Sex and the City fans were stunned to discover what leading star and Carrie Bradshaw actress, Sarah Jessica Parker, got up to years before her TV role turned her into a global sensation.
A long-lost clip from 1982 is making the rounds on YouTube, revealing Sarah Jessica Parker’s child prodigy roots in a shock moment that’s got her fans admitting, “Today I learned Sarah Jessica Parker can sing!”
Amassing more than 1 million views to date, Music Man readers can catch a rare snippet of SJP’s singing voice in the viral video above…
Aged around seventeen, Sarah Jessica Parker perches on a wooden stool at center stage, her natural auburn-brown curls falling over her white-bloused dress, beaming smiles at her live audience. Just one of four girls performing that night, Sarah reprises her childhood role as Annie, singing the Broadway hit “I Don’t Need Anything But You” in the ultimate flashback performance.
While some fans are utterly staggered at Sarah’s pitch-perfect singing voice and the revelation of the actress actually being a Broadway child star, others can’t get over the similarities between teenage SJP and the award-winning actress she was soon to become. Her iconic features shine loud and proud, her sassy personality gleaming bright as she sings, her bold talent and unmissable sense of star power stealing the limelight as she belts nonchalantly with a sparkle in her eye.
But what was Sarah Jessica Parker doing in a lineup featuring three other female child stars? One top commenter beneath this viral video unraveled the mystery when they wrote: “Some background if you don’t know the history. These are the first four girls who played Annie on Broadway, in the reverse order in which they played them. The last one, Andrea McCardle, is the original (1977). Shelley Bruce took over for her, followed by Sarah Jessica Parker & then Allison Smith. If Andrea & Shelley look too old to play Annie – they were by this point in ’82.”
Considering she barely sings a word in her career-defining role in Sex And The City, fans think this clip is like stepping into a parallel universe where Sarah Jessica Parker became a Broadway star rather than a screen actress.
Countless viewers are packing the comments section with “Never knew SJP did musicals” and “I have never heard Sarah Jessica Parker sing before.” Another practically had a eureka moment when they joined the dots together, commenting, “Dude, I always suspected SJP was a trained theatre kid!”