TADA! Youth Theater: 41st Anniversary Gala

Edison Ballroom
240 W 47th Street
New York, NY 10036

Tony Award-winning Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell will be honored at TADA! Youth Theater’s 41st Anniversary Gala on April 26, 2026, at the Edison Ballroom in New York City. The festive evening, hosted by stage and screen actor Jason Kravits, will celebrate more than four decades of TADA!’s impact in empowering young people through musical theater and arts education.

The gala will feature a cocktail reception, dinner, live and silent auctions, and special performances by members of the Resident Youth Ensemble of TADA!, alongside guest Broadway performers including Tony Award nominee Amber Iman who performed with Stokes in Shuffle Along, Hailee Kaleem Wright (Moulin Rouge), Correy West (Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Time of the Temptations), and Adam Kantor (The Band’s Visit).

A Drama Desk Award-winning nonprofit, TADA! Youth Theater has spent 41 years producing original musicals while providing rigorous musical theater training and positive youth development for young performers across New York City. The organization’s gala supports its free pre-professional programs and arts education initiatives that nurture the next generation of artists, leaders, and creative thinkers.