Happy birthday to Marcus D’Angelo (Les Miserables, Matilda)! We hope you had a great day, Marcus!
Happy trails to the company of Les Miserables! We can’t wait to see what’s next for all of you!
Happy trails to Cole Alex Edelstein, GiaNina Paolantonio, and Zoe Manarel (A Little Princess), who all finished their runs in the company of Matilda today! Cole was the swing for Bruce and Tommy, GiaNina played Amanda, and Zoe played Lavender. We can’t wait to see what’s next for all three of you!
Check out these video diaries from Eleanor Koski (Les Miserables) documenting her last days at Les Miserables!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, Les Miserables, Kinky Boots, The Lion King, Motown, On Your Feet, Matilda, and Lyrics for Life!
Congratulations to Gabriella Pizzolo (Fun Home, Matilda) and Grace Capeless (The Lion King, Matilda, A Christmas Story), who have both been cast in the upcoming movie remake of “Beaches”! Gabby will play Young CC, the younger version of Idina Menzel’s character, and Grace will play Young Hillary, the younger version of Nia Long’s character. Find out more on TVLine.com!
Get your tickets now for Lyrics for Life, which is Saturday, September 10th; they’re going fast! Get more details HERE.
Hear Caleb McLaughlin (The Lion King, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek) sing from The Lion King on EW.com!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Fun Home, School of Rock, Matilda, Les Miserables, Ruthless!, and Kinky Boots!
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Check out Episode 2 of “Bleu Skies,” the Broadway.com vlog for Holiday Inn, featuring a new segment called Moments with Morgan Gao!
Dance Spirit highlighted Eduardo Hernandez (On Your Feet) and Kevin Tellez (On Your Feet)! Check out the article HERE.
“Stranger Things,” which features Caleb McLaughlin (The Lion King, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek) and Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert), is coming back for Season 2! Find out more:
There’s just one more day to sign up for the Parents Guide to Broadway workshop! Find out more below and sign up HERE!
Tonight, Jad Grey (Radio City Christmas Spectacular) will guest star on “The Night Shift” at 10/9c on NBC! Get more information:
Congratulations to the company of Les Miserables, which celebrates its 1000th performance today!
Alessandra Baldacchino (Fun Home, A Little Princess) will perform with Fun Home at tomorrow’s Broadway in Chicago event at Millennium Park at 6:15pm! Find out more in her Instagram post:
GiaNina Paolantonio has announced that she will take her final bow in Matilda on September 4th. Go see her while you can, and check out her montage below!
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has set its opening date for April 23, 2017! Get more details on Playbill.com.
Check out the latest episodes of “Mistresses” and “Best Friends Whenever” featuring Niles Fitch (The Lion King, Our Lady of Kibeho) on ABC and Disney Channel, respectively!
Be on the lookout for a Kaiser commercial featuring Bonale Fambrini (The King and I), or watch it below! Bonale provided voiceover for the ad.
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Les Miserables, Matilda, Waitress, School of Rock, Fun Home, Trip of Love, New York Spectacular, The Lion King, and On Your Feet!
Congratulations to Anthony Rosenthal (Newsies tour), who will make his Broadway debut in Falsettos! Find out more on Playbill.com.
Congratulations to Kylie McVey and Athan Sporek (Les Miserables), who have joined the cast of A Day By the Sea at the Mint Theater Company! Find out more on MintTheater.org.
Anastasia will open on Broadway in April 2017! Get more information on BroadwayWorld.com.
Hayden Wall (School of Rock, Soul Doctor) appeared on “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” over the weekend! Watch below:
Matilda, Motown, Finding Neverland, Fiddler on the Roof, Les Miserables, Waitress, Kinky Boots, Fun Home, and Ruthless! will perform at Broadway in Bryant Park this summer! Get more details on Playbill.com.
The cast of Fun Home celebrated Pride over the weekend! Check out photos on Playbill.com.
Congratulations to the kids who performed in Broadway Kids for Orlando! Our alumni who participated include Ripley Sobo (Runaways, Matilda, Once), Frenie Acoba (Runaways, Matilda), Zachary Brod (Dream Street, On A Stool At The End of a Bar), Taylor Caldwell (Runaways, School of Rock), Maddox Elliot (Dream Street), Tori Feinstein (Matilda, How the Grinch Stole Christmas), Luka Kain (South Pacific), Marquise Neal (Dream Street, Kinky Boots), Kara Oates (Mary Poppins, Billy Elliot), William Poon (The King and I), Sam Poon (Runaways, The King and I, Macbeth), Rachel Resheff (Fish in the Dark, The People in the Picture, Mary Poppins, Billy Elliot, Shrek), Brooklyn Shuck (Les Miserables, Tuck Everlasting, Matilda, Annie), and Chris Sumpter (Runaways, Matilda).
Tre Jones (The Lion King) does the Trillionaire Tag in the video below:
Tonight was Kids of the Arts’ Love is Love event at the Triad! It featured YBAN alumni Neil McCaffrey (Mary Poppins, Billy Elliot, Bye Bye Birdie), Frenie Acoba (Runaways, Matilda), Taylor Caldwell (Runaways, School of Rock), Olivia Chun (The King and I), Elizabeth Crawford (Tuck Everlasting), Meg Donnelly (The Sound of Music LIVE), Adam Dorfman (A Little Princess), Christie Kim (The King and I), Sophie Knapp (Dream Street, Once, A Little Princess), David Gabriel Lerner (Mary Poppins), Tori Murray (Ruthless!), Marquise Neal (Dream Street, Kinky Boots), Michael Nigro (The Sound of Music LIVE), Devynn Pedell (Mary Poppins), Shereen Pimentel (The Lion King), Sadie Seelert (A Little Princess), Analise Scarpaci (Matilda, A Christmas Story), Mavis Simpson-Ernst (You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Evita, A Little Princess), Ava Ulloa (Matilda), Violet Young (Number the Stars), and Alessandra Baldacchino (Fun Home, A Little Princess), who will make a special appearance to sing “Ring of Keys.” Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.
Watch the trailer for “The New Edition Story,” featuring Jahi Diallo Winston (The Lion King) and Caleb McLaughlin (The Lion King, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek), on Bet.com!
Tori Murray (Ruthless!) returns to 54 Below on July 14th! Find out more on 54Below.com.
Get your tickets for Cabaret for a Cause, which will feature alumni Nia Sioux (Trip of Love), Alessandra Baldacchino (Fun Home, A Little Princess), Ava Briglia (Matilda), Beada Briglia (Matilda), Lilyana Cornell (Les Miserables), Ava DeMary (Matilda, Billy Elliot, Evita), Cole Alex Edelstein (Matilda), Maya Grace Fischbein (Fun Home), Sophia Gennusa (Doctor Zhivago, Matilda), Abbey Rose Gould (A Little Princess), Evan Gray (Matilda), Eleanor Koski (Les Miserables), Madilyn Jaz Morrow (Matilda), Zell Steele Morrow (Fun Home), Brooklyn Nelson (Matilda), Taylor Richardson (Smokefall, Annie, A Christmas Memory), David Rosenthal (Matilda), Mavis Simpson-Ernst (You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Evita, A Little Princess), Mckayla Twiggs (Les Miserables, Once), and Corinne Wilson (School of Rock). Find out more in the Facebook post below:
And here are pictures from the kids of Broadway Kids for Orlando, Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, On Your Feet, New York Spectacular, The Lion King, A Day By the Sea, Fun Home, and School of Rock!
YBAN’s founder Lindsay saw Les Miserables yesterday and is seeing School of Rock tonight! Break a leg to the School of Rock kids, and here are some of her pictures:
Tonight, Niles Fitch (The Lion King) will appear on “Mistresses” on ABC! Get more information HERE.
Watch Aviva Winick (Matilda) playing the title character in the premiere of Junie B. Jones Jr. below!
Here’s video of Cayen Martin (The Lion King) hanging out with kids at Black Star Project!
Check out Elizabeth Teeter (The Crucible, The Audience, Mary Poppins) singing “Loud” from Merman’s Apprentice at the Metropolitan Room!
And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, Tuck Everlasting, and On Your Feet!
200 SHOWS TONIGHT!!!!!!!! We are so happy, proud and grateful to get to do what we love every night!!!!! Cupcake cheers to so many more!!!!!!!!!! #schoolofrock #schoolofrockbroadway #200shows #sor200 #cupcakerealness
Two @tuckmusical shows left! Wearing the same dress I auditioned in at the @alliancetheatre back in #atlanta 2 years ago! #broadway #makeitcount #finalshows #love #grateful #winniesworld #everlasting #musical
The last pic of the night... Lin is a genius! ⭐️⭐️ Orgullo Latino! ⭐️⭐️ #wepa
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