‘Beauty and the Beast’ to kick off Argyle season

The Argyle Theatre in Babylon wishes Lengthy Islanders to be their friends for “Disney’s Attractiveness and the Beast,” “West Facet Story” and additional classic musicals that are set for the 2022-23 period, which it introduced on Friday.

Compared with the recent year, which featured 6 productions — including “Footloose” (runs by way of Aug. 28) and “An American in Paris” (Sept. 15-Oct. 23) — future year’s lineup will element only 4 productions, which will have longer runs.

Thrown into the combine as portion of an hard work to create on its viewers will be unique gatherings, including concerts that includes Broadway skills as perfectly as tribute bands, comedy displays and other types of distinctive occasions, the theater’s entrepreneurs Mark Perlman and Dylan Perlman, his son, instructed Newsday on Thursday.

The principal-stage year will kick off with “Disney’s Natural beauty and the Beast,” Argyle’s holiday break offering for the family members, from Nov. 10 via Jan. 1. Centered on the Oscar-successful 1991 animated film, the “tale as old as time” features a number of strike songs including “Be Our Guest” and the title variety.

From Feb. 9 via April 2, the Jets and the Sharks will get all set to rumble — and take to dancing in the avenue — in “West Side Story,” the modern-day twist on “Romeo and Juliet” that features a memorable rating by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim.

The ’80s hair-band musical “Rock of Ages,” showcasing songs by Journey, Def Leppard and more of that era’s hit makers, is on tap from April 27 to June 18. Eventually, it is back again to the nifty ’50s for the ultimate substantial university musical “Grease,” which will operate following summertime from July 6, 2023, to Aug. 27, 2023.

“We needed to discover four extremely diverse legendary reveals, but they’re all quite distinctive in their very own way,” Dylan Perlman mentioned. “So we go from this pretty magical Disney fantasy demonstrate to ‘West Aspect,’ which is a single of the most iconic musicals ever penned, to ‘Rock of Ages,’ which is an electrifying rock musical with some of the most well known rock music ever created, and then to most likely the quintessential pop-lifestyle phenomenon of the latest a long time in ‘Grease.’ ”

The Perlmans also are hopeful that the quartet of crowd-pleasing musicals will entice much more patrons to the theater, primarily after the many difficulties that have manufactured 2022 a rocky 12 months for all nearby theaters.

“It’s unquestionably been a bit of a roller coaster above the previous year with distinctive variants and economic concerns and wellness difficulties,” Dylan Perlman claimed. “But we’re observing continual progress and the audience is expanding. I think live theater is one thing that is timeless and that we genuinely want ideal now.”