James Ignacio (The King and I, Peace, Love and Cupcakes, Camp Rolling Hills), Mateo Lizcano (Radio City Christmas Spectacular), and Laurissa “Lala” Romain (South Pacific) have been cast in a virtual production of Sticks & Stones to benefit Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation! More details coming soon.
Here’s your first look at Netflix’s “Grand Army,” with Jaden Jordan (Kinky Boots, The Lion King)!
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Ryan Foust (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Mary Page Marlowe) is now appearing in a commercial for Invisalign!
“Young Sheldon” star Iain Armitage is this week’s guest on the “Take A Bow” podcast, hosted by Sydney Lucas (Fun Home) and Eli Tokash (Finding Neverland, Pippin)! Listen now on the Broadway Podcast Network.
The newest episode of the “Little Me” podcast features two special guests, siblings Madilyn Jaz Morrow (Matilda) and Zell Steele Morrow (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Fun Home, Mary Page Marlowe, Really Rosie)! Listen now on the Broadway Podcast Network.
Walter Russell III (The Lion King) shared another episode of his “PAW-cast” tonight, with guest Jesus Del Orden (The Lion King, Kinky Boots)!
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!
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As of today, the third season of “On My Block,” with Brett Gray (Radio City Christmas Spectacular), is now streaming on Netflix!
Blasina Olowe (for all the women who thought they were Mad) appears in the new season of the web series “Assisted Living,” out now!
The cast of Mrs. Doubtfire surprised New Yorkers with coffee! Check it out on Playbill.com.
Miranda Jo DeMott (Peace, Love and Cupcakes) and Amanda Swickle (Tink!) are appearing in a video series for Seventeen called “Seventeen Teens”! Here’s an episode:
Ayla Schwartz (Frozen) is hosting a cabaret at The Green Room 42 on March 30th, featuring past and present kids of Frozen!
Happy belated birthday to Mehret Marsh (Tina)! We hope you had a great day, Mehret!
Happy Trails to Haven Alexander, who played his final performance as Young Simba in The Lion King recently. We can’t wait to see what’s next for you, Haven!
Happy Trails as well to Sophia Anne Caruso, who played her final performance as Lydia in Beetlejuice this past Wednesday, February 19th, to pursue television work. More details to come! We can’t wait to see what’s next for you, Sophia.
Presley Ryan has been on as Lydia in Beetlejuice through today, February 23rd!
Alum Ellen Marlow (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) has joined the cast of Frozen!
The Inheritance will end its run on March 15th. Go see Ryan Buggle and Tre Ryder in the show before then! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.
Watch the cast of Mrs. Doubtfire react to Rob McClure in costume, on BroadwayWorld.com! Also, the show’s cast met the press earlier this week! Check out photos on Broadway.com and a video below:
Madeleine Pace (Once, The Hard Problem) will appear in the upcoming HBO movie “Bad Education,” arriving on April 25th! Here’s the trailer:
Tonight, Emerson Steele (Violet) produced and performed in “I Am Woman” at 54 Below! Performers included Allie Trimm (Bye Bye Birdie, 13) and Brynn Williams (Bye Bye Birdie, 13, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, In My Life, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang). Get more details HERE.
Get a first look at “The Tiger Rising,” with Madalen Yarbrough Mills (School of Rock), on Variety.com!
YBAN founder Lindsay had a wonderful time attending “Songs for St. Jude” at the Rockwell today, with lots of Broadway and Off-Broadway alumni! Check out more photos on our sister site, Kids On Tour.
Alumni Winter Donnelly (Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, Frozen) and Bella May Mordus (Make Believe, The Ferryman) will appear on a future episode of “Sesame Street”!
Here’s the first trailer for “Big Time Adolescence,” with Oona Laurence (Matilda)! The film arrives on March 13th in select theaters, then on Hulu on March 20th.
Austyn Johnson (Matilda, Dream Street, “The Greatest Showman”) has booked a guest star spot on a TV series!
Here’s the official trailer for “Little Fires Everywhere,” with Lexi Underwood (The Lion King)!
Watch alumni Audrey Bennett (Frozen, Amelie), Chloé Bryan (School of Rock), and Ayla Schwartz (Frozen) on “Hunters,” now streaming on Amazon Prime!
Christopher Convery (Kinky Boots) appeared in “MacGyver” on CBS earlier this week!
“Brahms: The Boy II,” with Christopher Convery (Kinky Boots), and “10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up,” with Mia Sinclair Jenness (Mary Page Marlowe, Les Miserables, The Sound of Music LIVE, Number the Stars), are out now! “Brahms: The Boy II” arrived nationwide, while “10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up” is playing in select theaters and VOD.
Watch a new music video for “Up” from Sing Street on EW.com!
Check out photos from opening night of Atlantic Theater Company’s Anatomy of a Suicide on BroadwayWorld.com!
“Miss Virginia,” a new film with Niles Fitch (The Lion King, Our Lady of Kibeho), is now on Netflix! Watch Niles’ interview with KTLA below:
Rileigh McDonald (Matilda, Good for Otto) guest starred on ABC’s “Schooled” earlier this week!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Beetlejuice, Anatomy of a Suicide, Caroline, Or Change, The Lion King, Frozen, Medea, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Tina!
Congratulations to Ryan Foust (Mary Page Marlowe, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Harrison Fox, and Maren Heary, who have joined the cast of Make Believe at Second Stage! More casting is still TBA. Read the announcement on TheaterMania.com!
It’s AAPI Heritage Month, and Suri Marrero (The Lion King) took part in Disney on Broadway’s photo shoot to celebrate!
Sophia Anne Caruso (Beetlejuice) attended the MTC Gala! Check out pictures HERE.
“This Is Us,” featuring Niles Fitch (Our Lady of Kibeho, The Lion King), has been picked up for three more seasons! Get more details on EW.com.
amNY checked in with Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen) after he made his Broadway debut! Read the article HERE.
Celebrate Thursday Williams‘s (What the Constitution Means to Me) eighteenth birthday this Saturday by registering to vote!
And here are videos of bows at the recent final shows at Frozen!
You can see Dasha Dakkuri (The Net Will Appear) and Eila Francis (Dream Street) in Fiddler on the Roof at Burgdoorf Center, now through May 18th! Get tickets at TheStrollers.org.
Sophie Knapp (Once, Dream Street, A Little Princess) is working on a feature film this week in Budapest!
And here are pictures from the kids of What the Constitution Means to Me, Beetlejuice, and Frozen!
The Ferryman kids Brooklyn Shuck (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Tuck Everlasting, Les Miserables, Matilda, Annie), Willow McCarthy (1984, Matilda), and Matilda Lawler stopped by the “Little Known Facts” podcast! Listen HERE.
Broadway alumni Nicholas Barasch (She Loves Me, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, West Side Story) and Khail Toi Bryant (The Lion King) appear in the new film “Low Tide,” produced by A24! More details coming soon.
A cast recording for Beetlejuice is on the way! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com, and check out Broadway.com‘s interviews with the cast as well!
Understudy Bella May Mordus is going on as Honor Carney in The Ferryman from April 30th to May 5th!
The cast shared their ghost stories with Playbill.com
Voting to pick the nominees for this year’s Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards is now open! Go vote for your favorites from this season HERE.
Did you tune in to the final season premiere of “The Son” on AMC last night, featuring Sydney Lucas (Fun Home)?
Tonight, Kayla Mak (Radio City Christmas Spectacular) competed in the Divisional Finals on “World of Dance”!
Rosdely Ciprian (What the Constitution Means to Me) attended the Clubbed Thumb’s Gala earlier this week! Take a look at photos on BroadwayWorld.com.
The cast of Dear Evan Hansen recently celebrated the show’s 1000th performance, and BroadwayWorld.com was on hand!
Alessandra Baldacchino (Fun Home, A Little Princess) and Caroline Basu (School of Rock) appear in the first season of “Ramy,” streaming on Hulu now!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Waitress, The Lion King, Beetlejuice, The Ferryman, Frozen, and (YOUNG) at The Green Room 42!
Happy belated birthday to Annie Scarfuto (The Ferryman), who turned 1 yesterday! We hope you had a great day, Annie!
WP Theater is presenting Our Dear Dead Drug Lord Off-Broadway this fall and they are holding an EPA for all principal roles, including a Latina actress to play 11! Get more information on the audition on Playbill.com and advice for attending an EPA as a non-Equity actor on ActorAesthetic.com.
The Ferryman is looking for more infants! See this casting notice for more details.
Ava Briglia, currently a vacation swing in The Ferryman, will go on as Mercy Carney on May 1st and 2nd! Go see her if you can!
Alessandra Baldacchino (Fun Home, A Little Princess) will take part in a concert presentation of Mary & Max! Find out more on Playbill.com.
Artyon Celestine (A Christmas Story Live) performed with Maddie Ziegler, Sia, Labrinth, and Diplo on “Ellen” this week!
The new Disney Channel show “Just Roll With It,” with Ramon Reed (The Lion King), now has an official sneak peek!
Check out photos of the cast of Beetlejuice at their opening night party on BroadwayWorld.com!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Beetlejuice and Frozen!
Congrats to Beetlejuice, The Ferryman, What the Constitution Means to Me, and All My Sons, which were all nominated for Outer Critics Circle Awards! Check out the full list on BroadwayWorld.com.
Outstanding New Broadway Play – The Ferryman
Outstanding New Broadway Play – What the Constitution Means to Me
Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) – All My Sons
Outstanding Director of a Play – Sam Mendes for The Ferryman
Outstanding Director of a Play – Jack O’Brien for All My Sons
Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) – Rob Howell for The Ferryman
Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) – David Korins for Beetlejuice
Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) – Rob Howell for The Ferryman
Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) – William Ivey Long for Beetlejuice
Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical) – Peter Nigrini for Beetlejuice
Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical) – Jeff Sugg for All My Sons
Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) – John Gromada for All My Sons
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – Benjamin Walker for All My Sons
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Fionnula Flanagan for The Ferryman
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical – Leslie Kritzer for Beetlejuice
This week, you can see understudy Carly Gold going on as Nunu Carney in The Ferryman through April 27th!
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Kayla Mak (Radio City Christmas Spectacular) is off to the Divisonal Final on “World of Dance”! Watch her full routine here:
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of The Pain of My Belligerence, All My Sons, (YOUNG) at The Green Room 42, and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child!
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