On screen
Cast
33 credited performers
Whoopi Goldberg
Host
Artwork unavailable
E. L. Doctorow
Self
Lynn Ahrens
Self
Stephen Flaherty
Self
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Graciela Daniele
Self
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Garth Drabinsky
Self
Frank Galati
Self
Quincy Jones
Self
Terrence McNally
Self
Peter Friedman
Tateh
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Mark Jacoby
Father
Marin Mazzie
Mother
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Alex Strange
Edgar
Audra McDonald
Sarah
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
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Jim Corti
Harry Houdini
Tommy Hollis
Booker T. Washington
Judy Kaye
Emma Goldman
Lea Michele
The Little Girl
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Lynnette Perry
Evelyn Nesbit
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Steven Sutcliffe
Mother's Younger Brother
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Kevin Bogue
Stanford White
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Rod Campbell
Admiral Peary
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Larry Daggett
Henry Ford
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Duane Martin Foster
Matthew Henson
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Colton Green
Harry K. Thaw
Anne Kanengeiser
Kathleen
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Conrad McLaren
Grandfather
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David Mucci
Willie Conklin
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Mike O'Carroll
J. P. Morgan
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Vanessa Townsell-Crisp
Sarah's Friend
Heather Headley
Ensemble
Ethel Merman
Self (archival footage)