Theatre audiences are inspired daily by the works of Broadway’s brightest, but did you ever wonder what iconic performances inspired your favorite Broadway star to get there? BroadwayBox got all spiffed up and headed to the JW Marriot to chat with the 2014 Drama Desk nominees to find out from them: What was the film, TV show or theatre piece that inspired you to become an actor?

Lauren Worsham (Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder)

“It was Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music. I grew up on movie musicals, and then I saw the touring company of Cats, and I thought, ‘I cant do that but I like the idea of what they are doing. I think I can do something like it.’”

Bryce Pinkham (Outstanding Actor in a Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder)

“Watching Donald O’Connor as Cosmo in Singin’ in the Rain. Seeing ‘Make ‘Em Laugh’ I thought, ‘THAT! I want to do that.’”

Click below to spend the next four minutes in musical comedy heaven and see the number that inspired Tony and Drama Desk nominee Bryce Pinkham to make us laugh.