La Belle et la Bête [Musical - 1993]

Et voilà, le rideau va bientôt tomber sur ce musical qui s'est joué depuis 13ans aux USA.

Pour l'occasion une immence réunion avec tous les casts à eu lieue :

http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Video.aspx?ci=546821

Un joli site avec libretto, paroles de chansons, images des castings à travers le monde...

http://beautyandthebeast.nl/index.htm



Malgré une mise en sène apparemment plate d'après les dires, j'aimerais bien aller le voir je ne sais où; en tout cas ce décor est très beau, bien fouillé et assez mystérieux...

Ce site est vraiment trés interessant surtout au niveau des images concernat les décors. Il est fort domage que le spectacle ne soit pas passé par chez nous....

Quelqu'un sait - il si le spectacle à été fimé et mis sur dvd pour être vendu au grand public, cela m'interesserait de savoir où l'on pourrais éventuellement se procurer.

Malheureusement la politique de Disney concernant les Musicals est très arrêtée : PAS DE DVD, PAS DE SUPPORT DE DIFFUSION tant que les shows se jouent quelque part dans le monde !
On peut donc attendre longtemps... mais on peut toujours rêver (je serais quand même surpris qu'ils n'est pas filmé, au cas où !...)

Je l'avais vu en 2004 avec Christy Calso Romano (drole de frère/Kim Possible/Cadet Kelly) c'étais merveilleux !!!
Dommage que ca se termine !
y'auras quoi a la place ?

vivement que ca vienne a Londres

La belle et la Bête a déjà bien vécu à Londres. Et de temps en temps elle passe encore, comme au printemps dernier. Rien n'est perdu si tu veux la revoir. Il y a avit aussi les Pays Bas et la Belgique à Antwerpen. Sinon à ce jour il reste l'Allemagne pour les Européens.

ce musical était mon premier musical Disney....qu'est ce que j'ai pleuré lol (la honte) c'etait vraiment fabuleux

Ce musical est ressortit à Madrid! Mais bon après faut avoir le courage de le voir en espagnol :s ce qui n'est pas mon cas ^^

A l'occasion de la production du Musical du Roi Lion à Mogador, Media Magic se penche depuis quelques semaines sur l'art de la comédie musicale selon Disney.
Après avoir évoqué les productions scéniques des différents parcs, nous en venons maintenant aux versions Broadway de classiques et commençons en grande pompe par Beauty and the Beast, la première grande comédie musicale de Disney (et pour moi la plus magique jusqu'à aujourd'hui).

Pour ce faire, nous vous invitons à découvrir notre entretien avec Alan Menken et avec son orchestrateur, Danny Troob, dans un article publié aujourd'hui même sur Media Magic.

Conte de toujours, qui nous émerveille encore...

Philharmagic a écrit:

Conte de toujours, qui nous émerveille encore...

A qui le dis-tu !
Crois-tu que l'on puisse espérer un jour voir ce musical chez nous ?
(Je demande ça parce que le manuscrit de mon adaptation française est parti hier par la poste chez "Stage Entertainment" !)
croise les doigts, croise les doigts...

J'ai demandé à la production du Roi Lion, et pour l'instant la réponse est malheureusement négative...
C'est bien regrettable...

Moi je l'ai vu en Belgique, à Anvers (Antwerpen) et comme je fais partie d'une école de comédie musicale, j'ai pu aller faire un tour dans les coulisses etant donné que mon prof de chant connaissait certains de la troupe. Eh ben franchement bravo !!! Car il faut voir le boulot que ça représente, et rester pro malgré ça !! Waouh !!

La Belle et la Bete deboutera en Italie en 2009!!!

Stage Entertainment va faire les casting pour cette comedie musicale...

Enfin, en Italie nous aurons la chance de voir une comedie musicale Disneyenne!!! magnifique!!!

J'ai eu la chance de la voir en aout a Madrid et c'est un spectacle merveilleux!

En ce moment il y a aussi HSM (genre broadway) et Le Roi Lion arrive en 2009!

Depuis quelques années les comedies musicales sont très populaires a Madrid.

La Bella y la Bestia qui se jouait encore à Madrid jusqu'au 11 janvier revient, à Barcelone cette fois, à partir du 27 février 2009.

Site officiel : ICI

Mais, attention, c'est encore dans sa mise en scène "européannisée" (et non sa version scénique originale crée à Broadway) inaugurée... heu... aux Pays-Bas me semble-t-il... si je ne dis pas de bêtise.
Les fans de Un, Dos, Très (la série TV) y retrouveront Pablo Puyol (Pedro) dans le rôle de Gaston et Raul Pena (Jeronimo) dans celui de Lefou (cf photo)


Julia Moller, David Ordinas, Pablo Puyol & Raúl Peña
(distribution de Madrid, à Barcelone c'est María Adamuz qui reprend le rôle de Belle)


Maria Adamuz

J'ai trouvé mon bonheur sur you tube, j'ai trouvé la version en entière du spectacle mais en portugais du Brésil, (j'avais trouvé le show original, en mauvaise qualité certes, mais alors qu'es j'été contente, malheureusement la vidéo a été supprimée !! ) et la qualité de la vidéo n'est pas mal, cela dit malgré la barrière de la langue, c'est fantastique, vous frisonner comme jamais, et j'ai pleuré de joie et d'émotion devant autant de beauté !!! Mème sur un écran d'ordi, les sentiments, les musiques ahhhh !! Merci you tube, pour ceux qui n'ont pas les moyens de se déplacer, c'est toujous mieux que rien !!!
Apparament, il existe un support vidéo brésilien, mais je ne suis pas sur, mais putin, pourquoi Disney sort pas ces musical en DVD ???
Partie 1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luA9IBvbCSw&feature=related
Partie 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhB5loMSMOg&feature=related
Partie 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQDFPzGDdss&feature=related
Partie 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Gsmoe8IHc&feature=related
Partie 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aOtK7VlaBU&feature=related
Partie 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T4nLmT8Z-4&feature=related
Partie 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee2eT_4WReA&feature=related
Partie 8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWYOPSHnmwU&feature=related
Partie 9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhmQhbQhXeo&feature=related
Partie 10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B_gXAFKi64&feature=related
Partie 11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62_2eqiX7sI&feature=related
Partie 12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD499sUyqCE&feature=related
Partie 13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgYId53B3OY&feature=related
Partie 14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5QACQt8Pgg&feature=related
Partie 15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEHDFQ79JOc
En plus, le spectacle est pareil qu'à Broadway, le décor, les mises en scènes, les costumes, pareille sauf la langue !!
Je crois que je vais m'embraquer en expédition à Barcelone d'urgence, le musical n'a jamais été aussi proche de chez moi, rien que d'imaginer le musical sous mes yeux, je frisonne !! AHAHHHAHAHAHHA !!(cri d'hystérie)

Yumimi a écrit:

En plus, le spectacle est pareil qu'à Broadway, le décor, les mises en scènes, les costumes, pareille sauf la langue !!
Je crois que je vais m'embraquer en expédition à Barcelone d'urgence, le musical n'a jamais été aussi proche de chez moi, rien que d'imaginer le musical sous mes yeux, je frisonne !! AHAHHHAHAHAHHA !!(cri d'hystérie)

J'avais déjà cette version récupérée sur youtube.
C'est vrai que malgrès la langue (et pour cause : je connais le spectacle par coeur !) la magie opère réellement !
Pour Barcelone, attention Yumimi, ce n'est pas la même scénographie et, je dois dire que (malgrès quelques trouvailles que je trouve interressantes et originale) elle est très (trop) loin du long métrage d'animation. Du coup, je trouve que ça fonctionne moins bien, j'y suis beaucoup moins sensible.
Mais ce n'est que mon avis et cela ne va quand pas même m'empêcher d'aller le voir à Barcelone aussi !
Pour ce qui est du suport DVD, je cherche la version brésilienne avec insistance (vu la captation, c'était surement pour une commercialisation ou une diffusion TV). Parce que pour une version originale éditée par Disney, malheureusement, on peut encore attendre longtemps !

Parce que le musical est génial, voila des images:
La belle et la bête


Final


La belle et la bête


La bête


Babette


Ding Dong


Lumière


Gaston


Belle


Prochette du CD que j'écoute en boucle


Be your guest


Invitation à dinner

Bref il y a plien de photos sur internet, et mon pc est bouré à craquer...

Et parce que je suis fanatique de ce musical je vous les paroles en anglais bien sur !!

Prologue






Vocal: David Odgen Stiers
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Howard Ashman


Narrator:
Once upon a time, in a faraway land,
A young Prince lived in a shining castle.
Although he had everything his heart desired,
The Prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind.


But then, one winter's night,
An old beggar woman came to the castle
And offered him a single Rose
In return for shelter from the bitter cold.
Repulsed by her haggard appearance,
The Prince sneered at the gift,
And turned the old woman away.


But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances,
For Beauty is found within.


And when he dismissed her again,
The old woman's ugliness melted away
To reveal a beautiful Enchantress.


The Prince tried to apologize, but it was too late,
For she had seen that there was no love in his heart.
And as punishment,
She transformed him into a hideous beast,
And placed a powerful spell on the castle,
And all who lived there.


Ashamed of his monstrous form,
The beast concealed himself inside his castle,
With a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world.


The Rose she had offered,
Was truly an enchanted rose,
Which would bloom for many years.
If he could learn to love another,
And earn her love in return
By the time the last petal fell,
Then the spell would be broken.
If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast
For all time.


As the years passed,
He fell into despair, and lost all hope,
For who could ever learn to love...a Beast?


Belle


Vocal: Belle, Gaston and Chorus
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Howard Ashman



Belle:
Little town
It's a quiet village
Ev'ry day
Like the one before
Little town
Full of little people
Waking up to say:


Lady:
Bon jour!


Man carrying grain sack:
Bon jour!


Egg man:
Bon jour!


Washer woman:
Bon jour!


Baker:
Bon jour!


Belle:
There goes the baker with his tray, like always
The same old bread and rolls to sell
Ev'ry morning just the same
Since the morning that we came
To this poor provincial town


Baker:
Good Morning, Belle!


Belle:
Good Morning, Monsieur.


Baker:
Where are you off to, today?


Belle:
The bookshop. I just finished the most wonderful story
About a beanstalk and an ogre and a -


Baker:
That's nice. Marie!
The baguettes! Hurry up!


Townsfolk:
Look there she goes that girl is strange, no question
Dazed and distracted, can't you tell?


Woman:
Never part of any crowd


Man:
'Cause her head's up on some cloud


Townsfolk:
No denying she's a funny girl that Belle


Man I:
Bonjour!


Woman 1:
Good day!


Man 1:
How is your fam'ly?


Woman 2:
Bonjour!


Man 2:
Good day!


Woman 2:
How is your wife?


Woman 3:
I need six eggs!


Woman 4:
That's too expensive!


Belle:
There must be more than this provincial life!


Bookseller:
Ah, Belle!


Belle:
Good morning, sir. I've come to return the book I borrowed.


Bookseller:
Finished already?


Belle:
Oh, I couldn't put it down. Have you got anything new?


Bookseller:
Not since yesterday.


Belle:
That's all right. I'll borrow . . . . . this one!


Bookseller:
That one? But you've read it twice!


Belle:
Well, it's my favorite!
Far off places, daring swordfights, magic spells,
a prince in disguise -


Bookseller:
If you like it all that much, it's yours!


Belle:
But sir!


Bookseller:
I insist.


Belle:
Well, thank you. Thank you very much!


Townsfolk:
Look there she goes that girl is so peculiar
I wonder if she's feeling well
With a dreamy, far-off look
And her nose stuck in a book
What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle


Belle:
Oh, isn't this amazing?
It's my fav'rite part because --- you'll see
Here's where she meets Prince Charming
But she won't discover that it's him 'til chapter three!


Woman:
Now it's no wonder that her name means "Beauty"
Her looks have got no parallel


Shopkeeper:
But behind that fair facade
I'm afraid she's rather odd


Man:
Very diff'rent from the rest of us


Townsfolk:
She's nothing like the rest of us
Yes, diff'rent from the rest of us is Belle!


Lefou:
I got it Gaston! Wow! You didn't miss a shot, Gaston!
You're the greatest hunter in the whole world!.


Gaston:
I know.


Lefou:
No beast alive stands a chance against you.
--- And no girl, for that matter.


Gaston:
It's true, LeFou. And I've got my sights set on that one.


Lefou:
The inventor's daughter?


Gaston:
She's the one - the lucky girl I'm going to marry.


Lefou:
But she's -


Gaston:
The most beautiful girl in town.


Lefou:
I know, but -


Gaston:
That makes her the best. And don't I deserve the best?


Lefou:
Of course you do!


Gaston:
Right from the moment when I met her, saw her
I said she's gorgeous and I fell
Here in town there's only she
Who is beautiful as me
So I'm making plans to woo and marry Belle


Bimbettes:
Look there he goes
Isn't he dreamy?
Monsieur Gaston
Oh he's so cute!
Be still my heart
I'm hardly breathing
He's such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute!


Woman 1:
Bonjour!


Gaston:
Pardon


Belle:
Good day


Woman 2:
Mais oui!


Woman 3:
You call this bacon?


Woman 4:
What lovely grapes!


Man 1:
Some cheese


Woman 5:
Ten yards!


Man 1:
One pound


Gaston:
'scuse me!


Cheese merchant:
I'll get the knife


Gaston:
Please let me through!


Woman 6:
This bread -


Woman 7:
Those fish -


Woman 6:
it's stale!


Woman 7:
they smell!


Men:
Madame's mistaken.


Women:
Well, maybe so


Townsfolk:
Good morning! Oh, good morning!


Belle:
There must be more than this provincial life!


Gaston:
Just watch, I'm going to make Belle my wife!


Townsfolk:
Look there she goes
The girl is strange but special
A most peculiar mad'moiselle!


Women:
It's a pity and a sin


Men:
She doesn't quite fit in


Townsfolk:
'Cause she really is a funny girl
A beauty but a funny girl
She really is a funny girl
That Belle!



No Matter What



Vocal: Belle and Maurice
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Tim Rice



Belle:
Papa, do you think I'm...odd?


Maurice:
My daughter odd? Where did you get an idea like that?


Belle:
I don't know. It's just that, well, people talk.


Maurice:
They talk about me, too.


Maurice:
No, we're not odd, its true


(This line has been changed in later versions to:
"Well, I'm not odd, nor you")


No fam'ly ever saner


(This line has been changed in later versions to:
"No family could be saner")


Except one uncle who...well, maybe let that pass
In all you say or do
You couldn't make it plainer
You are your mother's daughter; therefore you are class


Belle:
So I should just accept
I'm simply not like them


Maurice:
They are the common herd
And you can take my word
You are unique: creme de la creme


No matter what you do
I'm on your side
And if my point of view
Is somewhat misty-eyed
There's nothing clearer in my life
Than what I wish and feel for you
And that's a lot...
No matter what


Belle:
No matter what they say
You make me proud
I love the funny way
You stand out from the crowd


Maurice:
It's my intention my invention
Shows the world out there one day
Just what we've got...


Both:
No matter what


Maurice:
Now some may say that fathers just exaggerate


Belle:
That ev'ry daughter's great?


Maurice:
You are!


Belle:
And ev'ry daughter tends to say her father's tops


Maurice:
She pulls out all the stops
To praise him


Both:
And quite rightly!


Maurice:
No matter what the pain
We've come this far
I pray that you remain
Exactly as you are
This really is a case of father knowing best


Belle:
And daughter too!


Maurice:
You're never strange


Belle:
Don't ever change


Both:
You've all I've got
No matter what.



No Matter What (Reprise)



Vocal: Maurice
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Tim Rice



Maurice:
First prize is nearly mine
It's quite my best invention
So simple, yet complex
So massive, yet so small


This triumph of design
Will be my old-age pension
That is, provided I can find the fair at all


I must have missed a sign...
I should have paid attention...
(Wolf howls)
That's not a nightingale, and not a mating call.

La suite :

Me


Vocal: Gaston and Belle
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Tim Rice



Gaston:
You've been dreaming, just one dream
Nearly all your life
Hoping, scheming, just one theme:
Will you be a wife?
Will you be some he-man's property?
Good news! That he-man's me!


This equation, girl plus man
Doesn't help just you
On occasion, women can
Have their uses too
Mainly to extend the fam'ly tree
Pumpkin, extend with me!


Gaston:
We'll be raising sons galore


Belle:
Inconceivable!


Gaston:
Each built six foot four!


Belle:
Unbelievable!


Gaston:
Each stuffed with ev'ry Gaston gene!


Belle:
I'm not hearing this!


Gaston:
You'll be keeping house with pride!


Belle:
Just incredible!


Gaston:
Each day gratified


Belle:
So unweddable!


Gaston:
That you are a part of this idyllic scene.


Gaston:
(Speaking) Picture this:
A rustic hunting lodge, my latest kill roasting over the fire,
my little wife massaging my feet,
while the little ones play on the floor with the dogs.
We'll have six or seven!


Belle:
Dogs?


Gaston:
No, Belle! Strapping boys...like me!


Belle:
Imagine that!


Gaston:
I can see that we will share
All that love implies
We shall be a perfect pair
Rather like my thighs
You are face to face with destiny!
All roads lead to...
The best things in life are...
All's well that ends with me!


Escape me? There's no way
Certain as "Do, Re,"
Belle, when you marry...


Gaston:
(Speaking) So Belle, what would it be?
Is it "yes", or is it "oh, yes"?


Belle:
I...I just don't deserve you!


Gaston:
Who does!


Gaston:
ME!



Belle
(Reprise)


Vocal: Belle
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Howard Ashman


Belle:
Is he gone? Can you imagine?
He asked me to marry him.
Me, the wife of that boorish, brainless . . .


"Madame Gaston!"
Can't you just see it?
"Madame Gaston!"
His "little wife"
No sir! Not me!
I guarantee it
I want much more than this provincial life!


I want adventure in the great wide somewhere
I want it more than I can tell
And for once it might be grand
To have someone understand
I want so much more than they've got planned



Home


Vocal: Belle
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Tim Rice


Belle:
Yes, I made the choice
For papa, I will stay
But I don't deserve to lose my freedom in this way
You monster!
If you think that what you've done is right, well then
You're a fool!
Think again!


Is this home?
Is this where I should learn to be happy?
Never dreamed
That a home could be dark and cold
I was told
Ev'ry day in my childhood:
Even as we grow old
Home will be where the heart is
Never were words so true!
My heart's far, far away
Home is too


Is this home?
Is this what I must learn to believe in?
Try to find
Something good in this tragic place
Just in case
I should stay here forever
Held in this empty place
Oh, but that won't be easy
I know the reason why
My heart's far, far away
Home's a lie


What I'd give to return
To the life that I knew lately
But I know that I can't
Solve my problems going by


(The last two lines have been changed in later versions to:
"And to think I complained of a dull provincial town")


Is this home?
Am I here for a day or forever?
Shut away
From the world until who knows when
Oh, but then
As my life has been altered once
It can change again
Build higher walls around meChange ev'ry lock and key
Nothing lasts, nothing holds
All of me
My heart's far, far away
Home and free!



Home (Reprise)


Vocal: Mrs. Potts
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Tim Rice



Mrs. Potts:
(Speaking) Cheer up child.
It will turn out alright in the end, you'll see.


Mrs. Potts:
I hope that we'll be friends
Though I don't know you well
If anyone can make the most of living here
Then, Belle, it's you
And who knows?
You may find
Home here, too!



Gaston


Vocal: Gaston, Le Fou and Chorus
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Howard Ashman



Gaston:
Who does she think she is?
That girl has tangled with the wrong man!
No one says "no" to Gaston!


LeFou:
Darn right.


Gaston:
Dismissed! Rejected! Publicly Humiliated!
Why, it's more than I can bear.


LeFou:
More beer?


Gaston:
What for? Nothing helps. I'm disgraced.


LeFou:
Who, you? Never!
Gaston, you've got to pull yourself together.


LeFou:
Gosh it disturbs me to see you, Gaston
Looking so down in the dumps
Every guy here'd love to be you, Gaston
Even when taking your lumps
There's no man in town as admired as you
You're ev'ryone's favorite guy
Ev'ryone's awed and inspired by you
And it's not very hard to see why


No one's slick as Gaston
No one's quick as Gaston
No one's neck's as incredibly thick as Gaston's
For there's no man in town half as manly
Perfect, a pure paragon!
You can ask any Tom, Dick or Stanley
And they'll tell you whose team they prefer to be on


LeFou and Chorus:
No one's been like Gaston
A king pin like Gaston


LeFou:
No one's got a swell cleft in his chin like Gaston


Gaston:
As a specimen, yes, I'm intimidating!


LeFou and Chorus:
My what a guy, that Gaston!


Give five "hurrahs!"
Give twelve "hip-hips!"


LeFou:
Gaston is the best
And the rest is all drips


Chorus:
No one fights like Gaston
Douses lights like Gaston


LeFou:
In a wrestling match nobody bites like Gaston!


Bimbettes:
For there's no one as burly and brawny


Gaston:
As you see I've got biceps to spare


LeFou:
Not a bit of him's scraggly or scrawny


Gaston:
That's right!
And ev'ry last inch of me's covered with hair


Chorus:
No one hits like Gaston
Matches wits like Gaston


LeFou:
In a spitting match nobody spits like Gaston


Gaston:
I'm especially good at expectorating!
Ptoooie!


Cronies:
Ten points for Gaston!


Gaston:
When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs
Ev'ry morning to help me get large
And now that I'm grown I eat five dozen eggs
So I'm roughly the size of a barge!


Chorus:
Oh, ahhh, wow!
My what a guy, that Gaston!


No one shoots like Gaston
Makes those beauts like Gaston


LeFou:
Then goes tromping around wearing boots like Gaston


Gaston:
I use antlers in all of my decorating!


Cronies:
My what a guy
Gaston!



Gaston (Reprise)



Vocal: Gaston and LeFou
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Howard Ashman



Gaston:
Crazy old Maurice, hmmm?
Crazy old Maurice...


Gaston:
LeFou, I'm afraid I've been thinking


LeFou:
A dangerous pastime


Gaston:
I know.
But that whacky old coot is Belle's father
And his sanity's only "so-so"
Now the wheels in my head have been turning
Since I looked at that loony, old man
See, I've promised myself I'd be married to Belle
And right now I'm evolving a plan


Gaston:
If I . . . {whisper}


LeFou:
Yes?


Gaston:
Then we . . . {whisper}


LeFou:
No! Would she . . .


Gaston:
{whisper} Guess!


LeFou:
Now I get it!


Both:
Let's go!
No one plots like Gaston


Gaston:
Takes cheap shots like Gaston


LeFou:
Plans to persecute harmless crackpots like Gaston


Gaston:
Yes, I'm endlessly, wildly remorseful


LeFou:
As down to the depths you descend


Gaston:
I won't even be mildly resourceful


Both:
Just as long as I (you) get what I (you) want in the end


Gaston:
Who has brains like Gaston?


LeFou:
Entertains like Gaston?


Both:
Who can make up these endless refrains like Gaston?
And his marriage we soon will be celebrating
My what a guy
Gaston!

Encore la suite:

How Long Must This Go On?



Vocal: Beast
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Tim Rice


Beast:
How long must this go on?
This cruel trick of fate?
I simply made one careless, wrong decision


And then the witch was gone
And left me in this state
An object of revulsion and derision


Hated...
Is there no one
Who can show me
How to win the world's forgiveness?



Be Our Guest


Vocal: Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Chip, and Chorus
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Howard Ashman



Lumiere:
Ma chere Mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride
and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight.
And now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a
chair as the dining room proudly presents - your dinner!


Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Put our service to the test
Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie
And we provide the rest
Soup du jour
Hot hors d'oeuvres
Why, we only live to serve
Try the grey stuff


Chip:
It's delicious


Lumiere:
Don't believe me? Ask the dishes
They can sing
They can dance
After all, Miss, this is France
And a dinner here is never second best
Go on, unfold your menu
Take a glance and then you'll
Be our guest
Oui, our guest
Be our guest


Lumiere and Chorus:
Beef ragout
Cheese souffle
Pie and pudding "en flambe"


Lumiere:
We'll prepare and serve with flair
A culinary cabaret!
You're alone
And you're scared
But the banquet's all prepared
No one's gloomy or complaining
While the flatware's entertaining
We tell jokes
I do tricks
With my fellow candlesticks


Chorus:
And it's all in perfect taste
That you can bet
Come on and lift your glass
You've won your own free pass
To be out guest


Lumiere:
If you're stressed
It's fine dining we suggest


Lumiere and Chorus:
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Get your worries off your chest
Let us say for your entree
We've an array; may we suggest:
Try the bread! Try the soup!
When the croutons loop de loop
It's a treat for any dinner
Don't belive me? Ask the china


Singing pork! Dancing veal!
What an entertaining meal!
How could anyone be gloomy and depressed?
We'll make you shout "encore!"
And send us out for more
So, be our guest!


Lumiere:
Be our guest!


Chorus:
Be our guest!


Mrs Potts:
It's a guest!
It's a guest!
Sakes alive, well I'll be blessed!
Wine's been poured and thank the Lord
I've had the napkins freshly pressed
With dessert
She'll want tea
And my dear that's fine with me
While the cups do their soft-shoein'
I'll be bubbling, I'll be brewing
I'll get warm
Piping hot
Heaven's sakes! Is that a spot?
Clean it up! We want the company impressed


Chorus:
We've got a lot to do!


Mrs Potts:
Is it one lump or two?
For you, our guest!


Chorus:
She's our guest!


Mrs Potts:
She's our guest!


Chorus:
She's our guest!
Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest!


Lumiere:
Life is so unnerving
For a servant who's not serving
He's not whole without a soul to wait upon
Ah, those good old days when we were useful
Suddenly those good old days are gone
Ten years we've been rusting
Needing so much more than dusting
Needing exercise, a chance to use our skills
Most days we just lay around the castle
Flabby, fat and lazy
You walked in and oops-a-daisy!


Chorus:
Be our guest
Be our guest
Our command is your request
It's been years since we've had anybody here
And we're obsessed!


With your meal
With your ease
Yes, indeed, we aim to please


While the candlelight's still glowing
Let us help you
We'll keep going
Course by course
One by one
'Til you shout, "Enough! I'm done!"
Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest
Tonight you'll prop your feet up
But for now, let's eat up
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Please, be our guest!



If I Can't Love Her



Vocal: Beast
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Tim Rice



Beast:
And in my twisted face
There's not the slightest trace
Of anything that even hints of kindness


And from my tortured shape
No comfort, no escape
I see, but deep within is utter blindness


Hopeless
As my dream dies
As the time flies
Love a lost illusion
Helpless
Unforgiven
Cold and driven
To this sad conclusion


No beauty could move me
No goodness improve me
No power on earth, if I can't love her
No passion could reach me
No lesson could teach me
How I could have love her and made her love me too
If I can't love her, then who?


Long ago I should have seen
All the things I could have been
Careless and unthinking, I moved onward


No pain could be deeper
No life could be cheaper
No point anymore, if I can't love her
No spirit could win me
No hope left within me
Hope I could have loved her and that she'd set me free
But it's not to be
If I can't love her
Let the world be done with me.



Something There



Vocals: Belle, Beast, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Cogsworth and Chip
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Howard Ashman



Belle:
There's something sweet
And almost kind
But he was mean and he was coarse and unrefined
But now he's dear, and so unsure
I wonder why I didn't see it there before


Mme. De La Grande Bouche:
(Speaking) Come along dearie.
Let's get you off those wet things.


Beast:
She glanced this way
I thought I saw
And when we touched she didn't shudder at my paw
No it can't be, I'll just ignore
But then she's never looked at me that way before


Beast:
Belle, I have something to show you.
But first, you have to close your eyes. It's a surprise!


Belle:
May I open them?


Beast:
Alright, alright. Now!


Belle:
I can't believe it!
I've never seen so many books in my whole life!


Beast:
You like it?


Belle:
It's wonderful!


Beast:
It's yours!


Belle:
New and a bit alarming
Who'd have ever thought that this could be?
True that he's no Prince Charming
But there's something in him that I simply didn't see


Belle:
Oh, this is one of my favorites! It's "King Arthur."
Have you ever read it?


Beast:
No.


Belle:
You don't know what you're missing.
I'd love to read this again. Wait...you can read this first.


Beast:
No, that's alright.


Belle:
No, really, you read it


Beast:
Oh, No, you...


Belle:
No, you


Beast:
No! I can't...


Belle:
You never learn to read?


Beast:
Only a little, and long ago


Belle:
Well, it just so happens that this is the
perfect book to read aloud. Come here, sit by me


Lumiere:
Well, who'd have thought?


Mrs Potts:
Well, bless my soul


Cogsworth:
Well, who'd have known?


Mrs Potts:
Well, who indeed?


Lumiere:
And who'd have guessed they'd come together on their own?


Mrs Potts:
It's so peculiar. Wait and see


Lumiere and Cogsworth:
We'll wait and see


All three:
A few days more
There may be something there that wasn't there before


Cogsworth:
Perhaps there's something there
That wasn't there before


Chip:
What?


Mrs Potts:
There may be something there that wasn't there before


Chip:
What's there, Mama?


Mrs Potts:
Ssh. I'll tell you when you're older.
Come along now. Let's give them some privacy...


Chip:
Mama?


Mrs Potts:
Yes, Chip


Chip:
Will I ever get to be a boy again?


Mrs Potts:
I hope so


Chip:
When will I know?


Mrs Potts:
Soon. If it's to be. It will be very soon now.
Come along, son.


Belle:
Knowing now, that this was indeed the legendary sword called "Excalibur,"

Arthur tried to pull it from the stone. He tried once to no avail.
He tried a second time, but still, he could not pull it out.
Then, for the third time, Arthur drew forth the sword...


Beast:
So that must mean he's the king!


Belle:
Wait and see


Beast:
I never knew books could do that


Belle:
Do what?


Beast:
Take me away from this place, make me forget for a little while


Belle:
Forget?


Beast:
Who I...What I am...


Belle:
We have something in common, you know


Beast:
What is that?


Belle:
In the town where I come from, the people think I'm odd


Beast:
You?


Belle:
So, I know how it feels to be...different.
And I know how lonely that can be.


For the third time, Arthur drew forth the sword, and there
arose from the people a great shout. Arthur is king.


Beast:
I told you so...



Human Again


Vocal: Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Cogsworth, Chip, Mme.
De La Grande Bouche, Babette and other Objects
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Time Rice



Lumiere:
Ha ha, we, my friends.
The day we have waited for may be at hand!


Mrs. Potts:
Oh, only if that were true, Lumiere!


Lumiere:
Aaah...human again


Mrs. Potts:
Human again


Lumiere:
Yes, think of what that means!


Lumiere:
I'll be cooking again
Be good-looking again
With a mademoiselle on each arm
When I'm human again
Only human again
Poised and polished and gleaming with charm...


I'll be courting again
Chic and sporting again


Mrs. Potts:
Which should cause sev'ral husbands alarm!


Chip:
I'll hop down off the shelf


Lumiere:
And toute suite be myself


Chip:
I can't wait to be human again


Mme. De La Grande Bouche, Mrs. Potts, Babette:
When we're human again
Only human again
When we're knickknacks and whatnots no more


Chip:
Little push, little shove
They coul, whoosh fall in love


Mme. De La Grande Bouche:
Ah, cherie, won't it all be top-drawer


I'll wear lipstick and rouge
And I won't be so huge
Why, I'll easily fit through that door
I'll exude savior-faire
I'll wear gowns! I'll have hair!
It's my prayer to be human again


Cogsworth:


When I'm human again
Only human again
When the world once more making sense
I'll unwind for a change


Lumiere:
Really? That'd be strange!


Cogsworth:
Can I help it if I'm t-t-tense?


In a shack by the sea
I'll sit back sipping tea
Let my early retirement commence
Far from fool made of wax
I'll get down to brass tacks and relax


All:
When I'm human again


So sweep the dust from the floor!
Let's let some light in the room!
I can feel, I can tell
Someone might break the spell
Any day now!


Lumiere/Babette:
Shine up the brass on the door!
Alert the dustpail and the broom!


All:
If all goes as planned\
Our time may be at hand
Any day now!


Mrs. Potts, Egg Timer, Whisk:
Open the shutters and let in some air


Mrs. Potts:
Put these here and put those over there


All:
Sweep up the years
Of sadness and tears
And throw them away!


Belle:
When Guenevere heard that Arthur was slain, she went away
to a convent, and no one could make her smile again.
The end.


Beast:
What a beautiful story


Belle:
Oh, I knew you would like it!
I would like to ask you something


Beast:
What's that?


Belle:
A second chance.
Would you have dinner with me tonight?


Beast:
Huh? Me? You? Well, that would be, I mean -- Oh, yes!!


All:
When we're human again
Only human again
When the girl fin'lly sets us all free
Cheeks a-bloomin' again
We're assumin' again
We'll resume our long lost joie de vie
We'll be playin' again
Holiday' again
And we're prayin' it's A-S-A-P


When we cast off this pall
We'll stand straight, we'll walk tall
When we're all that we were
Thanks to him, thanks to her
Coming closer and closer
And closer and...


We'll be dancing again!
We'll be twirling again!


We'll be whirling around with such ease
When we're human again
Only human again
We'll go waltzing those old one-two-threes


We'll be floating again!
We'll be gliding again!
Stepping, striding as fine as you please
Like a real human does
I'll be all that I was
On that glorious morn
When we're fin'lly reborn
And we're all of us human again!



Maison des Lunes


Vocal: Gaston, LeFou and Monsieur D'Arque
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Tim Rice


Gaston:
When a man like me is thwarted
And denied his honeymoon


Lefou:
When the pretty thing he's courted
Refuses to swoon


Gaston:
Then the time has come for a murky plan


Lefou:
For which he turns to a murky man


All Three:
To find that fiend where better than
At the Maison des Lunes?


Gaston:
You'll be strapping up an inmate


Lefou:
Very tightly


Gaston:
Very soon
But we won't bring him in late


Lefou:
Your check-in time's noon


D'Arque:
How sad Maurice is not too well


Gaston:
Prepare a five-star padded cell!


All Three:
And book him in for a long, long spell
At the Maison des Lunes


Gaston:
Do I make myself entirely clear?


Lefou:
It's the simplest deal of your whole foul career


Gaston:
Put Maurice away and she'll be here in moments


Lefou:
In a dreadful state


Gaston:
She'll capitulate to me


D'Arque:
Oh! Oh! Oh, I love incarceration
I could lock up a platoon


Gaston:
We'll apply your inclination
To a mad old buffon


Gaston/Lefou:
Then wave one bachelor goodbye


Gaston:
She'll be my bride


Lefou:
She'd rather die
Than have her daddy ossify


D'Arque:
The time's opportune


All Three:
So book the church,
raise glasses high To the Maison des Lunes!

Suite et fin :

Beauty and the Beast



Vocal: Mrs. Potts
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Howard Ashman



Mrs. Potts:
Tale as old as time
True as it can be
Barely even friends
Then somebody bends
Unexpectedly.


Just a little change
Small to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared
Beauty and the Beast.


Ever just the same
Ever a surprise
Ever as before
Ever just as sure
As the sun will rise.


Tale as old as time
Tune as old as song
Bittersweet and strange
Finding you can change
Learning you were wrong.


Certain as the sun
Rising in the east
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the Beast.


Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the Beast.


Mrs. Potts:
Off to the cupboard with you now, Chip.
It's past your bedtime. Good night, love.



If I Can't Love Her (Reprise)




Vocal: Beast
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Tim Rice



Beast:
No spell has been broken
No words have been spoken
No point anymore if she can't love me
No hope she would do so
No dream to pursue, so
I looked to myself, despise all the things I see
For I know that she
Cannot set me free
Let the world be done with me.


[In later versions:]
No spell has been broken
No words have been spoken
No point anymore if she can't love me
No hope she would do so
No dream to pursue, so
I finally know that I shall always be
In this hopeless state
And condemned to wait -
Wait for death to set me free.



The Mob Song


Vocal: Gaston and Chorus
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Howard Ashman



Belle:
Show me the Beast!


Crowd:
{Scream}


Maurice:
That's him! That's him!


Woman:
Is it dangerous?


Belle:
Oh, no. No, he'd never hurt anyone. I know he looks
frightful, but he's really very gentle and kind. He's my friend.


Gaston:
If I didn't know better, I'd think you had feelings for this monster.


Belle:
He's no monster, Gaston. You are!


Gaston:
She's as crazy as the old man. She says this creature is her friend.
Well, I've hunted wild beasts and I've seen what they can do.


The Beast will make off with your children!


Crowd:
{gasp}


Gaston:
He'll come after them in the night.


Belle:
He will never!


Gaston:
Forget the old man, I say we kill the Beast!


Mob:
Kill him!


Man 1:
We're not safe until he's dead


Man 2:
He'll come stalking us at night


Woman:
Set to sacrifice our children to his monstrous appetite


Man 3:
He'll wreak havoc on our village if we let him wander free


Gaston:
So it's time to take some action, boys
It's time to follow me


Through the mist
Through the woods
Through the darkness and the shadows
It's a nightmare but it's one exciting ride
Say a prayer
Then we're there
At the drawbridge of a castle
And there's something truly terrible inside
It's a beast
He's got fangs
Razor sharp ones
Massive paws
Killer claws for the feast
Hear him roar
See him foam
But we're not coming home
'Til he's dead
Good and dead!
Kill the Beast!


Belle:
No! I won't let you do this!


Gaston:
Try and stop us!


Belle:
Papa, this is all my fault. I have to go back and warn him.


Maurice:
I'm coming with you


Belle:
No!


Maurice:
I lost you once, I won't lose you again!


Belle:
Then we'd better hurry.


Gaston:
We'll rid the village of this Beast. Who's with me?


Mob:
I am! I am! I am!


Mob:
Light your torch
Mount your horse!


Gaston:
Screw your courage to the sticking place!


Mob:
We're counting on Gaston to lead the way!


Women:
Through a mist
Through a wood
Where within a haunted castle
Something's lurking that you don't see ev'ry day!


Mob:
It's a beast
One as tall as a mountain
We won't rest
'Til he's good and deceased
Sally forth!
Tally ho!
Grab your sword!
Grab your bow!
Praise the Lord and here we go!


We don't like
What we don't understand
In fact it scares us
And this monster is mysterious at least
Bring your guns!
Bring your knives!
Save your children and your wives
We'll save our village and our lives
We'll kill the Beast!


Gaston:
Cut down a tree, and make it a big one! Take whatever
booty you can find. But remember, the Beast is MINE!


Castleware:
Hearts ablaze
Banners high
We go marching into battle
Unafraid although the danger just increased


Mob:
Raise the flag!
Sing the song!
Here we come, we're fifty strong
And fifty Frenchmen can't be wrong
Let's kill the Beast!
Kill the Beast!
Kill the Beast
Kill the Beast!



Transformation


Vocal: Belle
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Tim Rice



Beast:
You came back


Belle:
If only I'd come here sooner


Beast:
Maybe it's better this way


Belle:
No! Don't talk like that.
We're together now. Everything will be fine


Beast:
At least I get to see you one last time.


Belle:
We are home
We are where we shall be forever
Trust in me
For you know I won't run away
From today
This is all that I need
And all that I need to say is...


Don't you know how you've changed me
Strange how I fin'lly see
I found home
You're my home
Stay with me


Belle:
No! No, please! Don't leave me! I love you.


(After Transformation)


Prince:
Belle, look into my eyes!
Belle, don't you recognize
The beast within the man
Who's here before you?


Belle:
It is you!



Beauty and the Beast (Reprise)



Vocal: Belle, Prince and Chorus
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Howard Ashman



Belle and Prince:
Two lives have begun now
Two hearts become one now
One passion, one dream
One thing forever true
I love you!


All:
Certain as the sun
Rising in the east
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the Beast.


Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the Beast.

J'ai le script intégral du spectacle (dialogues, chansons et indications scéniques).
Il était dispo sur un magnifique site néerlandais il y a pas mal de temps déjà (voir le topic "adaptation française du musical "Beauty and the Beast"), site aujourd'hui inaccessible, malheureusement ! snif...
C'est à partir de ce script que j'ai fait mon adaptation française.

Allez, un p'tit extrait de ce que j'ai fait (parce que ça me fait plaisir !) :

Duo final (Belle et le Prince) :
Mon coeur entre tes mains,
Mon destin est le tien.
Ivres de passion,
Aujourd'hui pour toujours...
Mon Amour !