![]() ![]() “And I think spending time on the music really helped them with dancing. “The kids have the harmonies really well, which is super cool.” she said. “All local instrumentalists, so that’s super-cool,” Weber said. The actors will be supported by a 14-piece orchestra, directed by Youngren. “And every day they do a 10 to 15 minute (practice) of whatever song they’re working on for the day.” “We have an amazing music director, Kylie Youngren, and we spent the first two weeks in music rehearsals to really pound the music into them,” Weber said. Weber said the students have spent a lot of time learning the music and working on the elaborate set. The play is based on the Disney movie released in 1991, and it’s Broadway-level music. The Beast agrees to let him free, but at a price. The only way to break the spell is to learn to love someone, and be loved in return.īelle comes looking for her father and finds him in the castle’s dungeon. His attitude earned him a spell from an enchantress who turned him into the frightening apparition of the Beast. The Beast (Abraham Ramirez) was once a handsome, but spoiled and uncaring, prince. That all changes when Maurice gets lost in the woods pursued by wolves, he stumbles upon a magical castle and is given refuge - until the castle’s master finds him. Even so, Belle has a good life, with her only problem being Gaston (Alijsha Quintanilla), the conceited guy who doesn’t understand why Belle isn’t swooning over him. Her dad Maurice (Abraham Santiago) assures her that’s not the case - but then Maurice is considered a little odd. It’s the tale of Belle (Hailey Beegle in the QHS production), who loves her books, so much so that everybody else in her village thinks she’s a little odd. “Beauty and the Beast” premiered on Broadway in 1994. Tickets can be purchased online at the QHS website under the “athletics” tab or at the QHS office before or after school. “And how we can’t forget our humanity, and seeing people and connecting with people and loving people, because when we stop we lose who we are, really.” “This is really a story that expresses what happens to us when we lose our humanity,” Weber said. ![]() NE.ĭirector Haliey Weber said the story is classic because it explores classic themes. The Quincy Drama Club production of “Beauty and the Beast” opens at 7:30 tomorrow at the QHS theater, 403 Jackrabbit St. ![]() QUINCY - A classic tale of love, sacrifice and rediscovering one’s humanity comes to the Quincy High School stage for the next two weekends. ![]()
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