Favorite Musical Performers
by KristenStewartForever | created - 14 Jul 2012 | updated - 26 Oct 2019 | Public
1. Roger Bart
Actor | The Producers
Roger Bart was born on September 29, 1962 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor, known for The Producers (2005) and American Gangster (2007).
2. Nathan Lane
Actor | The Producers
Nathan Lane was born on February 3, 1956 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA as Joseph Lane. He is an actor and producer, known for The Producers (2005), The Birdcage (1996) and The Lion King (1994). He has been married to Devlin Elliott since November 17, 2015.
3. Matthew Broderick
Actor | The Producers
A slight comic actor chiefly known for his boyish charm, Matthew Broderick was born on March 21, 1962 in New York City, to Patricia Broderick (née Biow), a playwright and painter, and James Broderick, an actor. His father had Irish and English ancestry, and his mother was from a Jewish family (from...
4. Gary Beach
Actor | The Producers
Tony winner ("The Producers") and popular Broadway veteran Gary Beach is a native of Alexandria, Virginia and a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts. He and his partner, Jeff Barnett, live in New York City.
Beach received the 2001 Tony Award, as well as the Drama Desk and Outer Critics ...
5. Jason Raize
Actor | Brother Bear
Jason Raize was born on July 20, 1975 in Oneonta, New York, USA as Jason Raize Rothenberg. He was an actor, known for Brother Bear (2003), Brother Bear (2003) and Stepsister from Planet Weird (2000). He died on February 3, 2004 in Yass, New South Wales, Australia.
6. Brian d'Arcy James
Actor | Spotlight
Brian d'Arcy James was born on June 29, 1968 in Saginaw, Michigan, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Spotlight (2015), Shrek the Musical (2013) and Friends with Kids (2011).
7. Sutton Foster
Actress | Younger
Sutton Lenore Foster (born March 18, 1975) is an American actress, singer and dancer. She is known for her work on the Broadway stage, for which she has received two Tony Awards for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, in 2002 for her role as Millie Dillmount in Thoroughly Modern ...
8. Ray Bolger
Actor | The Wizard of Oz
Ray Bolger was born Raymond Wallace Bolger on January 10, 1904 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, to Anne C. (Wallace) and James Edward Bolger, both Irish-Americans. Ray began his career in vaudeville. He was half of a team called "Sanford and Bolger" and also did numerous Broadway shows on his own. ...
9. Judy Garland
Actress | The Wizard of Oz
One of the brightest, most tragic movie stars of Hollywood's Golden Era, Judy Garland was a much-loved character whose warmth and spirit, along with her rich and exuberant voice, kept theatre-goers entertained with an array of delightful musicals.
She was born Frances Ethel Gumm on 10 June 1922 in ...
10. Christopher Sieber
Actor | Shrek the Musical
He attended Forest Lake High School and, after graduating, set out for New York to study acting at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Sieber made his television series debut in Two of a Kind (1998). In regional theatre, he has been involved in a string of world premiere musicals, including ...
11. Susan Egan
Actress | Hercules
Susan Egan was born on February 18, 1970 in Long Beach, California, USA as Susan Farrell Egan. She is an actress, known for Hercules (1997), Spirited Away (2001) and 13 Going on 30 (2004). She has been married to Robert Hartmann since June 26, 2005. They have two children. She has two daughters. ...
12. James Barbour
Actor | American Experience
James received the Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Drama Leagues Awards nominations for his starring role as "Sydney Carton' in the 2008 Broadway production of A Tale Of Two Cities. He also won the Sarasota Magazine best actor award for the out of town pre-Broadway run of A Tale Of Two Cities.
For ...
13. Daniel Radcliffe
Actor | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born on July 23, 1989 in Fulham, London, England, to casting agent Marcia Gresham (née Jacobson) and literary agent Alan Radcliffe. His father is from a Northern Irish Protestant background, while his mother was born in South Africa, to a Jewish family (from Lithuania, ...
14. Alan Cumming
Actor | The Anniversary Party
Alan Cumming was born on January 27, 1965, in Aberfeldy, Scotland, to Mary (Darling), an insurance company secretary, and Alex Cumming. His family lived nearby in Dunkeld, where his father was a forester for Atholl Estate. The family (including his brother, Tom) moved to Fassfern near Fort William,...
15. Kristin Chenoweth
Actress | Pushing Daisies
Kristin Chenoweth is an American stage, screen and television actress, though, depending on who you ask, Cheno fans may disagree on what her most famous roles are. Since Chenoweth began her career, she has been credited with roles in musicals and plays on and off-Broadway, on various television ...
16. Idina Menzel
Soundtrack | Frozen
Idina Menzel was born on May 30, 1971 in New York City as Idina Kim Mentzel. She's an American actress, singer & songwriter. She's best known as Maureen in "Rent", Elphaba in "Wicked" & as the voice of Elsa in Frozen (2013). Her mother, Helene Goldberg, was a therapist & her father, Stuart Mentzel,...
17. Adam Pascal
Actor | Rent
Adam Pascal was born on October 25, 1970 in The Bronx, New York, USA as Adam Jay Pascal. He is an actor and composer, known for Rent (2005), School of Rock (2003) and SLC Punk! (1998). He has been married to Cybele Chivian since December 19, 1998. They have two children.
18. Anthony Rapp
Actor | Rent
Anthony Rapp started his career at the age of six, and received his first professional job at the age of nine. His breakout came when he originated the role of "Mark Cohen" in Jonathan Larson's production of the Broadway musical "Rent". He can be heard on the original cast recording.
19. Jesse L. Martin
Actor | Rent
Jesse Martin was born Jesse Lamont Watkins in Virginia's Blue Ridge mountain range. His mother, Virginia Price, was a college career counselor. His father, Jesse Reed Watkins, was a truck driver. His parents divorced when he was very young. His mother then moved his family to Buffalo, New York. He ...
20. Wilson Jermaine Heredia
Actor | Rent
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Wilson J Heredia was always surrounded by music. His mother was a seamstress and his father was a super. But they were both very musical. He studied medicine, and thought about advertising, but he realized he had to express himself, so he got into acting. He worked at a...
21. Tracie Thoms
Actress | Rent
Tracie Thoms was born on August 19, 1975 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA as Tracie Nicole Thoms. She is an actress and producer, known for Rent (2005), Death Proof (2007) and The Devil Wears Prada (2006).
22. Anna O'Byrne
Actress | Love Never Dies
Anna O'Byrne was born on September 20, 1987 in Melbourne, Australia. She is an actress, known for Love Never Dies (2012).
23. Patrick Wilson
Actor | The Phantom of the Opera
Patrick Joseph Wilson was born in Norfolk, Virginia and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, the son of Mary Kathryn (Burton), a voice teacher and professional singer, and John Franklin Wilson, a news anchor.
Wilson has a B.F.A. in Drama from Carnegie-Mellon University. His theater work has produced ...
24. Cathy Rigby
Actress | Peter Pan
Cathy Rigby was born on December 12, 1952 in Los Alamitos, California, USA as Cathleen Roxanne Rigby. She is known for her work on Peter Pan (2000), The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) and McKenna Shoots for the Stars (2012). She has been married to Tom McCoy since September 11, 1982. They have two ...
25. Hinton Battle
Actor | Dreamgirls
Hinton Battle was born on November 29, 1956 in Neubrücke, Germany. He is known for his work on Dreamgirls (2006), Quantum Leap (1989) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997).
26. Victor Garber
Actor | Argo
Victor Garber has been in some of the most memorable projects of the past four decades. Victor has recently appeared in The Slap (2015), The Flash (2014), Motive (2013) and Web Therapy (2011). He is currently staring in Greg Berlanti's new DC Comics Superhero series "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" for ...
27. Lea Salonga
Actress | Mulan
Lea Salonga began her singing career at the age of ten, when she recorded her first album, Small Voice. She also hosted her own musical TV show, "Love, Lea". She starred in "Miss Saigon" and was then offered the role of the singing voice of Jasmine in the Disney film Aladdin (1992). She has ...
28. Peter Polycarpou
Actor | Cleanskin
Peter Polycarpou was born in Brighton, East Sussex, England. He is known for his work on Cleanskin (2012), De-Lovely (2004) and Oklahoma! (1999).
29. John Partridge
Actor | EastEnders
Musical theatre actor. Trained at Royal Ballet School, Bush Davies; and Performing Arts School Doreen Bird. Began career in the Cats UK national tour as dance captain, playing several roles (Alonzo, Rumpus Cat, u/s Rum Tum Tugger/Mistoffelees. Credits: (West End) The Hunting of the Snark - as '...
30. Jacob Brent
Actor | Cats
Jacob Brent was born on August 14, 1973 in Graham, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Cats (1998) and Santa Girl (2019).
31. Michael Crawford
Actor | Hello, Dolly!
Michael Crawford raised by a single mother (Doris Pike) and his maternal grandparents (Montague Pike and Edith O'Keefe Pike) in what Crawford described as a "close-knit [Roman] Catholic family". His maternal grandmother was born in County Londonderry, Ireland, and lived to be 99 years old. His ...
32. Norbert Leo Butz
Actor | Dan in Real Life
Norbert Leo Butz was born on January 30, 1967, in St. Louis, MO, the seventh child of Elaine and Norbert A. Butz. He has German, French, and Irish ancestry. Norbert went to audition for the Alabama Shakespeare festival in 1993 without using his middle name, but because people kept getting him ...
33. Christopher Fitzgerald
Actor | Revolutionary Road
Christopher Fitzgerald was born on November 26, 1972 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA as Christopher Cantwell Fitzgerald. He is an actor, known for Revolutionary Road (2008), Boiler Room (2000) and Girl Most Likely (2012). He has been married to Jessica Stone since August 23, 2003. They have one ...
34. Andrea Martin
Actress | My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Andrea Martin was born on January 15, 1947 in Portland, Maine, USA as Andrea Louise Martin. She is an actress and writer, known for My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016) and Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001).
35. Megan Mullally
Actress | Will & Grace
Megan is an only child born in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Martha, was a model, and her father, Carter Mullally Jr., was a contract player for Paramount. Megan first entered Northwestern University intending to study acting, but switched to English literature. However, she still ended up ...
36. Shuler Hensley
Actor | Van Helsing
Shuler Hensley was born on March 6, 1967 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA as Shuler Paul Hensley. He is an actor and producer, known for Van Helsing (2004), Odd Thomas (2013) and Oklahoma! (1999).
37. Daniel Breaker
Actor | Limitless
Daniel Breaker is an actor and producer, known for Limitless (2011), Sisters (2015) and Red Hook Summer (2012).
38. Ramin Karimloo
Actor | The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
Born on September 19, 1978 in Tehran, Iran, Ramin Karimloo is an Iranian-Canadian singer and actor, best known for his work in musicals. When he was 2 months old, his parents were forced to flee Iran because of the Islamic Revolution. After spending two years in Italy, the family moved to ...
39. Sierra Boggess
Actress | The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
Sierra Marjory Boggess was born May 20, 1982. She is best known for her roles as Ariel in the Broadway production of "The Little Mermaid" and Christine Daae in "The Phantom of the Opera". Her career started when she was cast in the Ensemble and as the understudy of Cosette in the US Tour of Les ...
40. Dick Van Dyke
Actor | Mary Poppins
Dick Van Dyke was born Richard Wayne Van Dyke in West Plains, Missouri, to Hazel Victoria (McCord), a stenographer, and Loren Wayne Van Dyke, a salesman. His younger brother was entertainer Jerry Van Dyke. His ancestry includes English, Dutch, Scottish, German and Swiss-German. Although he had ...
41. Haven Paschall
Actress | The Woman in the Window
Haven Paschall was born on February 22, 1980 in Los Angeles County, California, USA as Haven Bethany Burton. She is an actress and writer, known for The Woman in the Window (2021), Shrek the Musical (2013) and Frankenstein Reborn! (1998). She has been married to Denny Paschall since June 2011. They...
42. Elizabeth Walsh
Actress | The Phantom of the Opera
Elizabeth Walsh is an actress, known for The Phantom of the Opera (1991), It Takes Two (1995) and You Belong to Me (2002).
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