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Photo Features 14 Performers Who Got Their Starts as Kids on Broadway Many of your Broadway favorites started out on the stage when they were still in elementary school.

By Playbill Staff

March 11, 2019

With Jason Tam back on Broadway in Be More Chill, Playbill looks back at some of our favorite Broadway stars who got started at a young age. Flip through the gallery below of performers who were on Broadway long before they became well-known actors of stage and screen.

A Look at 14 Performers Who Got Their Start as a Broadway Kid

Elsie_Fest_2017_Lea Michele_HR. — A Look at 14 Performers Who Got Their Start as a Broadway Kid

Many of your Broadway favorites started out on the stage when they were still in elementary school.
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Les_Miserables_Lea_Michele — Lea Michele in *Les Misérables*

Ragtime_Production_Photo_Broadway_Lea Michele — Lea Michele in *Ragtime*

Groundhog_Day_Opening_Night_2017_Arrivals_Christian Slater_HR — Christian Slater

The Music Man Playbill - June 1980 — Christian Slater made his Broadway debut in *The Music Man* in 1980

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