Playbill's Big Ten on Broadway 2024

Thursday, Sep 12, 2024

Playbill recently released their Big 10 2024, announcing which schools have the highest number of actors, playwrights, directors, designers, and composers on Broadway each year. Of the schools represented on their list, NYU came in first above University of Michigan, Carnegie Mellon University, and Yale with the highest number of alumni involved with Broadway productions in the 2023-2024 season.

Of the 179 artists recognized in these lists, 133 of those were trained at NYU Tisch. Below, please find the NYU Tisch alumni on Broadway this year, and links to each full list. Congratulations, all!

Actors:
Randy Aaron (The Book of Mormon)
Betsy Aidem (Prayer For The French Republic, Leopoldstadt)
Renée Albulario (Here Lies Love)
Ioana Alfonso (Dancin’)
Clea Alsip (The Thanksgiving Play)
Mike Baerga (The Heart of Rock and Roll, Bad Cinderella)
Sonya Balsara (Aladdin)
Julie Benko (Harmony, Funny Girl)
Rosie Benton (Patriots)
Ato Blankson-Wood (Cabaret)
Alex Brightman (The Shark is Broken, Spamalot)
Rachel Brosnahan (The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window)
Sojourner Brown (Hadestown)
Andrew R. Butler (Stereophonic)
Kevin Cahoon (Shucked)
Debra Cardona (Funny Girl)
Chad Carstarphen (Hell’s Kitchen)
Victoire Charles (Jaja’s African Hair Braiding)
Ashley Chiu (Once Upon A One More Time)
Victoria Clark (Kimberly Akimbo)
Gregory Connors (The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window)
Michael Crane (Appropriate)
Diane Davis (Appropriate)
Marchánt Davis (Good Night, Oscar)
Jennifer Dunne (Chicago)
Elizabeth Earley (Some Like It Hot)
Manoel Felciano (Parade)
Haley Fish (New York, New York)
Kalonjee Gallimore (A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical)
Mia Gerachis (Sweeney Todd)
Hawley Gould (Suffs, Camelot)
Josh Daniel Green (Wicked)
Matt Harrington (Leopoldstadt)
Jessica Hecht (Summer, 1976)
Adam Heller (Some Like It Hot)
Morgan Higgins (Bad Cinderella)
Ben Horner (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child)
Timothy Hughes (Sweeney Todd)
Liana Hunt (Back To The Future)
Chibueze Ihuoma (Hadestown)
Kimberly Immanuel (Back To The Future)
Jamie Jackson (Sweeney Todd)
Adam Jacobs (The Who’s Tommy)
Nikki M. James (Suffs)
Stephanie Janssen (Good Night, Oscar)
Jaquez (Bad Cinderella)
Keziah John-Paul (The Book of Mormon)
David Josefsberg (Spamalot)
Somi Kakoma (Jaja’s African Hair Braiding)
Alexandria Lewis (Fat Ham)
Colleen Litchfield (Leopoldstadt)
Alex Lugo (Hadestown)
Stephen Mark Lukas (Funny Girl)
Yani Marin (Dancin’)
Jonathan David Martin (Life of Pi)
Michael Mastro (Funny Girl)
Alli Mauzey (Kimberly Akimbo)
Grace McLean (Suffs, Bad Cinderella)
Happy McPartlin (The Notebook)
David Merino (Cabaret, Moulin Rouge! The Musical)
Matthew Floyd Miller (The Cottage)
Nando Morland (Dancin’)
Jennafer Newberry (Wicked)
Julian De Niro (The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window)
Isio-Maya Nuwere (The Lion King)
Erik Evan Olson (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child)
Khori Michelle Petinaud (Lempicka, Chicago, Dancin’)
Oliver Prose (New York, New York)
Molly Ranson (Prayer For The French Republic)
Ryann Redmond (Once Upon A One More Time)
Christina Sajous (The Who’s Tommy)
Ida Saki (Cabaret, Dancin’)
Danielle Skraastad (Appropriate)
Paul Sparks (Grey House)
Sathya Sridharan (Life of Pi)
Robert Stanton (Uncle Vanya)
Dana Steingold (The Cottage)
Corey Stoll (Appropriate)
Shaina Taub (Suffs)
Lili Thomas (Chicago)
Kay Trinidad (Hadestown)
Tiernan Tunnicliffe (& Juliet)
Brandon Uranowitz (Leopoldstadt)
Ryan VanDenBoom (MJ The Musical)
Nicky Venditti (Wicked)
Nik Walker (Spamalot)
Ada Westfall (Suffs)
Jordan Wynn (Moulin Rouge! The Musical)
Malcolm Miles Young (The Lion King)
John Zdrojeski (The Great Gatsby, Good Night, Oscar)

Creatives:
Brenda Abbandandolo (Costume Design: Mary Jane, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window)
Brett J. Banakis (Scenic Design: The Notebook)
Gregg Barnes (Costume Design: Aladdin, Some Like It Hot)
Chad Beguelin (Book: Aladdin)
David Bengali (Projection Design: Water For Elephants)
Beowulf Boritt (Scenic Design: Harmony, New York, New York)
Amith Chandrashaker (Lighting Design: Prayer For The French Republic, Merrily We Roll Along)
Rachel Chavkin (Director: Lempicka, The Thanksgiving Play)
Lap Chi Chu (Lighting: Uncle Vanya, Suffs)
Sarah Cimino (Makeup Design: Moulin Rouge! The Musical)
Jane Cox (Lighting Design: Appropriate)
Carmel Dean (Orchestrations: The Notebook)
Kristoffer Diaz (Book: Hell’s Kitchen)
Karla Puno Garcia (Choreographer: Days Of Wine And Roses)
Gordon Greenberg (Director: The Heart of Rock and Roll)
Tilly Grimes (Costume Design: I Need That, Shucked)
Lux Haac (Costume Design: The Thanksgiving Play)
Elizabeth Harper (Lighting: Uncle Vanya)
Winnie Holzman (Book: Wicked)
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Playwright: Appropriate)
Lael Jellinek (Set Design: Mary Jane)
Christine Jones (Set Design: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child)
Tatiana Kahvegian (Scenic Design: The Outsiders)
Bradley King (Lighting Design: How to Dance in Ohio, Lempicka, Water For Elephants, Fat Ham, Hadestown)
Justin Levine (Music, Book, Lyrics: The Outsiders, Moulin Rouge! The Musical)
Mimi Lien (Sets: Uncle Vanya, Sweeney Todd)
Nikiya Mathis (Hair & Wig Design: Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Uncle Vanya, The Heart of Rock and Roll, Once Upon A One More Time)
Michael Mayer (Director: A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, Funny Girl)
Elaine J. McCarthy (Projection Design: Wicked)
Rebekah Greer Melocik (Book, Lyrics: How to Dance in Ohio)
Christopher Munnell (Production Stage Manager: Illinoise)
Michael J. Passaro (Production Stage Manager: Shucked)
Clint Ramos (Costume Design: Here Lies Love)
David West Read (Book: & Juliet)
Jesse Robb (Choreographer: Water For Elephants)
Shaina Taub (Music, Book, Lyrics: Suffs)
Paul Tazewell (Costume Design: Suffs, Hamilton, MJ The Musical)
Nathan Tysen (Lyrics: The Great Gatsby)
Kaye Voyce (Costumes: Uncle Vanya)
Doug Wright (Playwright: Good Night, Oscar)
Lauren Yalango-Grant (Choreography: Parade)
Jacob Yandura (Music: How to Dance in Ohio)
David Zinn (Scenic Design: Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Mother Play, Stereophonic, An Enemy of the People, The Notebook, Funny Girl, Kimberly Akimbo)
dots (Santiago Orjuela-Laverde, Andrew Moerdyk, Kimie Nishikawa) (Scenic Design: Appropriate, An Enemy of the People, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window)

 

*We apologize for any errors or omissions. Please send edits or additions to tsoa.alumni@nyu.edu.