Young Broadway Actor News

Sondheim Unplugged: The Final Season
2026-02-22 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | 54 Below, 254 W 54th St. Cellar, New York, NY, 10019, United States
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Featuring Shereen Pimentel (The Lion King, West Side Story)!
FINAL SEASON! After fifteen glorious years as a celebrated New York City event (It’s a Hit!), the time has come to say Goodbye for Now to Sondheim Unplugged, created in 2010 by series creator and original host Phil Geoffrey Bond, who continues as Executive Producer. At the time of closing, Sondheim Unplugged will have played 150 performances in NYC and dozens more nationally, internationally, and for broadcast.
But Take the Moment, because We’re Still Here and Back in Business for six final, unforgettable Sondheim performances of our multiple award-winning series, featuring a rotating Company of Broadway’s best. Long beloved by audiences of all levels of Sondheim-familiarity, Sondheim Unplugged (2023 Grammy nominee for Outstanding Traditional Pop Vocal Album) features some of the most exciting voices from the worlds of theatre and cabaret, accompanied by piano only, delving into the musical world of Broadway’s master composer. Hosted by Broadway wit Rob Maitner, with music direction from John Fischer, and directed by Lucia Spina, expect fun facts and tidbits about the original Broadway productions and an evening well spent with Old Friends. Because, God, That’s Good! FOUR FINAL SHOWS REMAINING! Music direction by Mark Mitchell on Feb 22 only.

"Paradise" Season 2 Premiere
2026-02-23 | Hulu
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Featuring Aliyah Mastin (The Lion King)!

Kids' Night on Broadway 2026
2026-02-24 | Broadway
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On Kids’ Night on Broadway, kids and teens ages 18 and under can attend a participating Broadway show for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult. A Kids’ Night on Broadway ticket also includes restaurant discounts. Select shows will offer in-theatre activities for kids including talkbacks, activity books, and other events.
Participating shows include shows with current kids and alumni like & Juliet, Buena Vista Social Club, The Lion King, MJ, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, and Wicked.

Glory Ride - Delaware Theatre Company
2026-02-25 - 2026-03-15 | Delaware Theatre Company, 200 Water St, Wilmington, DE, 19801, United States
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Lincoln Cohen
(Appropriate)
as TBA

Everett Sobers
(Appropriate)
as TBA

On Your Feet - Cardinal Spellman High School
2026-02-27 - 2026-03-01 | Cardinal Spellman High School, 1 Cardinal Spellman Pl, Bronx, NY, 10466, United States
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Layla Capers
(School of Rock, The Lion King)
as Young Gloria

The Wizard of Oz - Ovation Dance of Tampa
2026-02-28 | Sickles High School, 7950 Gunn Hwy, Tampa, FL, 33626, United States
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Jacob Pham
(The Lion King)
as Scarecrow

The Song Inside Of Me (In-Person and Livestream)
2026-03-01 21:30 - 23:00 | The Green Room 42, 570 10th Ave, New York, NY, 10036, United States
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Featuring a performance by Elizabeth Teeter (Heathers, Mary Poppins, The Audience, The Crucible, Beetlejuice, The Secret Life of Bees)!
The Off-Broadway cast of Heathers is cutting class for one night only, to sing songs that are NOT about being ‘Seventeen’. Featuring some of your favorite Broadway stars, and introducing new voices you’ll love to hear, this one-night-only performance is bound to be more than ‘Beautiful’. Listen as the Heathers cast gender bends your musical theatre, pop, rock and classic favorites, singing the songs you love as you’ve never heard them before.
All proceeds go to the Trevor Project, in honor of the work they do for suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ youth.

From Page To Stage Cabaret
2026-03-02 19:00 - 20:30 | The Triad, 158 W 72nd St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
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Featuring a performance by Alexis Rae Forlenza (Oresteia)!
Performers sing their favorite musical theatre song that made its way from the page to the stage! Songs can be from books, TV shows or films that were made into musicals!

Come From Away - PPAS
2026-03-04 - 2026-03-07 | PPAS Theater, 328 W. 48th St, New York, NY, 10036, United States
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Cooper Lantz
(Kinky Boots, Winnie the Pooh)
as Doug

Gloria Manning
(The Lion King, Tina)
as Hannah O’Rourke

Chance K Smith
(The Tap Dance Kid)
as Ali

Into the Woods - From Stage To Screen
2026-03-06 - 2026-03-08 | Bayway Performing Arts Center, 265 East Main St, East Islip, NY, 11730, United States
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Alexis Rae Forlenza
(Oresteia)
as Little Red

Curtains Up for a Cure (In-Person and Livestream)
2026-03-08 13:00 - 14:00 | The Green Room 42, 570 10th Ave, New York, NY, 10036, United States
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With Joshua Turchin (Forbidden Broadway) as the musical director and Colby Kipnes (Grey House) as a producer!
Performers include Jeremy Shinder (A Christmas Story), Madeleine Pace (Once, The Hard Problem), Cordelia Cornell (You & Me), and Remi Tuckman (Drag the Musical).
Join us for a brunch featuring your favorite Broadway performers celebrating to support Curtains Up for a Cure, a one-night-only benefit dedicated to raising colorectal cancer awareness and supporting Fight Colorectal Cancer and the Colorectal Cancer Alliance.
The Broadway community comes together to champion the fight against colon cancer, helping to fund vital research. Colorectal cancer is projected to become the #1 cancer killer of men and women under 50 by 2030, making our efforts more urgent than ever.

54 Below Duels Volume II: The Genre Game
2026-03-09 21:30 - 23:00 | 54 Below, 254 W 54th St. Cellar, New York, NY, 10019, United States
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Music direction by Joshua Turchin (Forbidden Broadway). Featuring performances by Swayam Bhatia (Really Rosie, Disney’s “Zombies 4”), Jamie Martin Mann (Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Camp Rolling Hills), Jenny Mollet (Ragtime, Six, The Color Purple), Madeleine Pace (Once, The Hard Problem), Echo Deva Picone (Trevor), and Gabriella Pizzolo (Matilda, Fun Home, “Stranger Things” on Netflix)!
Broadway’s about to be changed “For Good.” Get ready for Volume II of 54 Below DUELS, where some of the brightest lights on Broadway will be put head to head to belt iconic songs! Hosted by dueling music directors and pianists Joshua Turchin and Julia Schade, this edition will feature exciting renditions of theatrical classics in entirely new genres, most of which have never been seen (and will never be heard from again)! There’s “A Whole New World” to discover, so grab your tickets and get ready to duel!

54 Sings Lin-Manuel Miranda (In-Person and Livestream)
2026-03-16 19:00 - 23:00 | 54 Below, 254 W 54th St. Cellar, New York, NY, 10019, United States
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Musical direction by Joshua Turchin (Forbidden Broadway)!
Two performances – 7pm and 9:30pm. The 7pm performance will be livestreamed.
Back by popular demand! Join us for 54 Sings Lin-Manuel Miranda as we sing through the beloved composer’s extensive repertoire from stage to screen and beyond! Lin-Manuel Miranda has revolutionized theatre since the late 2000s. Tonight, we pay homage and tribute to this iconic composer from In The Heights to Hamilton, from his work with Disney to some of his newest songs!

Appropriate - Olney Theatre Center
2026-03-18 - 2026-04-26 | Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, MD, 20832, United States
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Cole Alex Edelstein
(Matilda)
as Rhys

Shelly Shazam - A New Musical
2026-03-19 21:30 - 23:00 | 54 Below, 254 W 54th St. Cellar, New York, NY, 10019, United States
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Featuring Echo Picone (Trevor)!
Join us at 54 Below for a night of music and magic from the new musical Shelly Shazam, the new musical merging the worlds of musical theatre and magic from sisters Julia and Abby Segal! The musical tells the story of a young girl who discovers a passion for magic. This discovery lights a spark within Shelly, inspiring her to find the magic in everything she sees and spread the joy that it brings her to everyone she meets.
The evening will feature the songs and magic tricks of the musical, written by composer/producer Julia Segal and adapted from the children’s book Shelly Shazam, written by Abby Segal. The show celebrates creativity and wonder and encourages people of all ages, genders, and abilities to share the gifts we have within ourselves. This will be a one-of-a-kind concert and magic experience, with new musical theatre performed by an all-star cast and intimate and interactive close-up style magic performed by Abby, a Chicago-based magician and performer on the CW’s magic television series “Penn and Teller: Fool Us.”
Shelly Shazam teaches us that the magic is already inside each and every one of us – and it’s up to us to discover!

The Wizard of Oz - WAMS Drama Club
2026-03-20 - 2026-03-22 | William Annin Middle School, 70 Quincy Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ, 07920, United States
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Ritisha Chakraborty
(The Skin of Our Teeth)
as Dorothy

Broadway Star Project's Spring Playlist (In-Person and Livestream)
2026-03-22 19:00 - 20:30 | The Green Room 42, 570 10th Ave, New York, NY, 10036, United States
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Featuring performances by AJ (The Lion King, Amahl and the Night Visitors) and Tyler Gay (Trevor).
Join us for The Broadway Star Project’s Spring Playlist Cabaret, an energizing celebration of new beginnings, featuring an exciting lineup of Broadway talent and rising stars!

STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW Equity Principal Auditions
2026-03-24 10:00 - 2026-03-26 18:00 | Ripley-Grier Studios (520), 520 8th Ave, New York, NY, 10018, United States
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If you are a non-union performer, please see this article for tips on attending an Equity call.
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
SEEKING
Equity actor for possible future replacements for the Broadway production of STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW (See breakdown).
Note that this notice is seeking all principal roles, but we’re including the ones where the character ranges are under 18 below.
HENRY CREEL – 14-16. Male. White. A high school freshman. Henry is a natural born loner hiding a terrible secret, but though evil lurks within him, so does the spirit of the boy he once was. Curious, savagely loyal, and above all, desperate for connection. He is caught in the middle, locked in a battle for his own soul. Henry Creel is a key character in the show. Has depth and authenticity.
PATTY NEWBY – 14-16. Female. Black or mixed race. A high school freshman. Between bullies at school and her oppressive father, she has developed a quick wit and a thick skin, but dreams of escaping her small town.
JOYCE MALDONADO – 17-18 years old. Female. White. Joyce is a teenage slacker who in all things dances to the beat of her own drum. Some might call her chaotic, but the truth is she outgrew school long ago. That is until, on the verge of graduating, she realizes she can use school to help her escape her small town. Sarah knows her own mind and has an authority built on not caring if she fits in. She knows she’s destined for bigger things, but fears this might be her last chance to break free.
JAMES HOPPER JR. – 17-18 years old. Male. White. He has a fractured relationship with his father and can’t wait to get out of his shadow and leave the small town he grew up in. Independent, often left to his own devices, he can come across as arrogant and cynical, and has plenty of girlfriends. Alpha male though has a good heart underneath.
BOB NEWBY – 17-18 years old. Male. White. Bob is a good and very smart student. A sheltered teenager, he has a natural earnestness and naivety. Less experience around girls. Never lacking in enthusiasm, and a real sound geek, Bob is particularly passionate and proud of his role as a DJ.
WALTER HENDERSON – 14-16. Male. White. A high school freshman. He’s an outsider who’s a bully to some and bullied by others. But he does have a girlfriend which he’s very proud about. His family runs the local liquor store and with that comes a level of respect within the town.
ALAN MUNSON – 14-15. Male. White. Bit of a misfit. Humor is derived from how seriously he takes things. He’s wholly committed to the pursuit being authentic – even to the point of ridiculousness.
CHARLES SINCLAIR – 17-18. Male. Black. Athletic and smart, on the High School Football team but not your typical jock. Assured, enthusiastic and earnest but not overly confident.
TED WHEELER – 17-18. Male. White. Sportsman and very proud of it. Not the brightest spark, but is popular, jock, athletic, enjoys his muscles, sport, and impressing the girls.
SUE ANDERSON – 17-18. Female. Black. Sharp and quick-thinking, direct, clear, with formidable organization skills – she basically runs everything. No-nonsense, loyal, and smart.
KAREN CHILDRESS – 17-18. Female. White. High School Cheerleader, not the smartest student, but never lacking in confidence. She’s fun and always gives everything 100%. Knows what she wants, is popular with the boys and enjoys it.
CLAUDIA HENDERSON – 17-18. Female. White. A good student, keen, earnest, and smart. Not one of the cool kids. Loves animals. A lot.
ALICE CREEL – 10-11. Female. White. The youngest of two children, and her family have just moved from the desert to a beautiful big old house in this small town in the Midwest. She’s excited about their new home and new life here. She loves cute animals.
Please prepare Sides for the character you are interested in. Sides will be available on the morning of the audition through the Equity monitor. If you are auditioning for the role of Alice, the Side is short, so you may opt to do the Side or a 1-minute monologue. Sides will be available on the morning of the audition through the Equity monitor.
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54 Holds Space
2026-03-25 21:30 - 23:00 | 54 Below, 254 W 54th St. Cellar, New York, NY, 10019, United States
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Featuring Echo Picone (Trevor) and Jacob Morrell (Shadowlands)! Music direction by Joshua Turchin (Forbidden Broadway).
Join us for 54 Holds Space, a tribute to musical theatre as seen on TikTok and in pop culture. Featuring all of the internet’s favorites, from “Candy Store” (Heathers) to “For Good” (Wicked), this is sure to be a night to remember. Co-producers Ethan Sadkowski and Jacob Phillips will walk the audience through comedy and drama alike, as the cast of incredible artists and theatre personalities lets loose.
Inspired by the iconic meme of holding space for the lyrics of “Defying Gravity” with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, this show will showcase memes and trends which led to a new era of online exposure for musical theatre. From “Maybe This Time” to “Screw Loose,” 54 Holds Space will celebrate the ways in which theatre can be fun and a true outlet for self-expression. We hope you laugh, we hope you cry, but most of all, we hope you are changed for good through the power of the music that has connected so many already.

"Fantasy Life" Release in Select Theaters
2026-03-27 | Movie Theaters
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Featuring Romy Fay (Leopoldstadt)!

BEACHES THE MUSICAL First Preview
2026-03-27 19:30 - 21:30 | Majestic Theatre, 245 W 44th St, New York, 10036, United States
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THE LOST BOYS First Preview
2026-03-27 20:00 - 22:30 | Palace Theater, 160 W 47th St, New York, 10036, United States

JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE First Preview
2026-03-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Ethel Barrymore Theater, 243 W 47th St, New York, NY, 10036, United States

"Pizza Movie" Release Date
2026-04-03 | Hulu and Disney+
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Starring Gaten Matarazzo (Les Miserables, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, “Stranger Things” on Netflix)!

"Fantasy Life" Nationwide Release
2026-04-03 | Movie Theaters

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Begins Streaming on Netflix
2026-04-04 | Netflix
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SCHMIGADOON First Preview
2026-04-04 20:00 - 22:30 | Nederlander Theater, 208 W 41st St, New York, NY, 10036, United States

"The Testaments" Release Date
2026-04-08 | Hulu and Disney+
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Featuring Mattea Conforti (Matilda, Sunday in the Park with George, Frozen)!

Matilda - Lake Worth Playhouse
2026-04-10 - 2026-04-26 | Lake Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Avenue, Lake Worth, FL, 33460, United States
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Blaire DiMisa
(Cracked Open)
as Matilda

The Prom - Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts
2026-04-18 - 2026-04-25 | Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts, 123 W 43rd St, New York, NY, 10036, United States
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Mariama Diop
(The Lion King)
as Emma Nolan
