<Ul> <Li> Belle: Sarah Uriarte Berry (1995--1996 & 2006), Kerry Butler (1996--1997), Deborah Gibson (1997--1998), Toni Braxton (1998--1999; first African American to play Belle on Broadway), Andrea McArdle (1999--2000), Sarah Litzsinger (2000--2002, 2003 & 2006), Jamie - Lynn Sigler (2002--2003, Broadway debut), Megan McGinnis (2003--2004), Christy Carlson Romano (2004), Ashley Brown (2005--2006, Broadway debut), Anneliese van der Pol (2007, Broadway debut, closing cast). A total of seventeen actresses have played the part of Belle in the Broadway production, with Litzsinger playing it the longest . </Li> <Li> Beast: Jeff McCarthy (1995--1997 & 2004), Chuck Wagner (1997--1998), James Barbour (1998--1999), Steve Blanchard (who played the Beast for the last eight years of the Broadway run). </Li> <Li> Lumière: Lee Roy Reams (1995), Meshach Taylor (1998--1999, Broadway debut), Paul Schoeffler (2001), Bryan Batt (2001--2002), Patrick Page (1999--2001 & 2003), Jacob Young (2006, Broadway debut), John Tartaglia (2006--2007), David DeVries (closing cast) </Li> <Li> Cogsworth: Peter Bartlett, Jonathan Freeman (2006--2007) </Li> <Li> Gaston: Marc Kudisch (1995), Steve Blanchard (1997--he later played Beast), Christopher Sieber (2001), Donny Osmond (2006 & final Broadway performance) </Li> <Li> Chip: Jonathan Bleicher (1997 - 1999), Nick Jonas (2002), Jeremy Bergman (2002--2003), Trevor Braun (Longest - running Chip), Harrison Chad, Henry Hodges, Andrew Keenan - Bolger </Li> <Li> Babette: Ann Mandrella (2007 closing cast) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Belle: Sarah Uriarte Berry (1995--1996 & 2006), Kerry Butler (1996--1997), Deborah Gibson (1997--1998), Toni Braxton (1998--1999; first African American to play Belle on Broadway), Andrea McArdle (1999--2000), Sarah Litzsinger (2000--2002, 2003 & 2006), Jamie - Lynn Sigler (2002--2003, Broadway debut), Megan McGinnis (2003--2004), Christy Carlson Romano (2004), Ashley Brown (2005--2006, Broadway debut), Anneliese van der Pol (2007, Broadway debut, closing cast). A total of seventeen actresses have played the part of Belle in the Broadway production, with Litzsinger playing it the longest . </Li> <Li> Beast: Jeff McCarthy (1995--1997 & 2004), Chuck Wagner (1997--1998), James Barbour (1998--1999), Steve Blanchard (who played the Beast for the last eight years of the Broadway run). </Li> <Li> Lumière: Lee Roy Reams (1995), Meshach Taylor (1998--1999, Broadway debut), Paul Schoeffler (2001), Bryan Batt (2001--2002), Patrick Page (1999--2001 & 2003), Jacob Young (2006, Broadway debut), John Tartaglia (2006--2007), David DeVries (closing cast) </Li>

Who played gaston in the original beauty and the beast