Happy Opening to Charlotte Surak, Azalea Wolfe, and the company of Lucy! Break a leg! Happy Trails to Wesley Holloway, who has taken his final bow in Leopoldstadt, and Corey J, who has taken his final bow in MJ. We can’t wait to see what’s next for both of you! Cody Braverman made his Broadway debut in Leopoldstadt yesterday! Find out more on BroadwayWorld.com. Bane Griffith made his Broadway debut in MJ earlier this week! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com. Teagan Meredith will make her Off-Broadway debut in How To Defend Yourself at New York Theatre Workshop! She joins previously announced alumni Amaya Braganza (Annie, The King and I) and Talia Ryder (Matilda). Jack Mastrianni (A Christmas Story) has been cast in Mint Theater Company’s upcoming production of Becomes a Woman! Performances run February 7th through March 18th. The 2023 Grammys aired tonight on CBS! The nominees include Caroline, or Change and MJ, both nominated for Best Musical Theater Album; and Fire Shut Up In My Bones, featuring Walter Russell III (MJ, The Lion King), nominated for Best Opera Recording. The nominees for this year’s Kids’ Choice Awards include TV and film projects featuring Broadway and Off-Broadway alumni! Jenna Ortega (New York Spectacular), Tyler Wladis (Mrs. Doubtfire, A Christmas Story Live), Sadie Sink (Annie, The Audience), Caleb McLaughlin (The Lion King, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek), and Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert) also received individual nominations. The awards are set for March 4th, and voting is now open at Nick.com! The Met Opera’s The Hours, with Patrick Scott McDermott (Flying Over Sunset) and Atticus Ware (Flying Over Sunset), will air on PBS on March 17th at 9pm! Find out more on Playbill.com. MJ is holding an open casting call for its Broadway and national tour productions for the role of Little Michael in Los Angeles! “Theater Camp,” the new film with Alexander Bello (The Rose Tattoo, All My Sons, Caroline, or Change, The Tap Dance Kid), is heading to SXSW this year! Find out more on Deadline.com. “A Thousand and One,” featuring Jolly Swag (Medea), received the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance! Get more details on NYTimes.com. Daisy Grenade, a music duo including Broadway alum Keaton Whittaker (A Little Night Music), is opening for Fall Out Boy this summer! Jolly Swag (Medea) has been cast in the upcoming movie “Rob Peace”! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jolly Swag (@_jollyswag) You can catch Sofie Poliakoff (Parade) playing Dory in Finding Nemo Jr. at PE 2 Theatre Academy in Boca Raton, Florida, in May! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sofie Poliakoff (@sofiepoliakoff) Cameron Keitt (The Skin of Our Teeth) is now appearing in a Wet Ones commercial! Check it out HERE. Dara Paige Bloomfield (Ragtime) and Pierce Cravens (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Ragtime, Titanic, Beauty and the Beast) have joined the cast of the upcoming Ragtime reunion concert, happening on March 27th! Get more details on Playbill.com. And here are pictures and videos from the kids of The Lion King, MJ, and Leopoldstadt! Photo Credit: Micaelah Reynolds Photo Credit: Micaelah Reynolds Photo Credit: Micaelah Reynolds Photo Credit: Micaelah Reynolds Happy Black History Month! Here’s just some (of the many!) Black actors and actresses who have made a splash on Broadway and Off-Broadway over the past couple of years.