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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

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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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Lea Michele
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Lea Michele in Les Misérables
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Lea Michele in Ragtime
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Christian Slater
The Music Man Playbill - June 1980
Christian Slater made his Broadway debut in The Music Man in 1980
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Jason Tam
Les Miserables Playbill - Opening Night, March 1987
Les Miserables Playbill
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Anna Kendrick
Daniel McDonald and Anna Kendrick
Anna Kendrick in High Society
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Nick Jonas
Joe Cassidy, Terrence Mann as Javert, Don Brewer and Nicholas Jonas as Gavroche in <i>Les Mis</i>
Nick Jonas (far right) in Les Misérables
Joan Marcus
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Ariana Grande
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Al Calderon, Delaney Moro, Elizabeth Gillies, Eamon Foley, Malik Hammond, Caitlin Gann and Ariana Grande in <i>13</i>
Ariana Grande (far right) in 13
Photo by Joan Marcus
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Jarrod Spector
Monica Simoes
Les Misérables Playbill - Opening Night, March 1987
Les Miserables Playbill - Opening Night, March 1987
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Richard Thomas
Sunrise at Campobello Playbill - Jan 1958
Richard Thomas made his Broadway debut in Sunrise at Campobello
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Lacey Chabert
Lacey Chabert as Young Cosette on Broadway
Lacey Chabert in Les Misérables
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Andrew Keenan-Bolger
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Andrew Keenan Bolger in Seussical
Andrew Keenan-Bolger in a promo shot for Seussical
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Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker as Annie
Sarah Jessica Parker as Annie
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Brandon Espinoza
Marc J. Franklin
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Davy Jones
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Davy Jones in Oliver!
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Tony Yazbeck
Gypsy Playbill - Opening Night, Nov 1989
Tony Yazbeck made his Broadway debut in the 1989 revival of Gypsy
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