Check out these pictures and videos from the kids of Frankenstein, Waitress, Frozen, School of Rock, Anastasia, The Lion King, Kinky Boots, and Miss Saigon!
Happy Opening to the company of Frankenstein, presented by the Ensemble for the Romantic Century! Break a leg, everyone!
Elie Samouhi (A Christmas Story Live) will appear in an upcoming episode of “Lip Sync Battle Shorties” on Nickelodeon! Find out more:
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Frozen, Once On This Island, School of Rock, Waitress, Kinky Boots, Miss Saigon, and Radio City Christmas Spectacular!
Tune in to Nick Radio all this week to hear Isabela Moner (Evita) guest DJing!
Jeremy T. Villas (You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Kinky Boots) has booked a project for Nickelodeon! Find out more in his Instagram post, and stay tuned for more details as well.
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And here are pictures and videos from the kids of On Your Feet, Hairspray Live, Kinky Boots, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Waitress, and School of Rock!
Happy Trails to Sam Chuck, who has finished his run as Gavroche in Les Miserables! Congrats on a great run, Sam–we can’t wait to see what’s next for you! Here’s a video of the Les Miserables cast singing “Happy Trails” to Sam:
Be sure to check out “Joy” in theaters–and keep an eye out for Ashley Lanzoni (Dream Street), who was in the movie! Find out more on IMDb.com. Congrats, Ashley!
Alessandra Baldacchino (Fun Home, A Little Princess) has joined the Broadway kid panel for BroadwayCon! Find out more in the picture below:
Sydney Lucas‘s (Fun Home) big Tonys moment made Playbill.com’s top unforgettable moments of 2015! Check out the whole list HERE.
Check out this video of Fabi Aguirre (On Your Feet, Les Miserables) singing “Defying Gravity” from Wicked!
Here is a video of Akira Golz (Matilda) singing “Waiting for Life” from Once On This Island at a cabaret!
And here are pictures from the kids of Finding Neverland, The King and I, Fun Home, School of Rock, The Lion King, Matilda, and Radio City Christmas Spectacular!
Congratulations to the company of Radio City Christmas Spectacular on a great run! The show had its final performances today. We can’t wait to see what comes next for all the kids involved in the show!
Congrats to alum Major Curda (Radio City Christmas Spectacular), who is now a game show host for “What Parents Don’t Know” for AwesomenessTV! Check out Major’s announcement post on Instagram below:
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And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Les Miserables, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, School of Rock, The Lion King, The King and I, Kinky Boots, Matilda, Fun Home, Finding Neverland, and Lazarus!
Tonight, Brandon Niederauer (School of Rock) will perform with Lettuce at the Brooklyn Bowl after his evening performance at School of Rock! Check out the Facebook event HERE!
We now have videos from Emerson Steele‘s (Violet) 54 Below show! In this first video, watch Emerson, Michael Nigro (The Sound of Music LIVE), and Sophia Gennusa (Matilda, Doctor Zhivago) sing “Bang Bang”!
In this video, Emerson sings “Not For the Life of Me” from Thoroughly Modern Millie!
And finally, here is Emerson singing “Spark of Creation” from Children of Eden with her mom!
Recently, Josiah Jacoby (Dream Street) recorded a song with the band Crimson TGS, which includes Toni Ann Gisondi, who played Molly in the 1982 “Annie” movie! How cool! Here are some pictures:
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, The Lion King, Matilda, Fun Home, Ruthless!, Kinky Boots, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and The King and I!
Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a great first day of 2016!
Congratulations to Mia Sinclair Jenness (Les Miserables, Number the Stars), who will voice a character in “Kung Fu Panda 3”! Here is her announcement post on Instagram:
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We found lots of cool new pictures from a photoshoot that Sophia Anne Caruso (Lazarus, The Nether, The Sound of Music LIVE, Ruthless!) did recently! Check them out on GettyImages.com.
Sophia also talked to Playbill recently about crushes, cast albums, resolutions, and more! She was one of 21 Broadway and Off-Broadway actresses interviewed. Read the full article on Playbill.com!
Get a behind-the-scenes look at School of Rock courtesy of Playbill HERE!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Finding Neverland, Dream Street, School of Rock, Kinky Boots, Matilda, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, The Lion King, The King and I, and On Your Feet!
Thank you all for a successful 2015! Our website turned 5 and 24 new productions opened this year and passed through our website, one of which won the Tony for Best Musical. And one of our very own was honored with a Tony nomination! Here are some personal highlights from the year: the Tony Awards and our staff members meeting so many alumni! We are so grateful for all of the alumni, parents, and fans who support us. This year was incredible. Thank you and happy new year!
Read Jeremy T. Villas‘s post below to find out when your last chances to see him as Young Lola in Kinky Boots are!
Oona Laurence (Matilda) will no longer be participating in the Broadway kid panel at BroadwayCon–BUT, a new guest is TBA! Check out Cabaret for a Cause‘s post below to find out more:
Congratulations to Jersey Sullivan, who went on as Freddy in School of Rock last night! Here he is with his castmates:
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Les Miserables, Dream Street, Matilda, Finding Neverland, and Fun Home!
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