Sydney Lucas The Tony Awards has confirmed their performers – which include Sydney Lucas (Fun Home) and the kids of The King and I! Sydney Lucas will perform “Ring of Keys” while the King and I kids will perform “Getting to Know You”. More details over at Playbill.com.

School of Rock will hold a special preview at Gramercy Theater in NYC! The show will be presented Jun. 3-6 as a staged concert version in lieu of an out-of-town tryout. The Broadway production will begin previews on Nov. 2nd with opening night on Dec. 6th. To purchase tickets and get more info, go to SchoolOfRockTheMusical.com/Gramercy.

Be sure to get your tickets for Cabaret for a Cause in LA on June 1st – which is only 3 days away! Come support a great cause (St. Jude’s) while watching performances from kids of “Dance Moms”, Annie, Matilda, and way more. We will also be there covering the event and we think you all should be there too! Get your tickets at CabaretForACause.us.

Jake (The King and I) and Sydney Lucas will present at the Drama Desk Awards this Sunday! For a full list of presenters, go to TheatreMania.com. You can watch the livestream of the event at Livestream.com at 5pm PST/8pm EST.

A new musical Dream Street will premiere Off-Broadway in August! Presented by Kids of the Arts, the show is described as “World famous director Sebastian Rickter is holding open auditions for a new West End musical called Dream Street and is looking for undiscovered talent.” Casting is currently underway. The production is looking for Non-Equity kids (and Equity kids under 14 years old) ages 8-17 years old. More info at Playbill.com!

Lots of alumni (and current kid) news from TV and Film! Aidan Gemme (Finding Neverland) can be seen in the recently-released film “Tomorrowland”. Isabela Moner‘s (Evita) new TV series “100 Things To Do Before High School” will air a special preview tomorrow night 9pm/8c on Nickelodeon before next week’s June 6th premiere. Niles Fitch (Our Lady of Kibeho, The Lion King) will guest star on “Law & Order: SVU”. Zachary Unger (Newsies) will co-star on the upcoming CW series “Containment”. That preview you can catch on YouTube. Last but not least, Maria May (Billy Eliot) will appear opposite Alec Baldwin in “Back in the Day”, which is due out in theaters in 2016. Congratulations everyone!

A big screen adaptation of Motown is on the way! No release date just yet. You can view the full article at Billboard.com.

Video from the Matilda kids’ performance at Stars in the Alley is now online! Watch below:

And here are more pictures and video from the kids of The King and I and Fun Home!


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