Ƶ ranks among New York University, Yale and Juilliard as one of the most prolific colleges in the nation in producing Broadway performers.
Ƶ was once again included on . Every year, as a part of its “Back to School Week,” Playbill releases a list of colleges and universities with the most alumni performing on Broadway.
This year, Ƶ ranked tenth. Ƶ was included in the list for three consecutive years from 2016-17 to 2018-19.
Playbill looked at every actor who performed in a Broadway show from Aug. 22, 2021, the opening of the season, through May 4, 2022, the deadline for Tony Awards eligibility.
Ƶ alumni who performed on Broadway last season include:
- Gerald Caesar ’16 (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical)
- Michael Callahan ’13 (Aladdin)
- Kennedy Caughell ’12 (Paradise Square)
- Ashley Pérez Flanagan ’10 (Freestyle Love Supreme)
- Jared Goldsmith ’18 (Dear Evan Hansen)
- April Holloway ’07 (Aladdin)
- Rob Marnell ’06 (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical)
- Ginna Claire Mason ’13 (Wicked)
- Matt Meigs ’12(¾)
- Paul Heesang Miller ’10 (Aladdin)
- JJ Niemann ’17 (The Book of Mormon)
- Lindsay K. Northen ’03 (Wicked)
- Sayo Oni ’23 (Hadestown)
- Fergie L. Philippe ’17 (Hamilton)
- Nasia Thomas ’15 (Caroline, or Change)
- Daniel J. Watts ’04 (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical)
- Sidney Nicole Wilson ’21 (The Lion King)