‘Magnificence and the Beast’: Shania Twain to Play Mrs. Potts in ABC Particular

Two iconic staples of Beauty and the Beast‘s eating room are coming to life at ABC.

Martin Short (Solely Murders within the Constructing) and nation music vet Shania Twain are amongst six forged additions to the community’s upcoming Magnificence and the Beast anniversary particular, TVLine has realized.

Quick will play the French candlestick Lumière within the particular, whereas Twain will seem because the beloved teapot Mrs. Potts, a job initially held by the late Angela Lansbury. They’ll be joined by David Alan Grier (The Cool Children) as clock Cogsworth, Rizwan Manji (The Magicians) as Gaston’s sidekick LeFou, Jon Jon Briones (Ratched) as Belle’s father Maurice and newcomer Leo Abelo Perry as Mrs. Potts’ son Chip.

As previously reported, musicians H.E.R. and Josh Groban will fill the title roles of Belle and the Beast, with Tony nominee Joshua Henry (Broadway’s Carousel) and showbiz icon Rita Moreno rounding out the forged as Gaston and the particular’s narrator, respectively.

Airing Thursday, Dec. 15 at 8/7c, ABC’s Magnificence and the Beast manufacturing will interweave live-action musical performances with scenes from the animated movie, because the community beforehand did with its Little Mermaid tribute in November 2019. The occasion will commemorate 30 years since Magnificence and the Beast grew to become the primary animated movie to earn a Greatest Image nomination on the Academy Awards. It finally misplaced to The Silence of the Lambs, however the film did decide up a trophy for Greatest Unique Music (“Magnificence and the Beast”) that 12 months.

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