Broadway Stars that had debut as a child- Page 2

[NYC4Life]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#25

Posted: 7/14/07 at 10:48am

Not Broadway, but wasn't Lea just a kid when she played Kim on the west end

[jimnysf]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#26

Posted: 7/14/07 at 10:57am

Richard H Blake is indeed a star! He has been working since he was just a kid and had the lead in "Saturday Night Fever" (First National Tour as well as U/S on Broadway). He had his name above the title in "The Prince of Central Park" when he was just a kid.

"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions" ------- "Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu" from "Can't Stop The Music" ----- "When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth" ------------ --------- "Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.

[istillbelieve24601]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#27

Posted: 7/14/07 at 11:03am

Lea Salonga was 17 or 18 when she played Kim in Miss Saigon in the West End.

A lot of the Spring Awakening cast members are also in their late teens.

However, isn't this thread about which Broadway stars played the child roles, not made their debut as late teenagers? Even though the kids in Spring Awakening are still in their teens, it's not like they alternate the roles like regular child Broadway actors.

Cosette: Roses are red. Marius: Violets are blue. Eponine: You're so in love! Marius: And so not with you.

[munkustrap926]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#28

Posted: 7/14/07 at 11:03am

Tony Yazbeck was a newsboy in a revival of Gypsy, Lacey Chabert was Young Cosette (she's not on Broadway now, but she was), and I know this isn't Broadway, but Anne Hathaway's been around since she was a child.

[jimnysf]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#29

Posted: 7/14/07 at 11:07am

Yazbeck was also "Clarence" of "Clarence and his clarinet" in the Uncle Jocko sequence of the Tyne Daly "Gypsy" revival.

"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions" ------- "Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu" from "Can't Stop The Music" ----- "When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth" ------------ --------- "Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.

[Craig]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#30

Posted: 7/14/07 at 11:09am

Bernadette Peters

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

[GYPSY1527]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#31

Posted: 7/14/07 at 11:10am

Lea Michele was the Tateh's young daughter in Ragtime.

Happy...Everything! Kaye Thompson

[musicaltheater1]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#32

Posted: 7/14/07 at 11:19am

Lea Salonga's debut on stage was at the age of 7 in the The King and I musical in the Philippines. Still at a young age, she later took the lead of Annie and joined other productions, such as Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Fiddler On The Roof, The Rose Tattoo, The Sound of Music, The Goodbye Girl, Paper Moon and The Fantasticks.

"I love acting. It is so much more real than life." Oscar Wilde
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley

[BrodyFosse123]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#33

Posted: 7/14/07 at 11:30am

MERLIN (in 1983) was actually Christian Slater's 4th Broadway credit/show. He actually made his Broadway debut playing Winthrop Paroo in the 1980 Broadway revival of THE MUSIC MAN. He was 10 1/2 years old.

[ClumsyDude15]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#34

Posted: 7/14/07 at 12:46pm

Marty Thomas was one of two Colins in THE SECRET GARDEN.

"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we’re all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.” --- Patti LuPone.

[TapTapTapioca]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#35

Posted: 7/14/07 at 1:13pm

Rick Faugno & Erich Bergen were kids on Broadway, and Jarrod Spector was a Gavroche in Les Miserables (not sure if it was Broadway or one of the Tours).


Erich Bergen was not on Broaway. His voice was recorded for the the play An American Daughter but that is it.

I shave me Xanadu every morning!

[Gypsy9]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#36

Posted: 7/14/07 at 1:40pm

The amazing tap dancer Savion Glover made his Broadway debut as the kid in THE TAP DANCE KID in the 1980's. The late Gregory Hines, a fabulous performer, was Glover's mentor.

"Madam Rose...and her daughter...Gypsy!"

[Becky]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#37

Posted: 7/14/07 at 1:46pm

JB Fan is right - Molly was an orphan in the 2nd National Tour.


Annie Orphan's - Molly

[cliffarico]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#38

Posted: 7/14/07 at 2:36pm

Patty Duke

[wonderfulwizard11]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#39

Posted: 7/14/07 at 2:38pm

I agree with Savion Glover.

I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.

[WhatDoINeedWithLove?]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#40

Posted: 7/14/07 at 2:45pm

Lacey Chabert in Les Mis.

[americanboy99]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#41

Posted: 7/14/07 at 2:47pm

Ashley Tisdale.

Haha.

[jeffrey1dog]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#42

Posted: 7/14/07 at 6:53pm

Absolutely Cliffarico - Patty Duke is the quintessential Broadway child star that made it. And then to return in "Oklahoma" (see my avatar) 40 years later was awesome. Wouldn't she be great in "Driving Miss Daisy" now?

And even though she's not a child (but still young) I wouldn't be surprised if Laura Osness becomes a BIG Broadway star after she debuts in "Grease". You may quote me on that - haha.

< Patty Duke (the original Neely O'Hara) & me (March 8, 2010)

[Jon]

re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child#43

Posted: 7/14/07 at 7:03pm

Savion Glover replaced Alphonso Ribiero in Tap Dance Kid.

Davy Jones was 15 when he originated The Artful Dodger in OLIVER.

Glyn Turman, the original little brother in A RAISIN IN THE SUN, wnet on do do many movies, and was on the TV series A DIFFERENT WORLD.

Ralph Carter, who played the same role in the musical RAISIN, was Michael on GOOD TIMES.

As anyone who knows A CHORUS LINE knows, Baayork Lee was one of the original children in THE KING AND I.

Gedde Watanabe, the original little boy in PACIFIC OVERTURES, went on to play "Long Duk Dong" in the movie SIXTEEN CANDLES, and is a regular on E/R.