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#1

Broadway stars who did NOT go to College...

Posted: 8/6/06 at 6:59pm

This may have been a topic already, but I searched and didn't come across any...but can anyone share what they know. Which successful broadway actors did not attend college? I know a lot of Hollywood Celebs didn't go, but I was curious about Broadway.

Updated On: 8/6/06 at 06:59 PM

#2

re: Broadway stars who did NOT go to College...

Posted: 8/6/06 at 7:16pm

well she's by no means a star
but a friend of mine auditioned for hairspray and got the understudy spot of tracy turnblad on the day she graduated two years ago.
she literally went straight from high school to broadway.
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#3

re: Broadway stars who did NOT go to College...

Posted: 8/6/06 at 7:21pm

Hehe. Stay in school kids; you're going to want something to fall back on when you realize that you can't make a dime working in the theatre!

Unless you like waiting tables...

re: Broadway stars who did NOT go to College...
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#4

re: Broadway stars who did NOT go to College...

Posted: 8/6/06 at 7:30pm

Correct me if I am wrong.....but I do believe....from what i heard...that Sutton Foster and Eden Espinosa are two that have not gone to College...
#7

re: Broadway stars who did NOT go to College...

Posted: 8/6/06 at 7:40pm

Sutton, I think, attended college for a year. Stephanie J. Block went to college only for like a week before dropping out.
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#8

re: Broadway stars who did NOT go to College...

Posted: 8/6/06 at 7:40pm

She didn't stay long, I don't think.
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#11

re: Broadway stars who did NOT go to College...

Posted: 8/6/06 at 7:47pm

Please define "did not go to college." Do you mean, "did not go to college", i.e., did not complete an undergraduate degree or did not attend at all?

If the former, then Lea Salonga is an example. She was a premed student when she was cast in MISS SAIGON. She was registered at Fordham a couple of years ago, and as far as I know, she publicly stated that she still intends to complete her undergraduate studies albeit not as a premed student.

Updated On: 8/6/06 at 07:47 PM

#12

re: Broadway stars who did NOT go to College...

Posted: 8/6/06 at 7:49pm

By "did not go"....I mean either never completed 4 years or just simply graduated High School and started auditioning and "made it"
#14

re: Broadway stars who did NOT go to College...

Posted: 8/6/06 at 7:58pm

Mylinda Hull never went to college.
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#15

re: Broadway stars who did NOT go to College...

Posted: 8/6/06 at 8:08pm

Nathan Lane didn't go to college I believe.
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#17

re: Broadway stars who did NOT go to College...

Posted: 8/6/06 at 8:10pm

Nope, according to IBDB, Laura was a nun and in the ensemble, plus understudy for Maria before she replaced Rebecca.
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Updated On: 8/6/06 at 08:10 PM

#18

re: Broadway stars who did NOT go to College...

Posted: 8/6/06 at 8:11pm

Nathan, or Joe Lane, did Guys and Dolls in college. That's why he chose that name...
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#19

re: Broadway stars who did NOT go to College...

Posted: 8/6/06 at 8:12pm

Sutton went to C-M for a year, then left school since she was cast in the National Tour of Les Mis. She continued to get work from that point on, so she did not finish school.
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#20

re: Broadway stars who did NOT go to College...

Posted: 8/6/06 at 8:18pm

I believe Stephanie J. Block did not
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#22

re: Broadway stars who did NOT go to College...

Posted: 8/6/06 at 8:22pm

Steph had a scholarship for the last 2 years to Boston Conservatory. Was going to go to a JC for the first 2 before transfering but just stayed for 5 days before she decided to take work instead. It's actually pretty funny to hear her talk about it... she mentions it on one of the cast party episodes with Jim Caruso.
#24

re: Broadway stars who did NOT go to College...

Posted: 8/6/06 at 9:59pm

Nathan didn't go to college.

He said "College is for people who don't know what they want to do. I knew what I wanted to do."
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#25

re: Broadway stars who did NOT go to College...

Posted: 8/6/06 at 10:04pm

Wanna Be...

I thought Sutton Foster's first tour was WILL ROGERS' FOLLIES. LES MIZ was much later. Maybe I am wrong. You are "Wanna Be A Foster" after all.

Updated On: 8/6/06 at 10:04 PM

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