Author: Audrey Lang

Walter Russell III Hosting New “Paw”-cast Tomorrow, Music Video for Sophia Anne Caruso’s Single “Toys,” and more!

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Walter Russell III (The Lion King) will stream another episode of his “Paw”-cast tomorrow, with special guest and fellow The Lion King tour kid Chance Smith!

Check out Sophia Anne Caruso’s (Beetlejuice, Blackbird, Lazarus, Runaways, The Nether, The Sound of Music Live, Ruthless!) new music video for her single “Toys”!

Here’s the piece that Off-Broadway alum Melody Munitz (Dream Street, A Little Princess) performed as part of The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Lion King, and Trevor!






RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR Cancelled Due to COVID-19, Melody Munitz in The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals Viral Monologues Today, and more!

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This year’s Radio City Christmas Spectacular has been cancelled due to the pandemic. Find out more on BroadwayWorld.com.

Melody Munitz (A Little Princess, Dream Street) performed as part of The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals’ “Viral Monologues” tonight! The monologues will stay up on The 24 Hour Plays’ Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube channels for the next couple of days–check them out!

Also tonight, Aaralyn Anderson (Ballyturk) appeared on ABC’s “What Would You Do?”!

The Braganza Sisters–Adriana (The King and I), Amaya (The King and I, Annie), and Anika–have a brand new single out called “Holographic Love”! Listen now on Spotify.

“What We Found,” with Oona Laurence (Matilda), is out today on VOD!

Also available now on VOD is “Bayala: A Magical Adventure,” with Madison Mullahey (Peace, Love and Cupcakes)!

Here’s the newest episode of “The Early Night Show” with Joshua Turchin (Trevor, Forbidden Broadway, The Pill), featuring Aliya “Jo” Ramey (The Lion King), Anna Rae Haller (Frozen), Sophie Simon, and Camp Wings of Friendship!

And check out this picture from the actors of Sing Street!

SING STREET Postpones Opening to 2021-2022 Season, “Secrets of Sulphur Springs” with Kyliegh Curran Coming to Disney Channel in 2021, and more!

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Sing Street has pushed back their opening date to the 2021-2022 Broadway season. Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.

“Secrets of Sulphur Springs,” a new series with Kyliegh Curran (The Lion King), will premiere on Disney Channel in 2021!

In case you missed it, here’s the entire “Ghostlight Concert,” produced by Sami Bray (The Bedwetter, 1984)!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of The Bedwetter and The Lion King!




Ghostlight Concert and “Broadway Whodunit?” Tonight, HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Benefit for Operation Backpack Tomorrow, and more!

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The Ghostlight Concert, produced by Sami Bray (The Bedwetter, 1984) to raise money for St. Jude’s Hospital and The Actors Fund’s COVID-19 relief efforts, took place earlier tonight with lots of Broadway and Off-Broadway alumni! Watch HERE.

Also earlier tonight was “Broadway Whodunit?” with Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen), Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert), Shereen Pimentel (West Side Story, The Lion King), and more! Get more details HERE.

Tomorrow, join the kids of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child for a night of trivia to benefit Operation Backpack!

And check out this picture from the kids of The Lion King!

“Upside Down Magic” with Elie Samouhi Premieres on Disney Channel Tonight, “What We Found” Out in Select Theaters Today, and more!

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Tonight, watch the premiere of “Upside Down Magic,” a new Disney Channel Original Movie with Elie Samouhi (A Christmas Story Live), at 8/7c!

Also today, “What We Found,” with Oona Laurence (Matilda), is out in select theaters around the country!

New Music – Available on Spotify

Listen to “The Way Things Are,” a new single from Sawyer Nunes (Gettin’ The Band Back Together, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Finding Neverland, Matilda)!

Listen to “Rage 24-7,” a new single from Jake Katzman (Kinky Boots)!

New Podcasts & Episodes

Here’s a brand new episode of “The Early Night Show” with Joshua Turchin (Trevor, Forbidden Broadway, The Pill), featuring Emma Grace Berardelli, Isabella Rose Sky, Alyssa Emily Marvin (Trevor, Dream Street, Number the Stars), and Sami Bray (The Bedwetter, 1984)!

Kyla Carter (Number the Stars) now has a weekly podcast called “Kyla’s Korner,” every Saturday at 11am EST as part of “The Mark White Show”! Check out the newest episode:

Check out this throwback to a segment all about being a Broadway kid on Teen Kids News, with “Modern Family” star Sarah Hyland, while she was in Grey Gardens on Broadway in 2006!

And check out this picture from the kids of Flying Over Sunset!



THE INHERITANCE Receives GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Broadway Production, Film Adaptation of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND In The Works, and more!

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Congratulations to The Inheritance, which received the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Broadway Production! Find out more on Playbill.com.

A film adaptation of Once On This Island is in the works! Get more details on Playbill.com.

Joining Sami Bray (The Bedwetter, 1984) in the upcoming “Ghostlight Concert” are Joshua Turchin (Trevor, Forbidden Broadway, The Pill), Tessa Noelle Frascogna (Evita), Isabella Iannelli (The Rose Tattoo), Winter Donnelly (Frozen, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord), Grace DeAmicis (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and Olivia DeAmicis, and many more! Tune in on YouTube on August 2nd!

Broadway alumni Nicole Scimeca (Anastasia), Amaris Sanchez (On Your Feet), and Rika Nishikawa (The Lion King) have joined the previously announced Emily Zimmerman (The Bedwetter) in the lineup for the upcoming “The Show Will Go On!” benefit for Chicago theatres, happening August 9th! Get more information on ChicagoPlays.com.

In case you missed it, you can check out Sydney Lucas (Fun Home) and Eli Tokash (Finding Neverland, Pippin) on Broadway.com’s “Live At Five” below! In addition, listen to the newest episode of their podcast “Take A Bow,” with special guest Taylor Trensch, on BroadwayPodcastNetwork.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

Listen to the newest episode of another Broadway alumni-hosted podcast, “Fade In,” hosted by Will Coombs (The Ferryman, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, A Bronx Tale), Jim Kaplan (School of Rock, The King and I), and Molly Richardson (Matilda tour), on Spotify now!

Find out what Andrew Barth Feldman’s (Dear Evan Hansen) top 10 tunes are, courtesy of BroadwayWorld.com! Also, Andrew and Presley Ryan (Beetlejuice, Fun Home, The Sound of Music Live, A Little Princess) are returning to Playhouse by SDM for their own Q&A sessions in August! Sign up for Andrew’s Q&A here and for Presley’s Q&A here.

Walter Russell III (The Lion King) hosted another episode of his “Paw”-cast today, with special guest Brilyn Johnston (The Lion King tour)!

Here’s Joshua Turchin (Trevor, Forbidden Broadway, The Pill) performing an original song that he wrote for the Avatar: The Last Airbender musical!

And here are pictures from the kids of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Flying Over Sunset!








“John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch,” “Little Fires Everywhere,” and More Nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards; New Episode of “The Early Night Show”; and more!

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Lots of TV shows, specials, and movies featuring Broadway and Off-Broadway alumni were nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards this morning! Nominees featuring our alumni included “John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch,” “Little Fires Everywhere,” and more; check out the full list of nominations at Emmys.com.

Here’s the newest episode of “The Early Night Show” with Joshua Turchin (Trevor, Forbidden Broadway, The Pill), featuring Annabelle Wachtel (School of Rock), Parker Weathersbee, and Aubee Billie!

Here’s Winter Donnelly (Frozen, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord) performing during Rising Talent Magazine’s concert for The Actors Fund!

And here are pictures from the kids of Trevor, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Flying Over Sunset, and The Lion King!






Antonio J. Watson’s Birthday, “Ghostwriter” with Amadi Chapata Wins Daytime Emmy Award, and more!

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Happy belated birthday to Antonio J. Watson (Tina), who turned 11 over the weekend! We hope you had a great day, Antonio!

“Ghostwriter,” with Amadi Chapata (School of Rock), won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children’s or Family Viewing Program! Get more details on Variety.com.

Sam Poon (Sing Street, The King and I, Macbeth, Runaways) has released a new single called “Pull Me”! Proceeds will benefit Corona Couriers, For the Gworls, Harlem Grown, and Freedom Arts and Education Center. Listen HERE!

In case you missed it yesterday, you can watch A Simpler Time on the “Plays In The House” YouTube channel for the next three days, featuring kids from Frozen, Annie, and more! Check it out HERE.

Sydney Lucas (Fun Home) and Eli Tokash (Pippin, Finding Neverland) appeared on Broadway.com’s “Live At Five” today!

Sign up now for one of this week’s Broadway Babysitters workshops!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Tina and Flying Over Sunset!




Shereen Pimentel and Analise Scarpaci in NextGen Benefit for BC/EFA Tomorrow, New Episode of “The Early Night Show,” and more!

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Tomorrow, July 27th at 8pm EST, Shereen Pimentel (West Side Story, The Lion King), Analise Scarpaci (Mrs. Doubtfire, Matilda, A Christmas Story), and many more will perform in the NextGen benefit concert, with donations going to BC/EFA! Get tickets HERE.

Here’s the newest episode of “The Early Night Show” with Joshua Turchin (Trevor, Forbidden Broadway, The Pill), featuring Alyssa Kim, Grady Miranda, and Beatrice Taveras!

And here are pictures from the kids of The Bedwetter, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and Flying Over Sunset!





Broadway and Off-Broadway Alumni in A SIMPLER TIME on Tomorrow’s “Plays In The House: Teen Edition,” Sami Bray Organizing Benefit for COVID-19 Relief and St. Jude’s, and more!

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Tomorrow, six Broadway and Off-Broadway alumni will perform online in A Simpler Time as part of “Plays In The House: Teen Edition”! The lineup includes Alexander Bello (Caroline, Or Change, The Rose Tattoo, All My Sons), Adriana Braganza (The King and I), Amaya Braganza (The King and I, Annie), Juli Rudetsky-Wesley (Unbroken Circle), Charlie Tassone (Frozen), and Jonah Verdon (Disaster!). Watch the livestream HERE tomorrow, also hosted by Juli Rudetsky-Wesley (Unbroken Circle)!

Sami Bray (The Bedwetter, 1984) is organizing a concert to benefit both The Actors Fund’s COVID-19 relief resources and St. Jude’s Hospital! The concert will be held on August 2nd. More details to come!

Emily Zimmerman (The Bedwetter) will take part in a benefit concert for Chicago’s theaters on August 9th! Get more details on ChicagoPlays.com.

Congratulations to Jacob Morrell (Shadowlands), who has booked a new movie called “Mongoose,” coming to Amazon Prime in November!

Watch this virtual cover of “Castle on a Cloud” with the actors who portrayed Little Cosette in the most recent Broadway revival of Les Miserables!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Flying Over Sunset, The Lion King, and Caroline, Or Change!