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Luca Padovan’s Birthday, Sarah Charles Lewis at 54 Below Tonight, and more!

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Happy birthday to Luca Padovan (Marvin’s Room, School of Rock, Newsies)! We hope you had a great day, Luca!

Sarah Charles Lewis (Tuck Everlasting) is performing at 54 Below tonight in a concert celebrating the Broadhurst Theatre! Get tickets and more details on 54Below.com.

The casts of Anastasia, School of Rock, Kinky Boots, A Bronx Tale, and other Broadway shows will perform at Summer Sendoff! Get more information on Playbill.com.

Jake Heston Miller (New York Spectacular) will be heading out on the road with the national tour of Love Never Dies! Get the full cast on Playbill.com.

Rachel Katzke (School of Rock) is an alum of Camp Ramah, and she’s featured in an article about their Broadway alumni! Read it on TabletMag.com.

Athan Sporek (A Bronx Tale, A Day by the Sea, Les Miserables) has begun filming a recurring role on “The Dangerous Book for Boys”! Find out more:

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

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Taliyah Whitaker in Netflix’s “The Incredible Jessica James,” Jeremy T. Villas in Macy’s Commercial, and more!

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Taliyah Whitaker (brownsville song) is in “The Incredible Jessica James,” now on Netflix! Congrats, Taliyah!


Jeremy T. Villas (You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Kinky Boots) is now appearing in a commercial for Macy’s!

Olivia Fanders (A Little Princess, 4:48 Psychosis) is now in a Toys R Us ad!


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

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Tai Sandhu Joins “Braid,” Aviva Winick on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” and more!

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Tai Sandhu (Peace, Love and Cupcakes) has joined the cast of the indie film “Braid”! Find out more in her Instagram post:


Aviva Winick (Matilda, Ragtime on Ellis Island) guest starred on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” this week! Watch below:

Anthony Rosenthal (Really Rosie, Falsettos) has a very important acting “tip” to share!

Check out more photo coverage from this week’s Broadway in Bryant Park on Playbill.com!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Frozen, Really Rosie, Miss Saigon, Anastasia, Peace, Love and Cupcakes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, School of Rock, and On Your Feet!


Walden Sullivan’s Birthday, Paul Luke Bonenfant on as Zack in SCHOOL OF ROCK Tonight, and more!

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Happy belated birthday to Walden Sullivan (School of Rock)! We hope you had a great day, Walden!

Paul Luke Bonenfant went on as Zack in School of Rock tonight!

Caleb McLaughlin (The Lion King, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek) has joined the cast of the upcoming TBS show “Final Space,” alongside David Tennant, Fred Armisen, and more! Get more details on DigitalSpy.com.

Ella Dane Morgan (Waitress) and her mom Laura chatted with Camp Broadway! Read the interview HERE.

Allie Trimm (13, Bye Bye Birdie) will perform at the installment of New Writers at 54! on July 30th, which features new music by Alexander Sage Oyen! Get more details on 54Below.com.

Anastasia took part in today’s Broadway in the Boros event at 12pm at Albee Square Plaza!

The cast of School of Rock took part in a video for Bway Zone!

Also, here are the School of Rock kids doing their #Ham4All video!

As we announced yesterday, Grayson Taylor (Mothers and Sons, New York Spring Spectacular) will appear in Playwrights for a Cause, in Catherine Filloux’s Snow Day! Mehret Marsh (The Lion King) will be in Jose Rivera’s Fall of the Sparrow. Check out pictures of Grayson rehearsing:

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Lion King, On Your Feet, and Peace, Love and Cupcakes!

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Cast Announced for REALLY ROSIE at New York City Center, Alumni to Sing Jeanine Tesori at 54 Below, and more!

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The full cast for Really Rosie at New York City Center has been announced! Joining the previously announced Taylor Caldwell (Runaways, School of Rock), who will play Rosie, are Swayam Bhatia (Dream Street), Kenneth Cabral (Runaways), Jaiya Chetram, Eduardo Hernandez (On Your Feet), Nanyellin Liriano, Chris Lopes, Zell Steele Morrow (Fun Home), Ruth Righi (School of Rock), Anthony Rosenthal (Falsettos), and Nicole Wildy (Dream Street). Get more details on Playbill.com!

Rozi Baker (Mary Poppins, Shrek, Bonnie and Clyde), Marissa O’Donnell (Shrek), Laurissa Romain (South Pacific), Mavis Simpson-Ernst (You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Evita, A Little Princess), Sofia Trimarchi (Fun Home tour), and others will perform Jeanine Tesori music at 54 Below! Find out more HERE.

Watch Cole Bullock (Kinky Boots, The Lion King) sing backup for Lorde on “Late Night with Seth Meyers”!

Julian Silva (The Lion King) appears in this commercial for Hearthstone!

GiaNina Paolantonio (Matilda) is in a new commercial for Simon Premium Outlets!


Here’s a sneak peek at “Proud Mary” with Jahi Diallo Winston (The Lion King)!


Holly Taylor (Billy Elliot) has booked a guest spot on a TV show! Details are TBA.

Jillian Lebling (Once) has been cast in an anthology film!

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

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Rileigh McDonald Cast in “The Sinner,” Austyn Johnson Books “Team Umizoomi” Role, and more!

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Congratulations to Rileigh McDonald (Matilda), who will recur on “The Sinner” on USA! Find out more:

Austyn Johnson (Matilda, Dream Street) has booked a role on “Team Umizoomi”! Congrats!

“Stranger Things,” with alumni Caleb McLaughlin (The Lion King, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek), Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert), and Sadie Sink (The Audience, Annie), returns for Season 2 on October 27th!

Brandon Niederauer (School of Rock) is playing Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and more!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Miss Saigon, Frozen, A Bronx Tale, School of Rock, Kinky Boots, On Your Feet, and Peace, Love and Cupcakes!

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Samuel Li Weintraub Departs MISS SAIGON, Photo Coverage from Broadway Barks, and more!

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Happy Trails to Samuel Li Weintraub, who has played his final performance as Tam in Miss Saigon! We can’t wait to see what’s next for you, Samuel!


Check out photo coverage of lots of our alumni at Broadway Barks on TheaterMania.com, Playbill.com, and BroadwayWorld.com!

Madeleine Pace (Once) will take part in a reading of a musical of Jane Eyre! Find out more on BroadwayWorld.com.

The kids of School of Rock are set to perform at Broadway in Bryant Park this Thursday! Get more details on Playbill.com.

Alexa Valentino (Dream Street, Number the Stars) is going on a mini tour next month! Find out more:

Here’s Ryan Sell‘s performance schedule for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory through September 10th!

Sophia Kekllas will go on as Shonelle in School of Rock on July 22nd and 23rd!


The next Cabaret for a Cause is set for September 18th at the Metropolitan Room! It will be hosted by “Master Chef Jr” kids Cydney Sherman and Gonzalo Ingram. Performers include Alessandra Baldacchino (Fun Home, A Little Princess), Ava DeMary (Matilda, Evita, Billy Elliot), Cole Alex Edelstein (Matilda), Carly Gendell (School of Rock), Sophia Gennusa (Camp Rolling Hills, Doctor Zhivago, Matilda), Danielle Gordon (Les Miserables), Sarah Charles Lewis (Tuck Everlasting), Diego Lucano (Peace, Love and Cupcakes, School of Rock), Rileigh McDonald (Matilda), Sawyer Nunes (Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Finding Neverland, Matilda), Sam Poon (Runaways, The King and I, Macbeth), Taylor Richardson (Smokefall, Annie, A Christmas Memory), Analise Scarpaci (Matilda, A Christmas Story), Sadie Seelert (A Little Princess, Mary Poppins), Emerson Steele (Violet), Mckayla Twiggs (Anastasia, Les Miserables, Once), Ava Ulloa (Matilda), and Kaci Walfall (The Lion King). Get tickets HERE!

Brandon Niederauer (School of Rock) will play Detroit next month! Find out more:

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of 1984, Frozen, On Your Feet, Peace, Love and Cupcakes, School of Rock, Waitress, and Anastasia!

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MATILDA JR. Coming from Music Theatre International, Photos and Videos from WAITRESS’s 500th Performance Celebration, and more!

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Music Theatre International is currently developing Matilda Jr., a version of Matilda for schools to perform! Get more details on Playbill.com.

Check out photo coverage from Waitress‘s 500th performance celebration on Playbill.com, as well as a video of the cast:

The cast of Peace, Love and Cupcakes performed at the NYMF preview concert! Check out pictures on BroadwayWorld.com.

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, School of Rock, Waitress, On Your Feet, A Bronx Tale, Miss Saigon, Anastasia, and Frozen!


Pictures and Videos from the Kids of ON YOUR FEET, MISS SAIGON, SCHOOL OF ROCK, and more!

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Check out these pictures and videos from the kids of On Your Feet, Miss Saigon, School of Rock, Waitress, The Lion King, Anastasia, Kinky Boots, A Bronx Tale, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!

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Pictures from THE TRAVELING LADY, “Transformers 5” Out in Theaters, and more!

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Get a first look at The Traveling Lady at the Cherry Lane Theater on TheaterMania.com!

“Transformers 5” is out in theaters today, featuring Isabela Moner (Evita)!

Check out more photo coverage of the School of Rock cast members at yesterday’s Sing for Hope concert on Playbill.com!

Rachel Quiner will return to Radio City Christmas Spectacular this year as Clara! Get more information:


Watch Eli Tokash (Finding Neverland, Pippin) preview “Whisper” from Trevor!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, Miss Saigon, Anastasia, Waitress, 1984, Frozen, On Your Feet, and Kinky Boots!

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