“David Makes Man,” with Nathaniel McIntyre (The Lion King) and Teshi Thomas (The Lion King), has been renewed for a second season! Get more details on Deadline.com.
Get your tickets to see lots of Broadway and Off-Broadway alumni in Broadway Star Project’s Holiday Playlist concert tomorrow!
Eila Francis (Dream Street) has been cast as Ti Moune in Once On This Island Jr. at JCC MetroWest in West Orange, NJ! Get more details HERE.
Get in the holiday spirit with the cast of Dear Evan Hansen on Playbill.com!
“Regulation,” a new short film with Audrey Bennett (Frozen, Amelie), is now streaming on Dust and YouTube! Watch it below:
Broadway alum Julian Silva (The Lion King) has booked another commercial!
Watch Kylie Kuioka (Panama Hattie) sing “Not for the Life of Me” at “Switched!” at 54 Below:
Here’s Joshua Turchin (Forbidden Broadway, The Pill) and Ellie Kim (School of Rock, Dream Street) singing “Suddenly Seymour” at “Switched!” at 54 Below:
Congrats to Lily Buchanan (The Underlying Chris), who appeared on a recent episode of the TV series “Tricked”!
Earlier this week, Presley Ryan performed “Say My Name” and “Dead Mom” with her Beetlejuice castmates at Broadway Under the Stars, a free event at The Shops at Columbus Circle!
YBAN has created a playlist of holiday songs from musicals like Elf and A Christmas Story, tracks from “Carols for a Cure” and “The Holiday Star Experience,” and singles/EPs released by the kids of Broadway and Off-Broadway! We’ll be updating it throughout the season. Give a listen HERE!
“Sunny Side Up,” with Nia Sioux (Trip of Love), has arrived on Brat TV!
Congrats to Dayton Tavares (Billy Elliot), who has been cast in Magic Mike Live, which will open in Melbourne in May 2020 and then tour through Australia!
Sarah Walsh (School of Rock) will take part in Broadway Beats Hunger at Paper Mill Playhouse! Get more details on NewJerseyStage.com.
Congrats to alum Heather Tepe (Gypsy, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Billy Elliot), who is now on tour with How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Catch her and the show next month at Madison Square Garden.
Join Cabaret for a Cause at Pillows For Paws’ annual holiday party! This free event will feature performances from Broadway kids as well as an opportunity to make toys, beds and blankets for animals currently in shelters! The lineup includes: Adriana Braganza (The King and I), Amaya Braganza (The King and I, Annie), Beada Briglia (Matilda, A Christmas Story tour), Lilyana Cornell (Les Miserables, Everybody, How the Grinch Stole Christmas tour), Carly Gendell (School of Rock), Eleanor Koski (“God Friended Me,” Les Miserables), Diego Lucano (Pedro Pan, Peace, Love and Cupcakes, School of Rock), Lily Brooks O’Briant (Matilda tour), Ellie Poon (A Christmas Story tour), Sam Poon (Runaways, The King and I, Macbeth, Billy Elliot tour, Les Miserables tour), Leah Rose, Pierson Salvador (Fun Home tour), Analise Scarpaci (Matilda, A Christmas Story), Sadie Seelert (A Little Princess, Mary Poppins), Emerson Steele (Violet), Joshua Turchin (The Pill, A Christmas Story tour), and Mckayla Twiggs (Anastasia, Les Miserables, Once).
Check out Matthew Jost (School of Rock) playing his new guitar!
Kids from School of Rock, Dream Street, and more attended New York City’s Veterans Day parade over the weekend!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of The Hard Problem, School of Rock, Inner Voices, The Lion King, and Beetlejuice!
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Gabrielle Greene, Olivia Chun, and Zachary Zwelling stopped by AOL Build with their School of Rock co-stars to talk about the show!
BroadwayWorld has rehearsal and interview footage from A Christmas Story Live! Check it out HERE or below:
You can catch Chloé Bryan on as Tomika in School of Rock today and tomorrow!
We missed a show in our Golden Globe nominations announcement yesterday! Congrats as well to “The Sinner,” which features Rileigh McDonald (Matilda), on their Golden Globe nominations!
And here are pictures from the kids of Cabaret for a Cause, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, A Christmas Story Live, and more!
Congratulations to Brandon Pereyra and Samuel Li Weintraub, who have joined the cast of Miss Saigon as Tam!
Miss Saigon has announced that the production will offer rush tickets! Get more details on TheaterMania.com. In addition, Sunday in the Park with George has announced that they will continue to offer rush tickets through the end of their run! Find out more, also on TheaterMania.com.
Finn Douglas (Radio City Christmas Spectacular) has booked a voiceover commercial!
Get a sneak peek at The Light Years at Playwrights Horizons on TheaterMania.com!
We hope everyone attending Kids’ Night On Broadway has a great time!
Eleanor Koski (Les Miserables) makes peanut butter cups with her sister in this Broadway Bakes video!
Watch Dylan Boyd (Finding Neverland) sing at a Madison Square Garden halftime show!
And here are pictures from the kids of Dream Street, Matilda, On Your Feet, School of Rock, Waitress, and Kinky Boots!
“Stranger Things,” featuring Caleb McLaughlin (The Lion King, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek) and Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert), has been nominated for a Golden Globe for Best TV Series – Drama! Congrats! Watch a clip of the “Stranger Things” kids freaking out over the nomination below or on EW.com.
Congratulations to Isabela Moner (Evita), who has booked the upcoming film “Soldado”! Get more information:
The interview with Shahadi Wright Joseph (Hairspray Live, School of Rock, The Lion King) will air on Radio Disney on December 21st during the 4:00pm hour! Find out more:
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A Time To Shine will perform again in January, featuring, among others, Olivia Fanders (A Little Princess)! The guest hosts of the event will be Analise Scarpaci (Matilda, A Christmas Story) and Carrie Berk (Camp Rolling Hills). Get more details:
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Lots of kids from the Broadway community came together to record Frank Wildhorn and Robin Lerner’s “I Have A Voice” and create a music video in support of No Bully. The songs includes alumni Fabi Aguirre (On Your Feet, Les Miserables), Paul Luke Bonenfant (School of Rock), Ava Briglia (Matilda), Beada Briglia (Matilda), Olivia Chun (School of Rock, The King and I), Hana Colley (The King and I), Ava Della Pietra (School of Rock), Gregory Diaz IV (Matilda, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown), Andrew DiTusa (Liberty, A Little Princess), Evie Dolan (School of Rock), Cole Alex Edelstein (Matilda), Tori Feinstein (Matilda, How the Grinch Stole Christmas), Hayley Feinstein (Fiddler on the Roof, A Little Princess), Carly Gendell (School of Rock), Sophia Gennusa (Camp Rolling Hills, Doctor Zhivago, Matilda), Gabby Gutierrez (School of Rock), Gianna Harris (School of Rock), James Ignacio (Camp Rolling Hills, The King and I), Mia Sinclair Jenness (Les Miserables, Number the Stars, The Sound of Music LIVE), Luka Kain (South Pacific), Jim Kaplan (The King and I), Eleanor Koski (Les Miserables), Ashley Lanzoni (Dream Street), Kasey YouMe Lee (The King and I), Diego Lucano (School of Rock), Eliza Holland Madore (Matilda, Once), Zoe Manarel (Matilda, A Little Princess), Mehret Marsh (The Lion King), Cayen Martin (The Lion King), Aliyah Mastin (The Lion King), Grace Matwijec (Matilda), Rileigh McDonald (Matilda), Dante Melucci (School of Rock), Madilyn Jaz Morrow (Matilda), Zell Steele Morrow (Fun Home), Angeli Negron (Les Miserables), Alexa Shae Niziak (Matilda, A Christmas Story, Women Without Men, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), Luca Padovan (School of Rock, Newsies), Gabriella Pizzolo (Fun Home, Matilda), Mimi Ryder (Matilda), Talia Ryder (Matilda), Milly Shapiro (You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Matilda), Abigail Shapiro (Liberty, How the Grinch Stole Christmas), Mavis Simpson-Ernst (You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Evita, A Little Princess), Walden Sullivan (School of Rock), Nicky Torchia (The King and I, Kinky Boots), Ava Ulloa (Matilda), Jonah Verdon (Disaster!), Jeremy T. Villas (You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Kinky Boots), Alexandra Vlachos (Matilda), Aviva Winick (Matilda), Rocco Wu (The King and I), Timothy Yang (The King and I), Graydon Peter Yosowitz (You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown), and Kathryn Zimmer (Matilda). Watch the recording session and the music video and get more information on People.com.
Here’s the full video of “The Toycracker,” featuring Isabella Russo (School of Rock)!
And here are pictures from the kids of Amelie, Dream Street, School of Rock, Hairspray Live, On Your Feet, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and Waitress!
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And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Fun Home, School of Rock, The Lion King, Matilda, On Your Feet, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, and Waitress!
In case you missed Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert) on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” we’ve made a playlist of clips from the interview! Check it out:
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, Lyrics for Life, The Lion King, and Fun Home!
Austyn Johnson (Dream Street, Matilda tour), Trey Middleton (Matilda tour), and Serena Quadrato (Matilda tour) are making their Broadway debuts in Matilda tonight! Austyn will be playing Amanda, Serena will be playing Lavender, and Trey will be the swing for Bruce and Tommy. Get more information in KOTA’s post about Austyn below:
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