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Photo Features 43 Original Broadway Casts You Want to See Onstage We asked, you answered: Playbill social media followers share the original casts they dream they could see on stage.

By Marc J. Franklin

November 15, 2021

Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra McDonald in *Ragtime* Catherine Ashmore

While new casts and revivals have long captivated theatre audiences, bringing new life to classic works, for many fans the original productions hold a fond place in theatre lovers’ hearts. Ahead of the Spring Awakening benefit concert for the Actors Fund, check out the other original casts Playbill social media followers dream they could see onstage.

43 Original Broadway Casts You'd Want to See Onstage

Ragtime_Broadway_Production Photos_Brian Stokes Mitchell_Audra McDonald_HR — 43 Original Broadway Casts You'd Want to See Onstage

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HR - Ragtime - Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald — Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra McDonald in *Ragtime*.

Catherine Ashmore

Wicked_Broadway_Production_Photo_Kristin Chenoweth_Idina Menzel_HR — Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel in *Wicked*

Joan Marcus

HR - Once On This Island (1990) - LaChanze — LaChanze with the original cast of *Once on This Island*.

Martha Swope / The New York Public Library

Dear_Evan_Hansen_HR — Ben Platt

Matthew Murphy

Company_Broadway_Production_Photos_1970_Cast_HR — Cast of *Company*

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43 Original Broadway Casts You'd Want to See Onstage

43 Original Broadway Casts You'd Want to See Onstage

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