It’s the 30th anniversary production of the celebrated Rudie-DeCarlo original musical, an excitingly heart-warming, and definitely un-scary, adaptation of the original French tale, proving beyond the shadow of any doubt that true beauty isn’t in your appearance, but in your heart, November 2-17 only!

Based on the original 1740’s tale by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, arguably the mother of the modern “Harlequin-style” romance, whose charmingly flawed heroes and independently feisty heroines danced their way into the hearts of the populace nearly a century before Jane Austen’s Elizabeth and D’Arcy made their first appearance, this richly humorous production is written and directed by Chris DeCarlo and Evelyn Rudie, and features Theødor Dronen, Holly Gibson, Isabel Lindley, Michala Peltz, Joseph Perez, Megan Wright, and Devin Ricklef as Beauty’s most adorable Beast, with breath-taking costumes by award-winning designer Ashley Hayes and Graham Silbert, and magical FX that transform the stage into an ornately detailed Medieval castle right before your eyes.

Birthday parties, hosted by gaily-costumed fairytale characters, are available with every performance.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST plays Saturdays at 2pm, Sundays at 12:30, November 2 - 17, 2024. Tickets are 12.50 per child, $15.00 for adults. For reservations, details and party information visit http://SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com or call the Playhouse Box Office at (310) 394-9779 ext. 1. Reservations are highly recommended.

Santa Monica Playhouse programs are supported in part by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission; the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission; We Are Santa Monica; the Ahmanson Foundation and Playhouse PALS.