Tony Winner Ari’el Stachel to Host 21st Annual Broadway Junior Student Finale

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Hundreds of participating students share musical numbers from their fully produced school shows at the Finale.

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The 21st annual Shubert Foundation & Music Theatre International Broadway Junior Student Finale is scheduled for Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at Broadway’s Ambassador Theatre hosted by Tony winner Ari’el Stachel.

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The Shubert Foundation / MTI Broadway Junior partnership is a groundbreaking musical theatre mentorship program that helps public schools affect school culture change through building sustainable theatre education programs. Hundreds of participating students share musical numbers from their fully produced school shows at the Finale. For many, this will be their first musical theatre experience performing on Broadway.

New York City Public School students from all five boroughs will perform numbers from their full school productions of Broadway musicals. The shows include 13 JR., Annie JR., Disney's Beauty and The Beast JR., Disney's High School Musical JR., Legally Blonde The Musical JR., Disney's The Lion King JR., Disney's The Little Mermaid JR., Madagascar – A Musical Adventure JR., Roald Dahl ’s Matilda The Musical JR., Shrek The Musical JR. and Roald Dahl 's Willy Wonka JR.

“Over the past 21 years, more than 30,000 students from all five boroughs of New York City have benefitted from this wonderful program and on Tuesday morning, on the stage of The Ambassador Theatre, over 450 students will add to that number,” said Diana Phillips, President of The Shubert Foundation. “It is both a privilege and a pleasure for The Shubert Foundation to support this important work.”

The Shubert Foundation / MTI Broadway Junior program engages students in all aspects and areas of the arts, utilizing master teachers and expert production advisers from the educational theatre organizations, ArtsConnection, Broadway Bound Kids and iTheatrics.

In the first year of the program, teachers and students are guided step-by-step through the process of producing a first-ever musical in their schools. In the second year, teachers and students continue to receive support and encouragement on their second musical, but take ownership over their productions. In the third year and beyond, schools present a musical independently, and serve as inspiration for other schools involved in earlier cycles of the program.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/industry/article/Ariel-Stachel-to-Host-2026-Broadway-Junior-Student-Celebration-20260529)._