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Grace DeAmicis’s Birthday, YBAN at FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, Casting Announced for FLYING OVER SUNSET and THE BEDWETTER, and more!

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Happy birthday to Grace DeAmicis (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child)! We hope you had a great day, Grace!

I had the opportunity to see today’s matinee of Forbidden Broadway and to meet Joshua Turchin after the show! You have until February 16th to see this hilarious production at the York Theatre Company; great job, Joshua!

Congratulations to Atticus Ware, who will make his Broadway debut in Flying Over Sunset this spring! See the full casting announcement on Playbill.com.

Congratulations as well to Sami Bray (1984), Zoe Glick (Unknown Soldier, Frozen), Taylor Paige Henderson, Charlotte Macleod, and Emily Zimmerman, who have been cast in Atlantic Theater Company’s The Bedwetter! Get more details on Broadway.com.

Tonight is the series premiere of “Everything’s Gonna Be Okay,” a new Freeform show with Maeve Press (Before Your Very Eyes)! Be sure to tune in!

Trevor is holding Equity auditions next week! Please note that this is separate from the recently announced open call/online submissions. Get information on the Equity Chorus Call for Boy/Girl Dancers, Equity Chorus Call for Boy/Girl Singers, and Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3 of Equity Principal Auditions, at the respective links.

You can catch Carlos Carreras (Radio City Christmas Spectacular), Carly Gendell (School of Rock), Gianna Harris (School of Rock), Diego Lucano (School of Rock, Pedro Pan, Peace, Love and Cupcakes), Suri Marrero (Frozen, The Lion King), Jacob Morrell (Shadowlands), Madeleine Pace (The Hard Problem, Once), Ana-Sofia Rodriguez (On Your Feet tour), Eli Tokash (Pippin, Finding Neverland), Joshua Turchin (Forbidden Broadway, The Pill), and Keira Belle Young (The Pain of My Belligerence) hanging out at the Broadway Star Project booth during BroadwayCon!

And here are pictures from the kids of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Tina, and Forbidden Broadway!




YBAN at FROZEN, Pictures from HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, CAROLINE, OR CHANGE, and more!

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YBAN blogger Emily and I saw Frozen tonight! Great job to Charlie Tassone, who played Young Anna, and Anna Rae Haller, who played Young Elsa!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Caroline, Or Change, Frozen, Forbidden Broadway, Tina, and Anatomy of a Suicide!











A CHRISTMAS CAROL, TINA, and CURSED CHILD Break Holiday Box Office Records; Sadie Sink Cast in “Dear Zoe”; and more!

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A Christmas Carol, Tina, and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child broke box office records over the holidays! Get more details on Playbill.com.

Broadway alum and “Stranger Things” star Sadie Sink (The Audience, Annie) has been cast in the upcoming movie “Dear Zoe”! Get more details on HollywoodReporter.com.

Jake Gyllenhaal’s production company, Nine Stories Productions, is producing a film adaptation of Fun Home, with Jake Gyllenhaal starring as Bruce Bechdel! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Waitress, and more, including the kids of Broadway and Off-Broadway celebrating New Year’s!







Presley Ryan’s Birthday, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY Closes, and more!

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Happy birthday to Presley Ryan (Beetlejuice), who turns 16 today! We hope you had a great day, Presley!

Happy Trails to Joshua Turchin and the company of Forbidden Broadway, which played its final performance today. We can’t wait to see what’s next for you, Joshua!

Join the kids of Once, School of Rock, and more on December 7th to benefit Pillows for Paws at a free event! There will be performances, crafts, snacks, and more! The event will feature Sami Bray (1984), Cate Elefante (Waitress), Carly Gold (The Ferryman), Emalyn Hedges, Kaylin Hedges (Kris Kringle), Madison Elizabeth Lagares (School of Rock, On Your Feet), Diego Lucano (Pedro Pan, Peace, Love and Cupcakes, School of Rock), Madeleine Pace (The Hard Problem, Once), Leah Rose, Joshua Turchin (Forbidden Broadway, The Pill), Lyla Twiggs, and Mckayla Twiggs (Anastasia, Les Miserables, Once).

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Beetlejuice, Forbidden Broadway, The Lion King, Tina, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and A Christmas Carol!

Photo Credit: Davy Mack







Pictures from the Kids of RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, and more!

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Check out these pictures and videos from the kids of Waitress, The Rose Tattoo, Mrs. Doubtfire, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, A Christmas Carol, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Forbidden Broadway, Tina, and Frozen, including lots from Thanksgiving celebrations!









Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Performance Videos, Brynn Williams to Perform in “The Ultimate 54 Below Challenge,” and more!

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We want to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving! We are so humbled and grateful by the support we get from all of you throughout the year. We hope your day is full of loved ones and great food!

Here are videos of the casts of Tina and Beetlejuice performing in today’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!

This year’s Radio City Christmas Spectacular Claras, Rebecca Myles Stewart, Avery Watson, and Elliana Walmsley, were part of the parade today as well!

You can see Broadway alum Brynn Williams (Bye Bye Birdie, 13, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, In My Life, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) in “The Ultimate 54 Below Challenge” on December 11th! Get more details HERE.

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Frozen, Forbidden Broadway, and Radio City Christmas Spectacular!





TINA, BEETLEJUICE, and More Performing on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Tomorrow, Matilda Lawler Cast in HBO Max Series, and more!

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Be sure to tune in to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade at 9am tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, to catch performances from Beetlejuice, Tina, and more! Check out the photos below from rehearsals, as well as more photos of the casts of both Beetlejuice and Tina from BroadwayWorld.com.

Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Matilda Lawler (The Ferryman) has been cast in an upcoming HBO Max series! Get more details on Deadline.com.

Check out photos from Delaney Quinn’s first performance back at Waitress on BroadwayWorld.com!

Ashley Brooke (Doctor Zhivago, Dream Street) guest starred on this week’s episode of “Bull” on CBS!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, A Christmas Carol, and The Underlying Chris!





TINA Tickets Now On Sale Through September 2020, Anna Rae Haller Featured in The Charlotte Observer, and more!

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Tickets for Tina are now on sale through September 2020! Get more details on BroadwayWorld.com.

Anna Rae Haller (Frozen) is featured in The Charlotte Observer!

59E59 Theaters will present Duncan Sheik’s Whisper House Off-Broadway, and the production is seeking a young Equity actor! Get audition information on Playbill.com and advice for attending an Equity audition as a non-Equity performer on ActorAesthetic.com.

Levi Smith (A Bronx Tale) has been cast in Love Actually Live in Los Angeles, playing this holiday season!

Jai Ram Srinivasan (A Christmas Carol) and Sebastian Ortiz appeared on “Access Hollywood” tonight!

Delaney Quinn (Waitress) dressed up as some of your favorite characters from “Paw Patrol” for a video with Nick Jr.!

And check out pictures and videos from the kids of The Lion King and Evita at New York City Center, including opening night photo coverage from the latter on Playill.com and HERE.



EVITA and RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR Open, Cast Changes at FROZEN, THE LION KING, and EVITA, and more!

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Happy Opening to Evita at New York City Center, which also announced its casting earlier this week: congratulations and break a leg to Isa Antonetti and Tessa Noelle Frascogna!

Happy Opening as well to the company of Radio City Christmas Spectacular! Break a leg, everyone!

Happy Trails to Winter Donnelly and Mimi Ryder, who played their final performances as Young Elsa in Frozen over the weekend! We can’t wait to see what’s next for both of you.

Jesus Del Orden and Suri Marrero are scheduled to play their final performances as Young Simba and Young Nala in The Lion King on November 17th. Go see them before then if you can, and check out our recent feature on Jesus and his niece Sophia Rodriguez, currently playing Lulu in Waitress, HERE!

Coming up for Suri as she departs The Lion King, she will be joining the cast of Frozen as one of the new Young Elsas, beginning performances this week before she’s even finished her run as Young Nala! Also joining Frozen as the other new Young Elsa is Anna Rae Haller, who will make her Broadway debut!

Finally, Broadway alum Layla Capers (School of Rock) will be joining The Lion King next week as one of the new Young Nalas! Congratulations, Layla!

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In the midst of all this exciting news, we also want to wish congratulations to The Lion King, which celebrates 22 years on Broadway today!

Reyna Guerra (Runaways) has been cast in Much Ado About Nothing at Pittsburgh Playhouse, now playing through November 17th! Get more information HERE.

The casts of Tina and Beetlejuice will perform during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this year! Get more details on Broadway.com.

Also coming up, the casts of Dear Evan Hansen, Frozen, Waitress, and Beetlejuice will take part in Broadway Under the Stars, a free concert series this holiday season at Columbus Circle! Get more information HERE.

Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen) will perform at the Never Is Now Summit later this month! Also, check out his newest vlog!

Brie Zimmer (Happy Birthday, Wanda June) will play Annie with Kidz Theater in December!

Season 2 of “You,” with Jenna Ortega (New York Spectacular), will arrive on Netflix on December 26th!

Congratulations to Julian Silva (The Lion King), who guest starred on last week’s episode of “How To Get Away With Murder”!

Swayam Bhatia (Really Rosie, Dream Street), Sumaya Bouhbal (Runaways), and Mehret Marsh (Tina, The Lion King) performed at Rockers On Broadway earlier this week! Get more information HERE.

Check out photos from backstage at Beetlejuice on Broadway.com!

Finally, the holidays are practically here! We have your guide to our featured Broadway and Off-Broadway shows and their performance schedules for the weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years.

And here are pictures from the kids of The Lion King, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, A Christmas Carol, and for all the women who thought they were Mad!

Photo Credit: Lauren Adler




RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR Begins Run, Mattea Conforti to Voice Young Elsa in “Frozen 2,” and more!

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Congratulations to the company of Radio City Christmas Spectacular, which began its 2019 holiday run over the weekend!

Congrats as well to Mattea Conforti (Frozen, Sunday in the Park with George, Matilda), who will voice Young Elsa in the upcoming movie “Frozen 2”!

We have lots of photo and video coverage from the opening night of Tina! See the list below:

“Doctor Sleep,” with alum Kyliegh Curran (The Lion King), is out in theaters now!

Get your copy of this year’s “Carols For A Cure” CD, featuring the casts of Dear Evan Hansen, Beetlejuice, Waitress, Frozen, and more, from the Broadway Cares store!

Be on the lookout for Raigan Olivia Saunders-Newton (Waitress) in an ad for Dadi!

Aliyah Mastin (The Lion King) appears in another music video for Acapop! KIDS, this time covering “Sunflower”! Watch below:

“Let It Snow,” a new Netflix film starring Isabela Merced (Evita), is now streaming!

And here are pictures from the kids of Forbidden Broadway, Tina, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and for all the women who thought they were Mad!