Forget the Disney version, Synetic Theater stages far different ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Zana Gankhuyag and Irinka Kavsadze play “Beauty and the Beast” at Synetic Theater. (Courtesy Synetic Theater) toggle audio on and offchange volumedownload audio WTOP's Jason Fraley previews 'Beauty and the Beast' at Synetic Theater (Part 1)
If you’ve never seen Jean Cocteau’s French fantasy film “La Belle et la Bête” (1946), it’s fascinating to track the differences from the 1991 Disney animated version, from diamond teardrops to magical gloves, to