Broadway performer's hometowns- Page 3

[babygiraffeboots]

Posted: 2/21/05 at 2:11pm

I was born in manhattan and lived there until I was about 7. I unfortunatley now live in westchester, the only other person I know from westchester is Jonathan Larson. It seems everyone who is from ny is either from the city or long island.

[me101]

Posted: 2/21/05 at 2:14pm

Taye Diggs and Vanessa Williams went to college in my hometown

[mirramar]

Posted: 2/21/05 at 2:31pm

Sherie Rene-Scott is from Kansas!
I wish I'd known that when I spoke to her at DRS - I wonder if she's from the same city as me.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 2/21/05 at 2:37pm

Let us not forget that Corine2 grew up with Josh Mostel AND Brooke Shields. Now where was that? Baltimore?

[shira467]

Posted: 2/21/05 at 2:53pm

Susan Egan and Stephanie J. Block are both from Orange County (which is a large area). Is there anyone from Los Angeles?

[Love4Cheno]

Posted: 2/21/05 at 3:00pm

melissa errico fan- I grew up right next to you in Cherry Hill, NJ. I went to Cherry Hill East.

[Letty2]

Posted: 2/21/05 at 3:05pm

hmm. Austin Miller from the Hairspray tour, Tommy Tune, and Dequina Moore from Little Shop are all from Houston! There is this thing here called the "Tommy Tune Awards" which are like the Tonys but for Houston highschools and Tommy Tune goes to all of them and judges. I hope my highschool wins something this year!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 2/21/05 at 3:31pm

Fellow Long Islanders:

Patti LuPone (Northport)

Rosie O'Donnell (Commack)

Billy Crystal (Baldwin)

Isabella Rosellini (Bellport)

Alec Baldwin and his brothers (Massepequa)

Glenn Close has spent a few summers in Bellport (she looks ghastly when she does her grocery shopping without makeup!)

Updated On: 2/21/05 at 03:31 PM

[Musetta1957]

Posted: 2/21/05 at 3:52pm

I can't think of any actual BROADWAY performers who are from the San Francisco area -- help? I'm sure this is really obvious, but not to me.

(The only ones I can think of are currently touring or who have toured in the past, but not made it to Broadway.)

[feinstein9]

Posted: 2/21/05 at 4:49pm

mary martin- same hometown
betty buckly/john denver- same high school

go weatherford and fort worth!

[ashley0139]

Posted: 2/21/05 at 4:54pm

Sutton Foster lived 30 min from me. Then she and Hunter moved. But they lived near where I live for some time before they moved to Michigan. It´s cool since she´s one of my faves right now.

[BWAYROCKS]

Posted: 2/22/05 at 5:53am

Taye Diggs, Jen Cody, Susan Haefner (Rochester NY suburbs)

[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/22/05 at 6:02am

Matt Morrison is also from Orange County.

[ozdustgirl2]

Posted: 2/22/05 at 9:53am

Bway--thats cool so am I thats why I was asking.

[MeliMel]

Posted: 2/22/05 at 10:38am

Well I'm from LA but now live in NYC, and I know Eden Espinosa and Stephanie J. Block are from Cali. and I think maybe Aaron Lohr (sp?) he went to UCLA ( yay!) but I'm not sure he is originally from LA.

[treyisthekiller]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:59pm

katie clarke is from friendswood, tx which is about 10 minutes away from where i live.

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 11:02pm

Amy Adams [American Idol, Joseph... tour] is from my hometown and actually went to my junior high/high school.

[BWAYboi_yes]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 11:07pm

Michael Arden is from Odessa, Texas.

[gumbo2]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 11:13pm

Chayanne Jackson (spelled that wrong) is from somewhere in Washington, though I don't remember where. Shoshana Bean is from Oregon which is pretty close. Chad Kimball went to my high school and still visits and talks with us when he's in town. Noah Racey also went to my high school.

[boxers7]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 11:17pm

Jason Robert Brown grew up in Spring Valley. Anyone else from Rockland County?

[zzannahk]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 12:23am

Matt Morrison is also from Orange County.

NY or CA??

[rocky2428]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:59am

Hugh Panaro's from the Philly burbs (about 25 min from where I grew up).

[WickedlyPerfect]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 2:41am

Patrick Wilson was born in Norfolk Va
Glenn Close graduated from William and Mary in Williamsburg Va
(her pictures still line the halls backstage in the theater dept.)
Warren Beatty was born in Richmond


Not a broadway star, but I just found out that Archie Kao (plays Archie in CSI) graduated from my college

[courtnyj]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 3:14am

Ann Reinking went to my high school.

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 11:11am

I went to high school in Lawrence, Kansas. Lawrence High has a few Broadway alumni that I know of:

Lorenzo Fuller (the OBC of "Kiss Me Kate," he's the original singer of "Too Darn Hot")

Jane Bodle (a few classes ahead of me---from Cats, Les Miz, Me and My Girl, Sunset Blvd. and Miss Saigon)

Patricia Garland (the original Judy from A Chorus Line)

...and me own Mum! (two Broadway plays)

...and some non-Broadway notables also went to my high school: Langston Hughes, Erin Brockovich, Paul Coker Jr. (who created many of the Rankin-Bass holiday characters we know and love), several major sports folks, etc. It's a school known for overachievers. Others from Lawrence include Delbert Mann (Oscar-winning director) and "Beaver's dad" Hugh Beaumont!