Can you discuss the wonderful comic elements, provided by Mrs. Potts (voiced by Angela Lansbury)?
Mrs. Potts is actually modeled on Mrs. Bridges from UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS, the character from the BBC series. She was the maid but ran the whole household. Howard was really channeling that when we wrote BE OUR GUEST. She is the most joyful, motherly presence with little Chip. They are so sweet and remind me of PETER PAN a little bit, which was always Howard’s favorite. He grew up loving PETER PAN.” Q: What will we see that is special in this Diamond Edition? A: “You will see HUMAN AGAIN, you will see storyboard versions of the songs we wrote, which means you will see some of the original visuals that we were writing to. You will see a history of Howard Ashman with pictures of him from his childhood, close to when he passed away and you will get a real appreciation of what he accomplished. You are going to see the connection between BEAUTY AND THE BEAST on Broadway and the animated musical. You see how often performers came from Broadway to animation and how much the animated musicals ar
