New ‘Beauty and the Beast’ tour at Bushnell honors the original but adds a fresh vision

A voracious reader named Belle (Kyla Belle Johnson) and an ensemble of townsfolk. "Disney's Beauty and the Beast." The show's national tour will run from April 7th to 12th at The Bushnell. (Matthew Murphy)

No matter how old the story, sometimes it needs to be told differently. The “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” tour, which will be held at The Bushnell from April 7 to 12, is not a replica of the tours that visited Connecticut many times in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. This script is different from … Read more