Some of Broadway’s biggest child stars — Corey J from The Lion King and MJ: The Musical, Benjamin Pajak from “The Music Man,” “Oliver!,” and “Golden Rainbow,” Aria Kane from “Frozen Broadway,” and Jillian Platero from “The Lion King” — recently performed for residents of Inspīr Carnegie Hill in Manhattan.
Many of the residents’ grandkids and great-grandkids enjoyed the performances as well.
Inspīr has hosted numerous performers from the Great White Way — including Alex Edelman, Jeffrey Seller, Manny Azenberg, Lisa Howard, Michael Winther, Julie Benko, Talia Suskauer, Ari Axelrod, Natalie Joy Johnson, Timothy Hughes and more — but this was the first time the community heard from some of Broadway’s youngest performers, who shared with residents their experiences growing up in the limelight.
Evan Rossi, senior director of resident experience, has forged connections to the theater world to make the performances possible. Sometimes, performers even initiate the request to perform at Inspīr.
Inspīr Carnegie Hill was developed by Maplewood Senior Living in partnership with Omega Healthcare Investors.
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