Beauty And The Beast: Concert Report

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Beauty and the Beast is a musical I saw on October 2, 2015 in Charlotte at the Belk Theater. This production was put on by Blumenthal Preforming Arts. Those who attended were expected to wear formal attire. Men, mostly, wore kakis or slacks, with a button down shirt, and some wore sports coats. Women, except for a select few wore dresses, heels, and a coat. The cast consisted of Sam Hartley, Brooke Quintana, Thomas Mothershed, Ryan Phillips, Samuel Shurtleff, Stephanie Gray, Stephanie Gilmore, Christiaan Smith-Kotlarek, among many others. The orchestra consisted of a percussion, woodwind, and strings section. The song that stood out to me the most in this musical was “Gaston” the use of comedy, solos, and metal cups as accents to the music. In this scene Christiaan Smith-Kotlarek, Gason, and Thomas Mothershed, Maurice, alternate taking solos and occasionally …show more content…

Potts, and Ryan Phillips, Lumiere. During theis scene Adam is trying to becomes friends with Beauty. Ms. Potts and Lumiere are watching Belle and Adam together and begin to notice the are falling in love, yet neither one of them realize it. This song made the audience fell hopeful that the two would fall in love, if the two fell in love then the rest of the characters could become human again. The dynamics of the song help show how startled Belle was that she was starting to like him by singing softly and lightly and how much those in the house, who were cursed also, hoped and were excited that there was a possibility for them to be human because of the intensity in which they sang. The tempo of this song is slightly slower compared to the other songs sang during the musical. The characters are thinking about what is going on instead to just saying what is going on. I believe by slowing down the tempo it helped the audience hear the lyrics better which in turn made them feel more

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