Message from the Beast: Soften up, dude

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This Beast is one of a flesh-and-blood variety with plenty of gnarled hair and messy emotions to prove it. And he is half of the oddball duo that is Beauty and the Beast, Disney’s animated-film-turned-Broadway musical that is heading soon toward North Charleston Performing Arts Center. Ahead of the run, Charleston City Paper talked to the Beast himself, Fergie L. Philippe, who shared just how meaningful and multi-layered that making the Beast has been for him. Big Beast energyFor Philippe, the Beast looms the largest of all the Disney characters. IF YOU WANT TO GO: Eight performances run from Sept. 16 through Sept. 21 at North Charleston Performing Arts Center, 5001 Coliseum Dr., North Charleston.