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Beauty and the Beast

1994 musical composed by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice
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Beauty and the Beast

Summary

Beauty and the Beast is a dramatico-musical work[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,237 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Beauty and the Beast received the Laurence Olivier Awards[3].
  • Beauty and the Beast's instance of is recorded as dramatico-musical work[4].
  • Beauty and the Beast's composer is recorded as Alan Menken[5].
  • Beauty and the Beast's librettist is recorded as Tim Rice[6].
  • Beauty and the Beast's genre is musical[7].
  • Beauty and the Beast's based on is recorded as Beauty and the Beast[8].
  • Beauty and the Beast's Commons category is recorded as Beauty and the Beast (musical)[9].
  • Beauty and the Beast's soundtrack release is recorded as Beauty and the Beast – The Broadway Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording[10].
  • Beauty and the Beast's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Beauty and the Beast's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • Beauty and the Beast's characters is recorded as Belle[13].
  • Beauty and the Beast's characters is recorded as Beast[14].
  • Beauty and the Beast's characters is recorded as Gaston[15].
  • Beauty and the Beast's characters is recorded as Mrs. Potts[16].
  • Beauty and the Beast's characters is recorded as Chip[17].
  • Beauty and the Beast's lyricist is recorded as Howard Ashman[18].
  • Beauty and the Beast's lyricist is recorded as Tim Rice[19].
  • Beauty and the Beast's date of first performance is recorded as April 18, 1994[20].
  • Beauty and the Beast's takes place in fictional universe is recorded as Beauty and the Beast universe[21].
  • Beauty and the Beast's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Beauty and the Beast'}[22].
  • Beauty and the Beast's different from is recorded as Beauty and the Beast[23].
  • Beauty and the Beast's form of creative work is recorded as musical[24].
  • Beauty and the Beast's media franchise is recorded as Beauty and the Beast[25].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Musical[26]

  • Genre(s): musical[27]

  • Community tags: disney, musical, stage musical[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ae807450-1a05-4656-a1fa-6bc9312e7431[29]

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Recognition

Beauty and the Beast received the Laurence Olivier Awards[3].

Why It Matters

Beauty and the Beast ranks in the top 5% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,237 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

What awards did Beauty and the Beast receive?

Honors received include Laurence Olivier Awards[3].

Related Entities

Alan Menken Tim Rice United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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