Each Spring, Broadway Workshop along with Project Broadway present a lavish full scale Junior Main Stage musical theater production. Our 2024 production will the hit Disney musical

Beauty and the Beast JR

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JR.
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice
Book by Linda Woolverton
Originally Directed by Rob Roth
Originally Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions

About the Show

Step into the enchanted world of Broadway’s modern classic, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Jr,.  the story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed into his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity. This “tale as old as time” will delight audiences of all ages.

Casting

We are thrilled to announce our extraordinary cast of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JR!

Performances

FRIDAY MAY 10 – 7PM (CAST A)
SATURDAY MAY 10 – 12PM (CAST A)
SATURDAY MAY 10 – 7PM (CAST B)
SUNDAY MAY 12 – 2PM (CAST B)

Baruch Performing Arts Center
55 Lexington Ave at 25th Street.

Rehearsals

Rehearsals are weekends beginning March 2, 2024
Ripley Grier Studios – 520 8th Ave (16th Floor)

Tech Rehearsals are the week of May 6th
Baruch Performing Arts Center – 55 Lexington Ave.

Tickets

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Monday March 26th! More info will be updated here soon!

About the Junior Main Stage

The Junior Main Stage production is geared towards student actors ages 8-14. Over the past 10 years Broadway Workshop has produced some of the highest quality youth theatre available and has been part of the pilots of several major musicals – Click here to see photos from our past productions. Our Main Stage and Junior Main Stage productions take place at an Off-Broadway theater venue in Manhattan and utilizes the highest level of directors, choreographers, lighting designers, set designers, costume designers and sound designers working in New York City. All of Broadway Workshop’s productions are co-produced by PROJECT BROADWAY, a 501(c)3 non-profit program dedicated to providing scholarship opportunities for students interested in theatre arts. The Junior Main Stage is a tuition based program. Full and partial scholarships are available for both the Main Stage and the Junior Main Stage. Junior Main Stage production is a tuition based program, there is a $995 registration fee if cast in the Junior Main Stage Program. Full and partial scholarships are available for students who qualify. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must fill out a scholarship application before your audition appointment.

See Clips from our 2023 JR Main Stage – MATILDA
See clips from our 2018 JR Main Stage – INTO THE WOODS 
See clips from our 2017 JR Main Stage – THE ADDAMS FAMILY 
See clips from our 2016 JR Main Stage – JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH

Past Junior Main Stage and Workshop Productions:
2023: Matilda Jr.
2019: Shrek Jr.
2018: Into The Woods Jr. 
2017: The Addams Family (Pilot Production) 
2016: James and the Giant Peach
2015: All Shook Up (Pilot Production)
2013: School House Rock Jr. 
2012: Dear Edwina Jr.