Relatives in Musicals- Page 2

[singalongsong2]

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

 

[NOWaWarning]

Posted: 2/24/20 at 2:15am

Sutton and Hunter Foster were in Grease on Broadway together back in the 90s. She was Sandy and I believe he was Roger and a Danny understudy. I’ve heard Sutton tell a story of how one night the Danny called out and they were asked if they would be fine going on together as the romantic leads. They understandably said hell to the no.

[jagman1062]

Posted: 2/24/20 at 3:01am

Brian Stokes Mitchell's wife, Allyson Tucker, was in the ensemble of Man of La Mancha when he played Cervantes/Don Quixote. 

Doug Henning's (Merlin in Merlin) wife, Debbie, was in the ensemble of that show. 

Barnard Hughes and his wife, Helen Stenborg, appeared together in Waiting in the Wings.  A semi-related topic regarding this show is at the 2000 Tonys, Rosemary Harris was nominated for her performance as lead actress in a play for this show, whereas her daughter, Jennifer Ehle, was nominated in the same category for her performance in the first revival of The Real Thing.  Ehle beat out her mom.

In an Off-Broadway production of Long Day's Journey... at Irish Rep, Frances Sternhagen's actual son, Tony Carlin, also played her son in the play, he being Jamie Tyrone to her Mary Tyrone.

Although I did not see them, there is famous married duo of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne appearing together in many productions, and siblings Fred and Adele Astaire performed together as well.

Updated On: 2/24/20 at 03:01 AM

[jo]

Posted: 2/24/20 at 4:26am

LizzieCurry said: "Jo, you're thinking of Danielle and Deanna DuClos."

Thanks!

 

[Wee Thomas2]

Posted: 2/24/20 at 7:07am

SJP and Matthew Broderick currently in Plaza Suite.

Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale (partners, not married) currently in Madea

[PatrickDC]

Posted: 2/24/20 at 7:28am

Tag said: "-Mary Beth Abel & Gregg Kirsopp (married) - she's Wicked's PSM, he's an ASM"

Doesn’t the union have a restriction of a relative or spouse reporting to another? (I assume an ASM reports to the PSM.) Most companies outside the arts have policies like this. 

[nmartin]

Posted: 2/24/20 at 7:31am

Haven't Shirley Jones and Patrick Cassidy appeared somewhere together in 42nd Street?

[Broadway61004]

Posted: 2/24/20 at 8:06am

It never actually happened tragically, but the 2009 revival of A Little Night Music was supposed to be Vanessa Redgrave and Natasha Richardson. Which would have been just incredible.

[ActorGuyIL]

Posted: 2/24/20 at 12:56pm

TheGingerBreadMan said: "Jessie Mueller as Jenna in Waitress on Broadway, and her sister Abby, who played the role on tour and was later a Broadway replacement."

That was Beautiful, not Waitress. I remember seeing the Mueller girls in the chorus of Oliver together at Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre in Illinois. I think their father may have also been in that production. They also appeared as Adelaide and Sarah in Guys and Dolls there together.

[little_sally]

Posted: 2/24/20 at 1:21pm

nmartin said: "Haven't Shirley Jones and Patrick Cassidy appeared somewhere together in 42nd Street?"

Yes!

Have Chuck, Eddie, and Lilli Cooper done shows together in some capacity? 

[taragel2]

Posted: 2/24/20 at 3:21pm

NOWaWarning said: "Sutton and Hunter Foster were in Grease on Broadway together back in the 90s. She was Sandy and I believe he was Roger and a Danny understudy. I’ve heard Sutton tell a story of how one night the Danny called out and they were asked if they would be fine going on together as the romantic leads. They understandably said hell to the no."

Was thinking of this--also saw Sutton and Hunter AND Christian Borle AND Jennifer Cody (Hunter's wife) all in a fun concert performance of Snoopy! back in 2004. Also saw Hunter and Jennifer together in Grease and in Urinetown too I think. And Sutton and Christian together in Thoroughly Modern Millie. And of course on Younger and in the GIlmore Girls revival. And Sutton and Hunter on Bunheads.

 

 

 

[copathetiic]

Posted: 2/24/20 at 3:22pm

Caroline Bowman and Austin Colby who play Elsa and Hans on the national tour of Frozen are married.

Also there are countless examples of people starting a relationship while doing a show together.

[PatrickDC]

Posted: 2/24/20 at 3:26pm

NOWaWarning said: "Sutton and Hunter Foster were in Grease on Broadway together back in the 90s. She was Sandy and I believe he was Roger and a Danny understudy. I’ve heard Sutton tell a story of how one night the Danny called out and they were asked if they would be fine going on together as the romantic leads. They understandably said hell to the no."

I wonder why they cast the show that way knowing it was possible a brother and sister could play a romantic couple? 

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 2/24/20 at 3:32pm

A little more here: https://www.hollywood.com/tv/bunheads-siblings-sutton-foster-and-hunter-foster-bond-on-screen-and-off-57661602/

 

I wonder if they didn't overlap for very long, so the producers didn't think of it too seriously? I think they overlapped by only a week in Les Miz so it wasn't an issue. (He understudied Marius and she understudied Eponine.)

[scarlet721]

Posted: 2/24/20 at 4:15pm

Ones I've seen:

David and Shaun Cassidy in Blood Brothers 

Adam Halpin and Megan McGinnis in Daddy Long Legs.

Hunter Foster and Jen Cody in Urinetown

Already mentioned, Jason Danieley and Marin Mazzie

[Plannietink08]

Posted: 2/24/20 at 7:07pm

Olivia Valli played her own grandmother in JERSEY BOYS which tells the story of her grandfather and his career. 

[squip]

Posted: 2/24/20 at 7:12pm

What about Adam and Arielle Jacobs in Aladdin? Not sure if that technically counts since I don't think they ever appeared in the same company at the same time (a la Sutton and Hunter in Grease)

[RWPrincess]

Posted: 2/25/20 at 5:55pm

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."

And Abby's twin Matt is in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Austin Colby and Caroline Bowman are married and on the Frozen tour. They actually drive from city to city due to their large dog.

Adam Jacobs was original Aladdin and his sister Arielle Jacobs is current Jasmine

Rob Marnell and Laurel Harris are married and were in Beautiful at the same time. Now she's in Jagged Little Pill and he's in Tina.

Jeff Kready and Nikki Renee Daniels 

Steve Pasquale and Philippa Soo 

Kerry Washington and Nnamdi Asomugha. I think he was doing an Off-Broadway play while she was doing American Son.

 

 

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 2/25/20 at 5:57pm

I don't think a few of those have been in the same show at the same time, as OP stated.

[Hot Pants]

Posted: 2/25/20 at 6:41pm

Kim Crosby and Robert Westenberg met each other when they starred as the original Cinderella and Cinderella’s Prince in Into the Woods, later marrying and staying together to this day.

Another example of a couple meeting through a show is Anthony Ramos and Jasmine Cephas Jones in Hamilton. I believe they’re currently engaged.

[Maximilia]

Posted: 2/25/20 at 7:09pm

Mimi and Talia Ryder in Matilda (Matilda and Hortensia). Also several siblings/twins as Tam i Miss Saigon through the years.

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 2/25/20 at 7:10pm

Broadway61004 said: "It never actually happened tragically, but the 2009 revival of A Little Night Music was supposed to be Vanessa Redgrave and Natasha Richardson. Which would have been just incredible."

Yes and no, they didn't on Broadway but Natasha and Vanessa played Desirée and Madam A. in the 2009 benefit concert, whose rich cast also included Victor Garber, Steven Pasquale, Christine Baranski and Benjamin Walker. A rumor says that the producers wanted another mother-daughter pair for Broadway, Blythe Danner and Gwyneth Paltrow, but the latter declined.

Another example is Kevin Grey and wife Dodie Pettit, who performed as Phantom & Christine in POTO. Lois Hunt and Earl Wrightson performed together in many many shows, including playing the leads in A Little Night Music and Kiss Me Kate. They never married, but they were partners for several decades.

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 2/25/20 at 7:14pm

Also, Imelda Staunton and Jim Carter met when they were in the cast of Guys and Dolls and by the time they played Dorothy and the Lion in the RSC's Wizard of Oz they were married

[amandap213]

Posted: 2/26/20 at 5:15pm

LxGstv said: "Katie Lowes and Adam Shapiro in Waitress as Dawn and Ogie."

I absolutely loved these two in waitress! the fact that they were both making their broadway debut's surprised me because their voices were so great.

side note: I would love to see something in the future with LaChanze and her daughter Celia who is in Jagged Little Pill right now

[Platypus]

Posted: 2/26/20 at 8:26pm

When I saw The Wedding Singer on tour, the people playing Robbie and Julia were husband and wife. I had to look it up but their names were J. Michael Zygo and Jillian Zygo.