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My first professional gig was 'Once Upon a Mattress' at the Drury Lane Oakbrook... I was in the ensemble. I was one of the ladies in waiting, and I covered Winnifred.

— Jessie Mueller

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

It was my first time in Kansas City. In about two or three days I had a gig at a place called The Monroe Inn.

— Jay McShann

I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since.

— Michael Ironside

I grew up performing in theatre.

— Valorie Curry

I've had the good fortune of working with some amazing people. I mean, my first Broadway show was with Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton. Maureen Stapleton, a legend in the theatre; Elizabeth Taylor, a legend, period.

— Dennis Christopher

My first gig was 'The Outsiders.' I was 14 there. And probably one of the more jading experiences in my whole life.

— Jay R. Ferguson

✗Opposing Perspectives

My first gig was at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13.

— Questlove

My first concert was 'Nsync.

— Victoria Justice

The first thing I ever did was play talent shows at the Uptown Theater and the Adelphi Ballroom.

— Daryl Hall

My first paying gig was a play called 'The Voice of the Prairie' at a theater that no longer exists in Chicago called Wisdom Bridge. I played a fast-talking radio huckster - a salesman of crystal sets in the 1920s - and I actually won an award. Look at that! And then promptly didn't get hired for a year.

— Denis O'Hare

I've been performing my whole life. My mom signed me up for a theater program when I was five - I was the evil queen in 'Once Upon a Mattress.'

— Lilla Crawford