Abigail Dylan Harrison (Ruthless!) and Noah Baird (Matilda) have joined A Christmas Story Live!
Lianah Sta. Ana (Miss Saigon) will take part in a benefit concert for Puerto Rico! Get more details on Playbill.com.
Check out a petition to get “Me, Myself & I,” with Chris Richards (Finding Neverland), back on the air on Change.org!
Chloé Bryan (School of Rock) will celebrate women’s right to vote at 54 Below on November 6th! Get more details HERE.
The casts of School of Rock, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Kinky Boots, Miss Saigon, Waitress, Anastasia, Once On This Island, and A Bronx Tale will perform at Columbus Circle! Find out more on BroadwayWorld.com.
Watch Broadway alumni Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert), Caleb McLaughlin (The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, The Lion King), and Sadie Sink (The Audience, Annie) chat about “Stranger Things” on “Good Morning America”!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, Anastasia, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and Occupied Territories!
Check out this 23-minute long goodbye message from Finding Neverland!
Also, here’s video of the show’s last curtain call!
Gabby Gutierrez is on for Katie in School of Rock tonight! Break a leg, Gabby!
See Anthony Rosenthal at his first day of Falsettos rehearsal on Broadway.com!
In case you missed it, here’s Sophia Gennusa (Matilda, Doctor Zhivago) singing the National Anthem!
Parents! Is your kid dreaming about a Broadway career? Lauren Hirsh and Becky Cherlin Baird are hosting a workshop to discuss the reality of a child’s Broadway career and how it affects the family. Reserve your space by Sept. 1st HERE!
The Cabaret for a Cause kids will perform again at the 92Y Street Festival! Find out more:
The cast for the upcoming production of Ragtime on Ellis Island has been announced! It will include Aviva Winick (Matilda), Hudson Loverro (Kinky Boots tour), Douglas Baldeo (Kinky Boots), Carly Waldman (Dream Street), and others! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.
Tonight, Devin Trey Campbell (Kinky Boots) and Alexandria Suarez (On Your Feet) take the stage at Broadway Stands Up For Freedom! Find out more about the event HERE.
Leon C. Outlaw Jr. (Motown) will perform at The Cutting Room on August 8th! Get tickets and more details on TheCuttingRoomNYC.com.
Check out photo coverage from Motown‘s Gypsy Robe Ceremony on BroadwayWorld.com! Also, watch TheaterMania’s video from Motown rehearsals below!
Check out a video from Finding Neverland‘s Broadway in Bryant Park performance below or on BroadwayWorld.com!
This week, you can catch new episodes of “Stuck in the Middle,” which features Jenna Ortega (New York Spectacular), on Disney Channel at 8pm! Find out more in Jenna’s Instagram post:
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of The King and I, Motown, School of Rock, New York Spectacular, Cabaret for a Cause, and Les Miserables!
Congrats 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!
Break a leg to the company of Motown, which began previews tonight!
Also, break a leg to Nia Sioux for her opening tonight in Trip of Love! Read TheaterMania’s interview with her about the show HERE.
Check out closing night pictures from Runaways on TheaterMania.com!
Catch Alexandria Suarez (On Your Feet) and Devin Trey Campbell (Kinky Boots) in Broadway Stands Up for Freedom on July 18th! Get more details about the event on TheaterMania.com.
The kids of Finding Neverland and Motown will take part in this week’s Broadway in Bryant Park! Check out the full lineup on BroadwayWorld.com.
Motown has announced that it will offer student rush tickets! Get more information below:
$32 student rush tix will be available at the Nederlander Theatre when the box office opens each day! 2 per person, subject to availability.
Congratulations to Morgan Gao, who will make his Broadway debut in Holiday Inn!
The cast album releases of Waitress and Tuck Everlasting have been pushed back to July 8th and July 15th, respectively!
And check out these pictures and videos from the kids of Finding Neverland, School of Rock, Runaways, The Lion King, Waitress, Matilda, New York Spectacular, Fiddler on the Roof, and Kids of the Arts’ Love is Love!
Congratulations to Anthony Rosenthal (Newsies tour), who will make his Broadway debut in Falsettos! Find out more on Playbill.com.
Congratulations to Kylie McVey and Athan Sporek (Les Miserables), who have joined the cast of A Day By the Sea at the Mint Theater Company! Find out more on MintTheater.org.
Anastasia will open on Broadway in April 2017! Get more information on BroadwayWorld.com.
Hayden Wall (School of Rock, Soul Doctor) appeared on “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” over the weekend! Watch below:
Matilda, Motown, Finding Neverland, Fiddler on the Roof, Les Miserables, Waitress, Kinky Boots, Fun Home, and Ruthless! will perform at Broadway in Bryant Park this summer! Get more details on Playbill.com.
The cast of Fun Home celebrated Pride over the weekend! Check out photos on Playbill.com.
Congratulations to the kids who performed in Broadway Kids for Orlando! Our alumni who participated include Ripley Sobo (Runaways, Matilda, Once), Frenie Acoba (Runaways, Matilda), Zachary Brod (Dream Street, On A Stool At The End of a Bar), Taylor Caldwell (Runaways, School of Rock), Maddox Elliot (Dream Street), Tori Feinstein (Matilda, How the Grinch Stole Christmas), Luka Kain (South Pacific), Marquise Neal (Dream Street, Kinky Boots), Kara Oates (Mary Poppins, Billy Elliot), William Poon (The King and I), Sam Poon (Runaways, The King and I, Macbeth), Rachel Resheff (Fish in the Dark, The People in the Picture, Mary Poppins, Billy Elliot, Shrek), Brooklyn Shuck (Les Miserables, Tuck Everlasting, Matilda, Annie), and Chris Sumpter (Runaways, Matilda).
Tre Jones (The Lion King) does the Trillionaire Tag in the video below:
Tonight was Kids of the Arts’ Love is Love event at the Triad! It featured YBAN alumni Neil McCaffrey (Mary Poppins, Billy Elliot, Bye Bye Birdie), Frenie Acoba (Runaways, Matilda), Taylor Caldwell (Runaways, School of Rock), Olivia Chun (The King and I), Elizabeth Crawford (Tuck Everlasting), Meg Donnelly (The Sound of Music LIVE), Adam Dorfman (A Little Princess), Christie Kim (The King and I), Sophie Knapp (Dream Street, Once, A Little Princess), David Gabriel Lerner (Mary Poppins), Tori Murray (Ruthless!), Marquise Neal (Dream Street, Kinky Boots), Michael Nigro (The Sound of Music LIVE), Devynn Pedell (Mary Poppins), Shereen Pimentel (The Lion King), Sadie Seelert (A Little Princess), Analise Scarpaci (Matilda, A Christmas Story), Mavis Simpson-Ernst (You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Evita, A Little Princess), Ava Ulloa (Matilda), Violet Young (Number the Stars), and Alessandra Baldacchino (Fun Home, A Little Princess), who will make a special appearance to sing “Ring of Keys.” Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.
Watch the trailer for “The New Edition Story,” featuring Jahi Diallo Winston (The Lion King) and Caleb McLaughlin (The Lion King, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek), on Bet.com!
Tori Murray (Ruthless!) returns to 54 Below on July 14th! Find out more on 54Below.com.
Get your tickets for Cabaret for a Cause, which will feature alumni Nia Sioux (Trip of Love), Alessandra Baldacchino (Fun Home, A Little Princess), Ava Briglia (Matilda), Beada Briglia (Matilda), Lilyana Cornell (Les Miserables), Ava DeMary (Matilda, Billy Elliot, Evita), Cole Alex Edelstein (Matilda), Maya Grace Fischbein (Fun Home), Sophia Gennusa (Doctor Zhivago, Matilda), Abbey Rose Gould (A Little Princess), Evan Gray (Matilda), Eleanor Koski (Les Miserables), Madilyn Jaz Morrow (Matilda), Zell Steele Morrow (Fun Home), Brooklyn Nelson (Matilda), Taylor Richardson (Smokefall, Annie, A Christmas Memory), David Rosenthal (Matilda), Mavis Simpson-Ernst (You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Evita, A Little Princess), Mckayla Twiggs (Les Miserables, Once), and Corinne Wilson (School of Rock). Find out more in the Facebook post below:
And here are pictures from the kids of Broadway Kids for Orlando, Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, On Your Feet, New York Spectacular, The Lion King, A Day By the Sea, Fun Home, and School of Rock!
Happy birthday to Ava Della Pietra (School of Rock)! We hope you had a great day, Ava!
Happy opening to the cast of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown! We wish you all broken legs tonight!
YBAN’s Lindsay saw School of Rock last night and loved it, and is seeing Matilda tonight! She also got to meet Tahlia Ellie (The Gray Man) at School of Rock! Here are her pictures:
In case you missed it, here’s Zachary Unger (Newsies, Chaplin, Big Fish) on “Containment”! You can also watch it on Vimeo.
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of On Your Feet, Dream Street, Waitress, New York Spectacular, Finding Neverland, Tuck Everlasting, Fun Home, and School of Rock!
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Congrats 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!
