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TINA, THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, and More Nominated for Antonyo Awards; Young Broadway’s List of Anti-Racism Resources, and more!

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Congratulations to the following nominees from our featured shows, kids, or alumni in the inaugural Antonyo Awards, and to all others nominated as well! The Antonyo Awards are a celebration of the Black Broadway and Off-Broadway community and will take place at 7:00pm EST on June 19, 2020, also known as Juneteenth, a holiday which commemorates the end of slavery in America. Get more details, including the full list of nominations, on BroadwayWorld.com!

  • Best Featured Actor in a Play on Broadway – Jordan Barbour for The Inheritance
  • Best Featured Actor in a Musical Off-Broadway – Saycon Sengbloh for The Secret Life of Bees
  • Best Director – Whitney White for Our Dear Dead Drug Lord
  • Best Director – Lileana Blain-Cruz for Anatomy of a Suicide
  • Best Sound – Rucyl Frison for Anatomy of a Suicide
  • Best Orchestrations – The Secret Life of Bees
  • Best Orchestrations – Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
  • Best Original Score – The Secret Life of Bees
  • Best Book – Lynn Nottage for The Secret Life of Bees
  • Best Book – Katori Hall for Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
  • Best Actor in a Play on Broadway – LaChanze for A Christmas Carol
  • Best Actor in a Musical Off-Broadway – LaChanze for The Secret Life of Bees
  • Best Actor in a Musical on Broadway – Shereen Pimentel (The Lion King) for West Side Story
  • Best Revival – West Side Story (starring alum Shereen Pimentel)
  • Best Musical – The Secret Life of Bees
  • Best Musical – Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

We’ve compiled a list of 300+ resources (books, articles, movies, TV, documentaries, musicals, plays, and mental health/self-care resources) organized by age group for parents, kids, teens, and families to begin conversations surrounding race and to add more stories with Black characters to their libraries. Read it HERE!

Because of Winn Dixie might be coming to Broadway! Find out more on BroadwayWorld.com.

Alumni from Fun Home took part in a panel on Cabaret for a Cause’s Facebook page earlier today to benefit The Actors Fund!

Atticus Ware (Flying Over Sunset) took part in Theatre Charlotte’s recent Quarantine the Musical!

And here are pictures from the kids of Trevor, Caroline, Or Change, and The Lion King!




Lucille Lortel Nominations Announced, Updated Cabaret for a Cause Lineups, and more!

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The Lucille Lortel Awards Nominations were announced today! Congratulations to brownsville song (b-side for tray), City of Conversation, The Nether, The Library, Our Lady of Kibeho, and Punk Rock, all of which received nominations, as well as the other nominated productions. Special congratulations to Sophia Anne Caruso (The Sound of Music LIVE), who was nominated for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in The Nether! You can check out the list of nominations of the productions we feature HERE, and the full list of all productions HERE.

Cabaret for a Cause has announced updated lineups for its upcoming NYC and LA performances. The NYC show will be on April 27th, 2015, and the LA show will be on June 1st, 2015. You can get tickets for both on CabaretForACause.us. Check out the lineups of performers below:

Congratulations to Jete Laurence (Number the Stars), who has booked a role on an upcoming TV series and gets to act alongside her dad!

Ashley Brooke, Sophia Gennusa (Matilda), Jonah Halperin (Matilda, Kinky Boots), and Ava-Riley Miles (Evita) of Doctor Zhivago were interviewed for an article–check it out on TheaterMania.com!

Congrats to Noah Unger (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), who will appear on “The Late Show with David Letterman” this week!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of The Lion King, The King and I, Fun Home, and Matilda!

AFTER A GREAT SHOW, I GET TO MEET THE AWESOME GUEST AND SIGN AUTOGRAPHS.WWW.KLYNNJACKMAN.COM

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A VIDEO AFTER A GREAT SHOW, I GET TO MEET THE AWESOME GUEST AND SIGN AUTOGRAPHS.WWW.KLYNNJACKMAN.COM

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BREAKING: Lucille Lortel Nominations Announced; Sophia Anne Caruso Receives Nom!

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The Nether The Lucille Lortel nominations were just announced! HUGE congratulations to Sophia Anne Caruso who is nominated for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her work in The Nether. You can read the full list of nominations at BroadwayWorld.com or if you want to just view the nominations for our featured productions, you can view the list below. Congratulations to all the nominees!

 

 

brownsville song (b-side for tray) – 1
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

City of Conversation – 2
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

The Nether – 5
Outstanding Play
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Outstanding Scenic Design
Outstanding Lighting Design
Outstanding Sound Design

The Library – 1
Outstanding Lighting Design

Our Lady of Kibeho – 2
Outstanding Director
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play

Punk Rock – 2
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Outstanding Lighting Design

Alumni Invade Off-Broadway and Readings and more!

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Milly Shapiro (Matilda) will lead an all-kid reading of The Geranium on the Windowsill Just Died But Teacher You Went Right On on October 20th in NYC. The cast includes Charlotte Rose Masi (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), Peyton Ella (Sound of Music LIVE), and Stephen Sayegh (A Little Princess). Full casting can be found at Playbill.com. Congratulations to everyone involved!

Jeremy Shinder (A Christmas Story) and Elainey Bass (Radio City Christmas Spectacular) are currently appearing in Big at the York Theatre Company through Sunday! The production also stars John Tartaglia and Kerry Butler. More information can be found at YorkTheatre.org.

And here are pictures from the kids of The Lion King, Ruthless!, Matilda, Once, Kinky Boots, brownsville song, Violet, and Les Miserables!

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LIBERTY 1st Preview, LION KING Kids on TV, and more!

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Today, Liberty plays its first performance at Theater 80. Break a leg to Abigail and Andrew! You can find more information about the show at our Liberty page. The production officially opens on Sunday.

Caleb McLaughlin and Kaci Walfall (The Lion King) both appeared on TV tonight! Caleb appears on “Forever” tonight at 10pm on ABC and Kaci guest stars on “Person of Interest” on CBS at 10pm. We will have both episodes up as soon as they are available on Hulu or CBS or ABC’s websites. Congratulations, guys! You can watch sneak preview’s of Kaci’s episode tomorrow.

brownsville song (b-side for tray) have released their official production photos! Take a look at LCT3’s Facebook page.

The next Cabaret for a Cause is set for December 8th in NYC! Another Cabaret for a Cause might happen in LA next year. We will keep you posted on the LA event plus performers and more details for the NYC event.

Sophia Anne Caruso’s (Ruthless, Sound of Music LIVE) back on TV! She appears in the latest Campbell’s commercial, which you can watch at iSpot.tv.

And here is a Vine from K’Lynn Jackman (The Lion King)!

“The Judge” Out in Theaters, the Matildas at 54 Below and more!

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Tonight, the former Matildas take the stage at 54 Below. We will (hopefully) have media coverage within the next few days!

Today, “The Judge”, featuring Marcus D’Angelo of Matilda, is now in theaters. Go see it!

Kaci Walfall (The Lion King) will appear on “Person of Interest” on October 14th at 10pm on CBS. Set your DVRs!

Matilda will hold an open call for the title role for future replacements for the Broadway and national tour productions. The next open call for little girls will be held on October 18th. For more information go to MatildaTheMusical.com/Casting.

Tickets for the NYC return of Ruthless! are now on sale. The next Tina has not been announced yet but you can buy tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com.

The Into the Woods soundtrack will be released on December 16th, with the film arriving on December 25th. You can pre-order the soundtrack at Amazon.com.

K’Lynn Jackman (The Lion King) did a TV interview recently and pictures from behind-the-scenes can be found at her Facebook fan page!

And here are more pictures from the kids of Matilda and brownsville song!