Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

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Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 7:39pm

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.

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 7:43pm

Well, that gives me a reason to see it again!

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 7:43pm

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

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 7:47pm

I love her, but I was hoping she'd end up in something new

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 7:49pm

Her name has always bothered me. She was a hoot in MILLIE, but I hate that I can't pronounce her name.

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 7:55pm

She added "Berry" after she got married. I think that during her first stint in BATB, she was just Sarah Uriarte.

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 8:40pm

Are they going to be recycling Belles as often as POTO recycles Christines?

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 8:41pm

Good for her YAY!

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 8:44pm

Thank goodness I've held off on seeing this for the past 3 years. Incentive!

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 8:48pm

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.

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 9:03pm

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.

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 9:05pm

I don't think I've any reviews on how Toni was in Beauty and the Beast. Good, bad?

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 9:17pm

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.

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 9:19pm

How many Broadway Belles have there been?

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 9:23pm

If all these posts turn out to be true, than Sarah, John Tartaglia, & Donny Osmond are enough to make me return to this show.

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 9:43pm

John T. in Beauty? As Lumiere?

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 9:43pm

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.

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 9:45pm

Is John really doing Beauty and the Beast?

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 9:45pm

"John T. in Beauty? As Lumiere?"

Apparently:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=907108#2403668

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 9:48pm

Jamie Lynn as Belle

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 9:51pm

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.

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 9:51pm

Interesting. How was Toni in BaTB, I've always wondered that.

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 9:59pm

this may get me to finally see this show

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 10:08pm

cannot WAIT to see her. i'll pay for her sarah uriarte berry ... definitely.

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re: Sarah Uriarte Berry is Beauty's Next Belle

Posted: 8/12/06 at 10:09pm

That list of Belles should also include Ann Sanders, who played her right before Jamie Lynn Siegler took over.