Broadway Belles

#1

Broadway Belles

Posted: 10/18/05 at 1:10am

I just read an article about the fabulous Ashley Brown, which indicated that she is the 15th Belle in Broadway's Beauty and the Beast, and it got me thinking about who the other Belles were, so started to compile a list:

Susan Egan
Sarah Uriarte Berry
Kerry Butler
Kim Huber
Toni Braxton
Andrea McArdle
Sarah Litzsinger
Jamie Lynn Siegler
Ann Sanders
Cristy Carlson Romano
Megan McGinnis
Brooke Tansley
Ashley Brown

That's 13. Which two Belles am I missing??

#2

re: Broadway Belles

Posted: 10/18/05 at 1:12am

I REALLY wish I had see Erin Dilly as Belle (she was on tour)! Her voice is amazing and I know I would have loved her!

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#3

re: Broadway Belles

Posted: 10/18/05 at 1:13am

Deborah Gibson is one your missing

#4

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Posted: 10/18/05 at 1:15am

DUH!! How could I forget her.

That leaves but one mysterious Belle...

#5

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Posted: 10/18/05 at 1:16am

and the other one your missing i believe is Christianne Tisdale

#6

re: Broadway Belles

Posted: 10/18/05 at 1:20am

Thanks, musicalfandukie!

Who is Christiane Tisdale? That name is entirely unfamilar to me. When did she do the show? Has she done anything since?

#7

re: Broadway Belles

Posted: 10/18/05 at 1:23am

Two of those Belles, Ann Sanders and Sarah Uriarte Berry, are currently still working on Broadway (Ann in Avenue Q and Sarah in The Light in the Piazza)

#8

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Posted: 10/18/05 at 1:28am

honestly i'm not that familiar with her..i figured out Deborah Gibson right away but i cheated and look at the broadway database cause i couldn't figure out who was the missing belle. the broadway database says her only other broadway credit was triumpth of love where she was an understudy for Susan Egan. she was also in the off-broadway musical Fermat's Last Tango.

Updated On: 10/18/05 at 01:28 AM

#9

re: Broadway Belles

Posted: 10/18/05 at 11:19am

Christianne Tisdale did a three-month stint after Sarah Uriarte Berry. She had been an understudy (like Ann Sanders and Sarah Litzsinger were) before was contracted to play it. She has done a lot of regional stuff since, but I don't know what other Broadway credits she has.

#10

re: Broadway Belles

Posted: 10/18/05 at 11:37am

you are also missing my friend Jen Shrader....

#11

re: Broadway Belles

Posted: 10/18/05 at 8:50pm

You're also missing Jessica Boevers.

EDIT: Never mind. You're not missing her. It says in her playbill bio that she covered Belle, but it's not showing up on IBDB at all.

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Updated On: 10/18/05 at 08:50 PM

#12

re: Broadway Belles

Posted: 10/18/05 at 11:12pm

Shrader performed Belle in the tour, but never came to Broadway.

I think we have the list of 15.

Thanks all.

#13

re: Broadway Belles

Posted: 10/20/05 at 3:29pm

Speaking of Sarah Litzsinger...does ANYONE know if she is up to anything? I absolutely ADORE her. Saw her in The Last 5 Years and tick, tick...BOOM! at GSP with Colin Hanlon. She doesn't have a fansite, but does anyone have insight.

Updated On: 10/20/05 at 03:29 PM

#14

re: Broadway Belles

Posted: 10/20/05 at 3:35pm

It's actually Christianne (with two n's), but I'm just nitpicking...She's great...She was on the CD and the video of the stage production of A TALE OF CINDERELLA...She also has a CD out via her website...It's a pretty CD, various lullabies from all over the world.

As for Sarah Litzsinger, last I read she did that reading of BEHIND THE LIMELIGHT up at Vassar last summer.

Christianne Tisdale's website

Updated On: 10/20/05 at 03:35 PM

#15

re: Broadway Belles

Posted: 10/20/05 at 3:49pm

I have the Playbill of Erin Dilly on tour, but she was out that night in Boston.

#16

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Posted: 10/20/05 at 3:53pm

30/90, I've been wondering the same thing since Amour closed. I adore her as well.

#17

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Posted: 10/20/05 at 3:57pm

Sarah did play one of Charlie Chaplin's wives in the reading of BEHIND THE LIMELIGHT. I think she also did the recent production of NERDS at the NYMF.

#18

re: Broadway Belles

Posted: 10/20/05 at 6:31pm

Christianne Tisdale also covered Susan Egan in Triumph of Love. She happened to be on the day I saw it. She was wonderful. She made a very good Belle as well.

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#19

re: Broadway Belles

Posted: 10/20/05 at 9:50pm

MusicAndPassion are you serious? Do you know how jealous I am now???

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What is your dream role? My dream role would be to be myself. To be performing at the Hollywood Bowl and to have an audience there just to see me, as Stephanie. They are there because they like what I do as a singer, an artist and a person (the last being the most important). I enjoy escaping and portraying other characters, but to be accepted and wanted as yourself... that's amazing! --Stephanie J. Block Just one of the many reasons I admire and respect Stephanie!!

#20

re: Broadway Belles

Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:02pm

Jessica Boevers was one of the Belle understudies. Yes, she went on, but she was not under contract as Belle.

#21

re: Broadway Belles

Posted: 10/23/05 at 1:10am

I wish I had seen Megan McGinnis as Belle. I adore her.

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