Waitress will perform during the CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.
Jake Ryan Flynn (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) will appear on “The View” tomorrow!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, School of Rock, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Kinky Boots, Anastasia, The Lion King, and more–including lots of pictures from The Lion King‘s Halloween party at the Minskoff Theatre!
Bailey Ryon (Matilda) will teach a workshop in New Jersey! Get more details HERE.
Tonight at 8pm was the return of “The Americans,” featuring Holly Taylor (Billy Elliot)! Check out the trailer for Season 5:
Hudson Loverro spoke to Pix11 about A Bronx Tale! Check out the interview on Pix11.com. Also, the cast album of A Bronx Tale will be released digitally on March 24th! Get more information on Playbill.com.
Jasper Newell has joined the cast of Samara, opening at Soho Rep in April! Get more details on SohoRep.org.
Vote for Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert), Caleb McLaughlin (The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, The Lion King), and “Stranger Things” in the Shorty Awards HERE!
Brooklyn Nelson (Matilda) has booked a Christmas movie! Here she is on set:
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Ellie Kim (School of Rock, Dream Street) will be on for Marcy in School of Rock on March 22nd at 2pm and for Katie (her debut in this role!) on March 24th at 8pm. Go see her if you can!
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Watch Swayam Bhatia (Dream Street) return to “Saturday Night Live” in this sketch!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Everybody, School of Rock, On Your Feet, Amelie, Anastasia, The Lion King, Miss Saigon, Kinky Boots, BroadwayCon, Kids’ Night On Broadway, and Matildapalooza!
Tonight is the first preview of The Light Years at Playwrights Horizons! Break a leg to Graydon Yosowitz (The Gold, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown) and the rest of the company!
Tonight is also your last chance to see Matildapalooza at Feinstein’s/54 Below! Get tickets and details HERE.
Mavis Simpson-Ernst (You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, A Little Princess, Evita) will host A Class Act NY’s next cabaret, which will take place on February 27th! The performance will feature lots of kids, including alumni Hayden Bercy (Radio City Christmas Spectacular), Carrie Berk (Camp Rolling Hills), Nili Kepets (Dream Street), Christie Kim (The King and I), and Alyssa Marvin (Number the Stars). Get more information:
Savvy Crawford (A Little Princess) talked to Pix11 about Amelie! Watch below or on Pix11.com.
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of The Light Years, The Mother of Invention, Matilda, Amelie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Anastasia, School of Rock, and Waitress!
Another performance of Matildapalooza takes place tonight at Feinstein’s/54 Below! Get tickets and more details HERE.
Tonight is the first night of Newsies screenings all across the United States! Watch the trailer:
Get a sneak peek at Everybody below!
Here is Madison Elizabeth Lagares‘s first set of On Your Feet performance dates!
Watch Christopher Paul Richards (Finding Neverland) and Ben Cook (Billy Elliot, Ragtime) on “Law and Order: SVU” on NBC.com!
“The Nut Job 2,” with alum Isabela Moner (Evita), has been pushed back to August! Get more details on IMDb.com.
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, On Your Feet, Sunday in the Park with George, Waitress, Anastasia, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!
A national tour of On Your Feet will launch in October 2017! Get more details on TheaterMania.com.
Congratulations to Akira Golz (Matilda) on the premiere of “Nella the Princess Knight,” which aired yesterday and in which Akira voices the title role! Check out her interview with People.com.
Brandon Niederauer (School of Rock) is doing a show in Connecticut! Get more information HERE.
Here’s a cute promo for the final two days of Matildapalooza at 54 Below, February 16th and 17th!
Nicole Wildy (Dream Street) has been cast in the one-night-only concert of Boy Meets Girl! Find out more:
GiaNina Paolantonio (Matilda) is now appearing in a commercial for Pace Salsa! Watch it below:
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And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, School of Rock, The Mother of Invention, Waitress, On Your Feet, Kinky Boots, and the Broadway kid panels at BroadwayCon!
Find out more about a contest to win free tickets to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on BroadwayWorld.com!
Congratulations to Landon Maas (Radio City Christmas Spectacular), who has booked the national tour of Kinky Boots!
Here’s a first look at Season 2 of “Stranger Things” with Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert) and Caleb McLaughlin (The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, The Lion King)! You can catch an exclusive teaser during the Super Bowl this Sunday!
Simone Vysnovsky (Dream Street) appeared on “Good Morning America” yesterday! Here’s a picture:
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Check out production photos from The Mother of Invention on BroadwayWorld.com!
The Lucille Lortel Awards are set for May 7th, and the nominations will be announced on April 4th! Get more details on Broadway.com.
Today, “The Comedian,” with Savvy Crawford (Amelie, A Little Princess), hits theaters! Congrats, Savvy!
Matildapalooza, a reunion concert of all the Broadway Matildas, returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below tonight! Get more details on 54Below.com.
Watch Brandon Niederauer (School of Rock) on “The Harry Connick Jr. Show”!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of The Mother of Invention, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Lion King, School of Rock, Kinky Boots, and Waitress!
Anthony Rosenthal and his Falsettos co-stars will perform at Barnes & Noble to celebrate the release of their cast album! Find out more on TheaterMania.com.
Vote for Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert) in the Shorty Awards HERE!
Congratulations to Gregory Diaz IV (Matilda, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown), who has joined Matilda on tour!
Cate Elefante (Waitress) chats with The Broadway Wiz about her Broadway role HERE!
Alexa Shae Niziak (Women Without Men, Matilda, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Christmas Story), as well as Godspell Cast of 2032 alum Montana Byrne, has booked a web series! Find out more:
Alumni Swayam Bhatia (Dream Street), Sofia Roma Rubino (School of Rock, Matilda), and Lilyana Cornell (Les Miserables) are part of the School of Rock promo team! Watch a recent performance here:
Watch the Broadway Matildas perform “When I Grow Up” at Matildapalooza in the video below!
Happy National Equity Swing Day! We honor all past and present Broadway kid swings, like Ellie Kim, Paul Luke Bonenfant, Ava Della Pietra, and Jason Kisare, pictured below at School of Rock!
Our founder Lindsay hung out with Rileigh McDonald (Matilda) in LA last night and had a blast! Here they are together:
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, The Lion King, The Mother of Invention, Anastasia, and Kinky Boots!
Over the weekend, lots of Broadway kids joined together to support PEN America! Here’s Abigail Shapiro (Liberty, How the Grinch Stole Christmas) singing the National Anthem at the event:
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BroadwayCon will host two back-to-back Broadway Kid panels! Lineups now include Ava Briglia (Matilda), Erica Simone Barnett (Matilda), Ben Cook (Billy Elliot, Ragtime), Sophia Gennusa (Doctor Zhivago, Matilda), Heidi Gray (Annie tour), Eleanor Koski (Les Miserables), Sarah Charles Lewis (Tuck Everlasting), Jake Lucas (The King and I, Newsies), Sydney Lucas (Fun Home), Brooklyn Nelson (Matilda), Taylor Richardson (Smokefall, A Christmas Memory, Annie), Allie Trimm (Bye Bye Birdie, 13), Ava Ulloa (Matilda), and Kaci Walfall (The Lion King). Find out more:
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, The Lion King, Waitress, and Kinky Boots!
Check out the final episode of “Looks Not Books,” the Matilda Broadway.com vlog, HERE!
Watch the final curtain for Falsettos on Playbill.com!
Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert) and Caleb McLaughlin (The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, The Lion King) took part in the opening of the Golden Globes! Watch below:
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, Matilda, Falsettos, On Your Feet, Kinky Boots, and Waitress!
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