Tickets for Frozen go on sale on August 14th! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.
“The Nut Job 2,” featuring Isabela Moner (Evita), is out in theaters today!
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory now has a digital lottery! Find out more on Playbill.com.
Watch Ryan Foust (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) perform at Broadway in Bryant Park on TheaterMania.com!
Sophie Knapp (Once, Dream Street, A Little Princess) has joined the national tour of Les Miserables! Be sure to follow our sister site Kids on Tour to keep up with all of today’s national tour kids!
Zoe Manarel (Matilda, A Little Princess) is filming a new project! More details to come.
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And here are pictures and videos from the kids of The Lion King, School of Rock, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, On Your Feet, Anastasia, and A Bronx Tale!
Ryan Foust performed with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Broadway in Bryant Park today from 12:30pm-1:30pm! Get more details on Playbill.com.
The Lion King will host another autism-friendly performance in October! Find out more on BroadwayWorld.com.
Tonight, Elizabeth Crawford (Tuck Everlasting) and Hudson Loverro (Assassins, A Bronx Tale, Ragtime on Ellis Island) are singing new songs by Sam Willmott at Feinstein’s/54 Below! Get more information on 54Below.com.
BroadwayCon will offer an “A Kids’-Eye View of Fun Home” panel, with kid alumni of the show: Griffin Birney (Off-Broadway), Alessandra Baldacchino (Broadway, National Tour), Lennon Nate Hammond (National Tour), Noah Hinsdale (Off-Broadway), Georgi James (Early Readings), Sydney Lucas (Broadway, Off-Broadway), Zell Steele Morrow (Broadway), Gabriella Pizzolo (Broadway), Pierson Salvador (National Tour), and Oscar Williams (Broadway). Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com!
Alumni Oona Laurence (Matilda), Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert), Caleb McLaughlin (The Lion King, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek), and Sadie Sink (Annie, The Audience)–as well as young theater critic Iain Armitage and former Broadway kid Ariana Grande (13)–are listed in Variety’s Youth Impact Report! Check it out HERE.
A Christmas Story Live is seeking a boy ages 9-12 to play Ralphie! Get more details:
Watch a brand new music video from Eduardo Hernandez (On Your Feet, Really Rosie)!
Check out Anthony Rosenthal (Really Rosie, Falsettos) in a new Hilton Honors commercial!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Miss Saigon, On Your Feet, Kinky Boots, Waitress, School of Rock, and Anastasia!
Happy Trails to Gianna Harris, Brandon Niederauer, Sammy Ramirez, Paul Luke Bonenfant, Raghav Mehrotra, and Jersey Sullivan, who all played their final performance in School of Rock today! We can’t wait to see what’s next for all of you!
Happy Trails to Hudson Loverro, who played his final performance in A Bronx Tale today! Congrats on a great run!
Finally, Happy Trails to the companies of The Traveling Lady, Play Like a Winner, Generation Me, and Peace, Love and Cupcakes, which all finished their runs today! Best of luck in all your future endeavors!
Christian Mullins (Kinky Boots tour) made his Broadway debut in Kinky Boots this week!
Watch footage from the A Bronx Tale performance at this week’s Broadway in Bryant Park below or on BroadwayWorld.com!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Peace, Love and Cupcakes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, School of Rock, Kinky Boots, On Your Feet, Generation Me, A Bronx Tale, The Lion King, Anastasia, and Frozen!
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!
1984 and Marvin’s Room will offer $40 tickets during the 4th of July weekend! Get more details on Playbill.com.
Anastasia will perform and sign cast albums tomorrow, June 29th! Find out more:
Beetlejuice will get a developmental lab in the fall! Get more information on Playbill.com.
Watch the first trailer for “The Greatest Showman,” featuring Austyn Johnson (Matilda, Dream Street), on EW.com!
Check out Oona Laurence (Matilda) in the first trailer for “Bad Moms Christmas,” also on EW.com!
“The Beguiled,” which also features Oona, as well as Emma Howard (Violet, Matilda), comes out in two days! Check out Emma and Oona in this Hamilton music video made on set!
Waitress is doing a one-day-only lottery for their 500th performance on July 5th! Get more details:
Nicole Wildy (Dream Street) has joined the cast of Really, Rosie at NY City Center! Find out more:
“Going In Style,” with Jeremy Shinder (Runaways, A Christmas Story), will arrive digitally on July 11th and on DVD/Blu-Ray on August 1st! Here’s a clip:
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And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Anastasia, On Your Feet, Frozen, A Bronx Tale, The Lion King, School of Rock, and more, including many photos of the kids of Broadway at the Jimmy Awards!
The Traveling Lady has extended its run through July 30th at Cherry Lane Theatre! Get more information on TheaterMania.com.
If you’re planning to see a show the week of July 4th, take a look at the special schedule HERE!
“Everything Sucks,” featuring Jahi Diallo Winston (The Lion King), will premiere on Netflix next year! Find out more on HollywoodReporter.com.
Watch the kids of School of Rock rehearse via a 360 cam on Circa.com!
The kids of Broadway attended the Jimmy Awards! Check out photo coverage on BroadwayWorld.com.
Ella Dane Morgan (Waitress) and Hudson Loverro (Assassins, A Bronx Tale) chatted with People of Broadway about their lives as child actors! Read the interview HERE.
Play Like A Winner will perform at the NYMF preview concert on June 29th! Get more information:
Congrats to Mattea Conforti (Frozen, Sunday in the Park with George, Matilda), who guest-starred on “Power” over the weekend!
Congratulations to Demi Singleton, Sophia Kekllas, and Michael Cascetta, who will all make their Broadway debuts in School of Rock! Congrats also to Ruth Righi, who will move from playing Sophie to Marcy in the show!
Eleanor Koski (Les Miserables) will appear on the premiere episode of “Alex Inc.” on ABC this fall! Congrats, Ella!
The cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will sell cookies at Schmackary’s tomorrow from 5-7pm for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS! Get more details on BroadwayBakes.com. Also, Anthony Rosenthal (Falsettos) was at Schmackary’s yesterday for Broadway Bakes!
It’s time to vote in BroadwayWorld’s Theater Fans’ Choice Awards! Vote HERE.
Check out videos from A Bronx Tale performing at Barnes & Noble on Playbill.com!
Shane Davis (Matilda) is featured in ACT Magazine! Check it out:
Congratulations to If I Forget and Anastasia, which both won Outer Critics Circle Awards! If I Forget won for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play and Anastasia won for Outstanding Projection Design. Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com!
Congrats to alumni Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert), Caleb McLaughlin (The Lion King, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek), and Sadie Sink (The Audience, Annie), whose show “Stranger Things” won Show of the Year at the MTV Movie & TV Awards!
Lots of our featured shows and kids have been nominated for Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards! Here they are:
Favorite New Musical: Amelie, Anastasia
Favorite Musical Revival: Falsettos, Miss Saigon, Sunday in the Park with George
Favorite Long-Running Show: Kinky Boots, The Lion King, Waitress
Favorite Leading Actor in a Musical: Christian Borle for Falsettos, Jake Gyllenhaal for Sunday in the Park with George
Favorite Leading Actress in a Musical: Christy Altomare for Anastasia, Annaleigh Ashford for Sunday in the Park with George, Phillipa Soo for Amelie
Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical: Ramin Karimloo for Anastasia, Derek Klena for Anastasia, Andrew Rannells for Falsettos
Favorite Featured Actress in a Musical: Stephanie J. Block for Falsettos
Favorite Funny Performance: Stephanie J. Block for Falsettos, John Bolton for Anastasia, Christian Borle for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Favorite Diva Performance: Stephanie J. Block for Falsettos
Favorite Onstage Pair: Christy Altomare and Derek Klena for Anastasia, Annaleigh Ashford and Jake Gyllenhaal for Sunday in the Park with George, Christian Borle and Andrew Rannells for Falsettos
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): Jon Jon Briones for Miss Saigon; Jake Ryan Flynn, Ryan Foust, and Ryan Sell for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Anthony Rosenthal for Falsettos
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Savvy Crawford for Amelie, Eva Noblezada for Miss Saigon
Favorite Replacement (Male): Todrick Hall for Kinky Boots
Favorite Replacement (Female): Sara Bareilles for Waitress, Jenna Ushkowitz for Waitress
Favorite Tour: Fun Home, currently starring alum Alessandra Baldacchino (Fun Home, A Little Princess)
Congrats to Jake, Ryan, Ryan, Anthony, Savvy, Ali, and all the kids in these shows! Get more details about the nominations on Broadway.com.
Check out Alyssa Marvin (Dream Street, Number the Stars) performing “I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas” at Tunes in Times Square!
Here’s Dante Melucci (School of Rock), Evie Dolan (School of Rock), and Jersey Sullivan (School of Rock) performing “Don’t Do Sadness/Blue Wind” from Spring Awakening at Tunes in Times Square!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Les Miserables, A Bronx Tale, Once, On Your Feet, The Lion King, The King and I, Anastasia, and Waitress, including many from Tunes in Times Square!
Remember to tune in to the Drama Desk Award nominations, streaming on TheaterMania beginning at 10am EST tomorrow morning! Get more details HERE.
Samara has extended its run through May 14th! Find out more on TheaterMania.com.
Watch the full episode of “The Americans” featuring Mavis Simpson-Ernst (You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Evita, A Little Princess) on FXNetworks.com!
Check out pictures of the cast of Waitress celebrating the show’s 1-year anniversary on BroadwayWorld.com!
The Lion King took home Best Presentation at this year’s BC/EFA Easter Bonnet Competition, and Sunday in the Park with George raised the second most amount of money! Find out more about the Easter Bonnet results on Playbill.com.
Gabby Pizzolo (Fun Home, Matilda) has joined the cast of a reading of Pamela’s First Musical! Find out more about the reading and the show, based on a children’s book by Wendy Wasserstein, on Playbill.com.
Congratulations to Luca Padovan (School of Rock, Newsies), who has been cast in Marvin’s Room! The show will bow on Broadway this summer with Roundabout Theatre Company. Also, Luca talked about what it’s like to be a kid on Broadway on Backstage.com!
Take a look at some pictures from yesterday’s Radio City Christmas Spectacular for the role of Clara!
Ethan Haberfield (Mary Poppins) and Analise Scarpaci (Matilda, A Christmas Story) will host A Time To Shine on May 7th! The lineup includes Jeremy Todd Shinder (Runaways, A Christmas Story). Get more details:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has announced that they will record a cast album and that they will begin a policy for rush tickets! Get more details about both on TheaterMania.com.
Happy 40th Anniversary to Annie, which originally opened on Broadway on this day in 1977!
“Shadowhunters,” starring Broadway alum Katherine McNamara (A Little Night Music), has been renewed for its third season! Find out more on Deadline.com.
The casts of Kinky Boots, The Lion King, A Bronx Tale, and many other shows will perform at this year’s Easter Bonnet Competition! In addition, Waitress and Sunday in the Park with George will be among the shows honored in a bonnet parade. Find out more on BroadwayWorld.com.
Check out Austyn Johnson (Matilda, Dream Street) featured in US Weekly!
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And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Sunday in the Park with George, Miss Saigon, Amelie, Anastasia, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Waitress, School of Rock, and Kinky Boots!
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