Disneyland (1992-1995)
A similarly titled show with a different script, sets, and costumes opened at Disneyland in California on April 12, 1992. The show was extremely popular, appearing over 4,300 times in just over three years, and served as a development platform for an adaptation of the film which ran on Broadway from April 18, 1994 - July 29, 2007. Stephanie J Block (a replacement "Elphaba" in "Wicked" on Broadway) was the original Belle. The show played its final performance on April 30, 1995.
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