Age: “Thirtysomething.”

Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Currently: Playing uptight editor Danny, who must perform the thankless duty of supervising the erratic, over-the-top Tallulah Bankhead (played by Valerie Harper) as she loops (or re-records) a line of dialogue for a film in Matthew Lombardo’s Looped on Broadway.

Unlocking Opportunity: A natural performer, Hutchison spent his formative years performing in plays and ...

Age: 28

Hometown: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England

Currently: Making her off-Broadway debut in an acclaimed dual performance as a pair of strong-minded women (both named Sylvia) alongside Hugh Dancy and Ben Whishaw in MCC Theatre’s production of The Pride.

Loving Will: Riseborough’s been drawn to drama ever since she can remember. “My sister and I used to go to the ...

Age: “Twentysomething”

Hometown: Austin, Texas

Currently: Juggling four diverse roles—the hero’s mother, a flirtatious widow, a childlike young woman and an elderly spinster—in Horton Foote’s nine-hour-long The Orphans’ Home Cycle at Signature Theatre Company.

Lone-Star Gal: Kull’s first ambition was quite a bit different from where she ended up: “I wanted to be a neurologist ...

Age: 13

Hometown: Sydney, Australia

Currently: Making his Broadway debut (after stints in the Sydney and Melbourne productions) in the title role of the hit musical Billy Elliot.

Class Dismissed! Flashing a beautiful smile and sporting an argyle-print New York Yankees ski cap (part of his collection of crazy hats), Tavares met with Broadway.com in the rehearsal studio schoolroom ...

Age: 29

Hometown: Guerneville, California. “It’s in the relaxed area of the wine country—a good place to be from.”

Currently: Making his Broadway debut as Rodolpho, the charming Italian immigrant who woos Scarlett Johansson and clashes with a jealous Liev Schreiber in the Broadway revival of A View from the Bridge.

Nerd Alert: Spector first took the stage ...

Age: 32

Hometown: “Atlanta, Georgia. But my family is from the Sierra Leone in Africa, and I’m from everywhere.”

Currently: Winning over critics and audiences as real-life activist and Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti (a role he originated off-Broadway) in Bill T. Jones’ art-meets-music brainchild Fela!.

Artlanta: Fittingly, triple-threat Ngaujah (son of a former DJ and Sierra Leone ...

Age: 28

Hometown: Leawood, Kansas

Currently: Making her Broadway debut as adorably clueless ingenue Daphne Stillington amidst a bevy of heavyweights (including Victor Garber) in Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Present Laughter.

Summer Lovin’: Despite a bubbly offstage persona, Fain explains she was “painfully shy” growing up and didn’t break out of her shell until a seventh grade ...

Age: 25

Hometown: Friendswood, Texas

Currently: Taking over the role of bubbly, blonde witch Glinda in the Broadway musical megahit Wicked after two years with the show’s touring company.

Teacher’s Pet: This Lone Star State native had what she calls “a typical Texas suburban upbringing.” The youngest of three, the actress explains she was first drawn to a ...