Beast (Beauty and the Beast) the events that occurred between "Kingdom Hearts" and "Kingdom Hearts II", such as Belle and Beast attempting to resume their normal lives and Beast's first encounter with Xaldin. The Beast appears in the Broadway musical adaptation of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast", originally portrayed by Terrence Mann. Other actors who have taken on the role include Chuck Wagner (1997), James Barbour (1998), Jeff McCarthy (2004), and Steve Blanchard. The movie and others never made mention of his real name. A CD-ROM game said "The Prince's name is Adam." In the 2011 ABC series "Once Upon a Time", the show's version
Beauty and the Beast (musical) accepting a new version of such an immensely popular work. "Beauty and the Beast" became Disney's first Broadway venture, although "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", a stage adaptation of Disney's animated film of the same name, had premiered in New York in 1979, produced by Radio City Music Hall Productions, Inc. Theatre Under the Stars' executive director Frank Young campaigned heavily to have the show open in Houston, Texas even getting Governor Ann Richards involved in order to secure the stage rights. Roth summarized "Beauty and the Beast" as a story about "seeing past the exterior of a person