19 Hollywood Stars Who Took to Broadway

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From Michelle Williams to Bryan Cranston, see what celebrities have brought their star power to the glittering lights of Broadway over the years.

Michelle Williams made her Broadway debut as Sally Bowles in the first Broadway revival of Cabaret.Joan Marcus—Roundabout Theatre
Theater Bryan Cranston
Bryan Cranston plays President Lyndon B. Johnson in All the Way in his Broadway debut in March 2014.Evgenia Eliseeva—Jeffrey Richards Associates/AP
Waiting for Godot Cort Theatre
A veteran of the stage, Sir Ian McKellen made his Broadway debut in The Promise in 1967. Above, he plays Estragon in Waiting for Godot in 2014.Joan Marcus—Boneau/Bryan-Brown/AP
BRADLEY COOPER, JULIA ROBERTS
Bradley Cooper starred opposite Julia Roberts in Three Days of Rain in 2006.Joan Marcus—AP
Daniel Craig, Hugh Jackman
Daniel Craig, right, and Hugh Jackman are shown in a scene from A Steady Rain.Joan Marcus—The Hartman Group/AP
Jude Law
Jude Law made his Broadway debut in 1995 performing in Indiscretions. and returned in 2009 to star in Hamlet as its namesake character.Johan Persson—AP
Jane Lynch, The cast of "Annie"
Jane Lynch made her Broadway debut as Miss Hannigan in Annie in 2013. Above, she is seen performing her role on stage at the 67th Annual Tony AwardsEvan Agostini—AP
Waiting for Godot Cort Theatre
Patrick Stewart, left, and Ian McKellen star in Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot.Joan Marcus—Boneau/Bryan-Brown/AP
Tony Nominations
When she wasn't off saving the world as Black Widow, Scarlett Johansson made her Broadway debut as Catherine in the 2010 play A View From The Bridge. Joan Marcus—AP
Katie Holmes, Patrick Wilson
Katie Holmes played Ann Deever in her Broadway debut in Arthur Miller's All My Sons.Joan Marcus—Boneau/Bryan-Brown/AP
Daniel Radcliffe, Lorenzo Pisoni
Famous for being the boy who lived, Daniel Radcliffe, left, took his talents to the stage and debuted on Broadway in Equus in 2008.Carol Rosegg—AP
Al Pacino
Al Pacino appeared as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice in 2010.Joan Marcus—AP
Theater Review Death of a Salesman
Andrew Garfield played Biff in his Broadway debut in the 2012 revival of Death of a Salesman.Brigitte Lacombe—Boneau/Bryan-Brown/AP
George C. Wolfe, Maura Tierney , Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks finally added a Broadway role to his impressive resume when he played Mike McAlary in the 2013 original play Lucky Guy.Dario Cantatore—AP
Curtain Call for "CINDERELLA" on Broadway Starring Carly Rae Jepsen and Fran Drescher
Best known for her hit song "Call Me Maybe," Carly Rae Jepsen played the titular character in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella in 2014.Kristina Bumphrey—AP
Theater Cinderella
Jepsen is accompanied in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella by Fran Drescher, who made her Broadway debut as the wicked step mother.Kristina Bumphrey—AP
THEATER RAISIN COMBS
Yes, even Diddy has performed on Broadway. Rap Mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, left, made his Broadway debut as Walter Lee Younger in the 2004 revival of A Raisin in the Sun.Joan Marcus—AP

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