“Thankful,” a benefit concert hosted by Winter Donnelly (Frozen, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord) and Zoe Glick (The Bedwetter, Unknown Soldier, Frozen) and featuring lots of Broadway and Off-Broadway alumni, performed tonight! Watch HERE or below:
Analise Scarpaci (Mrs. Doubtfire, Matilda, A Christmas Story) booked a voiceover this week!
Watch the entire BroadwayWorld Town Hall from earlier this week with young actors from Trevor, Sing Street, and more!
Layla Capers (The Lion King, School of Rock) wants you to get involved with The Sugarplum Sled this holiday season!
Joshua Turchin (Trevor, Forbidden Broadway, The Pill) stopped by “The Love of Acting” on YouTube to discuss The Perfect Fit!
Check out these videos from the kids of Trevor and The Bedwetter!
Finally, check out the cast of Madison Square Garden’s production of A Christmas Carol, starring Tim Curry, performing during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!
The upcoming concert of the new musical The Perfect Fit, written by Off-Broadway alum Joshua Turchin (Trevor, Forbidden Broadway, The Pill), is just one week away! Get your tickets HERE and find out about how the show came to be in this TikTok from Joshua:
Watch this video of the cast of Hairspray Live, including Shahadi Wright Joseph (School of Rock, The Lion King) as Little Inez, performing during the 2016 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade from Los Angeles!
And check out these pictures and videos from the kids of The Lion King and The Bedwetter!
Happy belated birthday to Yale Langworthy (Trevor), who turned 17 over the weekend! We hope you had a great day, Yale!
The cast recording of Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation, featuring Joshua Turchin (Trevor, The Pill), is now available to stream! Check it out on Spotify now.
“The Stand,” a new series with Broadway alum and “Shadowhunters” star Katherine McNamara (A Little Night Music), arrives on CBS All Access on December 17th! Watch the trailer now:
“Scream 5,” with Jenna Ortega (New York Spectacular), will arrive in theaters on January 14th, 2022! Get more details on MovieWeb.com.
Sawyer Nunes (Gettin’ The Band Back Together, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Finding Neverland, Matilda) has a brand new EP out now called “Throwing Up”! Listen on Spotify.
Listen to the newest episode of “Kyla’s Korner” now, hosted by Kyla Carter (Number the Stars)!
And check out these pictures and videos from the kids of Trevor, Caroline, Or Change, and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child!
Tomorrow, SuperYou will have a concept album listening party with cast member Tessa Noelle Frascogna (Evita)! The listening party will be on BroadwayWorld’s Facebook page at 5pm EST.
Lexi Underwood (The Lion King, “Little Fires Everywhere”) is the guest editor for Reese’s Book Club this month! Follow along as she discusses You Should See Me In A Crown!
Niles Fitch (The Lion King, Our Lady of Kibeho) has joined the previously announced Jenna Ortega (New York Spectacular) in the new film “The Fallout”! Find out more on Deadline.com.
Skye Dakota Turner (Tina) sang the National Anthem for the New York Yankees!
Check out the newest episode of “Kyla’s Korner,” hosted by Off-Broadway alum Kyla Carter (Number the Stars)!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Trevor, Flying Over Sunset, and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child!
This Friday, Broadway alumni Lexi Underwood (The Lion King) and Amadi Chapata (School of Rock) will discuss the Black Lives Matter movement on Instagram Live!
Happy birthday to Chinua Baraka Payne (Caroline, Or Change)! We hope you had a great day!
She Loves Me, featuring Nicholas Barasch (The Mystery of Edwin Drood, West Side Story), will be broadcast on PBS later this month! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.
Lexi Underwood (The Lion King) has launched a series of panels reflecting on activism and Black Lives Matter! Find out more from Teen Vogue.
Young actors ages 12-16! You have another chance to work with Taylor Louderman, Hannah Kloepfer, and Nat Zegree in a virtual workshop of Pitch In, a new musical! Register HERE.
“-SHIP: A Visual Poem,” a short film with Antonio J. Watson (Tina, This Ain’t No Disco), played Sundance this year and is now available to stream on Vimeo!
Walter Russell III (The Lion King) hosted a “Paw”-cast earlier tonight, with special guest Chinua Baraka Payne (Caroline, Or Change, The Lion King)!
Playhouse by SDM’s “The Lydia Lowdown,” a Q&A with Sophia Anne Caruso (Beetlejuice, Blackbird, Runaways, The Nether, Lazarus, The Sound of Music Live, Ruthless!), Presley Ryan (Beetlejuice, Fun Home, The Sound of Music Live, A Little Princess), and Dana Steingold, happened earlier today! Here’s a look at some of the other virtual workshops happening this week via Playhouse by SDM; register at this link.
The Off-Broadway production of Women Without Men is now streaming through July 19th on the Mint Theater Company’s website, along with two of their other production archive videos! Watch it HERE.
The York Theatre Company’s Big reunion panel was earlier today! Did you tune in?
Watch this PSA featuring Cayen Martin (The Lion King), Nathaniel McIntyre (The Lion King), and Teshi Thomas (The Lion King):
Congratulations to the following nominees from our featured shows, kids, or alumni in the inaugural Antonyo Awards, and to all others nominated as well! The Antonyo Awards are a celebration of the Black Broadway and Off-Broadway community and will take place at 7:00pm EST on June 19, 2020, also known as Juneteenth, a holiday which commemorates the end of slavery in America. Get more details, including the full list of nominations, on BroadwayWorld.com!
Best Featured Actor in a Play on Broadway – Jordan Barbour for The Inheritance
Best Featured Actor in a Musical Off-Broadway – Saycon Sengbloh for The Secret Life of Bees
Best Director – Whitney White for Our Dear Dead Drug Lord
Best Director – Lileana Blain-Cruz for Anatomy of a Suicide
Best Sound – Rucyl Frison for Anatomy of a Suicide
Best Orchestrations – The Secret Life of Bees
Best Orchestrations – Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Best Original Score – The Secret Life of Bees
Best Book – Lynn Nottage for The Secret Life of Bees
Best Book – Katori Hall for Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Best Actor in a Play on Broadway – LaChanze for A Christmas Carol
Best Actor in a Musical Off-Broadway – LaChanze for The Secret Life of Bees
Best Actor in a Musical on Broadway – Shereen Pimentel (The Lion King) for West Side Story
Best Revival – West Side Story (starring alum Shereen Pimentel)
Best Musical – The Secret Life of Bees
Best Musical – Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
We’ve compiled a list of 300+ resources (books, articles, movies, TV, documentaries, musicals, plays, and mental health/self-care resources) organized by age group for parents, kids, teens, and families to begin conversations surrounding race and to add more stories with Black characters to their libraries. Read it HERE!
Because of Winn Dixie might be coming to Broadway! Find out more on BroadwayWorld.com.
Alumni from Fun Home took part in a panel on Cabaret for a Cause’s Facebook page earlier today to benefit The Actors Fund!
Atticus Ware (Flying Over Sunset) took part in Theatre Charlotte’s recent Quarantine the Musical!
And here are pictures from the kids of Trevor, Caroline, Or Change, and The Lion King!
While the upcoming production of Blue at the Apollo Theater has been cancelled, there is currently a petition to make the Apollo an official Broadway house! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.
Brooklyn Nelson (Frozen, Matilda) will lead a dance and audition workshop and Q&A on June 11th with fellow Frozen actors Noah J. Ricketts and Donald Jones Jr., via The Broadway Star Project!
Check out Broadway Babysitters’ upcoming class schedule below, and register for their virtual classes HERE!
Amaya (The King and I, Annie), Adriana (The King and I), and Anika Braganza took part in the most recent “Plays In The House Teen Edition”!
Here’s the newest episode of “The Early Night Show” with Joshua Turchin (Trevor, Forbidden Broadway, The Pill), featuring Michael Nigro (The Sound of Music Live!), Gianna Harris (School of Rock), and Saige Chaseley!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Trevor!
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