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25 Chart-Topping Recording Artists Who Came to Broadway

Recording_Stars_Broadway_HR — 25 Chart-Topping Recording Artists Who Came to Broadway

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The_Great_Comet_Ingrid_Michaelson_Sonya_HR — Ingrid Michaelson in Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

Nathan Johnson

Waitress_Broadway_Production_Photo_2017_Sara Bareilles_HR — Sara Bareilles in Waitress

Jeremy Daniel

Waitress_Broadway_Katharine_McPhee_Curtain_Call_2018_Katharine_McPhee_HR — Katharine McPhee

Marc J. Franklin

Waitress_Broadway_Jordin_Sparks_Curtain_Call_2019_HR — Jordin Sparks in Waitress

Jordin Sparks

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Chicago_Brandy_Norwood_HR — Brandy Norwood in Chicago

Jeremy Daniel

Natasha_Pierre_&_the_Great_Comet_of_1812_Broadway_Production_Photo_2016_Josh_Groban_HR — Josh Groban in Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

Chad Batka

The_Last_Ship_Production_Photo_Sting_HR — Sting in The Last Ship

Mya — Mýa in Chicago

Photo by Amy Arbus

Clay Aiken — Clay Aiken in Spamalot

Photo by Joan Marcus

Chicago_Production_Photo_Huey Lewis_HR — Huey Lewis in Chicago

Usher as Billy Flynn. — Usher in Chicago

Photo by SpotCo.

Audra McDonald and Sean Combs in <i>A Raisin in the Sun</i>, 2004 — Audra McDonald and Sean Combs in A Raisin in the Sun

Mel_B_in_Chicago_HR — Mel B in Chicago

Len Prince

Melanie Brown in <i>Rent</i> — Mel B in Rent

Aida_Broadway_Production_Photo_Michelle Williams_HR — Michelle Williams in Aida

Michelle Williams — Michelle Williams in Chicago

Once_On_This_Island_Broadway_Michelle_T_Williams_Production_Photos_2018 — Michelle T. Williams in Once on This Island

Joan Marcus

Chicago_Production_Photo_Kevin Richardson_HR — Kevin Richardson in Chicago

Anastasia_Broadway_Cody_Simpson_Production_Photos_2018_Cody_Simpson_cast_HR — Cody Simpson and cast of Anastasia

Evan Zimmerman/MurphyMade

Little_Shop_of_Horrors_Broadway_Production_Photo_Joey Fatone_HR — Joey Fatone in Little Shop of Horrors

Joan Marcus

Joey Fatone — Joey Fatone in Rent

Carole King — Carole King in Blood Brothers

Blood_Brothers_Production_Photo_Petula Clark_HR — Petula Clark in Blood Brothers

HR - Madonna in Speed-The-Plow (Broadway 1988) — Madonna in the original Broadway production of David Mamet‘s Speed-the-Plow.

Brigitte Lacombe

HR - Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean - Karen Black, Chery, Sudie Bond — Karen Black, Cher, and Sudie Bond in Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.

George Rose, Linda Ronstadt, Rex Smith and Kevin Kline in <i>The Pirates of Penzance</i>, 1980 — George Rose, Linda Ronstadt, Rex Smith and Kevin Kline in The Pirates of Penzance

Photo by Martha Swope/©The New York Public Library

The_Elephant_Man_Broadway_Production_Photos_1979_David_Bowie_HR — David Bowie in The Elephant Man

Golden_Rainbow_Production_Photo_Steve Lawrence_Eydie Gormé_HR — Eydie Gormé and Steve Lawrence in Golden Rainbow

Reba McEntire stars in <i>Annie Get Your Gun</i>. — Reba McEntire in Annie Get Your Gun.

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Waitress_Broadway_Production_Photo_2017_Sara Bareilles_HR

Waitress_Broadway_Katharine_McPhee_Curtain_Call_2018_Katharine_McPhee_HR

Waitress_Broadway_Jordin_Sparks_Curtain_Call_2019_HR

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Natasha_Pierre_&_the_Great_Comet_of_1812_Broadway_Production_Photo_2016_Josh_Groban_HR

The_Last_Ship_Production_Photo_Sting_HR

Chicago_Production_Photo_Huey Lewis_HR

Usher as Billy Flynn.

Audra McDonald and Sean Combs in <i>A Raisin in the Sun</i>, 2004

Mel_B_in_Chicago_HR

Melanie Brown in <i>Rent</i>

Aida_Broadway_Production_Photo_Michelle Williams_HR

Michelle Williams

Once_On_This_Island_Broadway_Michelle_T_Williams_Production_Photos_2018

Chicago_Production_Photo_Kevin Richardson_HR

Anastasia_Broadway_Cody_Simpson_Production_Photos_2018_Cody_Simpson_cast_HR

Little_Shop_of_Horrors_Broadway_Production_Photo_Joey Fatone_HR

Blood_Brothers_Production_Photo_Petula Clark_HR

HR - Madonna in Speed-The-Plow (Broadway 1988)

HR - Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean - Karen Black, Chery, Sudie Bond

George Rose, Linda Ronstadt, Rex Smith and Kevin Kline in <i>The Pirates of Penzance</i>, 1980

The_Elephant_Man_Broadway_Production_Photos_1979_David_Bowie_HR

Golden_Rainbow_Production_Photo_Steve Lawrence_Eydie Gormé_HR

Reba McEntire stars in <i>Annie Get Your Gun</i>.

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