Broadway Stars that had debut as a child- Page 2
Broadway Stars that had debut as a child
NYC4Life
Broadway Star Joined: 1/23/06
#25re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child
Posted: 7/14/07 at 10:48amNot Broadway, but wasn't Lea just a kid when she played Kim on the west end
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#26re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child
Posted: 7/14/07 at 10:57amRichard 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.
istillbelieve24601
Featured Actor Joined: 4/3/07
#27re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child
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.
munkustrap926
Understudy Joined: 6/5/07
#28re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child
Posted: 7/14/07 at 11:03amTony 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#29re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child
Posted: 7/14/07 at 11:07amYazbeck was also "Clarence" of "Clarence and his clarinet" in the Uncle Jocko sequence of the Tyne Daly "Gypsy" revival.
#30re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child
Posted: 7/14/07 at 11:09am
Bernadette Peters
#31re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child
Posted: 7/14/07 at 11:10amLea Michele was the Tateh's young daughter in Ragtime.
musicaltheater1
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/05
#32re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child
Posted: 7/14/07 at 11:19amLea 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.
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#33re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child
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.
#34re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child
Posted: 7/14/07 at 12:46pmMarty Thomas was one of two Colins in THE SECRET GARDEN.
TapTapTapioca
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/07
#35re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child
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.
#36re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child
Posted: 7/14/07 at 1:40pmThe 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.
Becky
Broadway Star Joined: 5/14/03
#37re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child
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
Featured Actor Joined: 10/5/03
#39re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child
Posted: 7/14/07 at 2:38pmI agree with Savion Glover.
WhatDoINeedWithLove?
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/03
americanboy99
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/06
#42re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child
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.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#43re: Broadway Stars that had debut as a child
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.
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