From Deseret News archives:

'Beauty and the Beast' at Hale

Costuming is a first for theater crew

Published: Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005 10:42 a.m. MDT
 |  E-MAIL | PRINT | FONT + - 
"We've been working on this for so long, " Swenson said. "We've never done anything completely like it. We're just trying to manage this elephant."

David Morgan from the Brigham Young University theatrical department is directing the show, recruited after Syd Riggs, who was scheduled to direct the play, unexpectedly passed away.

"We lost Syd just days before the auditions," Swenson said. "That was hard, but David has stepped right in and worked with the cast. We found the absolute right person."

The show, which is making its debut in Utah County at the Orem theater, will be dedicated to Riggs, she said.

Cast members include Ben Hale and Matthew Flynn Bellows as the Beast, Amy Shreeve and Breanne Folkman as Belle and Clayton Vance and Dave Burton as Gaston.


If you go . . .

What: "Beauty and the Beast"

Where: Hale Center Theater, 225 W. 400 North, Orem

When: 7:30 p.m. nightly except Sundays from Sept. 16-Nov. 26; matinees at 3:30 p.m. each Saturday except Oct. 1.

How much: $14.50-$18.50

Story continues below
Phone: 226-8600

Web: www.haletheater.com


E-mail: haddoc@desnews.com

Comments

You can be the first to comment on this story.

Image
Mark A. Philbrick

Ben Hale is the Beast, Dave Burton is Gaston and Amy Shreeve is Belle in Hale Center Theater's "Beauty and the Beast." The production will be dedicated to the late Syd Riggs, who was to have directed the show.

previousnext

Latest comments

BYU football: 5 keys to victory

Score more points.

When the coach is organized and runs the team, there is consistancy. When...

Hello Anonymous...you chicken to let us know who you are? What is wrong with...

Speed kills. Utes win.

Which coach will take the 5th?

Coach Whittingham!

And Y'all thought BYU football was Bi-Polar? Somebody get these guys some meds!

Rivalry Week is highly profane

Instead of getting rid of football let's get rid of the crap that you teach...

Speed kills, as we have seen with TCU and Florida St. Utah is faster and more...

Kudos to the Utes on a big win. It makes the Aggies loss to you hurt just a...

is why we're so up and down. I think they will be solid by conference play....

Advertisements