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Disney’s Beauty and The Beast will visit Doha for the first time next month as part of its international tour, the organisers have announced.
The English-language production will play at the theatre at Qatar National Convention Centre from December 10 to 19 as part of a world tour that includes several countries across Asia and the Middle East.
The show, which is being brought to Doha by Disney Theatrical Productions, Broadway Entertainment Group and NETworks Presentations, in co-operation with Qatar’s Premium Events, comes in celebration of Disney’s Beauty and The Beast’s 20th anniversary on the stage, according to a statement.
The international tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast sees the show’s original Broadway creative team reunite to bring this Broadway classic to life.
“We are very happy that the first ever original Broadway musical coming to Doha is Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Qatar has been waiting for this beautiful show for so long and we are proud to make that happen,” said Christoph Helbig of Premium Events.
The main sponsor, Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA), is supporting Disney’s Beauty and The Beast as “one of the standout entertainment experiences of the year”.
Based on the 1991 Academy-Award winning animated feature film, Disney’s Beauty and The Beast premiered on Broadway in 1994, where it was nominated for nine Tony Awards and ran for 13 years. It still ranks as one of the longest-running and highest-grossing Broadway shows of all time.
Since licensing of the title began in 2004, there have been productions in 22 countries, seen by more than 35mn people, translated into eight languages with over 28,000 performances - equivalent to a run of 67 years and generating over $1.7bn in revenue, the statement explains.
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is the story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped in a spell placed by an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed to his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity.
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