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Robert Montano and Carlos Carreras Join CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR, THE ROSE TATTOO Begins Previews, and more!

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Congrats to Robert Montano and Carlos Carreras who have been cast in this year’s Radio City Christmas Spectacular! This is Robert’s 3rd year and Carlos’s 1st year!

Happy 1st preview to The Rose Tattoo! The show officially opens on October 15th.

Beetlejuice released a longer clip of “Dead Mom” feat. Sophia Anne Caruso! Watch below.

Makayla Joy Connolly made her Broadway debut in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child this week! Check out the pictures below.

The Tony Awards have announced that the 2020 ceremony will take place on June 7th, airing on CBS at 8/7c. Nominations will be announced on April 28th.

Earlier this week, I (Lindsay) went to see Inland Valley Repertory Theater’s production of Fun Home (feat. Broadway alum Maya Grace Fischbein) at the Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont, CA! Congratulations on a great performance, Maya!

“Fancy Nancy”, a Disney Junior show starring Mia Sinclair Jenness (Les Miserables), has been renewed for a 3rd season! Season 2 begins airing on October 4th.

Taylor Richardson (Annie, Smokefall, A Christmas Memory) has been cast in a new Netflix film “Sorta Like A Rock Star”. Click HERE for more info.

Joshua Turchin (Forbidden Broadway, The Pill) has booked a voiceover gig. More details coming soon.

Cate Elefante (Waitress) was on the set of a commercial this week! We will let you know when it begins to air.

We have some more videos from (YOUNG)! Take a look below.

 

 

 

 

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Beetlejuice and Make Believe!


 

 

 

 


Catherine Ashmore Bradley Departs HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, Delaney Quinn and Scarlett Sher Depart WAITRESS, and more!

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Happy Trails to Catherine Ashmore Bradley, who played her final performance of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child today! Look for an exciting announcement about her next project coming soon!

Happy Trails as well to Delaney Quinn and Scarlett Sher, who played their final performances of Waitress this weekend! We can’t wait to see what’s next for both of you!

Watch the newest members of the ALDC, including alum GiaNina Paolantonio (Matilda), perform their first ever group dance during the “Kids Tell All” special of “Dance Moms,” as well as their group routine “The Chosen One”!

Tonight, kids from Frozen, A Bronx Tale, and more took part in the latest installment of (YOUNG)! Get more information HERE.

Jordan Cole (School of Rock) recorded a song for Noggin!

Check out the newest McDonald’s commercial with Chinua Baraka Payne (The Lion King)!

See if you can spot Tyra Polke (A Christmas Story Live) in Kylie Cantrall’s new music video!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Waitress, The Rose Tattoo, and Radio City Christmas Spectacular!












“Just Roll With It” with Ramon Reed Picked Up for Second Season, Raigan Newton to Make Broadway Debut in WAITRESS, and more!

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Congrats to Ramon Reed (The Lion King), whose Disney Channel show “Just Roll With It” has been picked up for a second season! Get more details on Deadline.com.

Raigan Newton will make her Broadway debut as Lulu in Waitress! Congrats, Raigan!

Today, “Hustlers” arrives in theaters featuring Scarlett Sher (Waitress)! See it if you can!

Sophia Anne Caruso (Beetlejuice) and Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen) will be at the autograph table at this year’s BC/EFA Broadway Flea Market, and Beetlejuice, Dear Evan Hansen, Frozen, The Lion King, and Waitress will all have tables there! Get more details about the event on Playbill.com.

Kids from School of Rock and more are singing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s music at The Green Room 42 tonight! Get tickets HERE.

Watch the Abby Lee Dance Company perform their group routine “Body & Soul,” with alum GiaNina Paolantonio (Matilda)!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Rose Tattoo, Tina, and Waitress!





DREAM STREET Kids Directing and Performing in Kids Cabaret 2018: Believe, Artyon Celestine Joins “Dancing with the Stars Juniors,” and more!

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Danielle Becht (Dream Street) and Maya Slaughter (Dream Street) are directing Kids Cabaret 2018: Believe, Brundage Park Playhouse’s annual cabaret, and their siblings Bobby Becht (Dream Street) and Naina Slaughter (Dream Street) will be performing in it! Get tickets HERE.

Artyon Celestine (A Christmas Story Live) is one of the pros on the inaugural season of “Dancing with the Stars Juniors,” premiering October 7th on ABC!

Darius Kaleb (Motown, A Raisin in the Sun) has joined the cast of “One Dollar,” a new CBS All-Access show, premiering on August 30th!

Lianah Sta. Ana spent her senior year of high school performing in Miss Saigon. Now, she’s attending Columbia University this fall!

Here’s the latest Broadway Kids Jam cover of “Candy Store” from Heathers!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of The Lion King, Waitress, A Bronx Tale, and School of Rock!

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Hudson Loverro to Depart A BRONX TALE, MARY PAGE MARLOWE Begins Performances, Video From (YOUNG), and more!

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Hudson Loverro (A Bronx Tale) will take his final bow in A Bronx Tale on July 1st. Go see him if you can!

Mary Page Marlowe had its first preview today! Break a leg!

This summer, young actors from Peace, Love and Cupcakes, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and more will take the stage in Kids of the Arts’s High School Musical! Check out a picture of the cast below!

Congrats to alum Toleeya Napolitano (Dream Street), who appeared on a recent episode of “Billions”!

Presley Ryan (Fun Home) will guest star on an upcoming episode of “Orange is the New Black”! Check out a picture on set below!

July 27. 🍊is the 🆕⚫️ #season6 #oitnb #tunein

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Congrats to Aaralyn Anderson (Ballyturk) has booked an ad for Shopkins!

Check out the cast of Gettin’ the Band Back Together in a music video for the title song below!

Watch the kids of Broadway Kids Jam cover “Apex Predator” at the Mean Girls stage door below!

Watch videos from the (YOUNG) cabaret below!


And check out these pictures from the kids of Mary Page Marlowe, A Bronx Tale, Waitress, and School of Rock!

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“Alex & Me” with Colin Critchley Available for Digital Download, NEWSIES to Return to Theaters This July, and more!

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“Alex & Me,” with Colin Critchley (New York Spring Spectacular, Kinky Boots, Waiting for Godot), is now available for digital download!

Get your tickets now for the encore presentation of Newsies, which returns to theaters this July! Find out more on BroadwayWorld.com.

The cast of Mary Page Marlowe met with the press! Check out photos on BroadwayWorld.com.

Take a look at photo coverage from the Runaways performance at the Public Theater Gala on BroadwayWorld.com, and watch highlights below:

Here are two new Broadway Kids Jam covers: “Pure Imagination” from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and a Mean Girls medley!

Audrey Bennett (Frozen, Amelie) and Brooklyn Nelson (Frozen, Matilda) are hosting tomorrow night’s A Class Act NY cabaret, which includes YBAN alum Jack Richman (Peace, Love and Cupcakes) and KOT alums Julia DiPiazza (Les Miserables tour) and Bella May Mordus (How the Grinch Stole Christmas tour)! Get more details:

Here’s the trailer for “The Girl in the Spider Web,” the next film in the Dragon Tattoo series, which features Christopher Convery (Kinky Boots)!

Andy Richardson (Newsies, Gypsy, How the Grinch Stole Christmas) has joined the national tour of Wicked!

Kylee Mellick (A Christmas Story Live) will appear in a Kidz Bop video!

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


The Tony Awards Take Place Tonight + more!

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Tune in to the Tony Awards tonight at 8/7c and cheer on our featured shows nominated for awards (1984, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Frozen, and Once On This Island)! We also want to wish broken legs to all those performing, which includes Emerson Davis (Once On This Island), Mia Williamson (Once On This Island) and alum Ben Cook (Billy Elliot, Ragtime) who is performing with his Mean Girls castmates.

And here are pictures from the kids of Frozen, Gettin the Band Back Together, Once On This Island, School Of Rock, and Waitress!

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Broadway.com Audience Choice Award Nominations Announced, Free Encore Performance of RUNAWAYS, and more!

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Frozen, 1984, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Once On This Island, Anastasia, Waitress, and Kinky Boots have all been nominated for Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards! Check out the full list on Broadway.com.

Runaways will have a free encore performance! Get more details on TheaterMania.com.

Olivia Bond (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) finished her run on “MasterChef Junior” just short of the Top 5. We’re so proud of you, Olivia!

❌SPOILER ALERT❌ I didn’t make it to the semi finales. 😭 Masterchef Junior has been an experience of a lifetime. It has taught me so much, and I’ve had a blast working on it. I have made so many new friends, and it is the best thing that’s ever happened to me. And I promise, I will keep on cooking, and perfect those macarons! 😂I just wanted to thank some very special people who have helped me throughout my masterchef journey! My Mom & Dad…They have done so much and I wouldn’t be where I am today without them. They have supported me so much! 💕I would love to thank my little brother & Big Sis, Remy. I loved having you, (my best friend) on masterchef with me! 💖 and Damian, you have given me so much support, and I couldn’t ask for a better brother! ❤️ love ya! 😘 I would like to thank the extraordinary, Karolina. You have helped me get where I am today, you met me the second day I was born, and I love you so much! 💗I would like to thank My godmother, Lin, my sister from another mister, Katrina, & her parents Jeff and Lizztte. Everyone has helped me so much on this jouney! And I wanted to thank my friends, for being there for me. My masterchef Junior friends and my new and old friends. I just wanted to say thank you💗😘

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Ava Della Pietra (School of Rock) will promote her new EP at Rockwood Music Hall!

Check out these performance videos from Tunes in Times Square!

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Also, here are pictures from Tunes in Times Square!


And check out this picture from the kids of School of Rock!

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, FROZEN, 1984, and ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Receive Tony Award Nominations, La MaMa Wins Regional Theatre Tony Award, and more!

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Congratulations to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Frozen, 1984, and Once On This Island, which all received Tony Award nominations this morning! Check out the full list on BroadwayWorld.com.

Congrats as well to La MaMa, which is this year’s Regional Theatre Tony Award winner! La MaMa presented The Pill earlier this year with Zoe Wilson and Joshua Turchin. Find out more on TonyAwards.com.

Demi Singleton (The Lion King, School of Rock) has joined the lineup for Tunes in Times Square, taking place on May 6th from 10am to 6pm in Times Square!

Be sure to cast your votes for Broadway.com’s Audience Choice Awards before 11:59pm on May 6th, HERE!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Anastasia, The Lion King, School of Rock, Once On This Island, and Waitress!

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Audrey Bennett to Depart FROZEN with Brooklyn Nelson on Sunday, Drama Desk Nominations Announced, and more!

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Audrey Bennett will also play her final performance of Frozen this Sunday, along with Brooklyn Nelson. See them before then if you can!

The Drama Desk Award nominations were announced today, and 1984, Once On This Island, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and Frozen have all received nominations! Check out the full list on BroadwayWorld.com.

If you’re a young Broadway or Off-Broadway alum and have appeared in a show covered by our website, we have two announcements for you! First, if you are graduating high school this year, we want to hear about it! Email us via this form to tell us about your post-grad plans, whether that is college, work, et cetera. We would love to recognize this year’s graduates this June on our social media! Second, we know many of you are participating in productions this spring and summer at a youth theater, school, regional theater, et cetera, and we would love to tell everyone about it! Fill out this form to add your show to our listing of upcoming regional shows on our website.

If you’re in the L.A. area, Hannah Nordberg (Little Miss Sunshine) is playing Veronica Sawyer in Heathers with Creative Kids Youth Theater Project!

💣Come see me get terrorized by the demon queens of high school in the deliciously dark rock musical… HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL 💣 Show is for ages 13+ Tix: $10 (cash only) at the door SATURDAY, MAY 5th @ 2pm SUNDAY, MAY 6th @ 7pm To reserve tickets in advance, email: creativekidsytp@gmail.com Creative Kids Youth Theater Project 1730 Corinth Ave Los Angeles, California 90025 🖤 It’s going to be so VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY! 🖤 #actress #actorlife #musicaltheater #film #television #hannahnordberg #musicaltheaterlife #heathersmusical #veronicasawyer #whatsyourdamage #beautiful #candystore #fightforme #deadgirlwalking #themeinsideofme #ourloveisgod #seventeen #meanttobeyours #iamdamaged

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Rileigh McDonald (Good for Otto, Matilda) has booked a few voiceover projects, one of which is the role of Felicity in “Young Ben Franklin”!

Congrats to Holly Taylor (Billy Elliot), who has booked a series regular role in a TV mini-series!

School of Rock is holding an open call in NYC!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Frozen, School of Rock, Kinky Boots, The Lion King, A Bronx Tale, and Anastasia!

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