Beauty and the Beast (musical)

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Broadway musical stage musical

Beauty and the Beast is a Broadway musical adaptation of Disney’s animated film, featuring Alan Menken’s music and a romantic fantasy story about a young woman and a cursed prince.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Beauty and the Beast (stage musical)	16
Beauty and the Beast (Broadway musical)	7
Beauty and the Beast (1994 Broadway musical)	4
Beauty and the Beast (original Broadway production)	4
Beauty and the Beast (Broadway production)	3
Beauty and the Beast (musical) canonical	3
Beauty and the Beast	2
"Beauty and the Beast" (original Broadway production)	1
Beauty and the Beast (Broadway cast recording)	1
Beauty and the Beast (Dutch musical)	1
Beauty and the Beast (lighting design, Broadway)	1
Beauty and the Beast on Broadway	1
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (stage musical)	1
Gaston (stage musical version)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1584547 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Beauty and the Beast (musical)
Context triple: [Disney Theatrical Group, notableWork, Beauty and the Beast (musical)]

A. Beauty and the Beast
"Beauty and the Beast" is the iconic title ballad from Disney’s 1991 animated film of the same name, renowned for its romantic melody and lyrics and widely celebrated as one of Disney’s most beloved songs.
B. Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)
Beauty and the Beast (2017 film) is a live-action musical romantic fantasy film starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, adapting Disney's classic 1991 animated feature with elaborate visuals and new songs.
C. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (stage musical)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a stage musical adaptation of the Disney animated film and Victor Hugo’s novel, featuring a darkly dramatic score by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz and a more mature, faithful retelling of the original story.
D. Into the Woods
Into the Woods is a 2014 musical fantasy film adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim stage musical, intertwining several classic fairy tales in a darkly comedic and emotionally complex narrative.
E. Wicked (musical)
Wicked is a hit Broadway musical that reimagines the backstory of the witches from "The Wizard of Oz," featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Beauty and the Beast (musical)
Target entity description: Beauty and the Beast is a Broadway musical adaptation of Disney’s animated film, featuring Alan Menken’s music and a romantic fantasy story about a young woman and a cursed prince.

A. Beauty and the Beast
"Beauty and the Beast" is the iconic title ballad from Disney’s 1991 animated film of the same name, renowned for its romantic melody and lyrics and widely celebrated as one of Disney’s most beloved songs.
B. Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)
Beauty and the Beast (2017 film) is a live-action musical romantic fantasy film starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, adapting Disney's classic 1991 animated feature with elaborate visuals and new songs.
C. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (stage musical)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a stage musical adaptation of the Disney animated film and Victor Hugo’s novel, featuring a darkly dramatic score by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz and a more mature, faithful retelling of the original story.
D. Into the Woods
Into the Woods is a 2014 musical fantasy film adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim stage musical, intertwining several classic fairy tales in a darkly comedic and emotionally complex narrative.
E. Wicked (musical)
Wicked is a hit Broadway musical that reimagines the backstory of the witches from "The Wizard of Oz," featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (74)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway musical ⓘ stage musical ⓘ
award	Tony Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
basedOn	Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) ⓘ Beauty and the Beast (fairy tale) ⓘ linked to: Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)
bookBy	Linda Woolverton ⓘ
broadwayCity	New York City ⓘ
broadwayOriginalBeast	Terrence Mann ⓘ
broadwayOriginalBelle	Susan Egan ⓘ
broadwayOriginalGaston	Burke Moses ⓘ
broadwayOriginalMrsPotts	Beth Fowler ⓘ
broadwayPremiereDate	1994-04-18 ⓘ
broadwayRunEnd	2007-07-29 ⓘ
broadwayRunStart	1994-04-18 ⓘ
broadwayStatus	one of the longest-running shows in Broadway history ⓘ
broadwayTheatre	Lunt-Fontanne Theatre ⓘ Palace Theatre ⓘ
choreographer	Matt West ⓘ
composer	Alan Menken ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
director	Robert Jess Roth ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Beast ⓘ Belle ⓘ Chip ⓘ Cogsworth ⓘ Gaston ⓘ Lumière ⓘ Mrs. Potts ⓘ
featuresSong	Be Our Guest ⓘ Beauty and the Beast ⓘ Belle ⓘ Gaston ⓘ Home ⓘ Human Again ⓘ If I Can’t Love Her ⓘ Maison des Lunes ⓘ Me ⓘ Something There ⓘ
genre	romantic fantasy musical ⓘ
hasTouringProductions	yes ⓘ
hasWestEndProduction	yes ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Howard Ashman ⓘ Tim Rice ⓘ
musicStyle	contemporary musical theatre ⓘ orchestral show tunes ⓘ
notableFor	being Disney’s first Broadway musical adaptation ⓘ
numberOfBroadwayPerformances	5461 ⓘ
originalChoreographer	Matt West ⓘ
originalCostumeDesigner	Ann Hould-Ward ⓘ
originalDirector	Robert Jess Roth ⓘ
originalLightingDesigner	Natasha Katz ⓘ
originalScenicDesigner	Stan Meyer ⓘ
originalSoundDesigner	David Patridge ⓘ T. Richard Fitzgerald ⓘ
premiereCity	Houston ⓘ
premiereDate	1993-11-28 ⓘ
premiereLocation	Theatre Under the Stars, Houston ⓘ
premiereState	Texas ⓘ
producedBy	Disney Theatrical Productions ⓘ linked to: Disney Theatrical Group
producer	Disney Theatrical Productions ⓘ linked to: Disney Theatrical Group
subjectMatter	romance between a young woman and a cursed prince ⓘ themes of inner beauty and redemption ⓘ
tonyAwardNominations	Best Book of a Musical ⓘ Best Choreography ⓘ Best Direction of a Musical ⓘ Best Lighting Design ⓘ Best Musical ⓘ Best Original Score ⓘ Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical ⓘ Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical ⓘ
tonyAwardWinner	Best Costume Design of a Musical ⓘ
westEndPremiereYear	1997 ⓘ

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