Love doesn’t have to be perfect; it just has to be true. If there’s a single lesson you take away from the old French folktale of La Belle et La Bête Beauty and the Beast, it’s this. When a banner as massive as Walt Disney creates a Broadway-scale show however, it’s got to be perfect. Yet, as if the idea of initiating their ‘live entertainment’ segment with a performance of one of their most-loved classics isn’t challenging enough, the team at Disney India seems intent on upping the ante already.
In a stunt that’s never been pulled off at any of the 28 countries the show has been performed at, visitors here will be seated in Belle’s world, complete with bakery, bookstore, wig shop and florist. With bad boy Gaston’s favourite haunt, the tavern, to one side, Belle’s cottage to the other, Beast’s castle at stage centre and ramps cutting across the seating area, the audience will literally be right in the middle of all the action.