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“Concrete Cowboy” with Caleb McLaughlin and “The Girl Who Believes In Miracles” with Austyn Johnson Out Today, Season 2 of “Dramaworld” with Brett Gray Premieres on Lifetime in South Korea, and more!

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You can catch two new films with Broadway/Off-Broadway alumni beginning today: “Concrete Cowboy” with Caleb McLaughlin (The Lion King, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, “Stranger Things”), streaming on Netflix and rated R; and “The Girl Who Believes In Miracles” with Austyn Johnson (Meet Me In St. Louis, Matilda, Dream Street, “The Greatest Showman”), playing in theaters and rated PG. Check out both movies!

Also today, you can see Brett Gray (Radio City Christmas Spectacular, “On My Block”) in Season 2 of “Dramaworld,” which begins streaming today at 11:30pm KST on Lifetime in South Korea!

Catherine Ashmore Bradley (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) has booked a movie alongside her sister Aubin Bradley (Les Miserables national tour)! More details are TBA.

Talia Ryder (Matilda) appears in Olivia Rodrigo’s music video for “deja vu”!

Kaylin Hedges (The Bedwetter, Kris Kringle) has been cast in A Girl and a Boy Dance, a musical in development with Broadway Dreams!

Check out the newest episode of “The Early Night Show” with Joshua Turchin (Trevor, Forbidden Broadway, The Pill), featuring Chris Anthony Giles and Ella Hinds!

Listen to the newest episode of “Take 5: Where Broadway Makes the List,” co-hosted by Serena Parrish (Not Even The Good Things) and featuring special guest Aaron Lazar – now available on Spotify!

“Little Me” welcomed special guest Nikki Blonsky to the podcast this week! Listen now on the Broadway Podcast Network.

Tomorrow morning, be sure to the listen to the newest episode of “Kyla’s Korner,” hosted by Kyla Carter (Number the Stars), at 11am EST during “The Mark White Show”!

Finally, watch this tribute to the late Adam Schlesinger, performed by the kids of Atlantic Theater Company’s The Bedwetter, for which he wrote the music and co-wrote the lyrics.

Joshua Colley Appears on “Jim Caruso’s Pajama Cast Party,” Season 8 of “Chicken Girls” with Elliana Walmsley Out Now, and more!

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Joshua Colley (Newsies, Les Miserables, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown) appeared on this week’s “Jim Caruso’s Pajama Cast Party”! Watch the replay here:

Season 8 of Brat’s “Chicken Girls,” with Elliana Walmsley (Radio City Christmas Spectacular, “Dance Moms”), has arrived!

Nicholas Barasch (She Loves Me, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, West Side Story) will take part in a virtual reading of Raving Mad by Andres Osorio! Get more details HERE.

In case you missed it, here’s the entire Oceana Cabaret, with kids from School of Rock, Frozen, and more!

Check out this duet performed by Kylie Kuioka (Meet Me In St. Louis, Panama Hattie) and Ali Ewoldt as part of Kylie’s Flood Recovery Fundraiser for the York Theatre!

Finally, did you tune in earlier today for a Q&A on the new Amazon special “Riley’s Unforgettable School Project,” featuring Finn Douglas (Radio City Christmas Spectacular, The Costume [Inner Voices])?

Oceana Cabaret Performs Online Tonight, Joshua Colley Offering Coaching Services Through Broadway Plus, and more!

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Kids from Frozen, School of Rock, and more took part in the Oceana cabaret earlier tonight! Did you tune in?

Joshua Colley (Les Miserables, Newsies, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown) is now offering coaching services through Broadway Plus! Get more details HERE.

Ella Dane Morgan (Waitress) has booked a commercial! More details to follow.

Finally, check out this dance choreographed by Isabella Iannelli (The Rose Tattoo, “John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch”) in honor of Women’s History Month!

Young Broadway’s Top Nine of 2020, RATATOUILLE with Andrew Barth Feldman and Owen Tabaka Tomorrow Night, and more!

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Check out our Top Nine for 2020! You all continued to share the love of Beetlejuice with Presley Ryan and Sophia Anne Caruso, enjoyed throwbacks to Les Miserables (with Gaten Matarazzo) and Falsettos (with Anthony Rosenthal), watched a few musical favorites from home (like The Sound of Music LIVE), and looked back at other blasts from the pasts with Andrew Barth Feldman and Anna Rae Haller!

Despite experiencing one of the most challenging years our world (and especially the arts) has ever experienced, we have had a blast connecting with all of you online, especially through our two cabarets to celebrate our 10th anniversary and the Class of 2020. We are so proud of all of you – especially every kid and teen – for rising to the occasion and adapting during a difficult time. We are so inspired by your creativity and optimism. We can’t wait to be back with all of you soon. Happy New Year!

Tonight, kids from Frozen, The Bedwetter, and more performed a New Years Eve concert! Watch HERE.

Make sure to get your tickets now for Ratatouille, happening tomorrow night at 7pm EST and featuring Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen) as Alfredo Linguini and Owen Tabaka (Love Life) as Young Anton Ego! Tickets are available at TodayTix.com.

And check out this picture from the kids of The Grinch Musical!

Atticus Ware’s Birthday, Shahadi Wright Joseph Cast in MCC Theater Benefit Reading of SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY, and more!

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Happy belated birthday to Atticus Ware (Flying Over Sunset)! We hope you had a great time celebrating this weekend!

Broadway alum and “Us” star Shahadi Wright Joseph (Hairspray Live, School of Rock, The Lion King) has been cast in MCC Theater’s benefit reading of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play on December 13th! Get more details on Playbill.com.

On Thanksgiving Day, Walter Russell III (The Lion King) will present a Thanksgiving-themed episode of “The PAW-cast” with past and present The Lion King cubs! The episode will stream on Walter’s Instagram Live at 6pm EST this Thursday.

In case you missed it, here’s the most recent Beetlejuice episode of “Stars In The House,” featuring Presley Ryan (Fun Home, The Sound of Music Live, A Little Princess)!

In Creative Company spoke with Joshua Turchin (Trevor, Forbidden Broadway, The Pill) about writing The Perfect Fit!

Watch the full “Thankful” livestreamed concert from last night on YouTube, co-hosted by Zoe Glick (The Bedwetter, Unknown Soldier, Frozen) and Winter Donnelly (Frozen, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord)!

Listen to the newest episode of “Kyla’s Korner,” hosted by Kyla Carter (Number the Stars)!

Finally, check out this video of the 2008 Broadway cast of White Christmas performing in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!

“Thankful” Concert Hosted by Winter Donnelly and Zoe Glick Tonight, Analise Scarpaci Books Voiceover, and more!

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“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!

“Vampires vs. the Bronx” with Gregory Diaz IV Out Now On Netflix, HOLIDAY INN with Morgan Gao To Play PBS On November 20, and more!

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New Film Releases and Upcoming Airings

“Vampires vs. the Bronx,” featuring Gregory Diaz IV (Matilda, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Pedro Pan, “In The Heights”), is out now on Netflix!

Holiday Inn, including child cast member Morgan Gao, will air on PBS on November 20th! Get more details on Playbill.com.

“Team Marco,” a new film with Jacob Michael Laval (The Rose Tattoo) and Jake Katzman (Kinky Boots), will be available to stream beginning November 20th! Find out more on HollywoodReporter.com.

Sebastian Ortiz (A Christmas Carol) is currently appearing in a Nick Jr. commercial in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month!

New Episodes

“The Early Night Show” with Joshua Turchin (Trevor, Forbidden Broadway, The Pill), featuring Courtney Reed, Tyrah Skye Odoms (Annie), and Ava Ulloa (Matilda)!

“Little Me,” with special guest Kathryn Zaremba (Annie Warbucks)!

Kyla Carter (Number the Stars) hosted another episode of her podcast “Kyla’s Korner” on “The Mark White Show”!

New Music

Listen to a new single from Rachael McVey (Dream Street) called “Suffocating”!

Listen to a new single from Layla Capers (The Lion King, School of Rock) called “Just Wanna Be Heard”!

New and Upcoming Virtual Performances

Broadway kids and alumni took part in a virtual edition of “Help Is On The Way”! The children’s chorus includes Audrey Bennett (Frozen, Amelie), Makayla Joy Connolly (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), Will Coombs (The Ferryman, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, A Bronx Tale), Grace DeAmicis (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), Olivia DeAmicis, Winter Donnelly (Frozen, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord), Olivia Edward, Jake Ryan Flynn (Mrs. Doubtfire, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Zoe Glick (The Bedwetter, Unknown Soldier, Frozen), Carly Gold (The Ferryman), Jake Katzman (Kinky Boots), Cooper Lantz (Kinky Boots), Mehret Marsh (Tina, The Lion King), Sarah Mattle, Charlotte Macleod (The Bedwetter), Connor Mills (Kinky Boots), Bella May Mordus (The Ferryman, Make Believe), Brooklyn Nelson (Frozen, Matilda), Madeleine Pace (Once, The Hard Problem), Delilah Rose Pellow (Anastasia), Jayden Theophile (Tina), and Emily Zimmerman (The Bedwetter). Watch below:

Joshua Colley (Les Miserables, Newsies, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown), Mateo Lizcano (Radio City Christmas Spectacular), James Ignacio (The King and I, Peace, Love and Cupcakes, Camp Rolling Hills), and Laurissa “Lala” Romain (South Pacific) will appear in the upcoming “Sticks & Stones” concert, which will stream on October 16th!

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Auditions

A new feature film “Teenage Musical” is seeking teenage actors!

Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen) and Barthtoberfest

“Broadway Jackbox,” co-created by Andrew, returned as part of Barthtoberfest recently! Find out more HERE.

Today, Broadway Whodunit’s “TV or Not TV?,” a virtual murder mystery event also co-created by Andrew, performed! Find out more on BroadwayWhodunit.com.

Finally, Andrew will play spooky video games on Twitch on October 7th and 21st!

Fun

Happy Belated Mean Girls Day! (October 3rd) Check out these covers and throwbacks we posted on our Instagram in celebration, from the kids of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Frozen, School of Rock, and more!

Pictures and Videos from the Kids of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Lion King, Flying Over Sunset, and The Bedwetter!








“Showbiz Kids” Documentary with Demi Singleton Premieres on HBO, Tickets On Sale for Kids of the Arts’ PEACE, LOVE AND CUPCAKES, and more!

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Demi Singleton (School of Rock, The Lion King) appears in the new documentary “Showbiz Kids,” which premiered tonight on HBO! It streams on HBO Max beginning tomorrow.

Tickets are now on sale for Kids of the Arts’ production of Peace, Love and Cupcakes, with lots of Broadway and Off-Broadway alumni in the cast and creative team! For more information about the multiple casts, and to purchase tickets, click HERE.

Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen) took part in Broadway Podcast Network’s “E-Ticket To Broadway” stream tonight! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.

Mia Williamson (Once On This Island) is taking part in “Project Sing Out” on July 20th!

Here’s a new episode of “The Early Night Show” with Joshua Turchin (Trevor, Forbidden Broadway, The Pill), featuring Alexa Lasanta, Emerson Steele (Violet), Arianna Pereira, and Rising Starz!

And here are videos from the kids of The Bedwetter, Tina, and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child!

Playhouse by SDM Virtual Workshops, Including Andrew Barth Feldman; Shaylin Becton Featured on Pharrell and SoundCloud Compilation; and more!

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Be sure to register for Playhouse by SDM’s virtual workshops this week, including the one with Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen), happening tomorrow at 11am EST! Get more information about Andrew’s workshop HERE, and sign up for the others at PlayhouseBySDM.com/Classes. Here’s a look at those other workshops:

Shaylin Becton (The Lion King) is featured on Pharrell and SoundCloud’s compilation “i am OTHER, Volume 1,” featuring new indie artists! Listen HERE.

And check out this picture from the kids of The Bedwetter!

Anthony Rosenthal Guest Stars on Amazon Prime’s “Gravesend,” Noah Baird Guest Stars on Disney XD’s “Ducktales,” and more!

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Anthony Rosenthal (Falsettos, Really Rosie) guest starred on the Amazon Prime series “Gravesend”!

Noah Baird (Matilda, A Christmas Story Live) guest starred on Disney XD’s “Ducktales”!

Carly Gendell (School of Rock) has booked a role on the new podcast series “Wordtastic”!

Everleigh Rottuno (Waitress) is now appearing in an ad for Plum!

Watch the full Dog Star Rescue telethon, featuring lots of former and current Broadway and Off-Broadway kids, here:

Also, watch Kids of the Arts’ full virtual showcase, also with several of our alumni, here:

“Broadway Jackbox” with Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen) returned today with stars from Newsies, Waitress, and A Strange Loop! Get more details on Playbill.com.

And check out this video from Presley Ryan (Beetlejuice), who is taking part in the #Hear1Sing1 campaign created by Harmony Helper!