Julian Silva

A midtown tradition since 2014, Dance Party returns to Bryant Park this summer! Now entering into its ninth year, the beloved series offers park goers in-person dance events in a variety of styles throughout the first three weeks of May.

Hair Puller's debut full-length Old Friend will be released on vinyl on November 16, 2018 on Nadine Records and cassette on Accident Prone Records. You can hear the title track now (see NPR premiere). NPR says Hair Puller's '101 MPH sludge will pulverize your headbanging skull.' Give it a try and find out!

The New York Musical Festival (NYMF) announced today the winners of the 2018 NYMF Awards for Excellence, which were awarded on Sunday, August 5, 2018 at Hudson Terrace

Yesterday, New York Musical Festival held a special, behind-the-scenes look at six brand new musicals. Join the cast and creative teams of EMOJILAND, INTERSTATE, THE GUNFIGHTER MEETS HIS MATCH, SONATA 1962, WHAT'S YOUR WISH?, and PEDRO PAN for a sneak peek at these New York Musical Festival productions in the photos below!

Pedro Pan, winner of the 2017 NYMF Developmental Reading Series Award with book by Rebecca Aparicio and music and lyrics by Stephen Elkins, will be presented as an official selection of the 2018 New York Musical Festival's Next Link Project beginning July 10th at the Acorn Theatre on Theatre Row.

Magical Music for Life Foundation is thrilled to present its 5th annual TUNES IN TIMES SQUARE benefit concert Sunday, May 1, 2016 on Broadway between 42nd & 43rd Streets in Times Square. The goal of the concert is to raise financial support to produce a new original album of songs for water safety applicable to children with and without specials needs, awareness of our music, and funds to perform our musical written especially for children with autism and other special needs. The event will be a continuous sing-a-thon, where talented children and groups from six states will come together to share the same stage with over 70 Broadway performers from most of the current shows and many past shows. Online and at the event there will be many exciting items in the auction & raffle, including tickets to Broadway shows / other events often with backstage tours and/or signed memorabilia, travel, dining, unique & autographed items, etc. Highlights of the Day will probably include the following: •10:00 Opening •'Two Little Snowflakes' and 'A Day in the Life of a Child: a Musical Revue' songs •11:20 'We Are the World' Broadway performers •12:00 Broadway performers (adult & child actors) • 2:00 Special Dance performance with NCDA • 'The Adventures of Zak' songs • 4:30 Broadway performers (adult & child actors)and preview of coming Broadway show •Til 5:00 Auction of tickets for Broadway and other NYC shows and events, backstage tours,autographed items, etc. •Til 5:00 Raffle prizes •All Day Performances by the Magical Music Singing groups •All Day Performances by talented children and groups from six states •6:00 Closing SOME OF THE BROADWAY & OTHER PERFORMERS: Amada Anderson - Spotlight on Cabaret and The Tramp Major Attaway - Aladdin Noah Baird - Matilda Annie Baltic - Mary Poppins Gaby Bradbury - Annie Adriana Braganza - The King and I Amaya Braganza - The King and I Zach Brod - Freckleface Casey Butler - Finding Neverland: The Musical Christian Michael Camporin - Finding Neverland and Matilda Grace Capeless - The Lion King Lynn Masako Cheng - The King and I Adam Christoferson - singer Olivia Chun - The King and I Casey Erin Clark - Les Miserables Hana Colley - The King and I Ben Cook - Tuck Lilyana Cornell - Les Miserables Samantha Cutler - Billy Elliot Alex Dreier - Finding Neverland, Assembled Parties, and Billy Elliot Peyton Ella - NBC The Sound of Music Live and Little Princess Avery Oliver Espiritu - The King and I Bonale Fambrini - The King and I Sophia Genusa - Matilda and Dr. Zhivago Akira Golz - Matilda Abigail Dylan Harrison - Ruthless, The Musical James Ignacio - The King and I K'Lynn Jackman - The Lion King Andrew Johnson - Kinky Boots Darius Kaleb - Motown the Musical, A Raisin in the Sun, and Delores & Jermaine Jim Kaplan - The King and I Jake Katzman - Kinky Boots Tari Kelly - Something's Rotten, Anything Goes, and Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas Christie Kim - The King and I Ethan Khusidman - School of Rock, Chaplin, and Soul Doctor Corey Mach - Hands on a Hardbody, Godspell, and Footloose: The Musical Tony Marin - The King and I Jibreel Mawry - Motown, the Musical Jack McCarthy - Finding Neverland Dante Melucci - The School of Rock: The Musical Jenny Mollett - The Color Purple Sydney Morton - American Psycho, Flashdance, Motown the Musical, Evita, and Memphis Angeli Negron - Les Miserables Sawyer Nunes - Finding Neverland and Matilda the Musical Shannon O'Boyle - Once Tyrah Syke Odoms - Annie and The Lion King Madeleine Pace - Once Luca Padovan - The School of Rock: The Musical Gabriella Palminteri - Blue Bloods Anthony Pierini - Big Fish, Les Miserables, and Mary Poppins Gabby Pizzolo - Fun Home Ellie Poon - A Christmas Story the Musical Sam Poon - The King and I, MacBeth, and Les Miserables William Poon - The King and I & Beauty and the Beast Rachel Resheff - Fish in the Dark, The People in the Picture, Shrek the Musical, and Billy Elliot Christopher Paul Richards - Finding Neverland Taylor Richardson - Smokefall, Annie, A Most Violent Year, and Jack of the Red Hearts Julianna Rigoglioso - Sound of Music, Far from Heaven, Mary Poppins, and Table 58 Kitana Goyena Rojanatavorn - The King and I Sofia Roma Rubino - School of Rock: The Musical and Matilda: The Musical Isabella Russo - School of Rock: The Musical Sadie Seelert - Mary Poppins and A Little Princess Julian Silva - The Lion King and Les Miserables Eli Tokash - Finding Neverland Nicky Torchia - The King and I Joshua Turchin - Christmas Story Jeremy Villas - Kinky Boots Ashton Woerz - Pippin and Priscilla Queen of the Desert Rocco Wu - The King and I Timothy Yang - The King and I ... a preview of a new Broadway show

EMPIRE stars Trai Byers and Grace Gealy recently visited Disney's THE LION KING on Broadway, stopping to pose with cast members Aaron Nelson (Simba) and Nia Holloway (Nala) after the show. Scroll down for a photo!

Scroll down to watch THE LION KING's Broadway company experience the 360 virtual reality video for the first time! Featured are Tshidi Manye (who plays Rafiki and is one of the featured soloists in the video), ensemble members Jaysin McCollum and Bravita Threatt, and Chantel Riley (Nala).

The 2016 KIDS' NIGHT ON BROADWAY National Ambassadors Kelli O'Hara and Marlee Matlin just announced that the 20th Kids' Night on Broadway will take place in New York City on Tuesday, February 9th, 2016, BroadwayWorld has confirmed. Tickets go on sale on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 10:30am. BroadwayWorld was there for the big announcement and you can go behind the scenes of the special day below!

Two-time Grammy award winner and rap pioneer, Todd 'Speech' Thomas, will be attending, scouting and speaking at AMTC's A.M.P. It Up! Atlanta. Speech is an American rapper and musician, who was a member of the progressive hip hop group Arrested Development.

Monuments, one of Greenpoint, Brooklyn's best-loved bands, is celebrating the release of their sophomore album, Brigadune, due for release today, April 29, 2014 with an album release show May 9, 2014 at Cameo in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Monuments, one of Greenpoint, Brooklyn's best-loved bands, is celebrating the release of their sophomore album, Brigadune, due for release April 29, 2014

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is proud to present the return, by popular demand, of one of the world's most popular Salsa bands for nearly five decades, the legendary EL GRAN COMBO, performing for TWO HOT NIGHTS on Friday, June 11 AND Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 8pm. Performing with El Gran Combo on Friday will be the exciting salsa dura band LA EXCELENCIA, whose music reflects the hard life of the barrio as it brings modern vitality and social consciousness to the genre. On Saturday night, El Gran Combo will perform with 8 Y MÁS, whose amazing rhythms revive the Corso era, but with a unique, updated twist.

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is proud to present the return, by popular demand, of one of the world's most popular Salsa bands for nearly five decades, the legendary EL GRAN COMBO, performing for TWO HOT NIGHTS on Friday, June 11 AND Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 8pm.

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is proud to present the return, by popular demand, of one of the world's most popular Salsa bands for nearly five decades, the legendary EL GRAN COMBO, performing for TWO HOT NIGHTS on Friday, June 11 AND Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 8pm. Performing with El Gran Combo on Friday will be the exciting salsa dura band LA EXCELENCIA, whose music reflects the hard life of the barrio as it brings modern vitality and social consciousness to the genre. On Saturday night, El Gran Combo will perform with 8 Y MÁS, whose amazing rhythms revive the Corso era, but with a unique, updated twist.

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is proud to present the return, by popular demand, of one of the world's most popular Salsa bands for nearly five decades, the legendary EL GRAN COMBO, performing for TWO HOT NIGHTS on Friday, June 11 AND Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 8pm.

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is proud to present the return, by popular demand, of one of the world's most popular Salsa bands for nearly five decades, the legendary EL GRAN COMBO, performing for TWO HOT NIGHTS on Friday, June 11 AND Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 8pm. Performing with El Gran Combo on Friday will be the exciting salsa dura band LA EXCELENCIA, whose music reflects the hard life of the barrio as it brings modern vitality and social consciousness to the genre. On Saturday night, El Gran Combo will perform with 8 Y MÁS, whose amazing rhythms revive the Corso era, but with a unique, updated twist.

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is proud to present the return, by popular demand, of one of the world's most popular Salsa bands for nearly five decades, the legendary EL GRAN COMBO, performing for TWO HOT NIGHTS on Friday, June 11 AND Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 8pm.