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Rachael Elizabeth Beck is an Australian stage and television singer-actress. From 1991 to 1994 Beck had a major role on the popular sitcom, Hey Dad..!, as Samantha Kelly. From 2006 to 2008, Beck appea
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Beauty and the Beast is a musical, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton. Adapted from Walt Disney Animation Studios's 1991 film – which in turn
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…coach successively for Mark Furze, Ernie Dingo and Mark Wilson. She has appeared in the Australian musical theatre productions of Cats (1985), Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1995–96), Les Misérables (1995–96), The Sound of Music (August 2000 to February 2001), Cabaret, Singing in the Rain and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Beck…
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Disney CEO Michael Eisner eventually green-lit a Broadway adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.
Actress Susan Egan was cast as Broadway's original Belle based on her refreshing ability to play the role both comically and as an ingénue. The role served as her Broadway debut, garnering her a Tony Award nomination.
An entirely new song entitled "A Change in Me" was written specially for Toni Braxton when the R&B singer joined the production in the role of Belle in 1998, and has been included in the musical ever since.