Broadway BUZZ

Josh Rivera is quickly becoming one of Hollywood’s most compelling rising stars.  Most recently he captivated audiences in the titular role in Ryan Murphy’s FX limited series American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez, a performance that earned widespread critical acclaim and secured him coveted spots on Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch and The Hollywood Reporter’s Next Gen Talent Lists for 2024.  On the big screen, Rivera made his feature debut as Chino in Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated adaptation of West Side Story. He followed that breakout role with a leading performance in Lionsgate’s global box office The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes starring opposite Tom Blyth, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Rachel Zegler, and Hunter Schafer.  The film debuted at No. 1 worldwide and maintained its position for several weeks.  Rivera also starred alongside Nicholas Braun, Emilia Jones, and Geraldine Viswanathan in Susanna Fogel’s feature Cat Person, based on the viral New Yorker short story by Kristen Roupenian. Immediately after, he headlined the indie thriller Inhabitants, which won Best Genre Feature at the 2023 Austin Film Festival. A graduate of Ithaca College, Rivera began his professional journey as part of the original cast of the first national tour of Hamilton, marking the start of what has quickly become a remarkable and ascending career.