”
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                                    .   T»  ..   •  looking                            manifesto.
                                                 hemmed in.

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                                                                                       Beauty and the Beast left a
                                                               The Beast's barren
 yill Dahlheimer as Gaston                                                             lasting impression for all its  viewers.
                                                               spirit turns his
 xplodes into his song.                                                                A ll of the actors developed their
                                                           thi  beauty to poison.      characters into real people.  Will

                                                                                       Dalhheimer,  as Gaston,  was always
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                                                                                       flexing his biceps.  Robert Hokanson
                                                                                      played the insecure beast as he
                                                              ’  Silly Girls, stalling
                                                 /      ?    I  from the left.         wailed in lamentation,  “Can she
                                                              I  Amanda Polivka.       love m e?” John Flower played
                                                 I-  m   J H j  VedaDaiiingand         Cogsworth,  who  was always yelling,
                                                              l  Kvlee Canterbury.     but never getting anywhere,  as his
                                              |  J  V'          gleefully
                                                              j,  prance and clap      sidekick Lumiere,  played by Miles
                                                          ol  i  their hands.          McClain,  cracked witty remarks.
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                                                                                       When the scene changed we  were
                                                 The wolves
                                                                                       reminded of the movie.  In the
                                              harass Belle in
                                                                                       forest,  with the machine,  or in the
                                                   the forest.  W       |>   '
     Belle and the Beast,                                                              castle,  we thought of the movie.  But
     played by Robert                                             v W > c              in the end,  the powerful and skillful
     Hokanson. begin to                                                               performances of the R.H.S.  actors
     realize their feelings                                                            made this  version the one to  watch.
     for each other.





                                                                                                             Chip, played by
                                                                                                              Amanda Dwyer,
                                                                                                              and company
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                                                                                                             welcome
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                                                                                                             Maurice into
                                                                                                               the castle.


    Maurice's machine                                                       *1, m  ■niK'
    looking spontaneous
    rollins into view.
                                     The ensamble performs the opening song.




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          Dryden Meints as Maurice and
          Lindsev Stout as Belle sing a duet.                                               A deadh  trio tip their glasses to a
                                                      The Beast narcissistich
                                                                                            collusive plan.
                                                      refuses the flower of a beggar.
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