Age & Hometown: “The same age as John Osborne when he wrote Look Back in Anger”; Vancouver, Canada

Current Role: An off-Broadway debut as downtrodden housewife Alison Porter in the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Look Back in Anger.

A Wild Childhood: When four-year-old Goldberg made her stage debut in a preschool production of The Owl and the Pussycat, she instantly ...

Age & Hometown: 25; Lawrenceville, New Jersey

Current Role: Serving teenage angst and bringing down the house as the young know-it-all Tamika in the off-Broadway musical Sistas.

Catching Up in College: An ardent Paula Abdul fan, young Lexi dreamed of growing up to be a dancer, but her family couldn't afford lessons. It was not until her junior year of ...

Age & Hometown: 35; Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Lima, Peru

Current Role: A Broadway debut as Billy Flynn, the silver-tongued prince of the courtroom, in Chicago.

All I Care About: Some little boys struggle to find their purpose, but Zunino had no doubt that his life would be played out onstage. “When I started at 14, I didn ...

Age & Hometown: 25; Kissimmee, Florida

Current Role: Making his Broadway debut in the beautiful city of Godspell (“the Gospel on steroids”) singing “Light of the World.” 

Spin Doctor: Growing up in a family of medical professionals, Salazar was certain his destiny involved laughing gas and a scalpel. “At a very young age, I wanted to be a surgeon,” he recalls ...

Age & Hometown: 43; Greenville, South Carolina. “I don't mind sharing my age because I've dreamed of being on Broadway for a long time. I tell young people, ‘Never give up on your dream.’”

Current Role: Bringing trouble to the residents of Catfish Row as Crown, Audra McDonald’s abusive lover and pimp, in Porgy and Bess.

Doing It ...

Age & Hometown: “Timeless”; Cleveland, Ohio

Current Role A Broadway debut as Christine Daae, golden voiced protégée of the title character in The Phantom of the Opera.

All in the Mix: “I’m a huge theater nerd,” declares Moldovan, citing her passion for mixing plays, musicals and even improv comedy. Since graduating from Baldwin-Wallace College in her hometown, the ...

Age & Hometown: 29, Milton Keynes, UK

Current role: Bridging gaps between American business and Chinese bureaucracy as bilingual business consultant Peter Timms, a.k.a. "Teacher Peter," in a Broadway debut performance in Chinglish.

Itchy Feet: Travel is as natural as breathing to Pucci, whose took his first trip at two weeks old. “When my mum was pregnant with me ...

Age & Hometown: “Between Miley Cyrus and Dame Judi Dench”; Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Current Role: Keeping the Barrow Gang on the straight and narrow as God-fearing Blanche in Bonnie & Clyde.

One of the Guys: It was adventure, not glamour, that first drew van der Schyff to performing. “What really made me want to be an actor was the Indiana Jones ...

Age & Hometown: 28; Evanston, Illinois

Current Role: A Broadway debut as Melinda Wells, a 1940s big-band singer who is summoned back to life in 1974 via hypnosis by a lovestruck psychiatrist (Harry Connick Jr.) in the re-invented revival of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.

Born to Sing: Theater is the family business for this vivacious Chicago-bred musical ...

Age & Hometown: “You’re as young as you feel, and I still feel pretty immature”; Wayland, MA

Current Role: A Broadway debut performance as Izzy, a smart and sexy aspiring novelist who catches the eye of writing teacher Alan Rickman in Theresa Rebeck’s Seminar.

Well-Rounded Girl: Growing up outside Boston, Park juggled music, dance and academics. Her parents had ...