Broadway names voicing Animated features

Judy Kuhn as Pocahontas

Although these aren't famous instances as such, there are often a few major Broadway names in the list of background singers and/or minor character voices for musical animated films. Makes for some fun little Easter Eggs for Broadway fans. A few examples: Andrew Lippa and Hugh Panaro (and... Scott Schwartz) in 'The Prince of Egypt'; Annaleigh Ashford and a couple of Book of Mormon alumni in 'Frozen'; and Andrea Martin, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Lillias White, and heaps others in 'Anastasia'.

Zachary Levi in Tangled

Mr. Nowack said: "Stanley Holloway (the voice of Winnie the Pooh) was a Broadway star waaaaaaaaay back."

That's Sterling Holloway you're talking about.

Richard White as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast

Anyone who sneezed in a 10-foot radius of Bobby Lopez voiced something in Frozen.

Animated, but not featured: check out Andrew Rannells' animé resume.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=12007

Has anyone mentioned Susan Egan? She's provided a few voices, notably Megara in Hercules.

Fan123 said: "Although these aren't famous instances as such, there are often a few major Broadway names in the list of background singers and/or minor character voices for musical animated films. Makes for some fun little Easter Eggs for Broadway fans. A few examples: Andrew Lippa and Hugh Panaro (and... Scott Schwartz) in 'The Prince of Egypt'; Annaleigh Ashford and a couple of Book of Mormon alumni in 'Frozen'; and Andrea Martin, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Lillias White, and heaps others in 'Anastasia'.



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I know the PofE cast like the back of my hand almost...I'm pretty sure neither Lippa nor Panaro were in it, neither is it on their IMDB.



But yes, the ensemble singing in Anastasia is LITTERED with people we all know. Ernie Sabella (Pumbaa) also has been on Broadway on more than one occasion. Not only that, you'll notice that he and Nathan Lane have done a lot of projects together :)

Oh and Alan Tudyk was in another VERY famous Robin Williams film...not an animated one, but go see if you can find him

EDIT- Yes Lippa was in PofE, I just didn't spot it at first. Obviously he's in the ensemble somewhere, because I know the principal cast for sure. I still can't find anything about Panaro in it however.

Updated On: 3/9/17 at 12:05 PM

Jeffrey Karasarides, I most certainly do. The hazards of posting at 3:30 in the morning...

JennH, I was referring to the Prince of Egypt soundtrack liner notes, which list Lippa, Panaro and [Scott] Schwartz under the heading 'Background Singers, New York'. Maybe their contribution was too minor for them to be listed in most other places. (Speaking of 'Anastasia', Dmitri's singing voice himself, Jonathan Dokuchitz, is also in the list.)

The Princess and the Frog also has Keith David, Jen Cody, Michael Leon-Wooley, Jenifer Lewis, Peter Bartlett, and Terrence Howard.