{"id":31438,"date":"2026-08-07T20:12:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=31438"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:12:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:12:53","slug":"jake-t-austin-reacts-to-wizards-beyond-waverly-place-exclusion-after-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=31438","title":{"rendered":"Jake T. Austin Reacts to Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Exclusion After Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p>After starring as brainy Ren Stevens for three years on <em>Even Stevens<\/em>, bringing the titular Kim Possible to life, and starring opposite <strong>Hilary Duff<\/strong> in the 2002 DCOM <em>Cadet Kelly<\/em>, <strong>Christy Carlson Romano<\/strong> took to Broadway for a 31-week run in Disney&#8217;s <em>Beauty and the Beast<\/em> in 2004, playing Belle, before returning to the famed theater district in 2008, joining the company of <em>Avenue Q<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>She wrote a novel, <em>Grace&#8217;s Turn<\/em>, in 2007, directed a feature film, <em>Christmas All Over Again<\/em>, in 2016, earned a degree in Film Studies from Barnard College, and married writer-producer <strong>Brendan Rooney<\/strong> on December 31, 2013. 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