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Zoe Glick Cast in UNKNOWN SOLDIER at Playwrights Horizons, Best Broadway Plays and Musicals of the Decade Lists from TheaterMania, and more!

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Zoe Glick (Frozen) has been cast in the upcoming Off-Broadway production of Unknown Soldier at Playwrights Horizons! Read the full cast announcement HERE.

Congrats to Waitress, Once, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, which made it onto TheaterMania’s top 10 Broadway musicals of the decade list; and to What the Constitution Means to Me, The Ferryman, and The Inheritance, which made it onto TheaterMania’s top 10 Broadway plays of the decade list!

Also, congratulations to Kinky Boots and The Lion King, which are both among the highest-grossing Broadway shows of the decade! Check out the full list on Playbill.com.

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Sing Street, A Christmas Carol, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and Waitress, as well as Young Broadway Actor News’ Top 9 Instagram posts of 2019!









Ava Briglia Cast in Atlantic Theater Company’s ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE, MRS. DOUBTFIRE Cast to Perform at BroadwayCon, and more!

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Congratulations to Ava Briglia (The Ferryman, School of Rock, Matilda), who has been cast in Atlantic Theater Company’s Anatomy of a Suicide! Get more details on Playbill.com.

The cast of Mrs. Doubtfire will perform at BroadwayCon! More details to come.

Fun Home and The Ferryman landed on another Top 10 New York Theater of the Decade list!

Congrats to Delilah Rose Pellow (Anastasia), who will play Small Alison in Fun Home at Kansas City Repertory Theatre! Find out more on BroadwayWorld.com.

This week, you can see Oscar Williams (Fun Home) in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead this weekend at Vermont Stage in Burlington, VT! Get tickets HERE.

Artyon Celestine (A Christmas Story Live) recently appeared on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” alongside Mariah Carey!

You can hear the voice of Broadway alum Luca Padovan (Marvin’s Room, School of Rock, Newsies) on “The Rocketeer” on Disney Junior!

Here’s a look at the upcoming film “The Last Thing Mary Saw,” featuring Eli Rayman (The Winter’s Tale)!

Sophie Knapp (Once, Dream Street, A Little Princess) will sing the National Anthem for the New York Rangers this weekend!

Laurissa “Lala” Romain (South Pacific) has joined the previously announced Julia Nightingale (Generation Me) in The 8th at The Secret Theatre in January 2020!

YBAN founder Lindsay went “Into the Unknown” last night to catch Mattea Conforti (Frozen, Sunday in the Park with George, Matilda) in “Frozen 2”! Great job, Mattea!

Nia Sioux (Trip of Love) has launched a line of colorful hair extensions called Hair Candy!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of “John Mulaney and The Sack Lunch Bunch,” Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and Waitress!

THE FERRYMAN and BEETLEJUICE Win Drama Desk Awards, WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME Announces National Tour, and more!

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Congratulations to The Ferryman and Beetlejuice, which took home Drama Desk Awards last night! Check out the full list of winners and nominees on BroadwayWorld.com.

  • Outstanding Play – The Ferryman
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – Tom Glynn-Carney for The Ferryman
  • Outstanding Director of a Play – Sam Mendes for The Ferryman
  • Outstanding Set Design for a Musical – David Korins for Beetlejuice
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Play – Nick Powell for The Ferryman

What the Constitution Means to Me is launching a national tour! Get more details on Playbill.com and be sure to follow our sister site Kids on Tour for upcoming news.

Sarah Silverman’s The Bedwetter will make its world premiere at Atlantic Theater Company! Find out more on Broadway.com.

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Waitress, Beetlejuice, The Ferryman, Frozen, The Lion King, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and (YOUNG) at The Green Room 42!

Photo Credit: Broadway.com







Suri Marrero’s Birthday, Full Seasons of “God Friended Me” and “Single Parents” Ordered, and more!

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Happy birthday to Suri Marrero (The Lion King)! We hope you had a great day, Suri!

“God Friended Me,” with Eleanor Koski (Les Miserables), and “Single Parents,” with Devin Trey Campbell (Kinky Boots) and Tyler Wladis (A Christmas Story Live), both received full season orders! Congrats Eleanor, Devin, and Tyler!

Sophia Anne Caruso (Beetlejuice) chatted with WTOP about adapting Beetlejuice for the stage, the character development of Lydia, and more! Read or listen HERE.

Dear Evan Hansen is holding an open casting call in LA on November 3rd for actors ages 17+!

The kids of The Ferryman stepped into the Broadway.com portrait booth on opening night! TheaterMania and BroadwayWorld also spoke with the kids and the rest of the cast; watch the videos below:

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of The Lion King, School of Rock, and Frozen!










INNER VOICES, Feat. Finn Douglas in THE COSTUME, Begins Previews; Opening Night Photo Coverage from THE FERRYMAN; and more!

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Happy first preview to Inner Voices, a series of solo works including The Costume, which stars Finn Douglas (Radio City Christmas Spectacular)! Break a leg, Finn! Also, check out production photos on BroadwayWorld.com.

Check out photos from the opening night party for The Ferryman on BroadwayWorld.com, and photo coverage from opening night bows on TheaterMania.com and BroadwayWorld.com! Also, watch the sizzle reel for The Ferryman below:

Jeremy Shinder (Runaways, A Christmas Story) will take part in a Q&A for his new film “The Grief of Others” on November 3rd!

Tonight, Emerson Davis (Once On This Island) and Analise Scarpaci (Matilda, A Christmas Story) are performing in the concert presentation of The Me Nobody Knows at 54 Below! Find out more HERE.

Jacob Morrell (Shadowlands) and Zoe Wilson (The Pill, Play Like a Winner, Three Days to See) took part in the DGF Fellows’ presentation of the new musical XY!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of The Costume at Inner Voices, Beetlejuice, The Lion King, School of Rock, and Once On This Island!






THE FERRYMAN Opens, Ava Della Pietra Performs in NF Hope Concert Today, and more!

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Happy opening to the company of The Ferryman! Break a leg!

Ava Della Pietra (School of Rock) performed in the NF Hope Concert in Las Vegas today! Get more information HERE.

Emerson Davis will play her final performance of Once On This Island on November 4th. Go see her before then if you can!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of The Hard Problem, School of Rock, Once On This Island, Beetlejuice, What the Constitution Means to Me, and Anastasia!