INEVENTS
shaler area high
school students
present ‘beauty
and the beast’
Shaler Area High School students
presented “a tale as old as time” when the
curtain rose on Disney’s “Beauty and the
Beast,” the Broadway musical, in March.
The musical was adapted from the Walt
Disney Pictures 1991 animated film based
on a classic French fairy tale. It tells the
story of a prince, played by junior Alex
Almonte, who has been placed under a
spell and turned into a beast for his selfish
behavior. To reverse the spell, the Beast
must learn to love Belle, played by senior
Natalie Carey, the young woman he
imprisons in his castle.
The story is complicated when Gaston,
played by senior Dan Horgan, becomes
infuriated by Belle’s continued rejection
of his marriage proposals and decides to
form a mob of villagers and storm the
Beast’s castle.
The musical cast also included many
of the film favorites—Beast’s castle staff
members Lumiere, played by junior
Michael Bly; Cogsworth, played by junior
Bella James; Mrs. Potts, played by senior
Taryn Nasiadka; and Chip, played by
sophomore Alyssa Lorenz.
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