Sarah Uriarte Berry

{{Short description|American actress and singer (born 1969)}}

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Sarah Uriarte Berry (born May 31, 1969 in San Francisco, California) is an American actress and singer.

Career

Berry is a native of California and graduated from UCLA in 1992.Daily, Mary. [http://magazine.ucla.edu/features/bruins_on_broadway/index2.html "Bruins on Broadway"] UCLA.edu, January 1, 2011{{cite web |url=http://www.tft.ucla.edu/alumni/notable-alumni-actors/ |title=NOTABLE ALUMNI ACTORS |publisher=UCLA School of Theater, Film and television |accessdate=September 29, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006111604/http://www.tft.ucla.edu/alumni/notable-alumni-actors/ |archivedate=October 6, 2014 }} She made her Broadway debut as Eponine in Les Misérables in 1993.[http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=110565 "Broadway credits"]. InternetBroadwayDatabase. Retrieved July 28, 2012 She then went on to star as Belle in Beauty and the Beast in 1995. Berry then returned to the role of Eponine in Les Misérables in 1997. She appeared in the short-lived Taboo from October 2003 to February 2004Jones, Kenneth. [https://archive.today/20130131100842/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/83775-Bways-Taboo-Will-Close-Feb-8-After-100-Performances "Bway's 'Taboo' Will Close Feb. 8 After 100 Performances"] Playbill, January 13, 2004 and The Light in the Piazza (2005) as "Franca",Simonson, Robert. [https://archive.today/20130131104111/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/90609-Berresse-Gravitte-Join-Cast-of-Light-in-the-Piazza "Berresse, Gravitte Join Cast of 'Light in the Piazza'"]. Playbill, January 14, 2005 for which she was nominated for Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards as Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. She also starred as the title role in Cinderella alongside Eartha Kitt for the New York City Opera in 2004.Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/eartha-kitt-and-lea-delaria-join-nyco-cinderella-casting-complete-com-122440 "Eartha Kitt and Lea DeLaria Join NYCO Cinderella; Casting Complete"]. Playbill, October 12, 2004 On September 19, 2006, she returned to the role of Belle in Beauty and the Beast[https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Sarah-Uriarte-Berry-Returns-to-Beauty-and-the-Beast-919-20060907 "Sarah Uriarte Berry Returns to 'Beauty and the Beast', 9/19"]. Broadwayworld.com, September 7, 2006 and left the show on December 24, 2006.Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/lew-and-buntrock-to-join-broadways-beauty-and-the-beast-com-137119 "Lew and Buntrock to Join Broadway's 'Beauty and the Beast'"]. Playbill, December 18, 2006

Berry's national tours include Sunset Boulevard as Betty Schaefer and starring Petula Clark (1998–1999)Simonson, Robert. [https://archive.today/20130131085729/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/48338-Sunset-Blvd-Tour-With-Petula-Clark-Reaches-San-Fran-Oct-13 "'Sunset Blvd.' Tour, With Petula Clark, Reaches San Fran, Oct. 13"]. Playbill, October 13, 1999 and Carousel, in which she portrayed Julie Jordan. Her regional theatre credits include A Little Night Music as Anne at the Kennedy Center in 2002,[http://www.sondheimguide.com/night.html#KC "'A Little Night Music' 2002 Kennedy Center Production"]. SondheimGuide.com. Retrieved July 28, 2012The Sound of Music at the Helen Hayes Theatre Company, Nyack, New York in 2002,[https://archive.today/20130131093029/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/72943-Berry-and-Vidnovic-Star-in-Hayes-Sound-of-Music Berry and Vidnovic Star in Hayes' Sound of Music'"]. Playbill, October 24, 2002Oklahoma! at the Sacramento Music Circus (July 27 – August 1, 2004),Gans, Andrew. [https://archive.today/20130131122656/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/86812-Norm-Lewis-Max-von-Essen-Sarah-Uriarte-Berry-and-More-Featured-in-Sacramento-Music-Circus-Summer-Season "Norm Lewis, Max von Essen, Sarah Uriarte Berry and More Featured in Sacramento Music Circus Summer Season"]. Playbill, June 15, 2004West Side Story at The Muny in St. Louis in June 2000,[https://web.archive.org/web/20160309000625/https://business.highbeam.com/435553/article-1G1-62677088/muny-opens-west-side-story "MUNY Opens With "West Side Story"]. highbeam.com (abstract) (St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)), June 12, 2000 and Thoroughly Modern Millie, at the LaJolla Playhouse, California (2000).Simonson, Robert and Jones, Kenneth. [https://archive.today/20130131101648/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/54824-Dilly-and-Pinkins-Are-Millie-and-Muzzy-at-La-Jolla-Playhouse-Oct-3-Nov-12 "Dilly and Pinkins Are Millie and Muzzy at La Jolla Playhouse, Oct. 3-Nov. 12"]. Playbill, August 15, 2000

Berry reprised her role as Franca in a production of The Light in the Piazza which ran from July 10–26, 2008 at the Weston Playhouse Theatre in Weston, Vermont, where she starred alongside her husband Michael, who played Roy.Blank, Matthew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/photo-call-vermont-light-in-the-piazza-with-mccarthy-worsham-and-worley-com-151735 "PHOTO CALL: Vermont Light in the Piazza with McCarthy, Worsham and Worley"] Playbill, July 17, 2008 She also starred as Sharon in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of Master Class which ran from March 4 – April 5, 2009.Scott Lipton, Brian. [http://www.theatermania.com/new-jersey-theater/news/02-2009/barbara-walsh-replaces-kate-mulgrew-in-paper-mill-_17001.html "Barbara Walsh Replaces Kate Mulgrew in Paper Mill Playhouse's Master Class"] Theatermania.com, February 9, 2009 Berry was a temporary standby for Alice Ripley in the role of Diana in Next to Normal on Broadway.Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/next-to-normal-gets-very-berry-in-february-com-191680 "'Next to Normal' Gets Very Berry in February"]. Playbill, January 29, 2010 She went on with her husband as Dan on February 19, 2010. Berry starred as Magnolia with her daughter, Madeleine, as Young Kim in the Goodspeed Opera House production of Show Boat, which ran from July to September 2011.Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/article/sarah-uriarte-berry-ben-davis-quentin-earl-darrington-will-walk-show-boats-gangplank-at-goodspeed-com-179227 "Sarah Uriarte Berry, Ben Davis, Quentin Earl Darrington Will Walk 'Show Boat's Gangplank at Goodspeed"] Playbill, May 17, 2011 In October 2022, Berry took part in the Disney Princess – The Concert tour after Susan Egan could not continue performing after being diagnosed Bell's Palsy.Rabinowitz, Chloe. [https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Susan-Egan-Reveals-Bells-Palsy-Diagnosis-Anneliese-Van-Der-Pol-Sarah-Uriarte-Berry-to-Perform-as-Belle-on-Tour-20221006 "Susan Egan Reveals Bell's Palsy Diagnosis; Anneliese Van Der Pol & Sarah Uriarte Berry to Perform as 'Belle' on Tour"] Broadway World, October 6, 2022 In April and May of 2023, she played the role of Countess Charlotte Malcolm in a revival of A Little Night Music at the Pasadena Playhouse.

Personal

Berry is married to Broadway actor and director Michael Berry. They have one daughter and twin sons.

References

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