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Beauty and the Beast<\/em> is actually my third favorite show of all time, right behind Peter Pan <\/em>and\u00a0The Drowsy Chaperone<\/em>. So you know how I’d upset I’d be if a company didn’t do right by it. But this company did it to perfection.<\/p>\n If I hadn’t known that 3-D Theatricals is classified as a \u201cregional theatre,\u201d I would swear this was the Broadway touring company. I’m always stunned by what they’re able to accomplish, and we Southern Californians are lucky to have them here. [Note: They announced that, in addition to their future runs at Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, where I saw this show, they are moving the other half of their run to Cerritos, which is good news to me because they were previously in Fullerton at Plummer Auditorium, a venue of which I am not a fan.]<\/p>\n Photo by Isaac James Creative.<\/p><\/div>\n My friend Flo came to the show with me, and we were both knocked out by the talent right in front of us. Every voice was beautiful. There was not a weak one in the bunch. I love when a \u201crevival\u201d stays the same as the original, and this one did that, except for maybe a little changed staging, and perhaps with new choreography. But Belle sounded exactly like what she should<\/em> have, which made me very happy. Afton Quast has a gorgeous voice.<\/p>\n The cast was all so excellent that it’s hard to single-out just one or two performers, which is exactly the way it should<\/em> be. The appreciative audience seemed to feel the same way I did, cheering loudly for them all, culminating in a rousing standing ovation at the end.<\/p>\n Photo by Isaac James Creative.<\/p><\/div>\n But I felt that we all especially appreciated the physical comedy of Robert Ramirez as LaFou, Gaston’s sidekick. He was getting thrown all over the place, and didn’t miss a beat.<\/p>\n And I really enjoyed seeing Dustin Ceithamer, again. He played Lurch in their recent production of The Addams Family<\/em>, and was so tall that we thought he was on stilts, until the curtain call, when he break-danced for the crowd! The guy can sing and dance, and it’s great that they figured-out a creative way to use his particular talents in this one, as well. He really does add some zing to a show.<\/p>\n Everyone<\/em> was funny, especially all the guys, and I loved all the amusing little touches, such as having the beast swagger up the stairs when he started gaining confidence.<\/p>\n Photo by Isaac James Creative.<\/p><\/div>\n And here’s something mind-boggling\u2014the company made all the costumes themselves! If you know anything about Beauty and the Beast<\/em>, you know that the story necessitates gorgeous, creative, artistic, colorful, and fantastic wardrobe, and they accomplished all that. It so did not look like any regional theatre I had ever seen before! (And I’ve been going to all kinds of theaters since I was a little kid in New York. I thought I had seen it all, until I came upon 3-D! They’re really in a class by themselves.)<\/p>\n I also appreciated that, for this show, the program contained a \u201cStudy Guide\u201d telling us some of the history of the story. I loved reading it.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a>