Most Surprising Broadway Actor

What movie stars/celebrities are you surprised have acted on Broadway before?

I was surprised to learn that Quentin Tarantino was in a revival of Wait Until Dark for 12 weeks in the 90s (He wasn't well reviewed).

Theatrefanboy1 said: I also never knew back a couple years ago TImothee Chalamet was in a broadway play

Timothee has yet to make his Broadway debut. In 2011, he made his stage debut in the Off-Broadway play THE TALLS. He has never appeared on Broadway.

I knew he had done Dame Edna on Broadway several times, of course, but I was surprised to learn Barry Humphries was also the original Mr. Sowerberry and Fagin cover in the original Broadway production Oliver 40 years prior.

Broadway61004 said: "I knew he had done Dame Edna on Broadway several times, of course, but I was surprised to learn Barry Humphries was also the original Mr. Sowerberry and Fagin cover in the original Broadway production Oliver 40 years prior."

40 years prior? Try more like 57 years. The original Broadway production of OLIVER (which Humphries was part of) opened in 1963 not 1980.

BrodyFosse123 said: "Broadway61004 said: "I knew he had done Dame Edna on Broadway several times, of course, but I was surprised to learn Barry Humphries was also the original Mr. Sowerberry and Fagin cover in the original Broadway production Oliver 40 years prior."

40 years prior? Try more like 57 years. The original Broadway production of OLIVER (which Humphries was part of) opened in1963 not 1980.

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Right, and he did Dame Edna on Broadway for the first time in 1999. So actually 36 years prior.

Was it marketed as a stunt cast? If it was, that's got to be one of the strangest stunt casts I've ever heard of.

Chris Rock

Tom Selleck

Sean Combs

InTheBathroom1 said: "Just recently found The Wild Party with Toni Collette and was completely shocked at how good she sounded"

When I first learned Victor Garber was primarily a theatre actor I was kind of shocked, because I was most familiar of his performance in the titanic. So, I had just assumed he was a big film actor.

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Tom Hanks in Lucky Guy. He was fine in a so-so play. He also sweated and spit like a pro.

How about Vincent Price in a musical? I saw him in Darling of the Day 52 years ago. He was actually fine, but was overshadowed by Patricia Routledge, who won a deserved Tony award for her wonderful performance in this show, which ran 32 performances.

And Anthony Quinn in a revival of the musical version of his classic movie, Zorba. I know he had been on Broadway prior to Zorba, but not since I began attending the theatre regularly in 1964.

Katherine Hepburn in a musical about the life of Coco Chanel was incredibly surprising to read.

This is correct. At that time Tarantino had Reservoir Dog and Pulp Fictions as hits (and Jackie Brown, a lesser hit), but he wasn't QUENTIN TARANTINO yet."

Sweets, Tarantino was already THE Oscar winning Quentin Tarantino when he chose to slum it as an actor in the 1998 Broadway revival of WAIT UNTIL DARK. I was around then so I’m quite keen of all the industry accolades he received with 1994’s PULP FICTION. It was one of the major films that awards season. He and Tomei were the big name showcases for this 1998 Broadway revival.