Happy birthday to Mikee Castillo (The Lion King), who celebrated her birthday over the weekend! We hope you had a great day, Mikee!
Tomorrow, catch Olivia Fanders (A Little Princess) guest starring on “Happy” at 10pm on Syfy!
Milly Shapiro (Matilda, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown) will star in her own cabaret at The Green Room 42! Get tickets HERE.
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of What the Constitution Means to Me, Waitress, Kinky Boots, The Lion King, and “A Time To Rock” at The Green Room 42!
Watch Sophia Anne Caruso preview Beetlejuice in Broadway.com’s Spring Preview below, as well as another glimpse at the show including interviews with the cast:
Here are some highlights from Kids’ Night On Broadway at Kinky Boots: several former Young Charlies and Young Lolas reunited in honor of the show’s final KNOB!
The Music Man is returning to Broadway starring Hugh Jackman! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.
Did you attend the Women’s Day on Broadway event today, featuring Heidi Schreck with Rosdely Ciprian and Thursday Williams of What the Constitution Means to Me? Get more details on WomenOfBroadway.com.
Congratulations to Ashley Brooke (Doctor Zhivago, Dream Street), who guest starred on an episode of “Bizaardvark”!
You can vote for “Dancing with the Stars Juniors,” with Artyon Celestine (A Christmas Story Live), and “Stranger Things,” with Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert), Caleb McLaughlin (The Lion King, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek), and Sadie Sink (Annie, The Audience), in the 2019 Kids’ Choice Awards! Vote HERE.
All performances from the recent “Now & Then” concert, featuring current Broadway kids and former Broadway kids now all-grown-up, are available on YouTube! Check out the full playlist HERE.
Benjamin Harding (Matilda) is appearing in Urinetown at Chamblee Charter High School in Chamblee, GA, next week! Get tickets HERE.
And here are pictures from the kids of Kinky Boots, The Lion King, The Ferryman, Dear Evan Hansen, and What the Constitution Means to Me!
Congratulations to Alessandra Baldacchino (Fun Home, A Little Princess), who has announced that she will play Small Alison in the national tour of Fun Home! Check out her post below:
Go see Shahadi Wright Joseph (The Lion King) before she departs the company of School of Rock on September 18th!
Mehret Marsh (The Lion King) designed a pin for the Actors Fund’s Ziggy Bear, and her pin was presented at the recent Actors Fund performance of The Lion King! Check out pictures of the casts of The Lion King and New York Spectacular celebrating below:
Congratulations to Camp Rolling Hills, The Gold, and Tink! on their New York Musical Festival awards! Check out the full list HERE.
The recent concert of Ragtime on Ellis Island may get a full-scale production in 2017! Get more details about it on BroadwayWorld.com. Also, check out video highlights from the concert on TheaterMania.com!
Congratulations to Rachel Resheff (Fish in the Dark, Shrek, Billy Elliot, Mary Poppins, The People in the Picture), whose film “Annabelle Hooper and the Ghosts of Nantucket” is out now on DVD, iTunes, Amazon, and on-demand! Find out more in her Instagram post below:
Win tickets to the upcoming concert of Ragtime on Ellis Island via a lottery! Find out more on TheaterMania.com.
Check out pictures of the cast of She Loves Me celebrating their cast album release at Barnes & Noble on BroadwayWorld.com!
Read another article about “Stranger Things,” featuring Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert) and Caleb McLaughlin (The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, The Lion King), on DazedDigital.com!
And here are pictures from the kids of The Gold, Camp Rolling Hills, Matilda, School of Rock, Waitress, Falsettos, On Your Feet, and Trip of Love!
Matilda will close on Broadway on New Year’s Day (January 1) 2017. Get more information on TheaterMania.com.
Waitress will get a cast album this summer! Find out more on Playbill.com.
Check out the kids of Fun Home rehearsing with Rebecca Luker in an article on Playbill.com!
“High School Musical 4” is casting teens ages 14-17! Find out more on Playbill.com.
New York Live went backstage at Matilda! Watch the video below:
Here’s the closing number from the “When I Grow Up” cabaret presented earlier this month!
The kids of Matilda, Fun Home, Kinky Boots, and more learned how to ballroom dance in this video!
Alexa Valentino (Dream Street, Number the Stars) will appear on News 12 Long Island for her song “Free 2 Love”! More details coming soon, and check out Alexa’s post below for more info:
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Tuck Everlasting, Finding Neverland, Disaster!, Matilda, Kinky Boots, and School of Rock!
Tomorrow, the cast of School of Rock will appear on “The View”! Check your local listings for specific information.
Congratulations to alumni Myles Erlick (Billy Elliot) and Ripley Sobo (Matilda, Once), who are nominated for Young Artist Awards! Get more information HERE.
Check out pictures of the Finding Neverland kids taking their first bow with their new co-star Tony Yazbeck on Playbill.com!
Win a chance to audition for School of Rock! Find out more HERE.
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, Les Miserables, Kinky Boots, The King and I, Disaster!, and On Your Feet!
Hayley Feinstein (Fiddler on the Roof) is highlighted in Broadway World for her Broadway debut! Go read the article over HERE.
Graham Montgomery will depart Kinky Boots on February 21st. His replacement is TBA. Go see him while you can!
Sadie Sink (Annie, The Audience) is in a new commercial for Clean & Clear Acne! Take a look at the commercial below and be on the look out for it on TV!
Tony Marin (The King and I) filmed his unexpected snow day last Saturday after all Broadway performances were cancelled due to Blizzard Jonas. Watch below!
And here are more pictures from the kids of Fun Home, The Lion King, School Of Rock, Disaster!, Finding Neverland, Kinky Boots, Women Without Men, and Finding Neverland!
Happy birthday to Taylor Caldwell (School of Rock)! We hope you had a great day, Taylor!
Tony Marin has joined the company of The King and I! Welcome, Tony! You can read his bio on LCT.org.
We now have high quality video of Rachel Arianna (Number the Stars) singing “You’re Gonna Hear From Me” from Inside Daisy Clover and “On My Way” from Violet at the Metropolitan Room!
Brandon Niederauer (School of Rock) is in this new video in honor of #4Chords4Cancer!
Here is a new PSA on methane featuring Ellie Kim (Dream Street)!
The Shapiro Sisters—Abigail (Liberty, How the Grinch Stole Christmas) and Milly (Matilda)–will perform at Broadway Against Bullying on February 8th at 54 Below! Get more information on 54Below.com.
Nicholas Barasch (The Mystery of Edwin Drood, West Side Story) talked to Broadway.com about his upcoming Broadway show, She Loves Me! Watch the interview HERE!
Check out pictures of the kids of Finding Neverland saying happy trails to their co-star Matthew Morrison on Broadway.com!
Oona Laurence (Matilda), Colin Critchley (Waiting for Godot, Kinky Boots, New York Spring Spectacular, NYMF), and Gabriel Rush (Billy Elliot) will co-star in “Little Boxes” later this year! Get more information on IMDb.com.
Here’s a new episode of the podcast “Tales from Beyond the Pale” that features Sophia Anne Caruso (Lazarus, The Nether, The Sound of Music LIVE, Ruthless!)! Listen to it HERE or below:
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Matilda, The King and I, BroadwayCon, Women Without Men, School of Rock, The Lion King, Kinky Boots, and On Your Feet!
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Hayley Feinstein (Fiddler on the Roof) is highlighted in Broadway World for her Broadway debut! Go read the article over 
