There are two major awards that help to measure qualities of the Broadway shows for both musicals and plays. They are Tony Awards and Drama Desk Awards. There is no doubt shows that win these awards which judged by professional critiques, are great in their contents and performances. But, the professional evaluations of shows are not always what fans would want to see.

Beauty and the Beast
It was nominated for 9 Tony awards including Best Musical in 1994, but it only won Best Costumes. Despite of what Tony’s judges thought, it has been 11 years since it opened in April 18, 1994. And it is the sixth longest run musical in Broadway’s history. It celebrated ?4,500th performance on Sunday, April 10, 2005. Among the current run musicals, it is the second longest run musical next to The Phantom of the Opera.

Deep in the woods, there is a castle where a beast is living and awaiting a true love. A beautiful girl in near local village, who is looking for her father offer the beast to replace her instead of her father who captured by the beast. Witch transforms the beast from human that is an owner of this castle. He must find true love in order to return to human before all petals of a rose are fall out. Touching Belle's warm heart, Beast is beginning to feel true love. But, a petal is scattered day by day mercilessly.

The story is a Broadway version of Disney's Academy Award-winning animation musical movie, "Beauty and the Beast'. Even it is based on an animation, adults can also enjoy this musical. Disney, a master of original animations, is a producer. Disney is the world famous creator of theatrical animation films and theme parks. It is a Broadway musical produced by the Disney for the first time. There are 260 outstanding design and gorgeous costumes. The show includes the well-loved music numbers. And a moment that the beast transformed back to a human, always delivers surprises to audiences. This musical create a new style of a Broadway show.