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Looking for a monster
The capital will be blessed with another Broadway musical
Replaced Mamma mia! a new musical will come in October - the Stage entertainment company, which regularly supplies Moscow with such shows, will present “Beauty and the Beast” to the capital’s residents. A special feature of the preparation for this premiere, which will be played on the stage of the Moscow Youth Palace, is that the leading actor will be chosen by online voting under the resounding slogan “Find your prince!”This casting on the website http://foto.mail.ru has several stages. The first one is taking place until June 14 - candidates post their photographs and profiles (and it is absolutely not necessary to be a professional singer; in the history of the musical, there have been stories when completely “wild” talents became chosen ones). Everyone can vote. Then the candidates included in the first two hundred are invited to a full-time round - here they will have to sing in front of the jury (the production team of the musical). The final will take place on August 13 in France, and will be judged by both jury members and online viewers. The winner will receive a one-year contract to play the lead role. And immediately, on August 15, rehearsals will begin.
Beauty and the Beast is a 1994 Broadway hit based on the Disney film. (Accordingly, a co-production with Disney.) It was composed by composer Alan Menken (an eight-time Oscar winner) and directed by Glenn Casal (whose most famous achievement is Broadway's Peter Pan). Over the past fourteen years, the play has been transferred to 115 cities in fourteen countries around the world, and more than 30 million people have watched it. From the statistics proudly presented by the producers, you can also find out that Beauty’s ball gown weighs sixteen kilograms, and since the world premiere, more than 13 thousand petals have fallen from the enchanted rose. More mundane details - for example, who will play the main female role (her online voting will not affect her, but the upcoming performer will be on the jury that is searching for the prince) - are not reported. Well, yes, choosing a beauty in Russia is not a problem. And with vociferous princes sometimes there are difficulties.