Happy Birthday to Athan Sporek (Les Miserables)! We hope you had a great day.
Mercury Fur begins previews! Break a leg, Bradley!
Jake Lucas (The King and I) and Sydney Lucas‘ (Fun Home) mom Karri was featured in Playbill.com this week! She talks about her day in the life as a mom to two child actors as well as gives advice to families with aspiring actors. Read the full article HERE.
The cast of Fun Home put their own spin on the song “Ring of Keys”! Take a look at the video below:
Eila Francis is featured on NJ.com for her role in Dream Street! Get to know the 8-year-old HERE.
And here are more pictures from the kids of Dream Street, Matilda, Three Days to See, Les Miserables, and Fun Home!
Ruthless! has extended through the end of the year! The show will play its last performance on January 2, 2016. The show was also feat. on NBC 4 (and Tori Murray was interviewed)! Watch the feature below:
Fun Home has been visited by many special guests within the past couple weeks! At the Actors Fund performance, stars like James Monroe Iglehart and Brian Stokes Mitchell. And at another recent performance, stars like Amy Poehler, Seth Meyers, and more visited the cast backstage! Check out the pictures below:
Sydney Lucas (Fun Home) is among @BroadwayGirlNYC’s picks for the top social media queens in a Playbill article! Check it out on Playbill.com.
Lots of Broadway and Off-Broadway kids appeared on “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” singing about the statehood of Washington, D.C.! We spotted Sophia Anne Caruso (The Nether, The Sound of Music LIVE, Ruthless!), Joshua Colley (Les Miserables, Newsies), Luca Padovan (Newsies), Sophia Gennusa (Doctor Zhivago, Matilda), Jared Parker (Matilda), and Fina Strazza (Matilda)! Do you see anyone else? Check out the clip below! (WARNING: There is some strong language!)
Kids from Matilda, Mary Poppins, and more are performing at the Metropolitan Room tonight to benefit “Help Is On The Way”! Break a leg to all the performers!
Hayden Gelman (Dream Street) did the Sibling Tag! Check it out below:
The New York Philharmonic concert production of Show Boat, the West End production of Billy Elliot, and the Broadway production of Act One will air on PBS this fall! Get more information on Playbill.com.
And here are pictures from the kids of Dream Street, The Lion King, The King and I, Fun Home, and Les Miserables!
Check out this awesome video of Fabi Aguirre (Les Miserables) singing “Lullaby of Broadway” at Birdland!
Sophie Knapp (Dream Street, Once, A Little Princess) and Nili Kepets (Dream Street) are both featured in an article about their involvement in Dream Street! Check it out on JewishStandard.TimesOfIsrael.com!
And here are pictures from the kids of Dream Street, Fish in the Dark, Matilda, Kinky Boots, Fun Home, The Lion King, and The King and I!
Broadway kids to take part in Broadway Barks on July 11th in Shubert Alley from 3-6:30pm! This annual event helps to find homes for dogs and cats with the help of some Broadway actors and actresses. Sydney Lucas (Fun Home), Tori Feinstein (Matilda), and Tori Murray (Ruthless!) will all make an appearance for a good cause. More details can be found at TheatreMania.com.
The kids of Les Miserables, Annie, King and I, and more performed at last night’s Stars 4 Foster Youth event. Also in attendance were Seth Rudetsky and Megan Hilty. Pictures can be found at Cole Bullock’s FB fan page. Also, the kids of Finding Neverland, Matilda, and The Lion King attended the Jimmy Awards last night which honored the best in high school theatre. Photo coverage can be found at BroadwayWorld.com and K’Lynn Jackman’s FB Fan Page!
The cast of Newsies to reunite at 54 Below on August 24th, the one-year anniversary of the production’s closing. Announced to perform are Joshua Colley, Andy Richardson, Zachary Unger, and more. Get the full details at 54Below.com!
Alyssa Marvin (Dream Street, Number the Stars) has a couple projects coming up! Right now, she can be seen in “Sometimes Gay Means Happy” at Planet Connection Theatre Festivity now through July. She will also appear in the Twilight Saga short “Consumed” next week! Go Alyssa! We’re so proud of you!
Finding Neverland released a music video for “When Your Feet Don’t Touch the Ground” feat. Aidan Gemme! Pre-order the album now and get an immediate download of the song. Watch the video via Yahoo below!
Broadway has a different schedule this week due to the 4th of July. View a full schedule of our featured shows at our Performance Schedule page!
Wanna produce your own production of Fun Home? The performance rights for Fun Home have been bought by Samuel French, Inc. You can purchase an acting edition of the play (with rights to come later at a date TBA) over at SamuelFrench.com.
Dream Street rehearsals are now underway! Take a look at DreamStreetNYC.com for rehearsal photos and watch a sneak peek below!
And here are more pictures from the kids of On Your Feet, Matilda, Fun Home, Dream Street, Kinky Boots, Les Miserables, Finding Neverland, The King and I, and Three Days to See!
Happy belated birthday to Lynn Masako Cheng (The King and I)! We hope you had a great day! CORRECTION: Birthday is on July 11th. Sorry for the confusion!
Jon Viktor Corpuz (The King and I) did an interview recently! Check it out on Lifestyle.Inquirer.net.
School of Rock is holding an open casting call for kids next Saturday! Get more information HERE!
Athan Sporek (Les Miserables) was recently interviewed for a local newspaper. Check out his interview on HomeReporter.com!
Douglas Baldeo (Kinky Boots) will make an appearance at the Image Entertainment Distinction Awards 2015 on July 12th! Get more information on the event’s Facebook page.
Congratulations to Olivia Coronel, who went on for the role of Little Gloria in On Your Feet recently! Check out Olivia’s pictures below:
Check out photo coverage from the reading of Secondhand Lions, featuring Sophia Anne Caruso (The Nether, Ruthless!, The Sound of Music Live) and Christopher Paul Richards (Finding Neverland), on BroadwayWorld.com!
Sydney Lucas (Fun Home) and Jake Lucas (The King and I) are just one of many pairs of real-life Broadway siblings! Read about Sydney and Jake, as well as many other Broadway siblings, on NewYork.com!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Fun Home, The Lion King, Les Miserables, Dream Street, Matilda, and Finding Neverland!
The cast of Dream Street has been announced! The Off-Broadway production will premiere in August AND features almost 60 kids! Those kids include kids from Kinky Boots, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Doctor Zhivago, Once, A Little Princess, Little Miss Sunshine, On A Stool at the End of the Bar, and way more. We will have the full cast on our website soon! Get a peak at DreamStreetNYC.com. Congrats, everyone!
And here are more pictures from the kids of Fun Home, The Lion King, The King and I, Ruthless!, Kinky Boots, Matilda, Fish in the Dark, and Finding Neverland!
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