Congratulations to understudies Bella May Mordus and Will Coombs, who made their official debuts in The Ferryman this week! For Bella, it marked her Broadway debut!
Photo Credit: Bella May Mordus
Photo Credit: Monroe G. Scott
Broadway and Off-Broadway alumni have been cast in Broadway Workshop’s upcoming productions of Sister Act and Shrek Jr.! You can catch Grace Capeless (The Lion King, Matilda, A Christmas Story), Sadie Seelert (A Little Princess, Mary Poppins), Ava DeMary (Matilda, Evita, Billy Elliot), Bonale Fambrini (Radio City Christmas Spectacular, The King and I), and Hayden Gelman (Dream Street) in Sister Act, and Joshua Turchin (The Pill), Kaylin Hedges (Kris Kringle The Musical), Brie Zimmer (Happy Birthday, Wanda June), Eve Johnson (The Net Will Appear), and Sisley Carretas (Pedro Pan) in Shrek Jr.!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of The Lion King, The Ferryman, Frozen, and Beetlejuice!
Rosdely Ciprian (What the Constitution Means to Me) will be speaking at the 2019 MAKERS Conference tonight at 8:30pm ET!
The cast for the next (YOUNG) concert has been announced! It includes Zoe Glick (Frozen), Caroline Basu (School of Rock), Delilah Rose Pellow (Anastasia), Joshua Turchin (The Pill), Gianna Harris (School of Rock), Jake Heston Miller (New York Spectacular), Ellie Kim (School of Rock, Dream Street), Jordan Cole (School of Rock), Bonale Fambrini (Radio City Christmas Spectacular, The King and I), Levi Smith (A Bronx Tale), Bella May Mordus (The Ferryman), Eli Tokash (Finding Neverland, Pippin), Swayam Bhatia (Really Rosie, Dream Street), Julia DiPiazza (Les Miserables tour), and Molly Lyons! Get tickets HERE.
The stars of Beetlejuice did a photoshoot with Vanity Fair!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Frozen, The Ferryman, and The Lion King!
Happy Trails to Landon Maas, who has played his final performance in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child! We can’t wait to see what’s next for you, Landon!
You can now stream the new Netflix show “Russian Doll,” which features Brooke Timber (Ballyturk)! It is rated TV-MA.
Photo Credit: Just Jared
Congratulations to Cameron Mann (Peace, Love and Cupcakes), who will appear on an episode of “New Amsterdam” later this season!
Check out the kids of The Ferryman trying out famous lines from theatre using their Irish accents!
“Doctor Sleep,” featuring Kyliegh Curran (The Lion King), has been moved up from a 2020 release to a release date of November 8, 2019! Get more details on Deadline.com.
Head over to Nickelodeon’s YouTube channel to watch all the performances from this season of “Lip Sync Battle Shorties,” one of which features GiaNina Paolantonio (Matilda)!
Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen) talked to NBC New York and PIX 11!
The Early Night Show will return to The Green Room 42! Get tickets HERE and more information below:
Gianna Harris (School of Rock) has booked a new film called “Mighty Oak”!
The babies (and their families) of The Ferryman discussed their audition process and more with the Los Angeles Times!
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough, the new Michael Jackson musical, will play a tryout run in Chicago and aims to arrive on Broadway in 2020! Get more details on Broadway.com.
Keep an eye out for Ellie Kim (School of Rock, Dream Street) in a promo video for Discovery’s #MindBlown!
Here’s footage from the Dear Evan Hansen panel at BroadwayCon!
Rocco Wu (The King and I) will appear in “Spider-Man: Far From Home”!
NYC! You have until February 10th to catch the “Mickey: The True Original” exhibit! Here are a few pictures from visits made by the kids of Frozen and The Lion King!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of What the Constitution Means to Me and The Ferryman!
Happy Opening to the company of Eco Village! Break a leg tonight!
Shahadi Wright Joseph (Hairspray Live, School of Rock, The Lion King) is featured in the New York Post as one of the rising stars of 2019! Read the full article on NYPost.com.
Before School of Rock played its final performance, the kids of The Ferryman paid a visit! Check out photos on BroadwayWorld.com.
In addition, check out BroadwayWorld’s photo coverage from closing night of School of Rock, as well as video of alumni and current cast members performing “Stick It To The Man” together after the final curtain call!
Brooklyn Shuck, Matilda Lawler, Michael Quinton McArthur, and Willow McCarthy chatted with Playbill about creating a family dynamic onstage in The Ferryman! And Broadway.com has photos of the kids meeting the press with their incoming new cast members!
Prep for Andrew Barth Feldman‘s Broadway debut in Dear Evan Hansen next week by reading this feature from The New York Times!
“Mirai,” the English-dubbed version of which features Jaden Waldman (Radio City Christmas Spectacular), received an Oscar nomination this morning for Best Animated Feature! Congratulations, Jaden!
Here’s the trailer for “Russian Doll,” a brand new Netflix series featuring Brooke Timber (Ballyturk)!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, Eco Village, The Ferryman, and The Lion King–including several from YBAN founder Lindsay, who saw the cast rock it on closing night of School of Rock!
Noah Marlowe (Act One, Mary Poppins) has joined the cast of Imaginary Boy, a new musical being presented on January 10th! Get more information HERE.
An updated list of panelists for the “Sing Out, Louise” panel at BroadwayCon includes Natalia Bingham (School of Rock tour), Hudson Loverro (School of Rock, Assassins, A Bronx Tale), Anthony Rosenthal (Really Rosie, Falsettos), Emerson Steele (Violet), and Jaden Waldman (Radio City Christmas Spectacular). The panel will now occur at 10am on January 12th in the Regent Room!
Get a glimpse of Regan Ciccarelli (Waitress) taking her first bow with Sara Bareilles and Gavin Creel in photos on BroadwayWorld.com!
Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen) will take part in the upcoming Jimmy Awards reunion concert on January 14th! Get more details on TheaterMania.com.
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Frozen, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, School of Rock, Once On This Island, and The Lion King!
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