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Some became overnight sensations with their debut performance, while others honed their skills for years on the vaudeville circuit before making it on Broadway. Get to know more about the lives and careers of past and present stars of musical theater.

Julie Andrews
Fred and Adele Astaire
Ray Bolger
Fanny Brice
Matthew Broderick
Eddie Cantor
Carol Channing
George M. Cohan
Barbara Cook
Alfred Drake
Harvey Fierstein
Joel Grey
Kitty Carlisle Hart
Al Jolson
Gene Kelly
Bert Lahr
Nathan Lane
Angela Lansbury
Patti LuPone
Mary Martin
Audra McDonald
Donna McKechnie
Ethel Merman
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Robert Morse
Zero Mostel
Bebe Neuwirth
Jerry Orbach
Mandy Patinkin
Bernadette Peters
John Raitt
Ann Reinking
Chita Rivera
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
Barbra Streisand
Elaine Stritch
Gwen Verdon
Ben Vereen
Ethel Waters
Bert Williams


"Funniest performer I ever saw, saddest man I ever knew." -- Meet Bert Williams

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Fred and Adele Astaire
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