Broadway Performers From Your Town

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 10:11am

I saw the high school one so i thought id broaden it to town. Two people that live in my town are Harvey Fierstein and Stephen Schwartz. Sometimes I see Harvey and Stephen came to my school a couple of times. How about all you? :)

[Corine2]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 10:13am

My town is NYC!
Barrett Foa! WOO WOO!

[lamentingenvelope]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 10:19am

Ooh... a surprising amount of people are from around here. Stephen Flaherty, off the top of my head (not a Broadway performer, but... close enough!) That's the reason there's references to Pittsburgh in Seussical... *feels proud*

Let's see... who else? Rob and Kathleen Marshall (again, not performers...), and I think Stephanie D'Abruzzo (sp?) is from nearby. There's a few more. Like I said on the other thread, one of the chorus members of Wicked went to my high school.

Alot of performers went to college here, too, at CMU.
Updated On: 5/30/05 at 10:19 AM

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 10:21am

Oscar Hammerstein (okay, a composer), and Idina Menzel came from 20 minutes away fro mme, my friend's town.

[ikmbway]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 10:29am

Not Broadway but Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi are nearby. And there kids go to a camp where a few of my friends go. Im not sure if they go anymore though.

[hypertruffle]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 10:51am

Kelly Bishop's from my hometown. Christine Ebersole's from a town's nearby.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 11:05am

Hank Azarria from Forest Hills

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 11:08am

Ethan Hawke is from my town and went to my high school...although he's off-broadway right now so I'm not sure that qualifies for this thread.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 11:39am

Not Broadway, but Julia Roberts is from my town. It's cool.

Also, Sutton and Hunter Foster grew up here for a while.

[zepka102]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 11:52am

christine baranski went to my mom's hs... i saw her some of my mom's old yearbooks... lucille ball grew up an hour and a half away... and not broadway, but ani defrano, goo goo dolls, and my twin chad michael murray are all from here... beacon can add to the list :P

[musicgal04]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 11:57am

Ellen Marlow (Jemima in CCBB) is from my hometown.

[Unmasked05]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 11:57am

Well not exactly "HOME" Town but state wise(Alabama):

Rebecca Luker
Norbet Leo Butz(ASF)

[ponine24601]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 12:03pm

well not my town really..more like 30 minutes away from my town:

idina menzel
adam pascal (teehee! i'm proud that i'm a LIer now!)

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 12:07pm

Kathy Brier (sp?) is the only person I know of. I'm from Staten Island. There has to be others that I just don't realize were from here.

[CastAlbumFan]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 12:09pm

Well, looks like zepka102 is from MY hometown!

I went to school with Jesse L. Martin and performed in a couple of shows with him.

Also, composer Harold Arlen is from our town!

[BroadwayBound06]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 12:11pm

Emily Skinner came from my hometown of Richmond VA.

[alphieboy]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 12:12pm

Kevin Anderson is from my town.

[suzycat]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 12:27pm

Trevor Eaton (played Little Jake in the revival of Annie Get Your Gun w/ Bernadette) lives here. We did community theatre together when i was younger. I went back to my high school to see the musical this spring (Anything Goes) and he rocked the house. He played the British character. I'm not sure why he didn't get the lead (since he was the only one who could sing), but he was amazing. The "Gypsy in Me" song was out of control. Watch out for this kid - he's going places.

[CaTheatreGirl]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 12:29pm

Harve Presnell is from Modesto, CA. Remember him?

[bdwybelle]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 12:29pm

Sarah Paulson went to my high school...
I'm sure there are plenty of stars that have grown up in NY but I can't think of any at the moment.

[stonewall2]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 12:30pm

Taye Diggs went to the School of the Arts in Rochester, NY!

[dotmarie]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 12:54pm

Mandy Gonzalez.

Also, she didn't grow up here, but Lisa Whelchel (Blair from "The Facts of Life") used to live very near me.

[cathywellerstein]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 12:56pm

meg ryan and paul newman are from my town.

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:06pm

Elisha Cuthbert (HOOOOT!) is from my city, very close to me actually.

Akiva

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:07pm

Not Broadway but Bruce Willis lived a town away, his family is still there.