Prologue .......... Paige O'Hara

Belle .......... Paige O'Hara

Belle (Reprise) .......... Richard White

Gaston .......... Richard White

Gaston (Reprise) .......... Richard White

Be Our Guest

Something There .......... Paige O'Hara

Human Again .......... Angela Lansbury

The Mob Song .......... Richard White

Beauty And The Beast

To The Fair

West Wing

The Beast Lets Belle Go

Battle On The Tower

Transformation

Be Our Guest (Demo)

Beauty And The Beast (Work Tape And Demo)

Beauty And The Beast .......... Celine Dion

Death Of The Beast (Original Early Version)

Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young Prince lived in a shining castle. Although he had ev'rything his heart desired, the Prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind. But then, one winter's night, an old beggar woman came to the castle and offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold. Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the Prince sneered at the gift and turned the Old Woman away, but she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within. And when he dismissed her again, the Old Woman's ugliness melted away to reveal a beautiful Enchantress. The Prince tried to apologize, but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart. And as punishment, she transformed him into a hideous Beast and placed a powerful spell on the castle and all who lived there. Ashamed of his monstrous form, the Beast concealed himself inside his castle with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world. The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his twenty-first year. If he could learn to love another and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a Beast for all time. As the years passed, he fell into despair and lost all hope, for who could ever learn to love a Beast?

Belle
Little town, it's a quiet village. Ev'ry day like the one before.
Little town, full of little people waking up to say...

Butcher
Bonjour!

Man #1
Bonjour!

Washer Woman Bonjour!

Chimney Sweep Bonjour!

Man #2 Bonjour!

Belle There goes the baker with his tray, like always.
The same old bread and rolls to sell.
Ev'ry morning just the same since the morning that we came
To this poor provincial town.

Baker
Good morning, Belle!
Belle
Good morning, m'sieur.
Baker
Where are you off to?
Belle
The bookshop. I just finished the most wonderful story about a beanstalk and an ogre and...
Baker
That's nice. Marie! The baguettes! Hurry up!

Two Women
Look, there she goes. That girl is strange, no question.
Dazed and distracted, can't you tell?

Lady #1
Never part of any crowd...

Barber
...'Cause her head's up on some cloud.

Some Villagers
No denying she's a funny girl, that Belle.

Cart Driver
Bonjour!

Lady #2
Good day!

Cart Driver
How is your fam'ly?

Female Customer (Meat)
Bonjour!

Butcher
Good day!

Female Customer (Meat)
How is your wife?

Lady with Babies
I need six eggs!

Male Customer
That's too expensive!

Belle
There must be more than this provincial life!

Bookseller
Ah, Belle!
Belle
Good morning! I've come to return the book I borrowed.
Bookseller
Finished already?
Belle
Oh, I couldn't put it down! Have you got anything new?
Bookseller
Not since yesterday!
Belle
That's all right. I'll borrow this one!
Bookseller
That one? But you've read it twice!
Belle
Well, it's my favorite! Far-off places, daring swordfights, magic spells, a prince in disguise...
Bookseller
If you like it all that much, it's yours!
Belle
But, sir!
Bookseller
I insist!
Belle
Well, thank you! Thank you very much!

Some Male Villagers
Look, there she goes, that girl is so peculiar.
I wonder if she's feeling well.

All Female Villagers
With a dreamy, far-off look...

All Male Villagers
...And her nose stuck in a book...

All Villagers
What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle.

Belle
Oh, isn't this amazing?
It's my favorite part because, you'll see...
Here's where she meets Prince Charming!
But she won't discover that it's him 'til chapter three!

Female Customer (Hat)
Now it's no wonder that her name means "Beauty."
Her looks have got no parallel.

Hat Seller
But behind that fair facade, I'm afraid she's rather odd.
Very diff'rent from the rest of us.

All Villagers
She's nothing like the rest of us.
Yes, diff'rent from the rest of us is Belle!

Lefou
Wow! You didn't miss a shot, Gaston! You're the greatest hunter in the whole world!
Gaston
I know.
Lefou
No beast alive stands a chance against you. And no girl, for that matter!
Gaston
It's true, Lefou. And I've got my sights set on that one.
Lefou
The inventor's daughter?
Gaston
She's the one. The lucky girl I'm going to marry.
Lefou
But she's...
Gaston
The most beautiful girl in town.
Lefou
I know, but...
Gaston
That makes her the best. And don't I deserve the best?
Lefou
Well, of course, I mean, you do, but...

Gaston
Right from the moment when I met her, saw her,
I said, "She's gorgeous," and I fell.
Here in town there's only she who is beautiful as me,
So I'm making plans to woo and marry Belle.

Bimbettes
Look, there he goes! Isn't he dreamy?
Monsieur Gaston. Oh, he's so cute!
Be still, my heart! I'm hardly breathing!
He's such a tall, dark, strong, and handsome brute!

Merchant
Bonjour!

Gaston
Pardon.

Man #3
Good day!

Man #4
Mais oui!

Lady #3
You call this bacon?

Lady #4
What lovely grapes!

Man #5
Some cheese...

Female Customer (Fabric)
...Ten yards!

Man #5
...One pound.

Gaston
'Scuse me!

Cheese Merchant
I'll get the knife.

Gaston
Please let me through!

Lady #5
This bread...

Man #6
Those fish...

Lady #5
...It's stale!

Man #6
...They smell!

Man #7
Madame's mistaken.

All Female Villagers
Well, maybe so.

All Villagers
Good morning!

Belle
There must be more than this provincial life!

All Villagers
Oh, good morning!

Gaston
Just watch, I'm going to make Belle my wife!

All Villagers
Look, there she goes, that girl is strange but special!
A most peculiar mademoiselle!

It's a pity and a sin...
...She doesn't quite fit in.
'Cause she really is a funny girl, a beauty but a funny girl.
She really is a funny girl, that Belle!

Various Villagers
Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour!

Gaston
Bonjour!

Is he gone? Can you imagine? He asked me to marry him! Me! The wife of that boorish, brainless...

"Madame Gaston"! Can't you just see it?
"Madame Gaston"! His "little wife"!
No, sir! Not me! I guarantee it!
I want much more than this provincial life!

I want adventure in the great wide somewhere,
I want it more than I can tell.
And, for once, it might be grand to have someone understand
I want so much more than they've got planned...

Gaston
Who does she think she is? That girl has tangled with the wrong man! No one says "no" to Gaston!
Lefou
Darn right!
Gaston
Dismissed! Rejected! Publicly humiliated! Why, it's more than I can bear!
Lefou
More beer?
Gaston
What for? Nothing helps. I'm disgraced.
Lefou
Who, you? Never! Gaston, you've got to pull yourself together!

Gosh, it disturbs me to see you, Gaston, looking so down in the dumps.
Ev'ry guy here'd love to be you, Gaston, even when taking your lumps.
There's no man in town as admired as you. You're ev'ryone's favorite guy!
Ev'ryone's awed and inspired by you, and it's not very hard to see why...

No one's slick as Gaston. No one's quick as Gaston!
No one's neck's as incredibly thick as Gaston's!
For there's no man in town half as manly. Perfect! A pure paragon!
You can ask any Tom, Dick, or Stanley, and they'll tell you whose team they'd prefer to be on!

Lefou and Cronies
No one's been like Gaston, a kingpin like Gaston!

Lefou
No one's got a swell cleft in his chin like Gaston!

Gaston
As a specimen, yes, I'm intimidating!

Cronies
My, what a guy, that Gaston!
Give five "hurrahs!" Give twelve "hip-hips!"

Lefou
Gaston is the best, and the rest is all drips!

Cronies
No one fights like Gaston, douses lights like Gaston!

Tavern Patron #1
In a wrestling match, nobody bites like Gaston!

Bimbettes
For there's no one as burly and brawny!

Gaston
As you see, I've got biceps to spare.

Lefou
Not a bit of him's scraggly or scrawny!

Gaston
That's right! And ev'ry last inch of me's covered with hair!

Cronies
No one hits like Gaston!

Tavern Patron #2
Matches wits like Gaston!

Lefou
In a spitting match, nobody spits like Gaston!

Gaston
I'm especially good at expectorating! Ptooey!

Cronies
Ten points for Gaston!

Gaston
When I was a lad, I ate four dozen eggs ev'ry morning to help me get large.
And now that I'm grown, I eat five dozen eggs, so I'm roughly the size of a barge!

All
No one shoots like Gaston, makes those beauts like Gaston!

Lefou
Then goes tromping around wearing boots like Gaston!

Gaston
I use antlers in all of my decorating!

All
My, what a guy, Gaston!

Gaston
"Crazy old Maurice," hmm? "Crazy old Maurice," hmm...
Lefou, I'm afraid I've been thinking.

Lefou
A dangerous pastime...

Gaston
I know. But that wacky old coot is Belle's father, and his sanity's only "so-so."
Now, the wheels in my head have been turning since I looked at that loony old man.
See, I promised myself I'd be married to Belle, and right now I'm evolving a plan...

If I...

Lefou
Yes?

Gaston
Then we....

Lefou
No! Would she?

Gaston
Guess!

Lefou
Now I get it!

Lefou and Gaston
Let's go!

No one plots like Gaston...

Gaston
Takes cheap shots like Gaston!

Lefou
Plans to persecute harmless crackpots like Gaston!

All
And his marriage we soon will be celebrating!
My, what a guy! Gaston!

Lumiere
Ma chere mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And now, we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair as the dining room proudly presents... Your dinner!

Be our guest! Be our guest! Put our service to the test!
Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie, and we provide the rest!

Soup du jour! Hot hors d'oeuvres! Why, we only live to serve!
Try the grey stuff! It's delicious!
Don't believe me? Ask the dishes!
They can sing! They can dance! After all, miss, this is France!
And a dinner here is never second best!
Go on, unfold your menu, take a glance, and then you'll be our guest.
Oui, our guest! Be our guest!

Lumiere and Others
Beef ragout, cheese souffle, pie and pudding en flambe!

Lumiere
We'll prepare and serve with flair a culinary cabaret!
You're alone and you're scared, but the banquet's all prepared.
No one's gloomy or complaining while the flatware's entertaining!

We tell jokes! I do tricks with my fellow candlesticks!

Beer Mugs
And it's all in perfect taste, that you can bet!

Lumiere and Others
Come on and lift your glass! You've won your own free pass to be our guest!

Lumiere
If you're stressed, it's fine dining we suggest!

Others
Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest!

Lumiere
Life is so unnerving for a servant who's not serving.
He's not whole without a soul to wait upon.
Ah, those good old days when we were useful!
Suddenly those good old days are gone.

Ten years we've been rusting, needing so much more than dusting!
Needing exercise, a chance to use our skills!
Most days we just lay around the castle.
Flabby, fat, and lazy, you walked in and oops-a-daisy!

Mrs. Potts
It's a guest! It's a guest! Sakes alive! Well, I'll be blessed!
Wine's been poured and, thank the Lord, I've had the napkins freshly pressed!

With dessert, she'll want tea, and, my dear, that's fine with me!
While the cups do their soft-shoeing, I'll be bubbling, I'll be brewing!
I'll get warm, piping hot! Heaven's sakes! Is that a spot?
Clean it up! We want the company impressed!

We've got a lot to do! Is it one lump or two? For you, our guest!

Others
She's our guest!

Mrs. Potts
She's our guest!

Others
She's our guest!
Be our guest! Be our guest! Our command is your request!
It's been years since we've had anybody here, and we're obsessed
With your meal, with your ease! Yes, indeed, we aim to please!
While the candlelight's still glowing, let us help you, we'll keep going...

Lumiere and Others
...Course by course! One by one! 'Til you shout, "Enough! I'm done!"
Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest!
Tonight you'll prop your feet up, but for now, let's eat up!
Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest!
Please, be our guest!

Belle
There's something sweet and almost kind.
But he was mean, and he was coarse and unrefined!

And now he's dear and so unsure...
I wonder why I didn't see it there before.

Beast
She glanced this way, I thought I saw.
And when we touched, she didn't shudder at my paw.

No, it can't be. I'll just ignore.
But then, she's never looked at me that way before.

Belle
New and a bit alarming...

Who'd have ever thought that this could be?
True that he's no Prince Charming,
But there's something in him that I simply didn't see!

Lumiere
Well, who'd have thought?

Mrs. Potts
Well, bless my soul!

Cogsworth
Well, who'd have known?

Mrs. Potts
Well, who indeed?

Lumiere
And who'd have guessed they'd come together on their own?

Mrs. Potts
It's so peculiar! Wait and see...

Lumiere and Cogsworth
We'll wait and see...

Lumiere, Cogsworth, and Mrs. Potts
...A few days more.
There may be something there that wasn't there before!

Cogsworth
Well, perhaps there's something there that wasn't there before.

Chip
What?

Mrs. Potts
There may be something there that wasn't there before...

Chip
What's there, Mama?

Mrs. Potts
Sssh. I'll tell you when you're older.

-.- the version that made it on the special edition -.-

Lumiere
Aaah...human again

Mrs. Potts
Human again

Lumiere
Yes, think of what that means!

Lumiere
I'll be cooking again
Be good-looking again
With a mademoiselle on each arm
When I'm human again
Only human again
Poised and polished and gleaming with charm...

I'll be courting again
Chic and sporting again

Mrs. Potts
Which should cause sev'ral husbands alarm!

Lumiere
I'll hop down off the shelf
And toute suite be myself

All
I can't wait to be human again

Several Enchanted Objects
When we're human again,
Only human again,
When we're knickknacks and whatnots no more...

When we're human again,

Good and human again,

Mme. de la Grande Bouche
Ah, cherie, won't it all be top-drawer
I'll wear lipstick and rouge
And I won't be so huge
Why, I'll easily fit through that door
I'll exude savior-faire

I'll wear gowns!
I'll have hair!
It's my prayer to be human again

Cogsworth and Mrs. Potts
When we're human again
Only human again
When the world once more starts making sense

Cogsworth

I'll unwind for a change

Lumiere
Really? That'd be strange!

Cogsworth
Can I help it if I'm t-t-tense?
In a shack by the sea
I'll sit back sipping tea

Let my early retirement commence!
Far from fool made of wax
I'll get down to brass tacks and relax

All
When I'm human again...

So sweep the dust from the floor!
Let's let some light in the room!
I can feel, I can tell
Someone might break the spell
Any day now!
Shine up the brass on the door!
Alert the dust pail and the broom!
If all goes as planned
Our time may be at hand
Any day now!

Feather Dusters
Open the shutters and let in some air

Mrs. Potts
Put these here and put those over there

All
Sweep up the years
Of sadness and tears
And throw them away!...
When we're human again
Only human again
When the girl fin'lly sets us all free
Cheeks a-bloomin' again
We're assumin' again
We'll resume our long lost joie de vie

We'll be playin' again
Holiday'in again
And we're prayin' it's A-S-A-P

We will push, we will shove,

And they'll soon fall in love,

And we'll finally be human again...

Belle
"...For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet, and her Romeo."

Beast
Could you read it again?
Belle
Well, here... why don't you read it to me?
Beast

Uh... alright. Uhm, uh, eh... I can't.
Belle
You mean you never learned?
Beast
I learned... a little. It's just been so long.
Belle
Well, here, I'll help you. Let's start here.
Beast
Tow?

Belle

Two.

Beast

"Two households..."

All
We'll be dancing again!
We'll be twirling again!
We'll be whirling around with such ease
When we're human again
Only human again
We'll go waltzing those old one-two-threes
We'll be floating again!
We'll be gliding again!
Stepping, striding as fine as you please
Like a real human does
I'll be all that I was
On that glorious morn'

When we're fin'lly reborn
And we're all of us human again!

Belle
My father's not crazy, and I can prove it! Show me the Beast!
Female Villager
Is he dangerous?
Belle
Oh, no! He'd never hurt anyone! Please, I know he looks vicious, but he's really kind and gentle. He's my friend.
Gaston
If I didn't know better, I'd think you had feelings for this monster.
Belle
He's no monster, Gaston, you are!
Gaston
She's as crazy as the old man. The Beast will make off with your children! He'll come after them in the night!
Belle
No!
Gaston
We're not safe until his head is mounted on my wall! I say we kill the Beast!

Male Villager #1
We're not safe until he's dead!

Male Villager #2
He'll come stalking us at night!

Female Villager #1
Set to sacrifice our children to his monstrous appetite!

Male Villager #3
He'll wreak havoc on our village if we let him wander free.

Gaston
So it's time to take some action, boys, it's time to follow me...

Through the mist, through the woods, through the darkness and the shadows.
It's a nightmare, but it's one exciting ride.
Say a prayer, then we're there at the drawbridge of a castle
And there's something truly terrible inside!

It's a beast! He's got fangs, razor sharp ones!
Massive paws, killer claws for the feast!
Hear him roar, see him foam, but we're not coming home 'til he's dead!

Good and dead! Kill the Beast!

Belle
No, I won't let you do this!
Gaston
You're not with us, you're against us! Bring the old man!
Maurice
Get your hands off me!
Gaston
We can't have them running off to warn the creature!
Belle
Let us out!
Gaston
We'll rid the village of this Beast. Who's with me?
Villagers
I am! I am! I am!

Light your torch! Mount your horse!

Gaston
Screw your courage to the sticking place!

Villagers
We're counting on Gaston to lead the way!

Female Villagers
Through a mist, to a wood, where, within a haunted castle,
Something's lurking that you don't see ev'ry day!

Villagers
It's a beast, one as tall as a mountain!
We won't rest 'til he's good and deceased!
Sally forth! Tally ho! Grab your sword! Grab your bow!
Praise the Lord and here we go!

Gaston
We'll lay siege to the castle and bring back his head!
Belle
I have to warn the Beast. This is all my fault. Oh, Papa, what are we going to do?
Maurice
Now, now, we'll think of something.
Chip
Ohhhh!

Villagers
We don't like what we don't understand. In fact, it scares us,
And this monster is mysterious, at least!
Bring your guns! Bring your knives!
Save your children and your wives!
We'll save our village and our lives!
We'll kill the Beast!

Cogsworth
I knew it. I knew it was foolish to get our hopes up.
Lumiere
Maybe it would have been better if she'd never come at all.
Could it be?
Mrs. Potts
Is it she?
Lumiere
Sacre bleu! Invaders!
Cogsworth
Encroachers!
Mrs. Potts
And they have the mirror!
Cogsworth
Warn the master! If it's a fight they want, we'll be ready for them! Who's with me? Ah-a!

Gaston
Cut down a tree, and make it a big one! Take whatever booty you can find. But remember, the Beast is mine!

Villagers
Hearts ablaze, banners high, we go marching into battle
Unafraid, although the danger's just increased!

Raise the flag! Sing the song! Here we come, we're fifty strong,
And fifty Frenchmen can't be wrong!
Let's kill the Beast!

Mrs. Potts
Pardon me, Master.
Beast
Leave me in peace.
Mrs. Potts
But, sir! The castle is under attack!

Villagers
Kill the Beast!
Kill the Beast!

Lumiere
This isn't working!
Fifi
Oh, Lumiere! We must do something!
Lumiere
Wait, I know!

Villagers
Kill the Beast!
Kill the Beast!

Mrs. Potts
What should we do, Master?
Beast
It doesn't matter now. Just let them come.

Villagers
Kill the Beast!
Kill the Beast!

Tale as old as time. True as it can be.
Barely even friends, then somebody bends, unexpectedly.
Just a little change. Small, to say the least.
Both a little scared, neither one prepared. Beauty and the Beast.

Ever just the same! Ever a surprise!
Ever as before. Ever just as sure as the sun will rise.

Tale as old as time. Tune as old as song.
Bittersweet and strange, finding you can change, learning you were wrong.
Certain as the sun rising in the East.
Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme. Beauty and the Beast.

Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme. Beauty and the Beast.

Beauty and the Beast (reprise)

Certain as the sun rising in the East.
Tale as old as time. Song as old as rhyme. Beauty and the Beast.

Tale as old as time. Song as old as rhyme.

Beauty and the Beast...

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Tale as old as time
True as it can be
Barely even friends
Then somebody bends
Unexpectedly

Just a little change
Small, to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared
Beauty and the Beast

Ever just the same
Ever a surprise
Ever as before
Ever just as sure
As the sun will rise

Tale as old as time
Tune as old as song
Bittersweet and strange
Finding you can change
Learning you were wrong

Certain as the sun
Rising in the east
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the Beast

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