Broadway Question

[Jeff]

Posted: 9/28/03 at 3:47pm

What are the most famous children of broadway?

[Musetta1957]

Posted: 9/28/03 at 3:48pm

You mean child performers, or children of Broadway performers, or...?

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 9/28/03 at 3:48pm

Huh? What do you mean?

[Jeff]

Posted: 9/28/03 at 3:53pm

Sorry for not being clear I meant Children PErformers on broadway ..of all time.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/28/03 at 3:56pm

Retracted my bon mot.

Bulldog. Updated On: 9/28/03 at 03:56 PM

[sabrelady]

Posted: 9/28/03 at 4:15pm

Kids! I don't know what's wrong with these kids today!...
I'm not sure there are any on B'way right now( b'way kids of b'way performers) Matthew Broderick obviously but he is not currently on the boards. Josh Mostel( what IS he doing?)Charlotte D'Amboise (sp?) but that's Ballet. Anybody else?

[Jeff]

Posted: 9/28/03 at 4:17pm

I got your little Bye bye Birdie joke..! the Kids song..lol Yea i think we ned more kids on brodway...They need to revive Babes in Arms!!!

[Jack42]

Posted: 9/28/03 at 4:19pm

"Famous" is a relative term because fame can come and go. But if you are asking the names of people that many would know easily, I would put my vote in for...

Daisy Eagan
Andrea McCardle
Sarah Jessica Parker

[Jeff]

Posted: 9/28/03 at 4:25pm

Andrea McArdle -annie right?
Sarah Jessica Parker- what was she in?

[Musetta1957]

Posted: 9/28/03 at 4:31pm

"Sarah Jessica Parker- what was she in?"

Annie on Broadway, before other things...

[magruder]

Posted: 9/28/03 at 5:05pm

A couple come to mind...

Johnny Borden (Bye Bye Birdie, Oliver!)
Freddy Michaels (Mame)
Andrea McArdle (Annie)
Daisy Eagan (The Secret Garden)


And I don't know who they are, but I love the little kids who fight while singing "If You Haven't Got a Sweetheart" from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. ("You've got the words cockeyed!" "No, I haven't!")

[Bwaybabie]

Posted: 9/28/03 at 5:17pm

She's not terribly famous yet, but I'd like to add Anna Kendrick (High Society, Fritzi in Camp, also sang Life Upon the Wicked Stage in the My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies concert alongside the Kit Kat Girls). This gal is going places.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 9/28/03 at 5:45pm

How about adults who became famous playing kids?

Julie Harris, 24 playing 13 in MEMBER OF THE WEDDING.

Mary Martin as Peter Pan.

[Craig]

Posted: 9/28/03 at 5:49pm

SueleenGay..

Minor correction tho - Mary Martin had been in a few shows including South Pacific, so I am not sure it would be safe to say Peter Pan made her famous.. infamous perhaps..

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 9/28/03 at 5:53pm

Oh, Craig, I know that, but it was a role she made famous. I knew someone would call me on that little tid bit, but can you think on any more?

[Craig]

Posted: 9/28/03 at 5:56pm

We could add Marissa Jaret Winokur becoming famous playing Tracy I suspect

Kristen Chenoweth playing Sally

Do both those work?

[Musetta1957]

Posted: 9/28/03 at 9:12pm

"How about adults who became famous playing kids?"

Would Spencer Kayden count for playing Little Sally?