There are premieres, and then there are moments. For Michael Bradway, Monday night at Tribeca was the latter. The 27-year-old Staten Island native walked his first major red carpet at the world premiere of Every Year After—Amazon Prime Video’s adaptation of Carley Fortune’s bestselling novel Every Summer After—and V was there for everything that came before it.

Bradway plays Charlie Florek, the older brother of Sam and, for fans of Fortune’s universe, the character who anchors the sequel. Charlie is Sam’s brother, and the three characters reunite when Charlie and Sam’s mother passes away—a role that requires Bradway to hold the emotional weight of a story that already has an intensely devoted readership. He does it effortlessly, which will surprise no one who spends five minutes with him.

To take the role, Bradway walked away from a recurring part on Chicago Fire—historically considered a jackpot for a rising actor—because in the current streaming landscape, a premium Amazon series based on a bestselling novel carries a different kind of promise. It was a calculated bet. Based on what’s already being said about Every Year After online, it’s paying off.

The series had its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival on June 8, 2026, ahead of its Amazon Prime Video release on June 10. The show is described as a romantic, nostalgic story of first loves and the people and choices that mark us forever, told over the course of six years and one week in Barry’s Bay—the quintessential lake town. Think The Summer I Turned Pretty with sharper edges and a cast that looks like this.

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