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It’s a not-so-hidden secret that there are hundreds of surprising stories lurking beneath every board on Broadway. Luckily, there’s at least one guy out there who’s willing to spill. Seth Rudetsky—Sirius Xm host, comedian, playwright, music director, and more—is known inside the theater community for sharing the secrets of the stage and deconstructing every high C ever belted. In his book Seth’s Broadway Diary, Rudetsky chronicles just about every scandalous secret he’s seen, so EW decided to tap into Rudetsky’s well of knowledge and pose this question: What are the 10 biggest Broadway...

They’re talented, they’re successful, and they have an earning potential that would make you writhe in envy if they weren’t so darn cute. No, I’m not talking about The Saturdays – I’m talking about all those animal actors who brought their thespian gifts to the large and small screens and became massive stars in their own right.

Some of the creatures listed within may be instantly recognisable, whereas others have been massively successful without their visages necessarily having been emblazoned upon your memory (at least one has a resume that many of its human counterparts would kill for). Check out this list and then waste no time in taking your beloved household pet down to Rada, just in case they have hidden depths. For the record, I desperately wanted to include the T-Rex from the Jurassic Park films, but I’m reliably informed that it was animatronic…...

Dead at 99: Opera star and Crosby's ex-girlfriend in 1944 Best Picture Oscar winner Risë Stevens, the Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano that moviegoers remember as Nelson Eddy's romantic partner in Roy Del Ruth's 1941 musical The Chocolate Soldier and as Bing Crosby's ex-girlfriend in Leo McCarey's 1944 Oscar-winning blockbuster Going My Way, died on Wednesday, March 20, at her Manhattan home. The former singer was 99 years old. (Pictured above: Stevens in her most famous operatic role, that of Bizet's anti-heroine Carmen.) Born in The Bronx, New York City, Stevens sang at the Metropolitan from 1938 to 1961; among her most popular roles were Dalila in Camille Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila, Mignon in Ambroise Thomas' opera of the same name, and most notable of all, the lead in Bizet's Carmen. After leaving the stage, she became an arts administrator with the Met and president of the Mannes College of Music.