PARAMOUNT’S ‘BEAST’ IS A REAL BEAUTY!

Magnificent beauty and magic mark every petal of the rose that is Paramount Theatre’s extraordinary production of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” the theatrical juggernaut—with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton—that first bloomed on Broadway 25 years ago and has become one of the most beloved classics of all time. You can see why in the truly stunning revival now playing at the exquisite 1,800-seat showplace in Aurora.

LOFTY “MARY POPPINS” A HOLIDAY DELIGHT!
Imagine the wonderful world of Walt Disney as chimney sweep Bert (James T. Lane) steps out of an illustration and into the Cherry Tree Lane neighborhood of the Banks children– Grier Burke (Jane) and Sebastian Merlo (Michael) in shared roles—at the opening of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s “Mary Poppins.” The childhood favorite is now playing in a magically animated production at Drury Lane Theatre, directed and choreographed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, with co-choreography by Josh Walden.