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Daniel Shin’s Birthday, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Performs at Broadway in Bryant Park, and more!

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Happy Birthday to Daniel Shin (Miss Saigon), who turned 5 yesterday! We hope you had a great day, Daniel!


Ryan Foust performed with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Broadway in Bryant Park today from 12:30pm-1:30pm! Get more details on Playbill.com.

The Lion King will host another autism-friendly performance in October! Find out more on BroadwayWorld.com.

Tonight, Elizabeth Crawford (Tuck Everlasting) and Hudson Loverro (Assassins, A Bronx Tale, Ragtime on Ellis Island) are singing new songs by Sam Willmott at Feinstein’s/54 Below! Get more information on 54Below.com.

BroadwayCon will offer an “A Kids’-Eye View of Fun Home” panel, with kid alumni of the show: Griffin Birney (Off-Broadway), Alessandra Baldacchino (Broadway, National Tour), Lennon Nate Hammond (National Tour), Noah Hinsdale (Off-Broadway), Georgi James (Early Readings), Sydney Lucas (Broadway, Off-Broadway), Zell Steele Morrow (Broadway), Gabriella Pizzolo (Broadway), Pierson Salvador (National Tour), and Oscar Williams (Broadway). Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com!

Alumni Oona Laurence (Matilda), 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)–as well as young theater critic Iain Armitage and former Broadway kid Ariana Grande (13)–are listed in Variety’s Youth Impact Report! Check it out HERE.

A Christmas Story Live is seeking a boy ages 9-12 to play Ralphie! Get more details:

Watch a brand new music video from Eduardo Hernandez (On Your Feet, Really Rosie)!

Check out Anthony Rosenthal (Really Rosie, Falsettos) in a new Hilton Honors commercial!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Miss Saigon, On Your Feet, Kinky Boots, Waitress, School of Rock, and Anastasia!

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Two-Show Day at MARVIN’S ROOM, NEWSIES JR. Coming Soon, and more!

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Go through a two-show day at Marvin’s Room with Luca Padovan (Marvin’s Room, School of Rock, Newsies) on Playbill.com!

Newsies Jr. could come as soon as 2019! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Marvin’s Room, Miss Saigon, School of Rock, The Lion King, Waitress, On Your Feet, and Anastasia!


FALSETTOS To Play PBS, Will Coombs Joins A BRONX TALE, and more!

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Falsettos will play PBS this October! No exact air date has been announced but we will bring it to you as soon as we hear!

Congratulations to Will Coombs who makes his Broadway debut today in A Bronx Tale!

Two Kinky Boots boys will appear on the small screen very soon! Jake Katzman will guest star on “Odd Mom Out” on Bravo tomorrow night at 10pm while Christopher Convery will guest star on Miranda Sings’ Netflix show “Haters Back Off” starring Colleen Ballinger when the show returns for its 2nd season on Netflix! That premiere date is TBA.

Jake Ryan Flynn (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) and Zach Thomas (The Lion King) spoke with the press about their life as Broadway kids. You can read those HERE and HERE.

On Your Feet will perform a cabaret at the Metropolitan Room on Aug. 13th at 9:30pm and Eduardo Hernandez, Madison Lagares, Amaris Sanchez, and Alexandria Suarez scheduled to perform! Get your tickets at MetropolitanRoom.com.

Madison Lagares (On Your Feet) and Olivia Fanders (A Little Princess) join the lineup for A TIME TO SHINE, a cabaret series highlighting the youth of Broadway. The show is Aug. 6th at 8pm at the Triad. Get tickets by calling (201) 602-6946 or by emailing leorah42@hotmail.com.

Going in Style, featuring Jeremy Shinder (Runaways, A Christmas Story), has arrived on DVD! Be sure to get your copy.

In case you missed Avey Noble (Radio City Christmas Spectacular) on WWYD, his scene is below:

And here are more pictures and videos feat. the kids of Miss Saigon, On Your Feet, and Really Rosie!





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Alumni Performing with Broadway Workshop at 54 Below, Video of Brandon Niederauer Playing The Iridium, and more!

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Hayden Gelman (Dream Street), Michael Nigro (The Sound of Music LIVE), and Rachel Resheff (Fish in the Dark, The People in the Picture, Mary Poppins, Billy Elliot, Shrek) will sing with Broadway Workshop at 54 Below on August 2nd! Get more details on 54Below.com.

Here’s a clip of Brandon Niederauer (School of Rock) playing the Iridium last month!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Really Rosie, A Bronx Tale, Kinky Boots, Anastasia, School of Rock, On Your Feet, Peace, Love and Cupcakes, and Miss Saigon!

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Rileigh McDonald Cast in “The Sinner,” Austyn Johnson Books “Team Umizoomi” Role, and more!

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Congratulations to Rileigh McDonald (Matilda), who will recur on “The Sinner” on USA! Find out more:

Austyn Johnson (Matilda, Dream Street) has booked a role on “Team Umizoomi”! Congrats!

“Stranger Things,” with alumni Caleb McLaughlin (The Lion King, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek), Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert), and Sadie Sink (The Audience, Annie), returns for Season 2 on October 27th!

Brandon Niederauer (School of Rock) is playing Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and more!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Miss Saigon, Frozen, A Bronx Tale, School of Rock, Kinky Boots, On Your Feet, and Peace, Love and Cupcakes!

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Lianah Sta. Ana’s Birthday, Happy Father’s Day, and more!

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Happy belated birthday to Lianah Sta. Ana (Miss Saigon)! We hope you had a great day!

Happy Father’s Day! We want to shout out the dads who make sacrifices so their children can pursue their passions.

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Play Like A Winner, Miss Saigon, On Your Feet, Waitress, School of Rock, Anastasia, and Marvin’s Room!

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Gabriel Rush on “Turn: Washington’s Spies” Tonight, Nicole Scimeca’s Instagram Takeover on Rising Talent Mag, and more!

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Gabriel Rush (Billy Elliot) was on “Turn: Washington’s Spies” at 9pm on AMC tonight!

Nicole Scimeca (Anastasia) took over Rising Talent Magazine’s Instagram account today! Get more information:


And here are pictures and videos from the kids of A Bronx Tale, The Lion King, On Your Feet, School of Rock, Miss Saigon, Waitress, and Kinky Boots!

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NEWSIES to Return to Movie Theaters, Broadway in Bryant Park Lineup Announced, and more!

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Newsies will return to movie theaters this summer! Get more details on Playbill.com.

This summer’s lineup for Broadway in Bryant Park is set to include Kinky Boots, School of Rock, Waitress, A Bronx Tale, Anastasia, Miss Saigon, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and many others! Find out more on Playbill.com.

Nili Kepets (Dream Street) appears in this commercial for Luna Park Coney Island!

Alumni Devynn Pedell (Mary Poppins), Matthew Gumley (Elf, The Addams Family, Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast), and Analise Scarpaci (Matilda, A Christmas Story) have joined the cast of Happily: The Musical at New York Musical Festival! Check it out:

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of On Your Feet, Waitress, Kinky Boots, Miss Saigon, and School of Rock!

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Athan Sporek Departs A BRONX TALE, Tony Awards Yesterday Night, and more!

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Happy Trails to Athan Sporek (A Day by the Sea, Les Miserables), who played his final performance in A Bronx Tale yesterday! We can’t wait to see what’s next for you!

The Tony Awards were last night! Congratulations to all of the nominees and winners, especially our featured shows who performed, were nominated, and won!

Watch former Annies reunite for the show’s 40th anniversary below or on BroadwayWorld.com!

Peyton Royce Lusk (Falsettos) will appear on “Nightcap” this Wednesday at 8/7c on PopTV!

Watch Falsettos perform on the Tony Awards below, as well as a trailer for when the show screens in movie theaters one month from today, on July 12th!

Zoe Manarel (Matilda, A Little Princess) spoke with us about her new American Girl movie! Read the interview HERE.

Here’s a full video of the Miss Saigon performance on the Tony Awards last night!

See if you can spot Reyna Guerra (Runaways) and Maxwell Vice (Runaways) performing with Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 on the Tony Awards! (They are seated on the bottom right.)

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Anastasia, Runaways, Waitress, Miss Saigon, Falsettos, Kinky Boots, On Your Feet, and School of Rock, including many from last night’s Tony Awards!

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FALSETTOS to Screen in Theaters July 12th, Pictures from ON YOUR FEET, and more!

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Falsettos will screen in movie theaters on July 12th! Look for your nearest theater HERE.

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of On Your Feet, Anastasia, Marvin’s Room, Miss Saigon, School of Rock, A Bronx Tale, Waitress, and Kinky Boots!

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