Kids! I don't know what's wrong with these kids today!... I'm not sure there are any on B'way right now( b'way kids of b'way performers) Matthew Broderick obviously but he is not currently on the boards. Josh Mostel( what IS he doing?)Charlotte D'Amboise (sp?) but that's Ballet. Anybody else?
"Famous" is a relative term because fame can come and go. But if you are asking the names of people that many would know easily, I would put my vote in for...
Daisy Eagan Andrea McCardle Sarah Jessica Parker
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity -- Harlan Ellison.
Johnny Borden (Bye Bye Birdie, Oliver!) Freddy Michaels (Mame) Andrea McArdle (Annie) Daisy Eagan (The Secret Garden)
And I don't know who they are, but I love the little kids who fight while singing "If You Haven't Got a Sweetheart" from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. ("You've got the words cockeyed!" "No, I haven't!")
She's not terribly famous yet, but I'd like to add Anna Kendrick (High Society, Fritzi in Camp, also sang Life Upon the Wicked Stage in the My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies concert alongside the Kit Kat Girls). This gal is going places.
Minor correction tho - Mary Martin had been in a few shows including South Pacific, so I am not sure it would be safe to say Peter Pan made her famous.. infamous perhaps..
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka