Re­view: Bethel Uni­ver­si­ty’s The­ater De­part­ment Puts on Pro­duc­tion of Dis­ney’s Beauty and the Beast 

MISHAWAKA- Bethel Uni­ver­si­ty's The­ater De­part­ment is do­ing a pro­duc­tion of Dis­ney’s Beauty and the Beast. The mu­si­cal is di­rected by Don Hunter, a pro­fes­sor at Bethel Uni­ver­sity. The show is run­ning for two week­ends, March 25-31 and April 1-2. 

Dis­ney’s Beauty and the Beast is a story of a cas­tle put un­der a curse and a girl from the lo­cal vil­lage who’s the only hope to break the curse. It’s a story of ac­tion, ro­mance, and magic. For this pro­duc­tion, alumni from the Bethel the­ater de­part­ment were in­vited to re­turn to the Bethel stage along­side the cur­rent Bethel stu­dents. This cast of 28, alumni and stu­dents, brought life this story with singing, danc­ing, and act­ing. The skills of all 28 peo­ple were clearly dis­played on the Bethel stage this past week­end.  

Sev­eral alumni and cur­rent stu­dents came to see the show, the Ever­est-Rohrer was packed at 1 p.m. on Sat­ur­day, March 26. The pro­duc­tion in­cluded live mu­sic and singing, as well as im­pres­sive cos­tumes and props which all helped to make this a spe­cial show. 

The show will con­tinue next week­end, April 1-2. Tick­ets are avail­able on­line or at the ticket booth. Stu­dents, staff, alumni, and the com­mu­nity are all in­vited to come out and sup­port the Bethel The­ater De­part­ment.