Relatives in Musicals
Relatives in Musicals
MollyJeanneMusic
Broadway Star Joined: 3/10/19
#1Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 11:45am
I was wondering if you've ever seen a production where characters have been played by people who are related, by birth or marriage. Like Terrence Mann and Charlotte d'Amboise in Pippin.
I'll give an example: Last night, I saw a few of my friends in a high school production of My Favorite Year. One of my friends played King Kaiser, and his sister played Alice - which, of course, made "Professional Showbizness Comedy" that much funnier.
"I think that when a movie says it was 'based on a true story,' oh, it happened - just with uglier people." - Peanut Walker, Shucked
#2Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 1:20pmThe best example that comes to mind for me is Marin & Jason in n2n, which for me has become even more heartbreaking to think about.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
LxGstv
Broadway Star Joined: 11/22/16
#3Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 1:25pmKatie Lowes and Adam Shapiro in Waitress as Dawn and Ogie.
Kitsune
Broadway Star Joined: 12/29/06
#4Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 2:00pm
Jim Walton plays Nick in Come From Away. For at least a few months, he overlapped with his niece Emily Walton, who played Janice. (I think she's doing Darling Grenadine right now - from the press release, it sounds like she'll return after?)
taylortrensch
Leading Actor Joined: 1/20/18
#5Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 2:17pm
sasson gabay who plays tewfiq in the band's visit tour (and formerly in the movie & on bway) works alongside his son adam who plays papi in the tour !
don't message me thinking im taylor trensch?? what would he be doing on bww?? you can't possibly be that dumb bye
Updated On: 2/23/20 at 02:17 PM
#6Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 3:54pm
I saw Greggory Brandt (a swing) go on with his son, Eddie, who was Gavroche, in the Les Miz tour yeeeeears ago.
Alexis Kalehoff playing Young Cosette/Young Eponine when her mom, Andrea McArdle, was Eponine:
https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1996-12-20-3113225-story.html
Gabriel and Melina Kalomas were both in the Les Miz tour in the mid-2000s, but not at the same time. Hunter and Sutton Foster overlapped by a few performances on Broadway!
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#7Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 3:59pm
I saw a high school/college production of Les Mis in my area where JVJ and Javert were brothers. Added a ton of layers to the show, I felt.
My father (AIDS)
My sister (AIDS)
My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS, AIDS, AIDS)
The gays and the straights
And the white and the spades
Updated On: 2/23/20 at 03:59 PM
#8Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 4:06pm
Oh... Brian Sears in Mormon on Broadway and his brother Jeffrey David Sears — Brian was OBC and Jeff was original 1st national!
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#9Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 4:10pm
-Rob McClure and Maggie Lakis (married) toured together in Something Rotten
-Debbie Allen directed Phylicia Rashad (sisters) in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
-Mary Beth Abel & Gregg Kirsopp (married) - she's Wicked's PSM, he's an ASM
#10Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 4:20pm
Dominic and Matt Bogart were both in different companies of Jersey Boys at the same time.
Justen and Branden Steinagle both played Gavroche on tour. I think Branden replaced Justen, but I'm not entirely sure if there was a gap in there somewhere.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
superiska123
Understudy Joined: 12/21/17
#11Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 4:24pmIdina Menzel and Taye Diggs in Wicked for a little while. Another Wicked example: Stephanie J Block and Sebastian Arcelus.
#12Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 4:39pm
Victoria Mallory was the original Anne in A Little Night Music. Many years later her daughter Ramona was Anne in the B'way revival of ALNM.
bwayboy22
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/12
#13Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 4:44pm
Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher in the 1973 revival of Irene! Debbie played the titular role while Carrie was in the chorus!
You can see a photo of them here.
#14Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 5:26pm
David Guzman and Jacob Guzman in Newsies
Andy Karl and Orfeh in Legally Blonde, Pretty Woman, Joseph
I'm sure some young twins have shared Lulu in Waitress?
trpguyy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/05
#15Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 6:06pm
Mathew and Lissa deGuzman (siblings) on the Aladdin Tour
http://www.playbill.com/article/swing-siblings-how-lissa-and-mathew-deguzman-came-to-cover-the-full-ensemble-of-aladdins-national-tour
Timothy Shew and his wife, Jane Brockman are currently on the Hello Dolly tour together. She also did the Wicked tour and overlapped with her stepson, Jonathan Shew for some time.
http://www.playbill.com/article/photo-exclusive-on-the-road-with-mother-and-son-wicked-cast-members-jane-brockman-and-jonathan-shew-com-210611
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#16Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 6:19pm
Jessie Mueller as Jenna in Waitress on Broadway, and her sister Abby, who played the role on tour and was later a Broadway replacement.
Updated On: 2/23/20 at 06:19 PM
#17Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 6:20pmJim Walton plays Nick in Come From Away and his niece Emily plays Janice (having come from the tour) although I believe she’s currently on leave for another show.
you found your heart but left a part of you behind <3
jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#18Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 6:21pm
It worked best when the relatives also play relatives in the musical.
A long time ago, in ALWebber's musical ASPECTS OF LOVE ( headlined by Michael Ball) on Broadway -- the young and the older Jenny roles were played by sisters. Sorry, can't remember the names now. Both sisters played their distinct roles well (including the singing, as each one had a solo from the score). The young Jenny sang the "The Mermaid Song" and the older Jenny sang "The First Man I Remember".
#19Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 6:23pm
TheGingerBreadMan said: "Jessie Mueller as Jenna in Waitress on Broadway, and her sister Abby, who played the role on tour."
You're thinking of Carole King in Beautiful. Jessie originated the role on broadway, but Abby originated the track on tour and eventually did a stint on broadway.
I also just remembered Stephanie and Marc Crousillat, who play sharks in the current West Side Story revival.
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#20Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 11:09pm
squip said: "TheGingerBreadMan said: "Jessie Mueller as Jenna in Waitress on Broadway, and her sister Abby, who played the role on tour."
You're thinking of Carole King in Beautiful. Jessie originated the role on broadway, but Abby originated the track on tour and eventually did a stint on broadway.
I also just remembered Stephanie and Marc Crousillat, who play sharks in the current West Side Story revival."
Yes! Thanks for the correction. Right people, wrong role.
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#21Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 11:34pmElizabeth Southard and her husband Gary Mauer in the third national company of The Phantom of the Opera. Kirby Ward and his wife Beverly Ward in the national tour of Crazy for You.
#22Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/23/20 at 11:37pm
Jo, you're thinking of Danielle and Deanna DuClos.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
MannPhan24601
Broadway Star Joined: 11/4/15
#23Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/24/20 at 12:24am
Chris Mann and his wife Laura in the Phantom tour (he was Phantom and she was a swing )
Same for Trista Moldovan (Carlotta ) and her husband Steven Tewksberry(ensemble and u/S Firmin). They had also previously done the Broadway production and Christine and u/s Phantom I think
Steve Czarnecki(ensemble, u/s Valjean and Javert) and his wife Liz Shriver (swing/ u/s Fatine) in the Les Mis tour. I know they went on together as Valjean and Fatine a few times
MannPhan24601
Broadway Star Joined: 11/4/15
#24Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/24/20 at 12:28amWhen I saw a regional production of Matilda, Matilda and Michael Wormwood were siblings in real life (she was taller than her brother though which didn't make sense with the plot ) and they had two other siblings in the ensemble !
singalongsong2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/11/08
#25Relatives in Musicals
Posted: 2/24/20 at 1:50am
All related by marriage, but these immediately came to mind...
Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo in Hair
Tony Vincent and Aspen Miller in American Idiot
Megan Lawrence and Kevin Kern in Hair
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