Broadway performer's hometowns

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:14pm

There seems to be a ton of performers from Ohio on Broadway. Gavin Creel, Michael Cavenaugh, Jennifer Gambatese, Michelle Federer, David Ayers, Jessica Grove, etc. It gives me hope!

What performers are from your area?

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:16pm

Calista Flockheart was my high school classmate.

[marincrazy11]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:17pm

Sutton Foster, Danny Gurwin, Danny McNie(he hasn't made it there yet, but I'm sure he will), Kristen Bell. Marin Mazzie is a somewhat implanted Michiganian-she lived here for a while and went to school here.

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:18pm

Can't forget Hunter Foster!

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:18pm

Same with Calista. She was a couple years ahead of me.

[gettinhep]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:19pm

Zoe Caldwell and I come from the same suburb of Melbourne, Australia.

[Raggy Q poo]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:22pm

John Tartaglia grew up in Maple Shade NJ and went to the same HS my friend went to.

And Barrett Foa grew up in Manhattan.

And Theodore Bikel (the first Tevye on Broadway's Fiddler on the Roof) was born in 1924 in Austria and moved to Palestine (which is now Israel) at age 13. I will stop there because you can find tons of sites on him. I only know this because my parents are good friends with him. In fact, he was over our house for dinner...I think it was in late December.

Updated On: 2/20/05 at 10:22 PM

[dotmarie]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:23pm

Hmmm...California. Umm... Susan Egan?

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:24pm

You're from Maple Shade?

[cabarethed]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:26pm

John Tartaglia and Colin Hanlon.
Updated On: 2/19/07 at 10:26 PM

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:28pm

North Texas: Betty Buckley, Mary Martin, Tommy Tune

[ozdustgirl2]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:29pm

Bway-- where in Ohio are you from?

[Mythus]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:35pm

I can't think of anyone from Massachusetts. *sigh*

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:36pm

Idina Menzel's hometown is 20 minutes away from me. But otherwise, nothing.

[cvapb]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:42pm

nobody is from my hometown except Jimmy Buffet and Donald Trump lives here part time, but they are not Broadway performers, so I got nothing! - Palm Beach, Florida Updated On: 2/20/05 at 10:42 PM

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:43pm

Raul Esparza is from Delaware!

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:45pm

Sutton and Hunter moved to Michigan at a young age.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:45pm

Sutton moved to Michigan when she was 13.


Wait, how did I know that?

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:49pm

I am from Northeast Ohio...whoever asked.

[Raggy Q poo]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:52pm

Mef- No, I don't live in Maple Shade altough thats where I know alot of people from. Most of my "Jew Crew" lives in or around Maple Shade. I live in Philadephia (suburb of)

cabarethed- what school did you go to? My friend who went to Upper Dublin a few years after Johnny did is gonna try to get me a HS pic...should be interesting.

Updated On: 2/20/05 at 10:52 PM

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:55pm

Jodi Benson is from my hometown Rockford, Il.

She's part of what they call the Rockford 5 (people from the same time period from Rockford that all have done stuff on Broadway) which I believe includes my dance teacher Cindy-who knows Jodi. I'm like obsessed w/ Jodi and TLM and CFY so i need to ask her about this....lol

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:55pm

Just curious, Raggy. I'm from Medford.

[Razz77]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:56pm

Emily Skinner and Corey Reynolds are from Richmond, Virginia.

Faith Prince is from Lynchburg, Virginia.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:59pm

Off Topic, but isn't Tom Wolfe from Lynchburg?

[Raggy Q poo]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:59pm

Medford....not exactly sure where that is although I have somewhat of an idea? How far is that from Cherry Hill?