Awesome transformation! I love it! We're doing Beauty and the Beast for our spring musical and I hope we do the transformation like this!
I find his amazing that Steve Blanchard did the show for 8 years and never got sick of it! Then again, if I got cast as Belle in the broadway show, I'd probably never get sick of it either.
i know how they did it, we did the same thing for our production because we had the stage manager for the profession production in Aus be out lighting designer. it was amazing :D............ annnd i was the beast/prince and flying is fun :)
thanx so much for putting this up. my drama director was having major difficulties figuring out how to do the transformation. i had her watch this and she decided it to do it kind of like this only it also has smoke, but no upside-down effects.
okay i know this sounds dumb bu i have my assumption of how they do the transformation but does anyone really know i mean truly know and if so can someone please be kind enough to tell me. :X I saw it like a couple of days ago and it was awesome!
@death2morrow If you really want to know, read on. Spoiler Alert, it is going to ruin the magic! The following information is from someone who used to work on the show that I met at a coffee shop. In the show, the beast gets stabbed by Gaston and Belle wraps him in a blanket with her help he stumbles back into the "west wing". While belle is helping him back into the castle, the actor who plays the beast cleverly switches with a stunt double.
The audience don't notice the switch because it takes place behind one of the set pieces and is very cleverly masked. Voice of the best saying "you came back" and other dying dialogues are pre recorded so that the stunt double does not have to speak. He merely moves his mouth.
While the stunt double is pretending to be the beast, the main actor has a quick costume change into the prince's attire and he goes up to the flys and there he wraps himself with a blanket that looks just like the blanket belle covers the beast with when he gets stabbed. The main actor (beast) who is now in Prince's costume wrapped by a blanket then gets hooked on flying cables and waits in the flys of the theatre for the transformation music.
While down on the stage, the double who is hooked up to a flying bed sort of thing "dies". He is then lifted up for the very beautiful and dramatic transformation scene. He twirls a bit and the audience is distracted by the flashy lights and sparks going off. There is a few seconds of black out in which the stunt double gets lifted up all the way into the flys and out of the audience's sight and the prince who is covered with a blanket gets lowered down from the flys to stage.
They switch takes places in midair, and so when prince lets the blanket drop to the floor, the audience makes the connection that he transformed. In reality it is two actors who switches spots in mid air. Sorry to ruin the magic, but I agree its frustrating when you really want to know how it is done =)
This is the Broadway Version, correct? I only ask because he did take his cape off so early (or the light cue didn't turn off). At least now my assumptions on how they transform him are confirmed.
ok i love steve as much as the next batb fan, but i thought his performance left something to be desired, like in if i cant love her, he almost speaks the song.
yes. he did. the cape shall be taken off when the beastgets vertical and at a certain moment of the music. I know very well after one year playing it ;-)
Awesome transformation! I love it! We're doing Beauty and the Beast for our spring musical and I hope we do the transformation like this!
I find his amazing that Steve Blanchard did the show for 8 years and never got sick of it! Then again, if I got cast as Belle in the broadway show, I'd probably never get sick of it either.
4TheatreLife 1 year ago
i know how they did it, we did the same thing for our production because we had the stage manager for the profession production in Aus be out lighting designer. it was amazing :D............ annnd i was the beast/prince and flying is fun :)
bressakk 1 year ago
What was the cast of this video?
MATTandMUSIC 3 years ago
Steve Blanchard as The Beast and Brooke Tansley as Belle
uncc1223 3 years ago
What was the date?
MATTandMUSIC 3 years ago
seeing that Brooke Tansley started her sint as Belle in September of 2004, I'd say it would be some time after then :)
hanmet 2 years ago
is this broadways?
Fiyero06 4 years ago
Is the music than the video?
mozartfanatic 4 years ago
I mean is it faster???
mozartfanatic 4 years ago
is this Broadway?! holy molly that was good
BroadwayStephen 4 years ago
Im in Beauty and the Beast in Marlboro Players in Marlboro, New Jersey. Come see it, it is going to be amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BroadwayStephen 4 years ago
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this is the broadway one in NYC. i saw this & it was amazing [=
woocoolness 4 years ago 3
i think that there is a part of the song that he light and angle cant be seen so thats when the big change happens.
defying4266 4 years ago
thanx so much for putting this up. my drama director was having major difficulties figuring out how to do the transformation. i had her watch this and she decided it to do it kind of like this only it also has smoke, but no upside-down effects.
FFGirl15 4 years ago
okay i know this sounds dumb bu i have my assumption of how they do the transformation but does anyone really know i mean truly know and if so can someone please be kind enough to tell me. :X I saw it like a couple of days ago and it was awesome!
death2morrow 4 years ago
The magic of Belle's love changes him....
uncc1223 4 years ago 6
i know how i wold be hononered to tell u
Fiyero06 4 years ago
@death2morrow If you really want to know, read on. Spoiler Alert, it is going to ruin the magic! The following information is from someone who used to work on the show that I met at a coffee shop. In the show, the beast gets stabbed by Gaston and Belle wraps him in a blanket with her help he stumbles back into the "west wing". While belle is helping him back into the castle, the actor who plays the beast cleverly switches with a stunt double.
carmaz91 2 weeks ago
The audience don't notice the switch because it takes place behind one of the set pieces and is very cleverly masked. Voice of the best saying "you came back" and other dying dialogues are pre recorded so that the stunt double does not have to speak. He merely moves his mouth.
carmaz91 2 weeks ago
While the stunt double is pretending to be the beast, the main actor has a quick costume change into the prince's attire and he goes up to the flys and there he wraps himself with a blanket that looks just like the blanket belle covers the beast with when he gets stabbed. The main actor (beast) who is now in Prince's costume wrapped by a blanket then gets hooked on flying cables and waits in the flys of the theatre for the transformation music.
carmaz91 2 weeks ago
While down on the stage, the double who is hooked up to a flying bed sort of thing "dies". He is then lifted up for the very beautiful and dramatic transformation scene. He twirls a bit and the audience is distracted by the flashy lights and sparks going off. There is a few seconds of black out in which the stunt double gets lifted up all the way into the flys and out of the audience's sight and the prince who is covered with a blanket gets lowered down from the flys to stage.
carmaz91 2 weeks ago
They switch takes places in midair, and so when prince lets the blanket drop to the floor, the audience makes the connection that he transformed. In reality it is two actors who switches spots in mid air. Sorry to ruin the magic, but I agree its frustrating when you really want to know how it is done =)
carmaz91 2 weeks ago
This is the Broadway Version, correct? I only ask because he did take his cape off so early (or the light cue didn't turn off). At least now my assumptions on how they transform him are confirmed.
nekoexcel 4 years ago
Is this on Broadway? if so, who played Belle and the Beast? this was so cool!
FFGirl15 4 years ago
Steve Blanchard and probably Deborah Lew.
rafit 4 years ago
Steve Blanchard and Brooke Tansley.
uncc1223 4 years ago
ok i love steve as much as the next batb fan, but i thought his performance left something to be desired, like in if i cant love her, he almost speaks the song.
phantomphan07 4 years ago
I beg to differ. I love his gentle attack of the last note at the end of Act 1! He's been doing the show for how long?
uncc1223 4 years ago
darn, alomst 2 years, or it would be if it werent closing :(
phantomphan07 4 years ago
he took off the cape to early people were not sure weater to clap or not, i was there i think?
clevm002 4 years ago
yes. he did. the cape shall be taken off when the beastgets vertical and at a certain moment of the music. I know very well after one year playing it ;-)
joeluciano 4 years ago
Video's slow....or is it just the music?
LiliPod123 4 years ago
wow! was that the broadway production?
sowhatnamecanihave 5 years ago
Add more videos, this one is awesome!!
rafit 5 years ago
Wow, that brought back memories. I performed in BatB last summer. This was a wonderful clip. Thanks!
Michelle
MichelletheMerry 5 years ago