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TINA Tickets Now On Sale Through September 2020, Anna Rae Haller Featured in The Charlotte Observer, and more!

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Tickets for Tina are now on sale through September 2020! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.

Anna Rae Haller (Frozen) is featured in The Charlotte Observer!

59E59 Theaters will present Duncan Sheik’s Whisper House Off-Broadway, and the production is seeking a young Equity actor! Get audition information on Playbill.com and advice for attending an Equity audition as a non-Equity performer on ActorAesthetic.com.

Levi Smith (A Bronx Tale) has been cast in Love Actually Live in Los Angeles, playing this holiday season!

Jai Ram Srinivasan (A Christmas Carol) and Sebastian Ortiz appeared on “Access Hollywood” tonight!

Delaney Quinn (Waitress) dressed up as some of your favorite characters from “Paw Patrol” for a video with Nick Jr.!

And check out pictures and videos from the kids of The Lion King and Evita at New York City Center, including opening night photo coverage from the latter on Playill.com and HERE.



EVITA and RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR Open, Cast Changes at FROZEN, THE LION KING, and EVITA, and more!

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Happy Opening to Evita at New York City Center, which also announced its casting earlier this week: congratulations and break a leg to Isa Antonetti and Tessa Noelle Frascogna!

Happy Opening as well to the company of Radio City Christmas Spectacular! Break a leg, everyone!

Happy Trails to Winter Donnelly and Mimi Ryder, who played their final performances as Young Elsa in Frozen over the weekend! We can’t wait to see what’s next for both of you.

Jesus Del Orden and Suri Marrero are scheduled to play their final performances as Young Simba and Young Nala in The Lion King on November 17th. Go see them before then if you can, and check out our recent feature on Jesus and his niece Sophia Rodriguez, currently playing Lulu in Waitress, HERE!

Coming up for Suri as she departs The Lion King, she will be joining the cast of Frozen as one of the new Young Elsas, beginning performances this week before she’s even finished her run as Young Nala! Also joining Frozen as the other new Young Elsa is Anna Rae Haller, who will make her Broadway debut!

Finally, Broadway alum Layla Capers (School of Rock) will be joining The Lion King next week as one of the new Young Nalas! Congratulations, Layla!

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In the midst of all this exciting news, we also want to wish congratulations to The Lion King, which celebrates 22 years on Broadway today!

Reyna Guerra (Runaways) has been cast in Much Ado About Nothing at Pittsburgh Playhouse, now playing through November 17th! Get more information HERE.

The casts of Tina and Beetlejuice will perform during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this year! Get more details on Broadway.com.

Also coming up, the casts of Dear Evan Hansen, Frozen, Waitress, and Beetlejuice will take part in Broadway Under the Stars, a free concert series this holiday season at Columbus Circle! Get more information HERE.

Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen) will perform at the Never Is Now Summit later this month! Also, check out his newest vlog!

Brie Zimmer (Happy Birthday, Wanda June) will play Annie with Kidz Theater in December!

Season 2 of “You,” with Jenna Ortega (New York Spectacular), will arrive on Netflix on December 26th!

Congratulations to Julian Silva (The Lion King), who guest starred on last week’s episode of “How To Get Away With Murder”!

Swayam Bhatia (Really Rosie, Dream Street), Sumaya Bouhbal (Runaways), and Mehret Marsh (Tina, The Lion King) performed at Rockers On Broadway earlier this week! Get more information HERE.

Check out photos from backstage at Beetlejuice on Broadway.com!

Finally, the holidays are practically here! We have your guide to our featured Broadway and Off-Broadway shows and their performance schedules for the weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years.

And here are pictures from the kids of The Lion King, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, A Christmas Carol, and for all the women who thought they were Mad!

Photo Credit: Lauren Adler




RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR Begins Run, Mattea Conforti to Voice Young Elsa in “Frozen 2,” and more!

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Congratulations to the company of Radio City Christmas Spectacular, which began its 2019 holiday run over the weekend!

Congrats as well to Mattea Conforti (Frozen, Sunday in the Park with George, Matilda), who will voice Young Elsa in the upcoming movie “Frozen 2”!

We have lots of photo and video coverage from the opening night of Tina! See the list below:

“Doctor Sleep,” with alum Kyliegh Curran (The Lion King), is out in theaters now!

Get your copy of this year’s “Carols For A Cure” CD, featuring the casts of Dear Evan Hansen, Beetlejuice, Waitress, Frozen, and more, from the Broadway Cares store!

Be on the lookout for Raigan Olivia Saunders-Newton (Waitress) in an ad for Dadi!

Aliyah Mastin (The Lion King) appears in another music video for Acapop! KIDS, this time covering “Sunflower”! Watch below:

“Let It Snow,” a new Netflix film starring Isabela Merced (Evita), is now streaming!

And here are pictures from the kids of Forbidden Broadway, Tina, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and for all the women who thought they were Mad!

TINA Opens on Broadway, A CHRISTMAS CAROL Begins Previews, and more!

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Happy Opening to the company of Tina! Break a leg, everyone!

Break a leg as well to A Christmas Carol, which begins previews tonight!

Get your tickets HERE to see Erica Simone Barnett (Matilda) and Leonay Shepherd (Little Miss Sunshine) in Kidz Theater’s A Chorus Line this December!

Check out photo coverage from “Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway,” with Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen), on Broadway.com!

Roman Engel (Radio City Christmas Spectacular) appears in the new Apple TV+ show “Helpsters,” from the creators of “Sesame Street”!

Bella May Mordus (Make Believe, The Ferryman) recently filmed a commercial!

And here are pictures from the kids of A Christmas Carol and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child!

THE UNDERLYING CHRIS Begins Previews, Fina Strazza Guest Stars on “Madam Secretary,” and more!

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Happy first preview to The Underlying Chris! Break a leg!

Congrats to Fina Strazza (Matilda, Animal), who guest starred on last week’s episode of “Madam Secretary”!

Young Broadway Actor News is bringing you a look at the brand new Harmony Helper app! Check out the press release HERE.

“The Assistant,” featuring Sophie Knapp (Once, A Little Princess, Dream Street), will arrive in theaters in January! Get more details on Deadline.com.

“Nostalgic Christmas,” a brand new Hallmark Christmas movie with Jenna Weir (Frozen), will premiere on Halloween!

Andrew Barth Feldman and the Evan Hansens of London, Toronto, and the US Tour performed “For Forever” to celebrate the first performance of Dear Evan Hansen in London!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of for all the women who thought they were Mad, Fear, Frozen, and more, including lots of photos of Broadway and Off-Broadway kids celebrating Halloween!

THE ROSE TATTOO Opens on Broadway, FEAR and FOR ALL THE WOMEN WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE MAD Begin Previews, and more!

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Happy Opening to The Rose Tattoo! Break a leg, everyone!

Happy first preview to Fear at the Lucille Lortel Theatre and to for all the women who thought they were Mad, which had its first preview at Soho Rep last night!

Our Dear Dead Drug Lord has extended its run again, this time through November 3rd! Get more details on Broadway.com.

Rosdely Ciprian (What the Constitution Means to Me) will reprise her role for the national tour of What the Constitution Means to Me when it stops in Los Angeles and Chicago! Find out more on LATimes.com.

Keira Belle Young (The Pain of My Belligerence) has been cast in this year’s A Christmas Story national tour! Congrats!

The second episode of Andrew Barth Feldman’s Dear Evan Hansen vlog is here!

Also, here’s new footage from the show with Andrew!

Mateo Lizcano (Radio City Christmas Spectacular) has been cast as Link in his school’s production of Hairspray! Performances are set for March 2020. Get tickets HERE!

Check out photos from the first preview of Tina on Playbill.com!

Jamilah Rosemond (Peace, Love and Cupcakes) appeared in a sketch on last week’s episode of “Saturday Night Live” with David Harbour!

Here’s video of the cast of A Christmas Carol meeting for the first time!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Beetlejuice, Frozen, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Forbidden Broadway, Waitress, and Tina!














TINA Begins Previews and Announces Digital Lottery, Equity Auditions for THE BEDWETTER and THE MUSIC MAN, and more!

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Happy first preview to Tina! Break a leg! The show has also announced a digital lottery; get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.

Atlantic Theater Company’s upcoming production of The Bedwetter is holding Equity Principal Auditions this month! Get more details on the October 18th call, as well as the Institutional Off-Broadway EPA on October 23rd and advice for attending an EPA as a non-Equity performer!

The Music Man is holding Equity Chorus Calls later this month for dancers and singers ages 8-17! Find out more about the calls on October 16th for Female Dancers and Male Dancers, as well as the calls on October 23rd for Female Singers and Male Singers; and get advice for attending an Equity audition as a non-Equity performer HERE!

Dear Evan Hansen will hold an open casting call in Los Angeles for performers ages 17+! Find out more on Playbill.com.

Devin Trey Campbell (Kinky Boots) has joined “Broadway Close Up: I Won’t Grow Up,” a concert at Kaufman Music Center later this month! Get more information HERE.

The cast of Dear Evan Hansen will perform at the TIME 100 Health Summit! Find out more on Time.com.

Katherine McNamara (A Little Night Music) has been cast in “The Stand,” an upcoming CBS All Access limited series! Find out more on Deadline.com.

The Beetlejuice cast album is now available on CD! Get more information on BroadwayWorld.com.

“Let It Snow,” starring Broadway alum Isabela Moner (Evita) will arrive on Netflix on November 8th!

Jenna Ortega (New York Spectacular) has been cast in the upcoming Netflix movie “Yes Day”! Find out more on Deadline.com.

Eric A. Walker Jr. (Kinky Boots) has booked a commercial!

And here are pictures from the kids of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Tina, and The Lion King!

Photo Credit: Jack Pravda

Photo Credit: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Joshua Turchin’s Birthday, Nirvaan Pal Joins “Bubble Guppies,” Nicole Scimeca Cast in Drury Lane Theatre’s MARY POPPINS, and more!

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Happy belated birthday to Joshua Turchin (Forbidden Broadway)! We hope you had a great day, Joshua!

Congrats to Nirvaan Pal (School of Rock), who is now the singing voice for Gil on “Bubble Guppies”!

Nicole Scimeca (Anastasia) has been cast in Mary Poppins at Drury Lane Theatre in Illinois! Performances run from November 2019 through January 2020. Get tickets HERE.

Brie Zimmer (Happy Birthday, Wanda June) will sing in a concert to raise funds for gun reform! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Frozen, Tina, The Rose Tattoo, Beetlejuice, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and Radio City Christmas Spectacular!













“Just Roll With It” with Ramon Reed Picked Up for Second Season, Raigan Newton to Make Broadway Debut in WAITRESS, and more!

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Congrats to Ramon Reed (The Lion King), whose Disney Channel show “Just Roll With It” has been picked up for a second season! Get more details on Deadline.com.

Raigan Newton will make her Broadway debut as Lulu in Waitress! Congrats, Raigan!

Today, “Hustlers” arrives in theaters featuring Scarlett Sher (Waitress)! See it if you can!

Sophia Anne Caruso (Beetlejuice) and Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen) will be at the autograph table at this year’s BC/EFA Broadway Flea Market, and Beetlejuice, Dear Evan Hansen, Frozen, The Lion King, and Waitress will all have tables there! Get more details about the event on Playbill.com.

Kids from School of Rock and more are singing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s music at The Green Room 42 tonight! Get tickets HERE.

Watch the Abby Lee Dance Company perform their group routine “Body & Soul,” with alum GiaNina Paolantonio (Matilda)!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Rose Tattoo, Tina, and Waitress!





Blasina Olowe and Kat Williams Join FOR ALL THE WOMEN WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE MAD, Oona Laurence Cast in “Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting,” and more!

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Congratulations to Blasina Olowe and Kat Williams, who will rotate as Nambi in Soho Rep.’s for all the women who thought they were Mad! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.

Oona Laurence (Matilda) has been cast in the upcoming movie “Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting”! Find out more from The Hollywood Reporter.

The cast of Tina met the press! Check out photos on BroadwayWorld.com.

You can now watch “Tot Cop,” starring Finn Douglas (The Costume [Inner Voices], Radio City Christmas Spectacular), on Amazon Prime when you include Noggin with your account! Check it out!

Here’s the Youth Pride Chorus singing with the cast of Mean Girls! Want to take part in events like this? Auditions for the Youth Pride Chorus (an LGBTQ+ chorus comprised of singers ages 13-22 years old) are happening later this month! Contact Salem Joseph at sjoseph@gaycenter.org or (646) 798-2306 for more information.

Isabella Iannelli (The Rose Tattoo) modeled for Kids Foot Locker!

Here’s Fiona Morgan Quinn (Frozen) modeling for Masala Baby/Kids!

And check out these videos from the most recent (YOUNG) event!