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Photo Coverage from WAITRESS’s First Anniversary Celebration, THE LION KING to Hold Open Call in Los Angeles, and more!

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Check out pictures from the 1-year anniversary celebration at Waitress on Playbill.com!

The Lion King is holding an open call in Los Angeles, CA, this weekend! Get more information on Playbill.com.

The Drama Desk Award nominations were announced today! Check out the full list of nominees, with our featured shows’ nominations highlighted, HERE.

Watch the new trailer for the next American Girl movie, starring Zoe Manarel (Matilda, A Little Princess) below or on ETOnline.com!

There’s just ten more days until Tunes in Times Square! See Diego Lucano (School of Rock) and many others perform!


Paul Luke Bonenfant (School of Rock) now has a vlog! Watch the first episode:

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Waitress, On Your Feet, The Lion King, Anastasia, Amelie, School of Rock, Kinky Boots, and Miss Saigon!

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THE MOTHER OF INVENTION Begins Previews, Alumni Nominated for Young Artist Awards, and more!

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Happy first preview to the company of The Mother of Invention! Break a leg!

Congratulations to our alumni nominated for Young Artist Awards! They are:

  • Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert), Best Performance in a Digital TV Series/Film (Teen Actor) for “Stranger Things”
  • Caleb McLaughlin (The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, The Lion King), Best Performance in a Digital TV Series/Film (Teen Actor) for “Stranger Things”
  • Meg Donnelly (The Sound of Music LIVE), Best Performance in a TV Series (Leading Teen Actress) for “American Housewife”
  • Shahadi Wright Joseph (Hairspray Live, School of Rock, The Lion King), Best Performance in a TV Movie or Special (Young Actress) for Hairspray Live
  • Oona Laurence (Matilda), Best Performance in a Feature Film (Leading Teen Actress) for “Pete’s Dragon

Congratulations to Madison Elizabeth Lagares, who will join the cast of On Your Feet as Little Gloria next month! Find out more:

It’s Day 2 of BroadwayCon! Here’s where our alumni were today:

Check out a new vlog from Anthony Rosenthal (Falsettos), as well as a full video from his Q&A at BroadwayCon!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Falsettos, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, School of Rock, Waitress, and lots of current Broadway kids and alumni at BroadwayCon!

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BroadwayCon 2017 Begins, FALSETTOS at Barnes & Noble Tonight, and more!

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It’s the first day of BroadwayCon! Check the banner above to know where you’ll find current and former Broadway kids today.

The cast of Falsettos appeared at Barnes & Noble tonight! Get more details on TheaterMania.com.

Lexi Underwood (The Lion King) just finished filming a pilot titled “The Nerd Posse”! Check out pictures on J-14.com.

The cast of On Your Feet will do a benefit for Help Is On The Way Today this Sunday! Find out more on MetropolitanRoom.com.

Did you know Grayson Taylor (New York Spring Spectacular, Mothers and Sons) is an author? You can purchase his books on Amazon.com!

Watch alumni Madeleine Pace (Once) and Swayam Bhatia (Dream Street) make cameos on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on NBC.com!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of On Your Feet, Falsettos, School of Rock, and Kinky Boots!

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RUTHLESS! Celebrates One Year Off-Broadway, Grayson Taylor on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” Tonight, and more!

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Ruthless! celebrated one year Off-Broadway last week! Congratulations to the company! Check out pictures on BroadwayWorld.com.

Grayson Taylor (Mothers and Sons, New York Spring Spectacular) will be on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” tonight! Find out more in his Facebook post:

Maya Jade Frank (Mary Poppins, Evita, A Little Princess) will guest star on “Bizaardvark” this Sunday at 8/7c on Disney Channel! Check out the promo below:

Watch Tre Jones (The Lion King) do the Blindfold Drawing Challenge!

Check out these pictures of Sophie Knapp (Once, Dream Street, A Little Princess) on the set of “Wishful Whiskers”!

There’s still time to audition for this year’s Lyrics for Life, presented by Kids of the Arts! Get details about how to audition on Playbill.com.

Please enjoy a short film made by the kids of Fun Home!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Kinky Boots, Tink!, On Your Feet, School of Rock, New York Spectacular, Fun Home, Matilda, and Liberty!



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RADIO CITY Ballerinas To Return, LIBERTY To Close, and more!

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Alexandra Hoffman Rachel QuinerCongrats to Alexandra Hoffman and Rachel Quiner who will reprise the role of Clara at this year’s Radio City Christmas Spectacular! More casting to come. Congrats, girls!

Unfortunately, Liberty will play its last performance on July 24th. See it while you can!

Congrats to Ruthless! which recently celebrated its 1-year anniversary!

Sophie Knapp (Once) has booked a short film called “Wishful Whiskers”! More details to come. Congrats, Sophie!

It is confirmed that the entire cast of Fun Home will perform a benefit concert in Orlando! On July 24th, the entire company will perform at Dr. Phillips Center to benefit Equality Florida. For more information, go to TheStageReview.net.

Video from the Teen Mash Mob (with Evie Dolan and Brandon Niederauer of School of Rock) is now up on YouTube! Watch below:

Alexandria Suarez (On Your Feet) was interviewed on Univision recently! Take a look at the full interview at Univision.com

And here are more pictures from the kids of Finding Neverland, Motown, School Of Rock, Matilda, New York Spectacular, and Trip of Love!


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LIBERTY Opening Night, THE GOLD Casting Announced for NYMF, and more!

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Happy opening to the cast of Liberty!

Congratulations to Stephanie Ticas (How the Grinch Stole Christmas tour), Graydon Peter Yosowitz (You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown), and Mckay Kjar, who have joined the cast of The Gold at the New York Musical Festival this summer! Get more details about the show on BroadwayWorld.com.

On Wednesday, Anthony Pierini (Mary Poppins, Big Fish) will appear on “Royal Pains” again at 9/8c! Find out more on IMDb.com.

Happy Fourth of July, everyone! Celebrate by watching the cast of On Your Feet perform during “A Capitol Fourth” HERE.

Here’s Abigail Dylan Harrison (Ruthless!) singing “The Climb” at 54 Below!

Check out these videos from Kids of the Arts’ Love is Love event! Here’s Christie Kim (The King and I) singing “No One Is Alone” from Into the Woods; Analise Scarpaci (Matilda, A Christmas Story) singing “What A Wonderful World”; and video highlights from the show.

Ava Della Pietra (School of Rock) recently performed in a staged reading of The Great Blueness, a new musical, in the New York Stage and Film Festival at Vassar College. Check out pictures below!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of On Your Feet, Matilda, The Lion King, New York Spectacular, and School of Rock!


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Fabi Aguirre’s Birthday, THE KING AND I and YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN Close, and more!

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Happy belated birthday to Fabi Aguirre (On Your Feet, Les Miserables)! We hope you had a great day, Fabi!

Happy trails to the companies of The King and I and You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, which both finished their runs today! We can’t wait to see what’s next for all of you.

In case you missed it, check out complete coverage from opening night of New York Spectacular on Playbill.com and Broadway.com, and BroadwayWorld’s Part One and Part Two!

The livestream of She Loves Me will be available for up to one week after the event! Get more information on Playbill.com.

Maya Grace Fischbein will perform the role of Christian in Fun Home July 1-3! Go see her in the show, and find out more in her post:


Here’s a clip from Ruthless!

And here are pictures from the kids of School of Rock, The King and I, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Liberty, Les Miserables, Matilda, She Loves Me, and Waitress!


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Broadway Barks Participants Announced, Fabi Aguirre Performing at Ecuador Relief Concert, and more!

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This year’s Broadway Barks event, hosted by Bernadette Peters and Gloria Estefan, will include Sophia Anne Caruso (Runaways, Lazarus, The Nether, The Sound of Music LIVE, Ruthless!), Willow McCarthy (Matilda), Gabriella Pizzolo (Fun Home, Matilda), and Aviva Winick (Matilda)! Find out more on Playbill.com.

Here’s Fabi Aguirre (On Your Feet, Les Miserables) singing “Mi Tierra” at the Ecuador Relief Concert last week!

Check out Ethan Khusidman (School of Rock, Chaplin, Soul Doctor) performing at the Tony Awards after-party!

Here’s Evie Dolan (School of Rock) lip-syncing to songs from lots of this year’s Tony-nominated musicals!

Check out production photos from Liberty on BroadwayWorld.com!

Look at pictures of Jenna Ortega (New York Spectacular) unveiling merchandise for “Elena of Avalor” in Chicago on ElenaOfAvalor.com!

Watch Lilla Crawford (New York Spectacular, Annie, Billy Elliot) on #LiveAtFive on Broadway.com!

And here are pictures from the kids of School of Rock, Fun Home, Liberty, New York Spectacular, Les Miserables, and You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown!


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CHARLIE BROWN and LIBERTY Ticket Offers, Dylan Boyd on “The Jim Gaffigan Show,” and more!

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Check out this family 4-pack offer for You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown!

Liberty has announced that veterans will receive free tickets to the show’s opening night! Get more information on BroadwayWorld.com.

Dylan Boyd (Finding Neverland) guest-starred on “The Jim Gaffigan Show”! Watch it on TVLand.com.

Go behind-the-scenes at Runaways in the video below!

Congratulations to Keaton Tetlow, who has been cast in Lisa and Leonardo at the New York Musical Festival! Find out more about the show:

Watch Lilla Crawford (New York Spectacular, Annie, Billy Elliot), Jonah Verdon (Disaster!), Joshua Colley (You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Les Miserables, Newsies), and Juli Wesley (Unbroken Circle) sing on “Maya and Marty” with lots of other Broadway stars on HollywoodReporter.com!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, New York Spectacular, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, and Waitress!


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Tori Murray’s Birthday, Shahadi Wright Joseph To Play Tomika, and more!

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Happy birthday to Tori Murray (Ruthless!)! We hope you had a great day, Tori!

Shahadi Wright Joseph will play the role of Tomika in School of Rock from June 26th-28th! Get tickets HERE.

Check out photo coverage from Joshua Colley (You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Les Miserables, Newsies), Lilla Crawford (New York Spectacular, Annie, Billy Elliot), and Jonah Verdon (Disaster!) recording a single for Orlando with other Broadway performers on BroadwayWorld.com and Playbill.com!

Watch the new trailer for “Middle School Movie,” featuring Isabela Moner (Evita), HERE!

School of Rock is holding an open call on June 25th! Get more details on Playbill.com.

On June 27th, Broadway Kids for Orlando will raise money for the LGBT Center of Orlando at Don’t Tell Mama! Get more information in the Facebook post below:

Kids of the Arts will have a benefit cabaret for the Trevor Project on June 28th! Find out more:

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, Liberty, Ruthless!, Kinky Boots, On Your Feet, Matilda, and New York Spectacular!


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