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How Beauty and the Beast Hides a Tragic Story Beneath Its Romance

Behind the enchanting songs and fairy-tale romance, Beauty and the Beast carries a quietly devastating truth. The story isn’t just about love breaking a curse — it’s about identity, loss, and what’s ...
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Forget the Disney version, Synetic Theater stages far different ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Zana Gankhuyag and Irinka Kavsadze play “Beauty and the Beast” at Synetic Theater. (Courtesy Synetic Theater) If you’ve never seen Jean Cocteau’s French fantasy film “La Belle et la Bête” (1946), it’s ...