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Sing and dance with 7-pound flaming candles? The impossible stamina of Beauty and the Beasts Lumiere
As Lumiere in Beauty & the Beast at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre, actor Danny Gardner must sing and dance with live flames on his hands. Heres how his 7-pound handlesticks are created backstage.
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