A beloved Disney classic comes to life on stage! The hit broadway musical, "Beauty and the Beast" is now playing in Fort Myers. The Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall invited WINK News behind the scenes to see what it takes to create the magic.

I spoke with Orlando’s Keith Kirkwood earlier this week: Congrats to him as he has landed his first U.S. tour, and is playing Cogsworth in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”

It’s not easy being beastly. While most of us have a few freckles we’d prefer to erase or a scar we want to shed, almost none of us knows what it’s like to wear fur and fangs night after night. Almost none of us except for Justin Glaser, who plays the titular role in Disney’s musical “Beauty and the Beast.”

For "Beauty and the Beast's" new look, the show's creators didn't just slap makeup on the beloved Broadway musical. They reimagined the entire production: new props, new costumes, new sets, new lighting and even some new songs. This isn't a simple makeover. It's extensive plastic surgery.

It’s a wish come true for Liz Shivener. “This is a dream role for an actress,” says Shivener, who will play Belle in the touring “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” production performing Monday and Tuesday nights at the Embassy Theatre.

I've seen the Disney musical "Beauty and the Beast" three times since it first opened in 1994 and subsequently became the sixth-longest-running show in Broadway history. And it has been markedly different each and every time.

Opulent, vibrantly colorful and brimming with beautiful music this non-Equity National tour of Disney's 1991 animated musical hit film breezes into Chicago for a week, just in time for spring break. It is a production worth treating the entire family to, whether it's their first or 50th visit with Belle, the Beast and all their magical friends.

Matt West has a big thing about teacups. West has made a career as the choreographer for Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” a production starring Chip, a now-famous tiny cracked teacup.

Oswego native Brandon Haagenson has vivid movie-theater memories as a 6-year-old kid seeing Disney’s hit 1991 animated feature “Beauty and the Beast.” Now at age 24, Haagenson is performing in the ensemble of the new national tour of “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.”

Re-read an old book? It happens. But re-stage a hit show? For Robert Jess Roth, the director of Broadway's "Beauty and the Beast," it was a no-brainer.