Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
According to buzz I heard around the Lunt-Fontanne today, Ms. Berry, late of "Piazza," will be re-joining the "Beauty" cast, beginning on September 19. Sarah Litzenger, the current Belle, finishes her run on September 17.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
Well, that gives me a reason to see it again!
YAY! YAY! YAY! I will go back now! she was my Belle in BaTB in '95 (my second broadway show ever)
I LOVE this woman! YAY
I love her, but I was hoping she'd end up in something new
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
Her name has always bothered me. She was a hoot in MILLIE, but I hate that I can't pronounce her name.
She added "Berry" after she got married. I think that during her first stint in BATB, she was just Sarah Uriarte.
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
Are they going to be recycling Belles as often as POTO recycles Christines?
Good for her
YAY!
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
Thank goodness I've held off on seeing this for the past 3 years. Incentive!
I think she's so much better than (a) going back to a previous show and (b) Disney overall, but wow. THIS would get me to go back.
Why are they bringing back all these Belles from ten years ago? I'm gonna hold out for Toni Braxton. She's bound to replace Uriarte.
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/29/06
I don't think I've any reviews on how Toni was in Beauty and the Beast. Good, bad?
Leading Actor Joined: 5/6/06
That is so kool! I actually was in New York last week, saw Beauty and chatted with Sarah Litzsinger for awhile at the stage door. She said she was leaving September 17 and that another Sarah was going to be Belle.
How many Broadway Belles have there been?
Broadway Star Joined: 6/14/05
If all these posts turn out to be true, than Sarah, John Tartaglia, & Donny Osmond are enough to make me return to this show.
John T. in Beauty? As Lumiere?
There have been at least 13 Belles, and several more if you count all the understudies that have gone on. IBDB lists the following baker's dozen:
Susan Egan
Kim Huber
Toni Braxton
Kerry Butler
Deborah Gibson
Andrea McArdle
Christianne Tisdale
Sarah Uriarte
Ashley Brown
Sarah E. Litzsinger
Megan McGinnis
Christy Carlson Romano
Brooke Tansley
And having seen a couple of them, I'd list Sarah Berry as my favorite.
Leading Actor Joined: 5/6/06
Is John really doing Beauty and the Beast?
Broadway Star Joined: 6/14/05
"John T. in Beauty? As Lumiere?"
Apparently:
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=907108#2403668
Hmmmmm...I love her, but it seems like it would be a bit of a waste for her gorgeous soprano.
I mean, I loved her belting in Taboo, but "The Joy You Feel" is so subtely beautiful.
Interesting. How was Toni in BaTB, I've always wondered that.
this may get me to finally see this show
cannot WAIT to see her. i'll pay for her sarah uriarte berry ... definitely.
That list of Belles should also include Ann Sanders, who played her right before Jamie Lynn Siegler took over.
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