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Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Jr. Features Local Residents

The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati kicked off its 85th MainStage season with performances on October 16,17, and18. Do not miss the final performance on October 24, 2009 at the Taft Theatre with Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Jr., one of the company's most requested shows.

Two local residents are featured in the show.

MAHOGANY FLEMING, of Wyoming, plays an Aristocratic Lady, the Cream, and a
Statue.  This is Mahogany's second season with The Children's Theatre of
Cincinnati.  She is a junior at Wyoming High School and loves to sing and
dance.  Mahogany was last seen in Disney's Mulan, Jr. with TCTC.  She has
participated in The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati's STAR Program for the
last two summers.  Mahogany has been involved in several performances at
SCPA including To Kill a Mockingbird and Alice in Wonderland: The Manhattan
Version.

ELISE HURWITZ, of Wyoming, plays a Villager and a Vase.  Elise is thrilled
to return for her second performance with The Children's Theatre of
Cincinnati.  Last year, she made her debut as an Elf in Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer.  Elise has attended TCTC's STAR Program for the past
three summers.  She has been in several of her school's musicals and talent
shows, including Alice in Wonderland, Jr. (Lily) and School House Rock Live!
Jr. (Ensemble Soloist).  Elise enjoys singing at the William Seale Studio,
taking tap lessons and playing basketball and lacrosse.  She is a seventh
grader at Wyoming Middle School. 

The brainy and beautiful Belle yearns to escape her provincial life...and
her brute of a suitor, Gaston. However, Belle gets more adventurous than she
wanted when she becomes a captive in the Beast's enchanted castle! Dancing
flatware, menacing wolves, and singing furniture fill the stage with thrills
in this beloved fairy tale about very different people finding strength in
one another and learning how to love.

The show is being directed by Jack Louiso and Roderick Justice.  Music by
Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. Book by Linda
Woolverton.  Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Jr.  is ideal for family with
children ages 4+.  It will be presented for the public at the Taft Theatre
at 317 East Fifth Street in Downtown Cincinnati on Saturday, October 24 at 2
PM and 5 PM.

Single tickets for each production are $20, $18, and $7 and are available by
calling The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati Box Office at 513-569-8080, or
visit www.livenation.com or call 877-LYV-TIXS.  Enjoy the Arts/START
discounts are available.

For subscriptions and group sales call The Children's Theatre Box Office at
513-569-8080 ext. 10.