Check out today’s throwbacks–first to Tony nominee Sydney Lucas singing “Ring of Keys” at the 2015 Tony Awards with Fun Home! #YoungBway10
And to performances at the 2016 and 2017 Tony Awards from School of Rock, Falsettos, and Miss Saigon! #YoungBway10
Sophie Knapp (Once, Dream Street, A Little Princess) and Dalya Knapp (Les Miserables tour) chatted about their careers with the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey today! Get more details HERE.
Look for Everleigh Rottuno in a commercial for Ethan Allen and an ad for Ziploc!
Today and yesterday, Ella Dane Morgan (Waitress) and Olivia Chun (School of Rock, The King and I) live-streamed concerts from their homes on (YOUNG)’s Instagram account!
Continuing our look back at the past ten years, today check out “Stranger Things” star Gaten Matarazzo performing at the 2014 Tony Awards with his castmates from the Broadway revival of Les Miserables! #YoungBway10
“I Wish: The Roles That Could Have Been” live-streamed earlier today on 54 Below’s YouTube page, and featured alumni Emerson Steele (Violet) and Nicholas Barasch (She Loves Me, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, West Side Story)! Tune in for future live-streamed concerts HERE.
Kids from Fun Home, Caroline, Or Change, and more took part in an Earth Day-themed music video for Broadway Green Alliance! Find out more and watch the video on Playbill.com.
Nirvaan Pal (School of Rock) live-streamed a concert from his home on (YOUNG)’s Instagram account earlier today!
In case you missed it, here’s Analise Scarpaci (Matilda, A Christmas Story) and her Mrs. Doubtfire castmates on “Stars In The House”:
Here’s the newest episode of “The Early Night Show” with Joshua Turchin (Trevor, Forbidden Broadway, The Pill), featuring Caroline Basu (School of Rock) and Emily Zimmerman (The Bedwetter)!
And here are videos from the kids of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child!
As we continue to look back in honor of our 10th anniversary, we re-visit 2017, when Broadway welcomed childhood favorites Anastasia and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and welcomed back Once On This Island and Miss Saigon!
2018 was another busy year for us as we covered shows like Frozen, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and The Ferryman, as well as the Off-Broadway hit The Jungle!
We’ve now had a first and second wave of cast announcements for our 10th anniversary virtual concert this Monday, April 13th at 4pm PST / 7pm EST! The concert will take place on YouTube (streaming link to come) and the lineup will include (with more announcements coming soon):
Fabi Aguirre (Les Miserables, On Your Feet)
Rachel Arianna (Number the Stars)
Noah Baird (Matilda, A Christmas Story Live)
Caroline Basu (School of Rock)
Audrey Bennett (Frozen, Amelie)
Sway Bhatia (Really Rosie, Dream Street)
Dara Paige Bloomfield (Ragtime)
Catherine Ashmore Bradley (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child)
Adriana Braganza (The King and I)
Amaya Braganza (The King and I, Annie)
Sami Bray (The Bedwetter, 1984)
Chloe Bryan (School of Rock)
Grace Capeless (Matilda, The Lion King, A Christmas Story)
Jordan Cole (School of Rock)
Victoria Csatay (Peace, Love and Cupcakes)
Grace DeAmicis (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child)
Miranda Jo DeMott (Peace, Love and Cupcakes)
Gregory Diaz IV (Matilda, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, “In The Heights”)
Reese Sebastian Diaz (Mary Poppins, Dear Evan Hansen)
Cate Elefante (Waitress)
Bonale Fambrini (Radio City Christmas Spectacular, The King and I)
Jake Ryan Flynn (Mrs. Doubtfire, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
Skye Alyssa Friedman (Annie)
Carly Gold (The Ferryman)
Katie Grober (Waitress)
Winnie Grober
Taylor Paige Henderson (The Bedwetter)
Isabella Iannelli (The Rose Tattoo)
Annabelle Kempf (Billy Elliot)
Eleanor Koski (Les Miserables)
Diego Lucano (School of Rock, Pedro Pan, Peace, Love and Cupcakes)
Mehret Marsh (Tina, The Lion King)
Alyssa Emily Marvin (Trevor, Number the Stars)
Robert Montano (Radio City Christmas Spectacular)
Ella Dane Morgan (Waitress)
Jacob Morrell (Shadowlands)
Madilyn Jaz Morrow (Matilda)
Zell Steele Morrow (Assassins, Fun Home, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Mary Page Marlowe, Really Rosie)
Brooklyn Nelson (Frozen, Matilda)
Kara Oates (Mary Poppins, Billy Elliot)
Sebastian Ortiz (A Christmas Carol)
Madeleine Pace (Once, The Hard Problem)
Nirvaan Pal (School of Rock)
GiaNina Paolantonio (Matilda, “Dance Moms”)
Delilah Rose Pellow (Anastasia)
Ayla Schwartz (Frozen)
Nicole Scimeca (Anastasia)
Mavis Simpson-Ernst (You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Evita, A Little Princess)
Levi Smith (A Bronx Tale)
Jai Ram Srinivasan (A Christmas Carol)
Lily Tamburo (Mrs. Doubtfire)
Joshua Turchin (Trevor, Forbidden Broadway, The Pill)
Jeremy T. Villas (You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Kinky Boots)
Jaden Myles Waldman (Caroline, Or Change, Radio City Christmas Spectacular)
Samuel Li Weintraub (Miss Saigon)
Jaidyn Young (Annie)
Trevor has postponed performances through June 7th. More updates coming soon!
Nia Sioux (Trip of Love, “Dance Moms”) wrote a book and it’s available to pre-order now!
Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen) sang “Waving Through A Window” for the cast of HBO’s “Barry” during a recent “Stars In The House” live stream! (He appears around 52:09.)
Check out Aliyah Mastin (The Lion King) covering Dua Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now” as part of Acapop! KIDS:
Check out the newest single from Big Pity, a new band including Broadway alum Mavis Simpson-Ernst (You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Evita, A Little Princess), titled “Things to Work On,” on Apple Music or Spotify!
Milo Manheim (Generation Me) took part in “Saturday Night Seder” tonight! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.
Mehret Marsh (Tina) livestreamed from (YOUNG)’s Instagram account today!
Here’s the newest episode of “The Early Night Show” with Joshua Turchin (Trevor, Forbidden Broadway, The Pill) and guests Fallyn and Noah Baird (Matilda, A Christmas Story Live)!
Dara Paige Bloomfield (Ragtime) stopped by Camp Broadway’s podcast!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Beetlejuice and Caroline, Or Change!
Mavis Simpson-Ernst (You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, A Little Princess, Evita) filmed an episode of “The Last O.G.”! Air date is TBA. Here she is on set:
Aaralyn Anderson (Ballyturk) just filmed another segment for “What Would You Do?”!
Happy Opening to Alexa Shae Niziak (The Mother of Invention, Matilda, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Christmas Story) and the company of The Thing With Feathers at The Barrow Group! Break a leg!
Congratulations to Niles Fitch (Our Lady of Kibeho, The Lion King) and his “This Is Us” castmates, who took home the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series! Check out this picture of the cast:
Brigid Harrington (Mary Poppins) has joined the cast of a one-night-only performance on January 31st of a new show called Larry & Lucy! Get more details on DixonPlace.org.
Check out photos from closing night of Miss Saigon on BroadwayWorld.com!
Watch Luca Padovan (Marvin’s Room, School of Rock, Newsies) and Isabella Russo (The Mother of Invention, School of Rock) perform a song from The Book Thief on Playbill.com!
Gabby Gutierrez (School of Rock), Joshua Turchin (The Pill), Bonale Fambrini (The King and I), Diego Lucano (Peace, Love and Cupcakes, School of Rock), Carly Gendell (School of Rock), Madeleine Pace (Once), and Paul Luke Bonenfant (School of Rock) will be at the Broadway Star Project booth (Booth Number 422) at BroadwayCon this weekend! Get more details:
Ciela Elliott (Occupied Territories) has joined the cast of Rosemary and Time at Paradise Factory Theater, Off-Off-Broadway! The show goes up in February.
“The New Edition Story,” with alumni Jahi Diallo Winston (The Lion King) and Caleb McLaughlin (The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, The Lion King), won Image Awards for “Outstanding Television Movie, Limited – Series or Dramatic Special” and “Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special”! In addition, Caleb won the Image Award for “Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited Series)” for his acting in “Stranger Things”! Get more details on Variety.com.
Keaton Tetlow (Babes in Arms, Lisa and Leonardo) has booked a feature film! Find out more:
Check out Mavis Simpson-Ernst (You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Evita, A Little Princess) performing at the Knicks half-time show!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Miss Saigon, Once On This Island, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and School of Rock!
Check out these pictures and videos from the kids of Waitress, A Bronx Tale, The Lion King, School of Rock, Miss Saigon, Frozen, Anastasia, Ballyturk, and Kinky Boots!
Happy Opening to the company of Frankenstein, presented by the Ensemble for the Romantic Century! Break a leg, everyone!
Elie Samouhi (A Christmas Story Live) will appear in an upcoming episode of “Lip Sync Battle Shorties” on Nickelodeon! Find out more:
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Frozen, Once On This Island, School of Rock, Waitress, Kinky Boots, Miss Saigon, and Radio City Christmas Spectacular!
Tonight is A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant: In Concert at 54 Below! The concert features performers including Alessandra Baldacchino (Fun Home, A Little Princess), Sami Bray (1984), Gregory Diaz IV (Matilda, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown), Anthony Rosenthal (Kris Kringle The Musical, Really Rosie, Falsettos), Presley Ryan (Fun Home, The Sound of Music LIVE, A Little Princess), Jeremy T. Villas (Kris Kringle The Musical, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Kinky Boots), Nicole Wildy (Really Rosie, Dream Street), Timothy Yang (The King and I), and Graydon Peter Yosowitz (The Light Years, The Gold, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown). Get more details on 54Below.com!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Waitress, Miss Saigon, Good For Otto, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, School of Rock, Kinky Boots, and Frozen!
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