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Mandy Gonzalez is back with her latest Broadway Soundbite and it features her stage sisters Lexi Lawson and Joanna Jones. Watch the Schuylers croon below!

Rosie's Theater Kids - the after-school performing arts program for students from NYC's public schools - celebratd its annual Fall Gala by honoring the legendary Broadway musical Disney's THE LION KING for the show's 20th anniversary on Monday night, November 6. BroadwayWorld has photos from the event below!

Early on in her Cafe Carlyle debut this past month, Mandy Gonzalez remarked on how excited she was to be uptown, though, while the HAMILTON star was at the mic, it was anything but quiet.

Last night at the Minskoff Theatre, The Lion King celebrated a huge milestone- 20 years on Broadway. Creative team members Julie Taymor, Tim Rice, Garth Fagan, Lebo M., Mark Mancina, Roger Allers, and Irene Mecchi joined hundreds of alumni and others for a special performance of the show, culminating in a surprise performance by The Lion King's Tony-nominated composer Elton John.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Today's big news: SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS begins previews and more!

The New York Philharmonic's 2017 holiday season presents classical and seasonal hallmarks, four Broadway stars singing Laureate Conductor Leonard Bernstein's musical theater highlights, and the beloved annual traditions of Holiday Brass and Handel's Messiah.

As previously announced, Rosie's Theater Kids - the after-school performing arts program for students from NYC's public schools - will celebrate its annual Fall Gala by honoring the legendary Broadway musical Disney's THE LION KING for the show's 20th anniversary. More performers have just been announced!

The sensational Mandy Gonzalez (Hamilton, Wicked, In the Heights, Madam Secretary) is bringing her sultry sophistication to Caf Carlyle in her debut show, Mandy Gonzalez: Fearless!, running now through November 4. BroadwayWorld has photos from her debut below, featuring her Hamilton co-star Christopher Jackson and more!

Th Cafe Carlyle has the appropriate nightclub style low ceiling which adds to the rooms intimacy. Mandy Gonzalez a statuesque beauty raised the roof both physically and vocally in an exciting evening in her Carlyle debut with a song list to please all tastes in music.

Broadway and TV star Mandy Gonzalez released Fearless - her remarkable debut solo recording bridging pop and R&B - on Friday, October 20 from East West Records. The personal and powerful title track written by Lin-Manuel Miranda utilizes Mandy's personal story to explore issues of both politics and family. Check out the music video for 'Fearless' below!

Broadway and TV star Mandy Gonzalez released Fearless - her remarkable debut solo recording bridging pop and R&B - on Friday, October 20 from East West Records. Now she's shared a clip from the song's official music video, watch below!

Broadway and TV star Mandy Gonzalez has released Fearless - her remarkable debut solo recording bridging pop and R&B - today, Friday, October 20 from East West Records.

At a festive ribbon-cutting, celebrated on the evening of October 18, leaders of the Ailey organization joined with dancers, students, donors, and friends from New York City's dance community to open The Elaine Wynn & Family Education Wing, a 10,000-square-foot expansion of Ailey's permanent home, The Joan Weill Center for Dance.

Broadway and TV star Mandy Gonzalez has released the title song from Fearless - her debut solo recording bridging pop and R&B - today, Friday, October 6. Earlier this month as part of the Viva Broadway! event, she sang the tune, written for her by Lin-Manuel Miranda, saying 'this is for the dreamers.' Watch her performance below!

92nd Street Y has announced that Tony Award-winning director Julie Taymor will be featured in a conversation with original cast member Christopher Jackson to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Disney's The Lion King on Broadway.

In June of 2014, the new Broadway musical HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME, based on the music of Tupac Shakur, opened on Broadway. Starring the spoken word artist Saul Williams, as well as Broadway veterans Tonya Pinkins (CAROLINE OR CHANGE) and Christopher Jackson (IN THE HEIGHTS), the show shuttered after just 17 previews and 38 performances.

The unique musical HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME getting a second chance at Atlanta's True Colors Theater Company, co-founded by 'Holler' director Kenny Leon in 2002. The show opened at the 375-seat theater located in Atlanta's Cascade Heights neighborhood on September 12th and will run through October 8th. Below, BroadwayWorld is excited to share an exclusive first look at the cast in action!

The 69th annual Primetime Emmy Award winners were announced live from Los Angeles last night on CBS. Stephen Colbert served as host of the annual event. As usual, Broadway was well represented among the nominees and winners. Check out photos from the evening below

At its best, theatre has the ability to impact people on personal levels that dramatically transcend the specific story being told. That is what happened when one of the theatre community's most well known interviewers saw HAMILTON for the first time.