All of these actors have made a lasting impact on Broadway—many of them earning Tony Awards for their work—but do you know the shows that gave them their debuts on the Main Stem?
Gavin Creel
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Thoroughly Modern Millie Playbill - Opening Night
Kelli O'Hara
Laura Marie Duncan
Jekyll & Hyde Playbill - Opening Night
LaChanze
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Uptown... It's Hot! Playbill - February 1986
Beth Leavel
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
42nd Street Playbill - April 1981
Victoria Clark
Bjorn Bolinder
Guys and Dolls
Rob McClure
I'm Not Rappaport Playbill - Opening night
Karen Olivo
Rent Playbill - Opening Night
Lea Salonga
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Les Miserables Playbill
Betty Buckley
1776 Playbill - Dec 1970
Ethel Merman
Girl Crazy
Katrina Lenk
Susan Stripling
The Miracle Worker Playbill - Opening Night
Joel Grey
Andrew Eccles
Borscht Capades
Joshua Henry
In the Heights Playbill - Opening Night
Nathan Lane
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Present Laughter
Raúl Esparza
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Taboo Playbill - Opening Night
Jonathan Groff
In My Life Playbill - Opening Night, Oct 2005
Celia Keenan-Bolger
Putnam County Spelling Bee Playbill
Laurie Metcalf
My Thing of Love Playbill - May 1995
Judith Light
Marc J. Franklin
A Doll's House
Condola Rashad
Stick Fly Playbill - Opening Night
Brian d'Arcy James
Blood Brothers
Ariana DeBose
Bring It On Playbill - Opening Night
Lindsay Mendez
Grease Playbill - Opening Night
Brooks Ashmanskas
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Playbill - March 1995
Mandy Patinkin
Courtesy NJPAC
Trelawny of the "Wells"
Debbie Allen
Purlie Playbill - Aug 1970
Lena Hall
Cats Playbill - Opening Night, Oct 1982
