Best Broadway Child

#1

Best Broadway Child

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:03am

I want to get everyone's opinion on the best child to light up the Broadway stage. I believe Daisy Egan from Secret Garden should get the Gold, the young actor who played Colin in Secret Garden the Silver, and bronze going to Christy Ramano in Parade.

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#2

re: Best Broadway Child

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:05am

I thought Harrison Chad was great in "Caroline, or Change".

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#3

re: Best Broadway Child

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:07am

That kid in Boy From Oz is amazing... I just saw a clip, but my roomie who saw the show talked about him nonstop and he sings pretty well for a little kid...

#4

re: Best Broadway Child

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:13am

Mitchel David Federan - Boy From Oz
Lil' Inez (I saw Sabrina Reitman, but Danelle was awesome on the CD) - Hairspray
Alicia Morton - Annie (not Bway, but she was in Les Mis)
Heather Tepe - Gypsy

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#5

re: Best Broadway Child

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:13am

can't remember his name but my vote also goes to the kid from Boy From Oz. as much as it pains me to say anything good about that show, he was outstanding. anyone know the age of the gal who played Baby June in the last Gypsy revival? she was quite good too.

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#6

re: Best Broadway Child

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:14am

I believe she was 10 or 11 although she looked like she was younger. Amazing talent for such a young age!

#7

re: Best Broadway Child

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:15am

Mitchel David Federan was the kid from Boy From Oz. And Heather Tepe, Baby June in Gypsy, was 11 or 12, I think.

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#8

re: Best Broadway Child

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:15am

I always love Gavroche, or whatever that little boy in Les Mis' name is! He breaks my heart. If that was my son up there I swear I would sit in the audience every night and bawl!

#9

re: Best Broadway Child

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:17am

william ullrich- nine

simply b/c he doesn't have the stupid annoying "i'm a kid in a broadway show so i'm gonna be as loud and obnoxious as possible" voice

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#10

re: Best Broadway Child

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:19am

I agree with the girl who played Mary in Secret Garden. She's amazing. But Colin? I did *not* like his voice. BTW, I had no idea that was John Cameron Mitchell as Dickon until very recently... hehe

#11

re: Best Broadway Child

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:20am

"I believe she was 10 or 11 although she looked like she was younger. Amazing talent for such a young age!"

if that's the case, then I change my vote to Baby June! i remember being amazed by her polished dancing and strong singing voice. i was in the balcony though so part of me suspected she may have been older than she looked, like 15-17. i've seen a 23 year old Mary in Secret Garden. she was short but it was odd.

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"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers

#12

re: Best Broadway Child

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:22am

oh that baby june was a doll! I wish I could shriek like that! It's so irritating yet so amusing

#13

re: Best Broadway Child

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:25am

Either Mitchell David Federan or William Ullrich---both extremely talented youngsters.

#14

re: Best Broadway Child

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:26am

the gypsy child...annoying
beauty of voice is what matters...

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And you think of all of the things you've seen, and you wish that you could live in between ,and you're back again only different than before... After the Sky. -Into the Woods (Jack)

#15

re: Best Broadway Child

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:27am

Yeah the Gypsy girl was annoying---I almost killed myself. But I guess thats the nature of the part.

#16

re: Best Broadway Child

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:52am

she annoyed the hell out of me, which is exactly what she was supposed to do. by the end at stage door I wasn't sure whether I would ask for her autograph or strangle her. luckily I was rushed off by my friend and never had to make that decision.

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"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers

#17

re: Best Broadway Child

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:57am

Deeeeeeeeefinately the little kid from TBFO--amaaaaaaaaazing.

#18

re: Best Broadway Child

Posted: 9/3/04 at 1:32am

What's really funny is that when I read this, I was thinking of a person born to Broadway parents....

And of course I thought Liza Minelli.

Now that I understand that actual post, I also vote for Mitchel David Federan. Simply incredible.

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