Sam Poon - Michael

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Sam organized, with considerable help from his mom Mindy, a gathering of young Broadway performers and other kids to sing John Lennon's Imagine. Here's the result:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_yutnLE25o
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BroadwayWorld has coverage of Sam's gathering with quite a few photos from the event. There is also list of the many performers involved, which includes several names familiar to BETM fans.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Ph ... e-20151221

Congratulations to Sam on this ambitious project!!!
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Sam continues to do inspirational things:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/ST ... s-20160619
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Sam has announced on his FB fan page that he will be part of the cast of the musical Runaways, to be presented at the NY City Center July 6-9:

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php? ... 7133262523

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_SwzNG ... =version_A
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Sam is highly praised in this artiicle:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/ar ... s-20160628#
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Sam performs "What Am I Doing Here?" by Seth Bisen-Hersh at Broadway Can:

https://www.facebook.com/Sam-Poon-Fan-P ... fref=nf&ft[tn]=kC&ft[qid]=6353698043671718356&ft[mf_story_key]=-3852671447065274593&ft[ei]=AI%40b0b95c127e06a8b98fc630ac9242e7d7&ft[top_level_post_id]=838213169615579&ft[fbfeed_location]=1&ft[insertion_position]=8&__md__=1
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In this interview, Sam talks about his life as an actor and singer and what his fans can expect going forward:

http://lastwords.pythonanywhere.com/pos ... pFtrXuH36w
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Sam will return to Broadway in the cast of the new musical Sing Street, opening this spring.

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/197642/ne ... is-spring/
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I was so happy to see Sam perform again! Here's my review of Sing Street at New York Theatre Workshop:

https://medium.com/@angelenroute/sing-s ... 13b604934b

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Sam is featured as a panelist of Broadway kids stars talking about what Broadway's shutdown due to the pandemic means to them. The "live stream" is presented by Broadway World.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/I ... l-20201121

And here's a follow-up article from Broadway World in which Sam gets into more depth about what he's been up to these days.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/B ... n-20201203
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