NEW YORK — Fergie L. Philippe first saw the stage musical “Beauty and the Beast” pretty late, as a freshman in college. Kyra ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Fergie L. Philippe first saw the stage musical “Beauty and the Beast” pretty late, as a freshman in college. Kyra Belle Johnson got to know it much earlier — in sixth grade ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Fergie L. Philippe first saw the stage musical “Beauty and the Beast” pretty late, as a freshman in college. Kyra Belle Johnson got to know it much earlier — in sixth grade ...

This image released by Disney Theatrical Group shows Kyra Belle Johnson, left, and Fergie L. Philippe who will appear in the first North American tour of musical Beauty and the Beast." ...