Demi Singleton (School of Rock, The Lion King) appears in the new documentary “Showbiz Kids,” which premiered tonight on HBO! It streams on HBO Max beginning tomorrow.
Tickets are now on sale for Kids of the Arts’ production of Peace, Love and Cupcakes, with lots of Broadway and Off-Broadway alumni in the cast and creative team! For more information about the multiple casts, and to purchase tickets, click HERE.
Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen) took part in Broadway Podcast Network’s “E-Ticket To Broadway” stream tonight! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.
Mia Williamson (Once On This Island) is taking part in “Project Sing Out” on July 20th!
Here’s a new episode of “The Early Night Show” with Joshua Turchin (Trevor, Forbidden Broadway, The Pill), featuring Alexa Lasanta, Emerson Steele (Violet), Arianna Pereira, and Rising Starz!
And here are videos from the kids of The Bedwetter, Tina, and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child!
Happy Opening to the company of Medea at BAM! Break a leg, everyone!
YBAN founder Lindsay had a great time seeing Tina last night and meeting Gloria Manning, Skye Turner, and Antonio Watson at the stage door!
Blue, originally scheduled to play Broadway, will now play the Apollo Theater! The production is holding Equity Principal Auditions on 2.17.20, 2.18.20, and 2.19.20. Get advice on attending an Equity audition as a non-Equity performer HERE.
Trevor will open at Stage 42 on April 21st! Get more details on Playbill.com.
Here’s the trailer for “10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up,” featuring Mia Sinclair Jenness (Mary Page Marlowe, Les Miserables, Number the Stars, The Sound of Music LIVE)! The movie arrives in select theaters and VOD on February 21st.
Check out this throwback to Broadway kids and alumni doing a panel at BroadwayCon back in 2017!
And here are videos from Dear Evan Hansen and Sing Street!
Once On This Island has announced its lottery policy! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.
Get ready for the next Cabaret for a Cause events: two shows on December 11th at 6:00pm and 8:30pm!
The 6:00pm show will feature young performers including alumni Alessandra Baldacchino (Fun Home, A Little Princess), Ava DeMary (Matilda, Evita, Billy Elliot), Cate Elefante (Waitress), Sophia Gennusa (Camp Rolling Hills, Doctor Zhivago, Matilda), Eleanor Koski (Les Miserables), Madison Elizabeth Lagares (On Your Feet), Eliza Holland Madore (Peace, Love and Cupcakes, Matilda, Once), Rileigh McDonald (Good for Otto, Matilda), Madilyn Jaz Morrow (Matilda), Zell Steele Morrow (Really Rosie, Fun Home), Analise Scarpaci (Matilda, A Christmas Story), Sadie Seelert (A Little Princess, Mary Poppins), and Alexandra Vlachos (Matilda).
The 8:30pm show will feature young performers including alumni Amaya Braganza (The King and I, Annie), Lilyana Cornell (Everybody, Les Miserables), Evie Dolan (School of Rock), Georgi James (Annie, Billy Elliot, A Tale of Two Cities), Annabelle Kempf (Billy Elliot), Ethan Khusidman (School of Rock, Soul Doctor, Chaplin), Diego Lucano (Peace, Love and Cupcakes, School of Rock), Sawyer Nunes (Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Finding Neverland, Matilda), Sam Poon (Runaways, The King and I, Macbeth), Taylor Richardson (Smokefall, A Christmas Memory, Annie), Mavis Simpson-Ernst (You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, A Little Princess, Evita), Mckayla Twiggs (Anastasia, Les Miserables, Once), and Oscar Williams (Fun Home).
Watch Broadway alumni Meliki Hurd (Matilda) and Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert) in this commercial for Verizon Fios!
Check out these performance videos from Cabaret for a Cause:
The full cast performing “You Will Be Found” from Dear Evan Hansen, featuring soloists Sam Poon (Runaways, Macbeth, The King and I), Ava DeMary (Matilda, Billy Elliot, Evita), and Sophia Gennusa (Camp Rolling Hills, Doctor Zhivago, Matilda)!
Analise Scarpaci (Matilda, A Christmas Story) performing “Raining” from Rocky!
Sadie Seelert (A Little Princess, Mary Poppins) performing “Climbing Uphill” from The Last 5 Years!
Taylor Richardson (Smokefall, Annie, A Christmas Memory) performing “For Forever” from Dear Evan Hansen!
Watch Ryan Sell (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) perform “My Best Girl” from Mame at Broadway Sessions!
Watch Jake Ryan Flynn (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) perform “Don’t Let Me Go” from Shrek at Broadway Sessions!
Bonale Fambrini (The King and I) will guest star on “Kevin Can Wait” next Monday at 9/8c on CBS!
“Transformers,” featuring Isabela Moner (Evita), arrives on Blu-Ray and DVD today!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, School of Rock, Waitress, and Cabaret for a Cause!
Cabaret for a Cause will be on 45th Street in front of the Imperial Theater during Broadway Flea Market!
Also, check out all these videos from Cabaret for a Cause‘s event this week:
Emerson Steele (Violet) singing “Being Alive”:
Diego Lucano (School of Rock, Peace, Love and Cupcakes) singing “Reviewing the Situation”:
Carly Gendell (School of Rock) singing “Gimme Gimme”:
The full cast performing “You Will Be Found”:
Congratulations to Ciela Elliott, who has been cast in the upcoming Off-Broadway production of Occupied Territories! The show is set to run from October 20th to November 5th at 59E59.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory now has a new block of tickets available through September 2018! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.
Tickets for We Have A Voice, with lots of kids and teens from Broadway shows, are still on sale! Find out more:
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Alexa Valentino (Dream Street, Number the Stars) has a brand new single! Get it on iTunes now.
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, Anastasia, The Lion King, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Frozen, and Cabaret for a Cause!
The Sunday in the Park with George cast recording is coming at the end of this month! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.
Cabaret for a Cause performed tonight at the Metropolitan Room! For more information, visit CabaretForACause.us.
Congrats to Mckayla Twiggs (Anastasia, Les Miserables, Once), who recently took part in a reading of Amanda Peet’s new play Our Very Own Carlin McCullough as part of MCC Theater’s 2017 PlayLabs readings! Find out more on BroadwayWorld.com.
Check out pictures from TheaterMania’s block party, including photos from Lianah Sta. Ana‘s (Miss Saigon) performance, on TheaterMania.com!
Bobbi MacKenzie (School of Rock) will recur on “Chicago PD”! Congrats, Bobbi!
Congratulations to Anastasia and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, both of which celebrated their 100th performances on Broadway recently! Check out pictures from Charlie‘s celebration on TheaterMania.com, Playbill.com, and Broadway.com.
Mehret Marsh (The Lion King) and Grayson Taylor (Mothers and Sons, New York Spring Spectacular) have joined Playwrights for a Cause! Find out more below and get tickets on PlanetConnections.org.
Get your tickets for Cabaret for a Cause, coming up in September, HERE!
Check out Ellie Kim (School of Rock, Dream Street) in this commercial for Universal Studios Japan!
Allie Trimm (Bye Bye Birdie, 13) will sing Meinwald & Leary songs at 54 Below! Get more details HERE.
The cast of Waitress appeared at today’s Broadway in Bryant Park!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Anastasia, On Your Feet, The Lion King, Waitress, and Marvin’s Room!
“Little Boxes,” starring alumni Oona Laurence (Matilda), Colin Critchley (New York Spring Spectacular, Waiting for Godot, Kinky Boots), and Gabriel Rush (Billy Elliot), is coming to theaters! Get more details on Deadline.com.
The pre-Broadway tryout of Trevor: The Musical, which will feature a predominantly teen cast, will bow this fall at the Writers Theatre in Glencoe! Get more information on ChicagoTribune.com.
Watch the trailer for the next American Girl Story, featuring Hannah Nordberg (Little Miss Sunshine), on EW.com!
Assassins and Really Rosie are coming to Off-Broadway with Encores! this summer! Get more details on Playbill.com.
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Sunday in the Park with George, Amelie, Waitress, School of Rock, Kinky Boots, and BroadwayCon!
Check out photo coverage of Roundabout’s If I Forget on BroadwayWorld.com!
You can see photos of “The Beguiled,” featuring Emma Howard (Violet, Matilda) and Oona Laurence (Matilda), on Entertainment Weekly! Also, watch the trailer below:
Entertainment Weekly has a sneak peek at Season 2 of “Stranger Things”! Check it out on EW.com.
Watch Kevin Tellez promote On Your Feet in Miami on WSVN.com or below!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Everybody, On Your Feet, The Mother of Invention, Waitress, Kinky Boots, School of Rock, and the Broadway kid panel at BroadwayCon!
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