Disney
Trivia: "Beauty and the
Beast" was the only animated feature film ever nominated for a Best
Picture Academy Award. (1991)
This attraction premiered on November
22, 1991 -- the same day that the animated feature film "Beauty and
the Beast" opened in theaters across the U.S. This was the first
time that a stage show opened the same day as the movie that
inspired it.
"Beauty and the Beast" was the
first Disney animated feature film to become a Broadway musical. It
opened at New York City's Palace Theater on April 18, 1994. |