Oona Laurence (Matilda), Sophia Gennusa (Camp Rolling Hills, Doctor Zhivago, Matilda), and Bailey Ryon (Matilda) will join the Shapiro Sisters at their concert at The Green Room 42 this Friday! Get tickets HERE.
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Anastasia, Frozen, Once On This Island, School of Rock, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Gettin’ The Band Back Together, and more!
YBAN’s founder Lindsay saw Christian Mullins and Connor Mills in Kinky Boots today and met them after the show! Great job, guys! Check out her photos:
Also, check out Lindsay’s pictures from meeting Levi Smith after A Bronx Tale yesterday!
Olivia Chun will play her final performance as Summer in School of Rock on April 1st at 3pm. See her before then if you can!
Congratulations to Ava Briglia (Matilda), who will take on the role of Summer in School of Rock following Olivia‘s departure (which she currently plays on tour)!
Here’s a special opportunity to see the first previews of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, Frozen, A Bronx Tale, and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child!
Illinois fans! You can see Nicole Scimeca (Anastasia) and John Babbo (A Christmas Story) in “Thrill Ride” through the end of this week! Get more details on NWHerald.com.
Watch Olivia Chun (School of Rock, The King and I) sing the National Anthem at a recent New York Islanders game!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Once On This Island, A Christmas Story Live, Frozen, and School of Rock!
Isabella Russo (School of Rock) has joined the cast of Off-Broadway’s The Mother of Invention! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.
Here’s the trailer for “The Comedian,” featuring Savvy Crawford (Amelie, A Little Princess), set to be released on February 3rd!
Darius Kaleb (Motown, A Raisin in the Sun) discussed “Luke Cage” with Teenplicity.com!
Watch the full video of On Your Feet performing at “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” below or on BroadwayWorld.com!
“Former Broadway Kids, All Grown Up!” is coming up soon at 54 Below, featuring former Broadway child actors! Performers include alumni Emerson Steele (Violet), Allie Trimm (13, Bye Bye Birdie), and Brynn Williams (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, In My Life, Grinch, 13, Bye Bye Birdie). Get more information on 54Below.com.
Here’s a trailer for “The New Edition Story,” featuring Caleb McLaughlin (The Lion King, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek) and Jahi Diallo Winston (The Lion King)!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Fiddler on the Roof, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Matilda, On Your Feet, Falsettos, Kinky Boots, School of Rock, and Waitress!
Happy Trails to the company of Radio City Christmas Spectacular, which played its final performance today! We can’t wait to see what’s next for all of you!
We are launching a monthly interview series with YBAN alumni today called When I Grow Up! The first installment is now up on our website; our founder Lindsay chatted with Katherine McNamara (A Little Night Music) about her Broadway kid days and about Season 2 of “Shadowhunters,” which premiered at 8pm tonight on Freeform! Read the interview HERE.
Watch the final curtain call of Matilda below!
Check out the last curtain call of Fiddler on the Roof below or on BroadwayWorld.com!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of On Your Feet, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Matilda, Waitress, School of Rock, and Falsettos!
Happy Trails to the company of Matilda, which ended its almost four-year run today! We can’t wait to see what’s next for all of you!
Caleb McLaughlin (The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, The Lion King) and Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert) are both listed among the Biggest Breakout Stars of 2016! Read the full list on BuzzFeed.com.
There’s just one day more until our big announcement about the new project we’re launching!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Falsettos, Matilda, On Your Feet, and Waitress!
Here’s the full playlist from the Radio City Christmas Spectacular boys’ performances at Broadway Sessions!
Here’s Christopher Convery (Kinky Boots) performing at Birdland!
Check out Anthony Rosenthal (Falsettos) showing his Christmas haul in the video below:
Also, Anthony is among BroadwayBox’s top 10 Broadway debuts of 2016! Check out the full list on BroadwayBox.com.
SITI Company is seeking teen boys of color for its L.A. production of Lost in the Stars! Get more information HERE.
Waitress, Tuck Everlasting, Holiday Inn, She Loves Me, and Falsettos all made Broadway fans’ Top 10 of 2016 list on Broadway.com!
Help Broadway kid Grace Capeless (The Lion King, Matilda, A Christmas Story) and her brother Jack raise money for their upcoming 5K in Disney World HERE!
An open call for the national tour of The Sound of Music is taking place in New York City in January! Sign up now on SignUpGenius.com.
And here are pictures from the kids of Amelie, School of Rock, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and Waitress!
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Tonight, Mia Sinclair Jenness (Les Miserables, Number the Stars, The Sound of Music LIVE) will appear on “Joe’s Pub Presents: A Holiday Special” at 10pm on IFC! Get more details on IndieWire.com.
Lots of Broadway kids got together for the annual coat drive–check out pictures on BroadwayWorld.com!
Waitress, She Loves Me, Blackbird, the Encores production of Sunday in the Park with George, and The Crucible are all listed among the top New York theatre of 2016 according to Deadline.com!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Amelie, Matilda, School of Rock, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, On Your Feet, and Waitress!
Congratulations to Jake Ryan Flynn, Ryan Foust, and Ryan Sell, who will all make their Broadway debuts playing Charlie in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! Get more details on Playbill.com.
Seth Steinberg has been cast in Roundabout Theatre Company’s Off-Broadway production of If I Forget! He will play the role of Joey Oren. Find out more on BroadwayWorld.com.
Fans have voted Anthony Rosenthal‘s Broadway debut in Falsettos among the top Broadway debuts of this year! Check out the full list of fan favorites on Broadway.com.
Take a look at photo coverage from School of Rock‘s recording session for their track on this year’s Carols for a Cure album on BroadwayWorld.com!
Watch kids from Matilda, On Your Feet, and more celebrate UNICEF in this video!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Amelie, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, School of Rock, Waitress, and Kinky Boots!
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