Outcasts in love

By Bev Sykes

This article was published on 06.22.17

Pretty is as pretty does.

Pretty is as pretty does.

Photo courtesy of the California Musical Theatre

2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 22, 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 23, 2 p.m and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 24, 3 p.m. Sunday, June 25, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 28 and Wednesday, June 29; $45-$86. Wells Fargo Pavilion-Music Circus, 1419 H Street; (916) 557-1999; www.californiamusicaltheatre.com.

She’s the daughter of the crazy old town inventor, ridiculed by the townsfolk for her bookishness and her dreams of finding her prince. He’s the prince—albeit one with a curse on his head, hiding his hideous form away in a creepy old castle, feared by the townsfolk because he’s “different.” The two outcasts find each other, fall in love and live happily ever after. Beauty and the Beast, which opens the 2017 Music Circus Season on June 20, for two weeks, is directed by Glenn Casale and uses the costumes from his European production. Good for kids and adults alike, it runs through July 2.

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