Brooke Tansley/Belle

[crazyforpenny]

Posted: 8/18/04 at 1:09pm

My friend just e-mailed me the website for the newspaper article that says Brooke has been cast as Belle.....Here it is if anyone is interested http://www.rep-am.com

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/18/04 at 1:24pm

I went to the website and even did a search, but I didn't get a story confirming Brooke in Beauty and the Beast.

[crazyforpenny]

Posted: 8/18/04 at 1:42pm

Look up under Top Stories on the right.....Fairy Tale Comes True Waterbury Native

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/18/04 at 1:45pm

Oh, another Belle from Connecticut. The other one besides Christy was Christianne Tisdale.

Updated On: 8/18/04 at 01:45 PM

[saddle shoe side kick]

Posted: 8/18/04 at 1:55pm

Oh, I'm so happy for her!!! Go get 'em Brooke!
She really deserves it. What a sweetie. I must go see her in it. Can't wait -Penny

Updated On: 8/18/04 at 01:55 PM

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 8/18/04 at 4:10pm

the person who wrote that article can't spell for the life of him

[saddle shoe side kick]

Posted: 8/18/04 at 4:13pm

Yeah, he misspelled Hairspray, lol... But atleast he gave good news -Penny

[ponine24601]

Posted: 8/18/04 at 4:14pm

haha. good for her. i didn't hear good things about her as penny, but hey it's a completely different role. you can't always believe what you hear too. congrats to brooke!

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 8/18/04 at 4:16pm

I loved her as Penny personally.

[saddle shoe side kick]

Posted: 8/18/04 at 4:17pm

The first time I saw her as Penny, she was brand new to the role and she hadn't found her Penny yet. I went to see it again a few weeks later and she did a great job. I think if she had stayed for longer she would have gotten even better. When I met her after the show she was such a sweet person and I told her how well I thought she did ("You were awesome.") and she seemed very happy. She had a beautiful necklace that her mom had made her for her birthday, the monday before, with a shiney penny in it :) Very pretty. Anyway, I really like Brooke and I think she'll make a great Belle :) Yey for Brooke!! -Penny

Updated On: 8/18/04 at 04:17 PM

Posted: 8/26/04 at 9:19pm

i'm glad to hear such good things about Brooke, because I'm planning to get tickets to see her sometime in December (hope she's still there) for my birthday... cause I can't stand Christy Carlson Romano and BATB is my childhood favorite.

[Crazy4MattMorrison52]

Posted: 8/26/04 at 9:24pm

i plan to see it i really wanted to see ccr but i want to see brooke now bc shes from hairspray and hairspray ppl are cool

[zoran912]

Posted: 8/26/04 at 9:24pm

I didn't know that she was from Connecticut. I wonder if she studied at The Nutmeg Conservatory.

[dancinfan]

Posted: 8/26/04 at 10:23pm

Brooke is currently contracted to play Belle through early January, so unless she's on vacation in December, you should get to see her!

[crazyforpenny]

Posted: 8/27/04 at 5:43pm

FYI: Brooke trained at the Connecticut Dance Theatre. She has also danced with the Moscow State Ballet. One of her dance trainers was Shamil Yagudin, Ballet Master of the Bolshoi Ballet

[Amneris]

Posted: 8/27/04 at 5:54pm

for some reason, i cant get the story :o(