On Broadway: Last Call For Newsies Nicholas Lampiasi

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Ten-year old Nicholas Lampiasi, ended his year run in Disney’s Newsies this past weekend, and was feted at Robert Earl’s (Planet Hollywood) new restaurant Buca di Beppo in Times Square, prior to his final show.

Most of the cast attended, as well as director Jeff Calhoun; Jake Lucas; Josh Colley; Cameron Colley; Jacob & David Guzamn; as well as PR-persons Ayana Brown and David Salidor.



Up-and-coming artist Dominick DiPietrantonio also showed as well.

With the movies and TV calling, it shouldn't be long till we Nicholas up on the silver screen.

Green Day's Broadway American Idiot Now A Musical Documentary

Broadway Idiot, a documentary about a play based on an album, is set to screen in select theaters this fall.



Green Day's American Idiot, the album, was first released in 2004, then later adapted into a musical by the same time, which premiered in 2009 and opened on Broadway in 2010, before hitting the road as a tour in 2011.



Broadway Idiot, which was first announced back in January and premiered at South By Southwest in March, follows Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, who appeared in some Broadway performances of the show, in his journey to adapt the album into a musical.



The Doug Hamilton-directed documentary showcases tons of behind the scenes footage, interviews, and more, and opens in New York on Oct. 11 and in select markets in the U.S., Canada, as well as on demand, Oct. 1st.

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On Broadway: Disney’s Newsies Nichololas Lampiasi In The MP3 Experiement

Last Sunday Newsies’ Nicholas Lampiasi, participated in the MP3 Experiment 10 - created by the company Improv Everywhere. Thousands of people gathered at South Street Seaport to simultaneously listen to an MP3 and follow the instructions they were given on it.

They were told to “blend in” ahead of time so people NOT participating in the event would have no idea what was going.

They were given a list of certain items they needed to bring with them ahead of time, including bubbles, sunglasses, a dollar bill, a paper with their name on it and their high school yearbook quote, and something red.

They were asked to lay down, walk in slow motion, walk backwards in slow motion, go up to someone who wasn’t participating and give them a dollar bill, make a paper airplane and fly it, find someone who looks like them and take a picture with them, and, to blow bubbles.

According to reports, several thousand people participated in the event. Said ten-year old Nicholas, “It was a great event to have been a part of … very New York for sure.”

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On Broadway: NICK & SANDY AT THE MINSKOFF FOR THE NHSMTA'S

Sunny and Nicholas

10-year old NICHOLAS LAMPIASI from Disney’s Newsies, was at Monday night’s ‘5th Annual National High School Music Awards’, hosted by Laura Osnes and Santino Fontano, and met up with Sandy aka Sunny from Annie, on the red carpet.



Lampiasi, essays Les in the Disney-production.



At this “Super Bowl” of amateur musical theater, student winners of awards competitions that take place across the United States performed songs exclusively from the musical theater canon in the quest to win the coveted title of Best Performance by an Actress or Best Performance by an Actor and a Jimmy™ Award, named for legendary Broadway producer/theater owner James M. Nederlander, in recognition of his generous support of young artists.



Founded in 2009, NHSMTA’s mission is to raise the profile of high school theater programs, recognize dedicated teachers and inspire the next generation of theater performers and enthusiasts. Produced by the Broadway Education Alliance, NHSMTA is comprised of professional theaters coast to coast whose annual regional musical theater competitions involve more than 1,000 schools and 50,000 teens committed to developing their performance and personal skills. To date, NHSMTA has been the catalyst for more than $750,000 in educational scholarships awarded to deserving students.