Beauty and the Beast is familiar family fare
by Zack Smith
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Durham Performing Arts Center
Through June 13
There’s not a lot to say about the production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at the Durham Performing Arts Center other than it certainly looks pretty, and it’s entertaining family fare. If you’ve seen the classic 1991 animated film, you’ve already seen the story. There isn’t much new material beyond a handful of additional songs to link scenes and explain character, all of which might as well be entitled “Padding.”
