Photos: See JJ Niemann, Patti LuPone, Ariana DeBose, More in Their High School Musicals | Playbill

Back to School Photos: See JJ Niemann, Patti LuPone, Ariana DeBose, More in Their High School Musicals

In honor of back to school season, Playbill has compiled a gallery of your favorite stars' early performances, from A Chorus Line to In the Heights.

Ariana DeBose: When I was 17 I was in a Wake County High School Production of A Chorus Line where I played Cassie. #Blassie It was pretty stellar.

As many a theatre kid can attest, the high school stage is a popular place for Broadway dreams to begin. Playbill is currently celebrating Back to School season, so we've compiled a gallery of your favorite actors' photos from their teenage archives. 

Did you know 17-year-old Ariana DeBose played Cassie in A Chorus Line, or that Lin-Manuel Miranda was cast as Conrad Birdie at age 12? And before Kara Lindsay shared the stage with the nuns of Newsies, she played Sister Mary Amnesia in her high school's production of Nunsense

See Patti LuPone, Michael James Scott, Jonalyn Saxer, and more in high school musicals from Hello, Dolly! to Heathers in the gallery below. 

Patti LuPone, Michael James Scott, Kara Lindsay, More In Roles They Played In High School

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