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What if Gaston had his own musical

In the vein of Wicked or Twisted...well here’s what I made up. Enjoy!

The play opens in a house with a mother and her three children. The teenage Gaston is play-shooting with his brothers and walks around the town ("A hunt"). He is surrounded by protests and such about the revolution. Gaston joins a hunting group despite his little brothers warning to come home for the sake of adventure and his first real hunt. He says that he will get more food this way for dinner. The hunt starts off well but a beats frightens off the deer leading off to a wild chance, leaving Gaston terrified, in the mud and a broken fence. Gaston still manages to bring a few rabbits and comes home.

Gaston' father comes home from the tavern and asks who broke the fence. Gaston mumbles it was he, but his mother tries to tell her husband about all the rabbits he got for dinner. Gaston's father goes off into an angry, drunken rage about all the work he does, and how he didn't want children, and Gaston in particularly keeps ruining his life which leads into a hard punch ("Failure").

Gaston goes into the woods to be alone and yells in frustration. A young woman, revealed to be his aunt, Giselle tries to comfort him, telling how he can go beyond his father's thoughts and become famous ("Look beyond the hills").

Giselle brings him to her small villa, and takes care of Gaston. While in the parkour he hears the beautiful voice of Hélen singing how a smart woman can be queen ("I'll be your queen"). Gaston flashbacks to when his father taught him how to use a gun and telling him stories of his fame. ("The hard beaten man"). Hélen greets him and talks to her mother about her betrothed, a man similar to his father. ("The hard beaten man (Reprise)") in which Gaston realizes that women like those kind of men.

Though disheartened Gatson returns home and goes to the village the next day to start an apprenticeship as a skinner for the famous huntsmen, Marius. He meets a young boy (LeFou) who is begging and offers them some wolf skin, grateful and awed by Gaston's boast he proclaims his undying devotion to him which Gaston writes off as a silly appreciation ("Thank you Thank you Thank you"). There Hélen spies his kindness and they start to talk. Hélen tells Gaston about a man her mother cursed to be a beast becomes of his selfish, hypocritical ways. Marius overhears the story and makes a plan to kill the beast so he can be a greater hero and renowned for all ("Greatest of them all") he interrupts them and reveals to be Hélen's betrothed. Several years later, Gaston (18) is now a hardened hunter with LeFou in tow who is quickly beating Marius. Hélen visits the village and tells them she's pregnant.

Marius fearing Gaston's growing fame and attraction to his wife, he gives him a "better" position in the government. Hélen cries to Gaston how she is moving to the city with Marius and that she hopes he will visit her sometime, LeFou promises to watch Gaston's family.

Months later, Gaston sticks out like a sore thumb in the government with his rugged ways and humbleness. Louis, notices and gives him an encouraging talk on what he should do to fit in, how woman need to be controlled, and to treat those less than him ("Claw ontop").

The king's messenger suddenly arrives and informs them that the villagers are rebelling again the king. They go to the town where the villagers tael their complaints and such. ("Off with his head").

Meanwhile, Gaston finds his home ransacked, and his mother about to be raped by a corrupt officials. Gaston tries to stop it and is beaten back because he is nothing, no one important or strong: it is only stopped by Gaston's father who yells at his wife and complains how she should have listened to her teaches him one final lesson to get what you want and that woman should obey his commands if they don't want to be hurt ("Man of the house"). The family leaves for the country and Gaston resolves to become a man to become famous and respected and LeFou promises to help him (No good-es que "Toast of the Town")

Act II (Beginning of Beauty and Beast, after Revolution)

Gaston left the government and went to the village to be a hunter, now imitates Marius, Louis, and his father's actions and the town proclaims his glory, a downbeaten Marius who now is a drunkard complains how he lost he everything in the revolution, his wife, his child, everything. Gaston is briefly saddened on how it would have been if he married Hélen, ("What could have been"). LeFou comes to snap Gaston out of it and reminds him of Belle, the strange girl in town (played by a girl Hélen)

Gaston goes to find Belle and have her marry him, and is unsuccessful, Gaston doesn't understand why she does want him, LeFou tries to cheer him up and tell him how to become even more of a man (Popular-esque song, "Brawns"). Gaston goes to Belle's house and talks himself up but she refuses and claims she wants life out of the village and adventure like in her books, but Gaston dismisses the idea and says she is better off home.

Belle's father interrupts to tell about his plan to go to the science convention. Days later, Belle ventures into the Beast's castle and meets him. The Beast (played by guy that played Louis) is taken with Belle and wants her to become the queen of the Beasts. Beast takes Belle on a magic carpet ride where he tries to convince her to bed with him but Belle is put off and talks about adventure ("It would be an adventure/Loving you").

Gaston worries over Belle, and tries to go hunting to take his mind off of it. He goes back to his aunt's cabin and finds that it had been torn down. Gaston reminisces what a fool he was when he was a child and meets his brother, Gavoreche now a hermit. Gavoreche tells him what him how he used to be good, Gaston claims that he would never have been successful that way ("Worth it"). LeFou comes down the path and Gavroche goes hiding. Belle has returned and tells how wonderful and kind Beast is and since he was a prince, that he could help rule the town.

When the Beast arrives, Belle introduces all his glory and the town is first disgusted at his appearance. But Belle and Beast talk him up and the town wants him to be their king ("As your king"). Gatson appears with. LeFou tells the town what Hélen had told him and how horrible he is. The town turns against Gaston and chases him out of town, LeFou seemingly deserts him. Gaston goes to Gavroche who refuses to come out of the bush. LeFou returns and tells Gatson that they should go back and fight. Gaston refuses as no one in the town believes him. LeFou says he believes in him and they could fight the Beast together ("Two of us, one of him"). Gaston thanks LeFou and they go to the village. LeFou excitedly rambles on about fame and how everyone would love them and all the woman they'll meet.

Time stops for a while as Gatson thinks about all the women in his life and the joys they brought despite not being a housewife ("I'll be your queen" (Reprise)). They meet an old woman on the way who begs for food. Gaston is about to refuse and tells her to go to her husband when Gaston hears ("I'll be your queen" (Reprise)) and hands her his gun to sell for food. The woman gives him a rose in return and tells him to rip off the petals to defeat the Beast.

Gatson, and LeFou return to the village and ambush the Beast in Belle's house. Belle is about to defend him whe Beast yells at her to stay back and just be a good housewife in which Belle takes a frying pan and hits him, ("I WILL NOT BE A HOUSEWIFE"). Beast runs off to the woods and Gaston follows after him and goes into a dramatic final battle when Beast claims that Gaston is just as bad as him ("Rise Above") and Gaston rips off the petals and the woman told him. The Beast screams in agony and returns to his normal form, an ugly prince. Belle thanks Gaston and tells him that she was sorry she was so mean to him.

Gaston thanks her, tells her not to tell anyone what has happened and leaves the house. LeFou asks why he didn't want the fame or ask her to marry him and replies that he realized if he did he would be no better than the Beast ("Just too conceited"), LeFou runs off to meet a bimbette he had a date with.

This next musical is based on an obscure Tarzan villain. Which I am dubbing as Feral.

Act 1 Out on the West coast of Africa, a young tribal couple sets off into the jungle to go to the temple with their 2 year old daughter. The mother, a priestess starts making some remedies when a storm hits.

While their daughter sleeps, the mother tries to reassure the father that he is not going to succumb to the sickness, in a few days they could go back to the Waziri tribe. They find the temple to see it is deserted. The father dies a few days after, the mother knowing she's sick tries to comfort her daughter while keeping her as far away as possible. The daughter eventually befriends the leopards as her mother watches on singing ("La's Lullaby"). She eventually grows up with the leopards. The parents, Opar and Kurdira treating her as her own, calling her La and teaching her what to do to survive in the jungle ("Stealth and Fangs").

One day a young man from the Waziri tribe finds her (13 years old) recognizes her necklace and brings her to the tribe. The tribe rejoices and chooses to train her as a priestess like her mother.

Despite this, the children treat her differently because of how she acts and weird name ("Feral Girl") and La hangs out only with her mentor, Usulan and his assistant, Tomas (a British sailor boy who wascaptured as an invader). She grows to be 18, training as a priestess and always hunting with the leopards ("Splitting time").

When one day, the tribe brings in a few leopards for a feast, she protests saying they were her "siblings" and they helped raise her. The leader says they raise her now, let them eat and act more civilized. La refuses and helps the leopards escape, leading to her banishment ("We're Your Tribe"/"Feral Girl"(Reprise)").

After Usulan and Tomas say goodbye La leaves to the temple where she was raised, Kurdira tries to comfort her but is pushed away ("Free Now"). La lives her day in exile and when hunting bumps into a young man at the waterfall being bullied by apes, ("Man") she charges to rescue him, but he protests. He tentatively calls himself Tarzan and that those apes were his family even if they didn't accept him.

La is thrilled to find someone like her, raised by animals and they start to talk and bond and compare, ("Do they....") Tarzan is cautious at first with the leopards since they killed his parents, but slowlybecomes friends, and he introduce her to his mother, Kala and friend, Terk and tells how he always longed to be with another human, ("With skin").

They grow older and fall in love and live in the temple which they named Opar, and start celebrating their six year anniversary, ("Every year with you"). Suddenly gun shots are heard and the two go investigate. Prof. Porter, and Clayton come onto the shores and meet with them introducing themselves as explorers. They are very curious to learn more about people raised by animals. Tarzan is very eager to know more about man but La acts distant because she remembers how she was treated, ("Strangers").

The day comes for the group to leave, they invite Tarzan and La but they refuse. When La and Tarzan go hunting Clayton captures Tarzan. On the ship, Clayton assures Tarzan he's going to like his new home while La watches from shore ("You'll love it there").

ACT 2 (2 years later)

The years go by, La grows sad, and cold (emotionally) and becomes leader of the leopards, mourning the lost of Tarzan, ("Still Beside Me"). Kurdira tries to reason with her but is yelled at.

On a ship, Clayton and Prof. Porter celebrate their return and talk of getting more monkeys and possibly leopard skin, and hope La will help like the "other one".

La hears gun shots and prepares her leopards for battle when she sees, Tarzan. All dressed up in a suit and with a British accent. He greets her formally and tells her to address him as James Greystoke, and

introduces her to his wife, Jane Porter. La gets confused as to weren't they married and he starts to explain British society and his adventures in England, ("Society").

He says how he wants her too become a civilized woman and starts discussing how to change her with Jane, Prof. Porter and Clayton ("She looks like a Charlotte").

Over the days, La refuse their changes but keeps trying to reconnect with James in hunting, with apes and all that, ("Every year with you (Reprise)/"One Night"). Finally she begs him to pretend once more to

be like how it used to. They go on a date and is fine until she tries to kiss him. He refuses and La questions why. James explains how he was only doing it to please her. He finds no pleasure in it now and

that he had been just a uneducated ape man. He starts questioning why she doesn't change and that he was finally be accepted with human, why couldn't she ("Accepted") he ends asking if she was willing to make a business deal, but she leaves before he finishes. (Start listening to Still Hurting on Cue the Lights channel for Not beside me)

La stands alone and saddened by the riverside ("Not beside me") and goes off in a angry rant to Opar and Kurdira on humans being bent on civilization ("Civilized").

As she goes to sleep one night, she hears Clayton plans to get monkeys to hang on walls and some leopard skin. Realizing that was the business deal James meant she tells the leopards to hide and that she would handle the invaders herself. Opar and Kurdira tell her to be careful and run off.

La goes to the Waziri Tribe to steal some weapons and potions that she

think will help her. There she meets Tomas, all grown up. She tells him what she needs and asks if he'll keep it a secret. He says he'll do more than that and help her fight, he'll even have Usulan help. As

they walk and talk he. says how much he admired her spirit when they were younger and she compliments his klutziness.

Hours later the three gather for battle, Tomas asks her why she is so bent in being uncivilized and hurt by the Waziri tribes, feral girl taunts. After all, if she just gave in a little it didn't mean she would have to give it all up, just be independent. La starts contemplating on independence vs uncivilized and Usulan pats her back saying, "Just like your mother. Always thoughtful and your father. Stubborn."

"I'm really like my.. my parents?"

"Yes,I'm your mother's father. And as your grandfather I think they both would be very proud of you. I am......I think I have something you could use." (Melody of La's Lullaby in background) Usulan, and Tomas get ready for the final battle (Stealth and Fangs melody in the background) as Clayton and James come to ambush with their guns. Usulan uses his magic to his advantage and Tomas is able to hold off Clayton but is overpowered by admittedly still ape-like James. Then La comes with her special weapon, a leopard staff at the top of the temple, (Bring on the Defying Gravity song!)-----("Wild")

at the sun set, the leopards turn into leopard people, outnumbering the British camp as the run to their ship.

It ends at the temple of Opar with Usulan playing with the leopard Cubs as Opar and Kurdira look on, whispering about La and Tomas. La and Tomas sit watching the sunset and La slowly puts her head on his shoulder. ("Finale").

My other idea was a sequel to Tarzan. Much like how Aladdin’s third movie somewhat built on the animated series. Tarzan 2 would build on the show. So the apes get captured again by mysterious villain, and Tarzan goesto rescue them (per usual) and of course, stumbles on La who used magic to regain her original body. Of course, she suggests to helpmuch to Tarzan's annoyance. So they trudge through.

The jungle together and Tarzan has to admit the fact that she can use a spear, and magic, and can talk to leopards (unlike Jane which she loves pointing out.) And La is forced to see that he has an actually personality and stubbornness and desires behind the hulking abs and loincloth. Though she figures she could change that. (a la' Say no to this). And then end up snarking a lot at each other. During one fire in their many nights of adventuring, Tarzan asks about her past.

La: So which is the story you wanna hear. The one where I'm the evilyour precious British woman thinks I am.

Tarzan: I agree with her La: (rolls eyes) And I'm the one that does the brainwashing? Oooor the real one where I'm completely right and everyone else is an idiot?"

Tarzan: What happened? The idiots forgot to teach you how to skin meat.

La: Servants skin meat! I was a high priestess.

Tarzan: And now, you are a......Lost soul, overthrown queen,overthrown by a girl who only lived in the jungle for a year while youlived for a 1,000.

La: I'm only 27.

So, her mom died in childbirth, her dad died from a snake bite. She was 4, but then a nice leopard ends up raising her as one of theirown. She lives in a ruined city where there are lots of diamonds sheliked to play with.

Then she is found by one of the Waziris when she was 13, brings herback to her tribe to become civilized again. She hates it because everyone calls her the feral girl and the whole idea of shared workand responsibility of marriage etc.

She tries to escape multiple times but when she tries to go back to the leopards but they exile herbecause she's one of "the humans and can't be trusted." (Sorta like the Tarzan movie).

La, bitter and decides the leopards are the petty and disloyal whilethe Waziris are untrained in the hunting she used to do. She starts training as a high priestess like her mother before her. As a high priestess she is guaranteed lots of rights and power. She decides to immortalize her soul even against the rules. Then gets exiled again.

She persuades people to come join her in exile and they got the ruins which she names Opar. Their main source of currency is in the diamond mines. Lonely and wanting someone who is just as worthy as herself she looks for a husband.

Then the city is attacked by the European invaders, destroyed and looted. La as one of the remaining survivors sneaks back to the tribe, steals the staff and changes her old leopard "friends" to leopard mento kill the invaders.

She marries a guy but he ends up getting killed by a rogue leopard.Convinced the leopards should be kept under her control and now, she needs a mate who is fearless, and strong (aka the Tarzan attraction) and able to give a perfect heir and rebuild Opar.

Which brings to the events of the series. And then near the end of the movie thing, the villain offers boththeir greatest wish. Tarzan being the good guy doesn't choose anything and attempts to rescue his family.

La chooses to become queen of Opar again and team up (later betrays) with the villain to keep it that way. So of course they are defeated in the end.

In private Tarzan yells at her, saying he thought they were somewhat close, that she could be redeemed, was it really worth getting her greatest wish?

La: Will you stop yelling nonsense! I didn't choose my greatest wish.Yes, I wanted my empire back, and my leopard servants back too...having SOMETHING is better than the alternative. If I didn't choose anything, I would help you get your wife and I get.....I get to punch her in the face before leaving you to in ridiculous bliss.

Tarzan: You wouldn't'!

La: I just don't understand your love for her, I mean look at me, I can swing vines with you, and hunt and talk to your apes friends, all she has is a bad wardrobe, she wouldn't have lasted a single day we have done together (Tarzan glare) but I digress. At least I get something out of this.

Tarzan: Your wish was what? For her to die. For me to marry you.

La: (unusually soft) If I got my greatest wish. You would hate me. I don't have an actual ending ending but you know little sympathetic. She knows enough that Tarzan would hate her more for wishing Jane’s death than for betrayal.

Some small final ideas...

La series (basically different stories that are not related but different perspectives of what could have happened. Some sympathetic, some not)

La (Tarzan movie but to her instead, and Tarzan doesn't exist. And she and Jane become bffs)

Tarzan and the Trails of ????- Set after the series. She and Tarzan team up to save the apes and a magical golden lion. well Tarzan is, she just wants him. Non sympathetic

Free Spirit-Never raised by leopards. Stayed with her tribe. Got married, but longs to be free and not oppressed by her husband.

The Queen and the Lady- She and Jane switch bodies. Title from Prince and Pauper. Non sympathetic