Photo Coverage: Broadway's Rising Stars Class of 2018 Take the Stage
By: Genevieve Rafter Keddy Jul. 17, 2018
Town Hall presents Broadway Rising Stars, a national showcase that introduces New York audiences to the next generation of up-and-coming talent as chosen by a panel of discerning judges from among the most outstanding new graduates from schools such as the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, CAP21, Circle in the Square Theatre School, Marymount Manhattan College, The New School, NYU's Steinhardt Department of Music and Performing Arts, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and other acclaimed institutions. The 2018 Rising Stars is spearheaded by Scott Siegel, creator/writer/host of Town Hall's beloved Broadway by the Year series.
In the eleven years since Broadway Rising Stars first began, participants have scored top billing casting in Broadway shows as diverse as Wicked, Beautiful, Jekyll & Hyde, Hair, Les Miserables and Hamilton. Past Rising Stars have appeared on television in The Glee Project, Glee and A Christmas Carol. They have starred on the West End, been nominated for the prestigious Olivier award and played in countless national tours both in the U.S. and abroad.
BroadwayWorld attended the event and you can check out photos below!
Full list of students are as follows:
Steinhardt:
Joseph Valle-Hoag
Stephanie Bacastow
Emily Janes
Wagner College:
Nick Manna
CAP 21:
Hannah Mount
NYU - Tisch:
Will Brockman
Emma Maxwell
Circle in the Square Theatre School:
Melanie Gettler
Marymount:
Makyra Alexander
Maddy Waters
AMDA:
Brittneyann Accetta
Giancarlo Pinzon
Ashley Ryan
William Taitel
Giliana "Gigi" Encarnacion
Dongwoo Kang
Carnegie Mellon:
Christopher J. Essex
UCLA:
Kelsey Lee Smith
CCM:
Emily Royer
Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy
The Cast that includes-Brittneyann Accetta, Makyra Alexander, Stephanie Bacastow, Will Brockman, Gigi Encarnacion, Christopher J. Essex, Melania Gettler, Emily Janes, Dongwoo Kang, Nick Manna, Emma Maxwell, Hannah Mount, Kyra Pemberton, Giancarlo Pinzon, Ashley Ryan, Emily Royer, Kelsey Lee Smith, William Taitel, Joseph Valle-Hoag and Maddy Waters
The Cast that includes-Brittneyann Accetta, Makyra Alexander, Stephanie Bacastow, Will Brockman, Gigi Encarnacion, Christopher J. Essex, Melania Gettler, Emily Janes, Dongwoo Kang, Nick Manna, Emma Maxwell, Hannah Mount, Kyra Pemberton, Giancarlo Pinzon, Ashley Ryan, Emily Royer, Kelsey Lee Smith, William Taitel, Joseph Valle-Hoag and Maddy Waters
The Cast that includes-Brittneyann Accetta, Makyra Alexander, Stephanie Bacastow, Will Brockman, Gigi Encarnacion, Christopher J. Essex, Melania Gettler, Emily Janes, Dongwoo Kang, Nick Manna, Emma Maxwell, Hannah Mount, Kyra Pemberton, Giancarlo Pinzon, Ashley Ryan, Emily Royer, Kelsey Lee Smith, William Taitel, Joseph Valle-Hoag and Maddy Waters
The Cast that includes-Brittneyann Accetta, Makyra Alexander, Stephanie Bacastow, Will Brockman, Gigi Encarnacion, Christopher J. Essex, Melania Gettler, Emily Janes, Dongwoo Kang, Nick Manna, Emma Maxwell, Hannah Mount, Kyra Pemberton, Giancarlo Pinzon, Ashley Ryan, Emily Royer, Kelsey Lee Smith, William Taitel, Joseph Valle-Hoag and Maddy Waters
Scott Siegel (Creator, Writer, Host and Co-Director)
Joseph Valle-Hoag
Joseph Valle-Hoag
Maddy Waters
Maddy Waters
Emily Royer
Emily Royer
Brittneyann Accetta
Brittneyann Accetta
Dongwoo Kang
Dongwoo Kang
Makyra Alexander
Makyra Alexander
Stephanie Bacastow
Stephanie Bacastow
Emily Janes
Emily Janes
Melanie Gettler
Melanie Gettler
Kyra Pemberton
Kyra Pemberton
Kyra Pemberton and Company
Kyra Pemberton and Company
Will Brockman
Will Brockman
The Cast that includes-Brittneyann Accetta, Makyra Alexander, Stephanie Bacastow, Will Brockman, Gigi Encarnacion, Christopher J. Essex, Melania Gettler, Emily Janes, Dongwoo Kang, Nick Manna, Emma Maxwell, Hannah Mount, Kyra Pemberton, Giancarlo Pinzon, Ashley Ryan, Emily Royer, Kelsey Lee Smith, William Taitel, Joseph Valle-Hoag and Maddy Waters
Nick Manna
Nick Manna
Kelsey Lee Smith
Kelsey Lee Smith
Emma Maxwell
Emma Maxwell
Hannah Mount
Hannah Mount
Gigi Encarnacion
Gigi Encarnacion
Giancarlo Pinzon
Giancarlo Pinzon
Christopher J. Essex
Christopher J. Essex
William Taitel
Jonathan Russell and John Fischer (Musical Director)
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