La Belle
This event is in the past
Fri., Dec. 9, 7 p.m., Saturdays, Sundays, 12 & 3:30 p.m., Fri., Dec. 16, 7 p.m., Dec. 20-22, 12 & 3:30 p.m., Dec. 26-31, 12 & 3:30 p.m., Sun., Jan., ended Jan 8, 2017
Imago Theatre
Buckman (Portland)
$19.50 - $42.50
One of the first visual effects in Imago Theatre’s new family-friendly Beauty and the Beast-inspired play is a Steamboat Willie throwback: Smokestacks bunch up and belch smoke in a bit I’ve only ever seen in a cartoon. It sets the tone for a show that promises “animated effects every 30 seconds” and delivers—with puppetry, shadow play, quick-change costuming, hidden machinery, and all manner of light and sound manipulation. THOMAS ROSS