This is how we meet one of Disney’s most progressive princesses: Belle, the girl who dared to read. She’s the nonconformist, the outsider, the nerd. “Never part of any crowd.

The first Disney tour since 1995, this production revives much of the original stagecraft, brought to dazzling life by an ...

The animated movie had those amazing songs by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. Everything else, including a stage musical that ...

Is this latest tour up to the task of carrying on a beloved Disney musical? As directed by Matt West, yes, it is.

Turns out that Belle in the "Beauty and the Beast" has lessons to offer, even if your life isn't a fairytale. Here's what the Disney classic taught me.

Warning: There are some spoilers ahead for "Beauty and the Beast." When Disney's live-action "Beauty and the Beast" comes to theaters it has a lot of expectations to live up to, and rightfully so ...

Belle from Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' is based on the character Jo March from the novel 'Little Women' by Louisa May Alcott. Also, Belle's looks are inspired by actors Julie Andrews, Judy ...

Disney is known for ... but this latest fan theory about Beauty and the Beast is much bigger than all that. Ever wonder what Belle was reading as she ran around her small provincial town honking ...

Get a first look at the new North American tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the first North American production of the ...

Disney’s film is based on the French story, Belle et La Bête (French for Beauty and the Beast) by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve.The short story was originally published in La ...

A scene from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" in Australia. The touring production makes its U.S. debut at Proctors in Schenectady in June. Two of the costumes Belle wears in Disney's "Beauty and ...