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