Beauty and the Beast in Concert Comes to Ovens Auditorium in January
In Partnership With Charlotte Symphony
A tale as old as time is coming back to the big screen at Ovens Auditorium, with live music provided by the Charlotte Symphony! Experience Disney’s beloved animated classic Jan. 12-13, overflowing with unforgettable characters and Alan Menken’s Academy Award-winning compositions. The performance is led by CSO Resident Conductor Christopher James Lees. Below, we’ve gathered some numbers to know surrounding this performance:
3,000,000: Album sales for the soundtrack, which went triple-platinum and had multiple editions that followed. The film itself garnered $331.9 million worldwide off of a $25 million budget.
1991: The year of the original film’s release—and its accompanying soundtrack.
3: Major awards, among many other honors: a Golden Globe Award for “Best Original Score,” the Academy Award for “Best Original Score,” and the Grammy Award for “Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television.” Beauty and the Beast was also the first animated film to be nominated for “Best Picture at the Oscars.”
130+: The amount of Academy Awards given to Disney films since 1932. The most recent animated film to win an Oscar was Encanto.
Show Details:
Performance times: 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 12, and Saturday, Jan. 13.
Venue: Ovens Auditorium, 2700 E Independence Blvd.
Tickets available here.
