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:
Congratulations to Gabriella Pizzolo (Fun Home, Matilda) and Grace Capeless (The Lion King, Matilda, A Christmas Story), who have both been cast in the upcoming movie remake of “Beaches”! Gabby will play Young CC, the younger version of Idina Menzel’s character, and Grace will play Young Hillary, the younger version of Nia Long’s character. Find out more on TVLine.com!
Get your tickets now for Lyrics for Life, which is Saturday, September 10th; they’re going fast! Get more details HERE.
Hear Caleb McLaughlin (The Lion King, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek) sing from The Lion King on EW.com!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Fun Home, School of Rock, Matilda, Les Miserables, Ruthless!, and Kinky Boots!
Break a leg to the company of Motown, which began previews tonight!
Also, break a leg to Nia Sioux for her opening tonight in Trip of Love! Read TheaterMania’s interview with her about the show HERE.
Check out closing night pictures from Runaways on TheaterMania.com!
Catch Alexandria Suarez (On Your Feet) and Devin Trey Campbell (Kinky Boots) in Broadway Stands Up for Freedom on July 18th! Get more details about the event on TheaterMania.com.
The kids of Finding Neverland and Motown will take part in this week’s Broadway in Bryant Park! Check out the full lineup on BroadwayWorld.com.
Motown has announced that it will offer student rush tickets! Get more information below:
$32 student rush tix will be available at the Nederlander Theatre when the box office opens each day! 2 per person, subject to availability.
Happy trails to the company of Runaways at New York City Center, which finished its run tonight! We can’t wait to see what’s next for all of you!
Happy trails to Hayden Wall (Soul Doctor), who has left his position as a swing in the company of School of Rock! We can’t wait to see what’s next for you, Hayden!
Get a sneak peek at the upcoming Broadway return of Motown on Playbill.com!
Watch Jonah Verdon (Disaster!), Lilla Crawford (New York Spectacular, Annie, Billy Elliot), and Joshua Colley (You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Les Miserables, Newsies) sing “What the World Needs Now” at Broadway in Bryant Park with Broadway For Orlando!
Check out these videos of the Matilda cast members performing at Broadway in Bryant Park!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Runaways, Dream Street, and School of Rock!
Kaitlyn Schieble will play Megan O’Brien in Off-Broadway’s Missing Gemini next month while Amanda Swickle and Sophia Guarnaschelli join Colton Maurer in NYMF’s Tink this July. Congratulations!
Alumni news:Anthony Pierini (Mary Poppins, Big Fish) will guest star on “Royal Pains” tonight and Jad Grey (Radio City Christmas Spectacular) has booked a guest star on the show “The Night Shift”. Congrats, Anthony and Jad!
In case you missed Broadway Kids for Orlando, you can watch a highlight reel below:
Gabby Pizzolo (Fun Home) took part in a Talks at Google event with her Fun Home castmates where they performed and did a Q&A. Watch below!
Gabby also performed at the Celebration for Arts Education event and you can find pictures from that over at Tumblr.com!
The cast of Finding Neverland recently hit 500 performances! Check out their celebrationg at Broadway.com.
And here are more pictures from the kids of Les Miserables, Tink, Fun Home, Dream Street, The Lion King, School of Rock, On Your Feet, and New York Spectacular!
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