Beauty and Beast

Tale as old as time
True as it can be
Barely even friends
Than somebody bends
Unexpectedly
Just a little change
Small, to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared
Beauty and the Beast
Ever just the same
Ever a surprise
Ever as before
Ever just as sure
As the sun will arise
Tale as old as time
Tune as old as song
Bittersweet and strange
Finding you can change
Learning you were wrong
Certain as the sun
Rising in the east
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the beast.

Tale as old as time, true as it can be.
古老的传说，这是真的

Barely even friends, then somebody bends, unexpectedly
朋友之间坦诚相处，需要有人退让，这非常难得

Just a little change, small to say the least, both a little scared, neither one prepared,
仅有很小的改变，最少的话，双方都有一些畏惧，也许都还没有准备好

Beauty and the beast
美女与野兽

Ever just the same, ever a surprise
曾经是一样的，曾经是个惊人之事

Ever as before and ever just as sure as the sun will rise　instrumental
曾经在从前，曾经很确信就像太阳升起一样有规律

Ever just the same,
曾经是一样的

Ever a surprise
曾经是个惊人之事

Ever as before,
曾经在从前

And ever just as sure
曾经是确信的

As the sun will rise.
就像太阳升起的时候

Tale as old as time, tune as old as song,
古老的传说，真实的像古老的歌

Bitter sweet strange,
痛苦的甜蜜的陌生的

Finding you can change, learning you were wrong
发现你能改变，能够认识到你的错误

Certain as the sun
就像太阳一样

(Certain as the sun),
（就像太阳一样）

Rising in the east
从东方升起

Tale as old as time,
古老的传说

Song as old as rhyme, beauty the beast
古老的歌韵，美女与野兽

Tale as old as time, tune as old as song
古老的传说，真实的像古老的歌

Beauty...beast
美女与野兽

　　《美女与野兽》的故事来自格林童话。故事中的王子被巫婆施了魔法而变成野兽的模样，只有他在玫瑰花凋谢之前，学会爱别人和被别人爱，才能打破巫婆的咒语。

　　这个音乐剧的前身是由迪斯尼的极受好评的动画电影《美女与野兽》。电影里的几首歌曲是由 Alan Menken 和 Howard Ashman 写的。在坐音乐剧的时候，除了采用电影里的歌曲之外，Alan Menken 和 Time Rice 又为音乐剧添加了七首歌曲。还有一首歌“Human Again (恢复人形)”，是 Alan Menken 和 Howard Ashman 为电影而写但是没有被采用的，也出现在音乐剧里。

　　当时，一次在纽约举行的颁奖会上，Paige O\'Hara 和 Jerry Orbach 演出了从《美女与野兽》里摘取的几首歌曲，反应十分好。当时迪斯尼的总裁 Michael Eisner 也看了演出。他觉得像这样的音乐，如果能编能一部完整的音乐剧，一定能够得到观众的喜爱。他找到了制片人 W. McTyre，导演 Robert Roth，和布景设计师 Stan Meyer。这几个人立即着手，把《美女与野兽》从电影搬到百老汇的舞台上来。而服装设计师 Ann Hould-Ward 的工作也十分优秀，她把电影里因为受了魔法而变成茶壶、座钟等等的人扮得既像他们应该变成的物品，又没有影响他们的表演和动作。舞台设计里最困难的一样，就是在结尾野兽变成王子的一幕。为了这个，他们找来了曾经给魔术幻术师大卫·科波菲尔 (David Copperfield) 做过幻术设计的 John Gaughan 和 Jim Steinmeyer。

　　《美女与野兽》于1994年4月18日在百老汇的宫殿剧场(Palace Theatre)公演。服装设计师 Ann Hould-Ward 也因此获得了1994年度，“最佳服装设计”托尼奖(Tony Award)。