This is the third consecutive year Elon has been ranked as one of the most prolific colleges in the nation in producing Broadway performers.
. Elon was ranked No. 8 on this year鈥檚 iteration that recognizes colleges and universities with the most alumni performing on Broadway as part of Playbill鈥檚 鈥淏ack to School Week鈥 series.
This is Elon鈥檚 third consecutive year being mentioned on the list, following聽three straight years聽from 2016 to 2019 of being recognized.
Playbill聽looked at every actor who performed in a Broadway show from April 28, 2023, through April 25, 2024, which runs from the聽deadline for Tony Awards eligibility for last season to the same for this season.
Elon alumni who performed on Broadway this past season include:
- Lauryn Adams (The Wiz)
- Michael Callahan (Aladdin)
- Tanner Callicutt (Parade)
- Patrick Clanton (Moulin Rouge! The Musical)
- Grant Gustin (Water For Elephants)
- April Holloway (Aladdin)
- Marina Jansen (How to Dance in Ohio)
- Hannah Kevitt (Back To The Future)
- Nick Martinez (Moulin Rouge! The Musical)
- Paul HeeSang Miller (Aladdin)
- Phylicia Pearl Mpasi (The Lion King)
- Dariana Mullen (The Great Gatsby)
- JJ Niemann (Back To The Future)
- Sayo Oni (Hadestown)
- Fergie L. Philippe (Camelot)
- Andrew Stevens Purdy (The Book of Mormon)
- Drew Redington (Spamalot,聽New York, New York)
- Alec Michael Ryan (A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical)
- Steven Telsey (Harmony)
- Nasia Thomas (SIX: The Musical)
- Taylor Trensch (Camelot)
- Sidney Nicole Wilson (The Lion King)
- Tanner Ray Wilson (Hadestown)