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Luca Padovan’s Birthday, Sarah Charles Lewis at 54 Below Tonight, and more!

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Happy birthday to Luca Padovan (Marvin’s Room, School of Rock, Newsies)! We hope you had a great day, Luca!

Sarah Charles Lewis (Tuck Everlasting) is performing at 54 Below tonight in a concert celebrating the Broadhurst Theatre! Get tickets and more details on 54Below.com.

The casts of Anastasia, School of Rock, Kinky Boots, A Bronx Tale, and other Broadway shows will perform at Summer Sendoff! Get more information on Playbill.com.

Jake Heston Miller (New York Spectacular) will be heading out on the road with the national tour of Love Never Dies! Get the full cast on Playbill.com.

Rachel Katzke (School of Rock) is an alum of Camp Ramah, and she’s featured in an article about their Broadway alumni! Read it on TabletMag.com.

Athan Sporek (A Bronx Tale, A Day by the Sea, Les Miserables) has begun filming a recurring role on “The Dangerous Book for Boys”! Find out more:

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of On Your Feet, Kinky Boots, Frozen, Miss Saigon, and School of Rock!

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SCHOOL OF ROCK and A BRONX TALE Cast Departures, THE TRAVELING LADY and NYMF Shows Close, and more!

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Happy Trails to Gianna Harris, Brandon Niederauer, Sammy Ramirez, Paul Luke Bonenfant, Raghav Mehrotra, and Jersey Sullivan, who all played their final performance in School of Rock today! We can’t wait to see what’s next for all of you!

Happy Trails to Hudson Loverro, who played his final performance in A Bronx Tale today! Congrats on a great run!

Finally, Happy Trails to the companies of The Traveling Lady, Play Like a Winner, Generation Me, and Peace, Love and Cupcakes, which all finished their runs today! Best of luck in all your future endeavors!

Christian Mullins (Kinky Boots tour) made his Broadway debut in Kinky Boots this week!

Watch footage from the A Bronx Tale performance at this week’s Broadway in Bryant Park below or on BroadwayWorld.com!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Peace, Love and Cupcakes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, School of Rock, Kinky Boots, On Your Feet, Generation Me, A Bronx Tale, The Lion King, Anastasia, and Frozen!

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FALSETTOS Adds More Screening Dates, “Friends From College” Streaming Today with Jete Laurence and Rachel Resheff, and more!

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Falsettos has added more screening dates and theaters to its run! Get more details on Playbill.com.

“Friends From College,” featuring Jete Laurence (Number the Stars) and Rachel Resheff (Fish in the Dark, The People in the Picture, Mary Poppins, Shrek, Billy Elliot), streams on Netflix starting today!

Carrie Berk (Peace, Love and Cupcakes, Camp Rolling Hills) spoke with Theater in the Now about Peace, Love and Cupcakes! Read the interview on TheaterInTheNow.com.

The kids of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory had some special guests recently! Check out pictures on Playbill.com.

There are photos from yesterday’s Broadway in Bryant Park with the School of Rock kids on BroadwayWorld.com!

“Magic Camp,” featuring Nathaniel Logan McIntyre (The Lion King), will open on April 6, 2018! Find out more on IMDb.com.

Watch the cast of Marvin’s Room talk to BroadwayWorld.com!

Check out this new vlog from Amadi Chapata (School of Rock)!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of On Your Feet, A Bronx Tale, Marvin’s Room, 1984, Kinky Boots, and Peace, Love and Cupcakes!

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SCHOOL OF ROCK at Broadway in Bryant Park, GENERATION ME Coming to NYMF, and more!

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Today at 12:30pm, the kids of School of Rock performed at Broadway in Bryant Park! Watch their performance below or on TheaterMania.com:

Generation Me is coming soon to NYMF, with a cast that includes high school age teens! Find out more on NYMF.org.

Check out pictures from opening night of Assassins at New York City Center on Playbill.com!

The Emmy Award nominations were announced this morning, and many projects featuring our alumni received nominations! Here’s a list:

  • “Stranger Things,” featuring Caleb McLaughlin (The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, The Lion King) and Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla Queen of the Desert), received 18 nominations including Outstanding Drama Series
  • “This Is Us,” featuring Niles Fitch (Our Lady of Kibeho, The Lion King), received 11 nominations including Outstanding Drama Series
  • “Big Little Lies,” featuring young theater critic Iain Armitage, received 16 nominations including Outstanding Limited Series
  • Hairspray Live, featuring Shahadi Wright Joseph (School of Rock, The Lion King), received 7 nominations including Outstanding Special Class Program
  • “The Americans,” featuring Holly Taylor (Billy Elliot), received 4 nominations
  • “Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors,” featuring Hannah Nordberg (Little Miss Sunshine), received 1 nomination for Outstanding Television Movie
  • “Once Upon A Sesame Street Christmas,” featuring Kolette Tetlow (Iowa), received 1 nomination for Outstanding Children’s Program

The Creative Arts Emmys will air on September 16th at 8pm EST on FXX, and the Primetime Emmy Awards will occur on September 17th at 8pm EST on CBS. Get the full list of nominations on Emmys.com! Congrats, everyone!

Athan Sporek (A Bronx Tale, A Day by the Sea, Les Miserables) is returning to A Bronx Tale this weekend! He will perform July 14th at 8pm, July 15th at 2pm and 8pm, and July 16th at 3pm. Find out more:


Check out Paul Luke Bonenfant‘s (School of Rock) new original song!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Waitress, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Anastasia, On Your Feet, Peace, Love and Cupcakes, A Bronx Tale, and Miss Saigon!

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Samuel Li Weintraub Departs MISS SAIGON, Photo Coverage from Broadway Barks, and more!

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Happy Trails to Samuel Li Weintraub, who has played his final performance as Tam in Miss Saigon! We can’t wait to see what’s next for you, Samuel!


Check out photo coverage of lots of our alumni at Broadway Barks on TheaterMania.com, Playbill.com, and BroadwayWorld.com!

Madeleine Pace (Once) will take part in a reading of a musical of Jane Eyre! Find out more on BroadwayWorld.com.

The kids of School of Rock are set to perform at Broadway in Bryant Park this Thursday! Get more details on Playbill.com.

Alexa Valentino (Dream Street, Number the Stars) is going on a mini tour next month! Find out more:

Here’s Ryan Sell‘s performance schedule for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory through September 10th!

Sophia Kekllas will go on as Shonelle in School of Rock on July 22nd and 23rd!


The next Cabaret for a Cause is set for September 18th at the Metropolitan Room! It will be hosted by “Master Chef Jr” kids Cydney Sherman and Gonzalo Ingram. Performers include Alessandra Baldacchino (Fun Home, A Little Princess), Ava DeMary (Matilda, Evita, Billy Elliot), Cole Alex Edelstein (Matilda), Carly Gendell (School of Rock), Sophia Gennusa (Camp Rolling Hills, Doctor Zhivago, Matilda), Danielle Gordon (Les Miserables), Sarah Charles Lewis (Tuck Everlasting), Diego Lucano (Peace, Love and Cupcakes, School of Rock), Rileigh McDonald (Matilda), Sawyer Nunes (Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Finding Neverland, Matilda), Sam Poon (Runaways, The King and I, Macbeth), Taylor Richardson (Smokefall, Annie, A Christmas Memory), Analise Scarpaci (Matilda, A Christmas Story), Sadie Seelert (A Little Princess, Mary Poppins), Emerson Steele (Violet), Mckayla Twiggs (Anastasia, Les Miserables, Once), Ava Ulloa (Matilda), and Kaci Walfall (The Lion King). Get tickets HERE!

Brandon Niederauer (School of Rock) will play Detroit next month! Find out more:

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of 1984, Frozen, On Your Feet, Peace, Love and Cupcakes, School of Rock, Waitress, and Anastasia!

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Niles Fitch Promoted to Series Regular on “This Is Us,” Emma Howard’s KCAL 9 Interview, and more!

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Niles Fitch (The Lion King, Our Lady of Kibeho) is now a series regular on “This Is Us”! Find out more on EW.com.

Here’s the interview that Emma Howard (Violet, Matilda) did with KCAL 9 to promote “The Beguiled”!

 
 
 

Watch Devin Trey Campbell (Kinky Boots) perform a solo to “Man in the Mirror”!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of A Bronx Tale, School of Rock, Miss Saigon, On Your Feet, Peace, Love and Cupcakes, Waitress, Anastasia, and The Lion King!

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THE TRAVELING LADY Extends Run, July 4th Week Show Schedule, and more!

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The Traveling Lady has extended its run through July 30th at Cherry Lane Theatre! Get more information on TheaterMania.com.

If you’re planning to see a show the week of July 4th, take a look at the special schedule HERE!

“Everything Sucks,” featuring Jahi Diallo Winston (The Lion King), will premiere on Netflix next year! Find out more on HollywoodReporter.com.

Watch the kids of School of Rock rehearse via a 360 cam on Circa.com!

The kids of Broadway attended the Jimmy Awards! Check out photo coverage on BroadwayWorld.com.

Ella Dane Morgan (Waitress) and Hudson Loverro (Assassins, A Bronx Tale) chatted with People of Broadway about their lives as child actors! Read the interview HERE.

Play Like A Winner will perform at the NYMF preview concert on June 29th! Get more information:

Congrats to Mattea Conforti (Frozen, Sunday in the Park with George, Matilda), who guest-starred on “Power” over the weekend!


Sophia Kekllas will be on for Madison and Katie in School of Rock in some upcoming performances! Get more details in her Instagram post:


Congratulations to Lianah Sta. Ana (Miss Saigon), who graduated high school five days ago!


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Pictures from THE TRAVELING LADY, “Transformers 5” Out in Theaters, and more!

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Get a first look at The Traveling Lady at the Cherry Lane Theater on TheaterMania.com!

“Transformers 5” is out in theaters today, featuring Isabela Moner (Evita)!

Check out more photo coverage of the School of Rock cast members at yesterday’s Sing for Hope concert on Playbill.com!

Rachel Quiner will return to Radio City Christmas Spectacular this year as Clara! Get more information:


Watch Eli Tokash (Finding Neverland, Pippin) preview “Whisper” from Trevor!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, Miss Saigon, Anastasia, Waitress, 1984, Frozen, On Your Feet, and Kinky Boots!

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KINKY BOOTS at 54 Below, Photo Coverage from SCHOOL OF ROCK at Sing for Hope, and more!

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The kids of Kinky Boots will join their castmates at 54 Below on August 7th! Get more details HERE.

Check out photo coverage from today’s Sing for Hope concert with School of Rock on TheaterMania.com!

Sarah Charles Lewis (Tuck Everlasting) will sing at 54 Below! Find out more on 54Below.com.

Elf is returning to NYC! Get more details on Broadway.com.

The Greenburgh Daily Voice featured Samuel Li Weintraub (Miss Saigon) and his parents! Read the article HERE.

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of Miss Saigon, Animal, School of Rock, Waitress, Anastasia, and more!

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Eli Tokash and Graydon Peter Yosowitz Join Broadway-Aimed TREVOR, Lianah Sta. Ana Performing at Presidential Scholars Event, and more!

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Eli Tokash (Finding Neverland, Pippin) and Graydon Peter Yosowitz (The Light Years, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown) are among the cast of the Broadway-aimed Trevor the Musical! Get more details on WritersTheatre.org.

Lianah Sta. Ana (Miss Saigon) performed at tonight’s Presidential Scholars event, live streamed on Young Arts’ Facebook page at 5pm PST/8pm EST! Check it out:

Gabriel Rush (Billy Elliot) appeared on “Better Call Saul” tonight at 10pm on AMC!

Here’s a playlist from Rachel Resheff‘s (Fish in the Dark, The People in the Picture, Mary Poppins, Billy Elliot, Shrek) recent 54 Below concert!

Check out pictures of the kids of Broadway trading the brand new Lights of Broadway trading cards at Squigs’ unveiling event on Playbill.com and TheaterMania.com!

Entering its 2nd year, Broadway in the Mountains is a performing arts intensive taking place in the Catskills. We spoke with camp director Joseph Baker about the camp’s origins and goals. Check out the interview HERE!

And here are pictures and videos from the kids of School of Rock, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Waitress, Anastasia, On Your Feet, and more!

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