© The Al Hirschfeld Foundation. June 27, 2011
NHS MUSICAL THEATER AWARDS, LLC Van Kaplan James L. Nederlander Nick Scandalios Susan Lee Joseph C. Guyaux
Present
THE ™ 2011 JIMMY AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATER
Honoring James M. Nederlander
Produced by Pittsburgh CLO Nederlander Broadway Alliances, LLC Education Alliance
Video Design Lighting Designer Sound Designer Sound SenovvA, Inc. Andrew D. Ostrowski Christopher M. Evans Sound Associates
Technical Director Documentary Filming Project Stage Manager Writer
John R. Edkins Wrecking Crew Media Alix Claps Mary Jane Brennan
Press Representatives Development Company Management General Management
The Hartman Group Wynne Fedele Camp Broadway, LLC Arianna Knapp SenovvA, Inc.
Executive Director Susan Lee Music Director and Arranger Michael Moricz Choreographed by Kiesha Lalama Produced & Directed by Van Kaplan
Special Thanks to NYU Tisch School of the Arts/New Studio on Broadway The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Endowment is the nation’s largest annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases.
4 5 Celebrating Jimmy Nederlander
James M. Nederlander, or “Jimmy” as he is known on Broadway, is the Chairman of the Nederlander Producing Company of America Inc., the owner/ operator of a vast chain of theatres, and a producer of distinguished entertainment for over 70 years. He has produced over 100 Broadway musicals and plays including Annie, Applause, Copenhagen, The Will Rogers Follies, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Me and My Girl, La Cage aux Folles, Nine, Noises Off, Lena Horne: The Lady and her Music, Benefactors, Woman of the Year and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, for which he has won 11 Tony® Awards and dozens of other honors. Throughout his career, he has also presented operas, ballets, concerts, and artists ranging from Nureyev to Sinatra to Billy Joel to U2. His Broadway theatres include the Brooks Atkinson (Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles), Gershwin (Wicked), Lunt-Fontanne (The Addams Family), Marquis, Minskoff (Disney’s The Lion King), Nederlander (Million Dollar Quartet), Neil Simon (Catch Me If You Can), the world famous Palace (Priscilla Queen of the Desert), and Richard Rodgers (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo). Jimmy and his son, James L. Nederlander, also present Broadway shows in Chicago, Durham, Los Angeles, Newark, San Diego, San Jose, Tucson and London. The Broadway League recently presented Jimmy with the Schoenfeld Vision for Arts Education Award for establishing The National High School Musical Theater Awards.
Boss…Mentor…Friend Thank you for everything. Love, Nick
6 7 Participating Award Programs
BETTY LYNN BUCKLEY AWARDS GENEVA COLLEGE HENRY MANCINI SHULER HENSLEY AWARDS Casa Mañana Theatre MUSICAL THEATRE PROGRAM Cobb Energy Performing Pittsburgh Musical Theater Arts Centre BLUE STAR AWARDS Kansas City Starlight Theatre GERSHWIN AWARDS SPOTLIGHT MUSICAL THEATRE The National High School Musical Theater Awards (NHSMTA) recognizes The Broadway Education Alliance Hennepin Theatre Trust BROADWAY STAR OF THE FUTURE outstanding achievement in vocal, dance and acting performance by high school AWARDS GLOBE HONORS SPOTLIGHT ON STARS students. NHSMTA was created to expand the appreciation for the musical theater art David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the The Old Globe North Shore Music Theatre Performing Arts form, to promote the value of high school musical theater programs in our communities HERSHEY THEATRE APOLLO STAGE TOP HONOR AWARDS and to create a pathway connecting promising young performers to the professional CHILDRESS MACY AWARDS AWARDS Broadway San Jose McCoy Rigby Entertainment Hershey Theatre ™ theater industry. The Jimmy Awards is a live showcase that takes place on the last night STARS OF TOMORROW AWARDS of the program. THE CONNECTICUT HIGH THE JESTER AWARDS Rochester Broadway Theatre SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATER Music Theatre of Wichita League AWARDS NHSMTA week in New York is the culmination of many elaborate high school The Spirit of Broadway Theater JOHN RAITT AWARDS FOR TOMMY TUNE AWARDS YOUTH Theatre Under The Stars awards events across America presented by professional theatres. These FOOTLIGHTERS SCHOLARSHIP FCLO Music Theatre annual events involve an estimated 1,000 schools and 50,000 students. AWARDS TRIANGLE RISING STARS Musical Theatre West ORPHEUM HIGH SCHOOL Durham Performing Arts Center Each of the talented students at NHSMTA is the winner of a regional MUSICAL THEATRE AWARDS competition. Students are given one-on-one coaching, master classes and THE FREDDY AWARDS The Orpheum Theatre UTAH HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL State Theatre Center for the Arts, Inc. THEATRE AWARDS rehearsals at NYU Tisch School of the Arts/New Studio on Broadway, in RISING STAR AWARDS Utah Festival Opera and preparation for their “Broadway debut.” Top winners at “The Jimmys” are eligible for GENE KELLY AWARDS Paper Mill Playhouse Musical Theatre Pittsburgh CLO scholarship assistance to this prestigious musical theater program. A panel of THE SCHMIDT AND JONES theater professionals selects the winners. AWARDS Lyric Stage, Inc.
Pittsburgh CLO and Nederlander Alliances, LLC founded NHSMTA in 2009. The Jimmy™ is named for legendary Broadway theater owner and producer James M. Nederlander. The program has been recognized by The National Endowment for the Arts, The Broadway League and other industry organizations and foundations committed to nurturing future artists and audiences.
2011 Jimmy Award Judges Scott Ellis Kent Gash Montego Glover Rachel Hoffman Alecia Parker Nick Scandalios Bernie Telsey
Judicial Administrator Dr. Christopher Rawson, Chair, American Theatre Critics Association
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KYLIE ARNOLD TREVOR BATES JOHN CALIENDO SARAH CARTWRIGHT JAMIE HARWOOD AMANDA LESLIE HIGGINS KIRSTEN HOOVER MAGGIE HUNTER Violet, Side Show Man in Chair, Tevye, Fiddler On The Roof Millie, Thoroughly Modern Millie Marian Paroo, The Music Man Belle, Beauty and the Beast Nanette, No, No, Nanette Baker’s Wife, Into the Woods Betty Lynn Buckley Awards The Drowsy Chaperone Rising Star Awards Spotlight Musical Theatre Shuler Hensley Awards Triangle Rising Star Awards Gene Kelly Awards The Schmidt and Jones Awards Fort Worth, TX Stage Top Honor Awards Millburn, NJ Program Atlanta, GA Durham, NC Pittsburgh, PA Irving, TX Mansfi eld High School San Jose, CA Point Pleasant Borough Minneapolis, MN The Lovett School Fuquay-Varina High School North Hills High School Coppell High School Archbishop Mitty High School High School Eastview High School
JOY CHRISTIAN KEVIN CROWLEY DOUGLAS DAVIS LINDSAY ESTELLE DUNN KEATON JADWIN MITCHELL JONES SETH JONES SARAH KLINGEL Dorothy, The Wiz Pippin, Pippin Edward Rochester, Jane Eyre Millie, Baker, Into the Woods Curly, Oklahoma! Bobby Child, Crazy for You Anna Leonowens, Hershey Theatre Apollo Awards Gershwin Awards Childress MACY Awards Thoroughly Modern Millie The Jester Awards Shuler Hensley Awards Blue Star Awards The King And I Hershey, PA New York, NY Mission Viejo, CA Rising Star Awards Wichita, KS Atlanta, GA Kansas City, MO The Freddy Awards Central Dauphin East North Babylon High School St. Margaret’s Episcopal Millburn, NJ Wichita High School East West Forsyth High School Raymore-Peculiar High School Easton, PA High School High School Wallkill Valley Regional Pius X High School High School
CHASE DURRETT NICOLE ELLEDGE LUCY MOON FITZSIMONS MIA GERACHIS EMILY LOEWUS MICHAEL MAHADY MAYA MANIAR BEN MAYS Evan Goldman, Patsy Cline, Tracy Turnbladt, Hairspray Baker’s Wife, Into the Woods Sharon McLonergan, Leaf Coneybear, Hope Cladwell, Freddy Benson, 13: The Musical Always…Patsy Cline Connecticut High School Tommy Tune Awards Finian’s Rainbow The 25th Annual Putnam Urinetown The Musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Betty Lynn Buckley Awards Globe Honors Music Theater Awards Houston, TX Gershwin Awards County Spelling Bee Stage Top Honor Awards The Freddy Awards Fort Worth, TX San Diego, CA Norwich, CT Episcopal High School New York, NY Globe Honors San Jose, CA Easton, PA Keller Central High School Francis Parker School Regional Center for the Arts Poly Prep Country Day School San Diego, CA Castilleja School Parkland High School Cathedral Catholic High School
JACOB GONZALEZ MAX GOTTSCHALL LUKE HALFERTY EMILY HART RYAN MCCARTAN K. NATHAN MCHENRY KATIE MCKERNAN KASSIANI MENAS Jean Valjean, Les Misérables Tevye, Fiddler On The Roof Tevye, Fiddler On The Roof Jen, John and Jen J. Pierrepont Finch, John Jasper, Rosie Alvarez, Bye Bye Birdie Witch, Into the Woods Footlighters Scholarship Connecticut High School Gene Kelly Awards Broadway Star of the How To Succeed In Business The Mystery of Edwin Drood Blue Star Awards The Jester Awards Awards Music Theater Awards Pittsburgh, PA Future Awards Without Really Trying Triangle Rising Stars Kansas City, MO Wichita, KS Long Beach, CA Norwich, CT Central Catholic High School Tampa, FL Spotlight Musical Theatre Durham, NC Kearney Senior High School Wichita High School East Huntington Beach Trumbull High School Eastside High School Program Apex High School High School Minneapolis, MN Minnetonka High School 10 11 2011 Jimmy Award Nominees 2011 Jimmy Award Nominees
BETHANY ANGELICA TAYLOR NEFCY MACKENZIE ORR PAUL POWERS CHRISTIAN THOMPSON ANDREW TIGHE BREYANNAH TILLMAN DANIEL WALTON MENJIVAR Babe Williams, Baker, Into the Woods Jean Valjean, Les Misérables Signor Naccarelli, P.T. Barnum, Barnum Aida, Aida Bob Wallace, White Christmas Millie, Thoroughly Modern Millie The Pajama Game The Schmidt and Jones Orpheum High School Musical The Light In The Piazza Spotlight on Stars Orpheum High School Stars of Tomorrow Awards Geneva College Henry Mancini Utah High School Musical Awards Theatre Awards Broadway Star of the Future Beverly, MA Musical Theatre Awards Rochester, NY Musical Theatre Program Theatre Awards Irving, TX Memphis, TN Awards North Reading High School Memphis, TN Brockport High School Beaver Falls, PA Logan, UT Coppell High School Briarcrest Christian High School Tampa, FL Ridgeway High School Ambridge Area High School St. Joseph Catholic High School American Heritage School
ROBERT JOSEPH PRICE ELIZABETH ROMERO SHAUNI RUETZ MELISSA RUH AARON WILCOX ZACHARY ZARET William Barfée, Millie, The Witch, Into the Woods Millie, Tevye, Fiddler On The Roof J. Pierrepont Finch, How To Succeed The 25th Annual Putnam Thoroughly Modern Millie Stars of Tomorrow Awards Thoroughly Modern Millie Utah High School Musical In Business Without Really Trying County Spelling Bee Footlighters Scholarship Rochester, NY Spotlight on Stars Theatre Awards John Raitt Awards for Youth Tommy Tune Awards Awards Wayne Central High School Beverly, MA Logan, UT Fullerton, CA Houston, TX Long Beach, CA Georgetown High School Legacy Preparatory Academy Fullerton Union High School Cypress Falls High School Huntington Beach High School
ALLISON SHEPPARD SARAH SOMMERS JAMES STANKUNAS JOHN MICHAEL Jo March, Little Women Narrator, Huckleberry Finn, Big River TAORMINA John Raitt Awards for Youth Joseph And The Amazing Hershey Theatre Apollo Curly, Oklahoma! Fullerton, CA Technicolor Dreamcoat Awards Geneva College Henry Mancini Newport Harbor High School Childress MACY Awards Hershey, PA Musical Theatre Program Mission Viejo, CA Milton Hershey High School Beaver Falls, PA Lutheran High School of Quigley Catholic High School Orange County
CHAPERONES Faye Austin, Glenn Campbell, Erica Cenci, Geneva Cisneros, Erin Crowley, Tyler Forrest, Rachel Gragg, Wendi Hassan, Kim Montelibano Heil, Brad Jackson, Marcy Jadwin, Tina James, Dr. Steven Jones, Roberta Kay, Lindsay Krosnes, Frank Kutch, Tony L. Measley, Tim Nelson, Courtney A. Reed, Whitney Rhodes, Susan Semegran, Jessica Spillane, Lynn Stewart, Mariella Trosko, Laura Crook Waxdal, Spencer Williams
12 13 14 15 16 17 NHS MUSICAL THEATER AWARDS, LLC BOARD OF DIRECTORS Van Kaplan James L. Nederlander Nick Scandalios Susan Lee Joseph C. Guyaux PITTSBURGH CLO FOR NHSMTA President, NHSMTA ...... Van Kaplan Project Director...... Kiesha LaLama Musical Director and Arranger ...... Michael Moricz Creative Consultant...... Mary Jane Brennan Special Projects ...... R. James Mercer Marketing ...... Cindy Opatick Development ...... Wynne Fedele Technical Director ...... John R. Edkins Lighting Designer...... Andrew D. Ostrowski Sound Designer ...... Christopher M. Evans Communications ...... Kristin Archbold Assistant to Executive Producer ...... Susanne Sommer NHSMTA Intern ...... Katie Dziki Music Copyist ...... David Dabbon NEDERLANDER FOR NHSMTA Executive Director, NHSMTA ...... Susan Lee The prestigious Carnegie Mellon School of Drama is proud to present a Program Administrator ...... Christopher Hutton ™ Sales and Patron Services ...... Brian Harasek Full Scholarship to a deserving JIMMY AWARD particpant for our six-week Hospitality Coordinator ...... Jennifer Caprio Summer Intensive Pre-College Program, taught by CMU’S renowned Faculty. Communications Coordinator ...... Erin Porvaznik Administrative Associate ...... Perri Finkelstein, Rachel Gragg Congratulations to all! House Manager ...... Victor Irving NHSMTA General Management ...... Arianna Knapp, SenovvA, Inc Peter Cooke, OAM Ph.D. www.drama.cmu.edu Associate General Manager ...... Jessica Francis Project Stage Manager ...... Alix Claps Professor and Head, School of Drama 412-268-2143 The Hartman Group/Michael Hartman, Juliana Hannett, Press Representatives...... Frances White, Bethany Larsen Associate Lighting Designer ...... Jeanne Koenig Sound Equipment...... Sound Associates, Inc. Audio Assistant...... Janet Smith, Sound Associates, Inc. Head Sound ...... Alain Van Achte Assistant Sound ...... Don McKennan, Scott Scheidt Video Projection ...... SenovvA, Inc. Documentary Filming ...... James Carter, Jessica Moore - Wrecking Crew Media Chaperone Coordinator ...... Tony Measley Program Provided By ...... Playbill, Inc. Legal ...... Thomas R. Distler, Brooks and Distler, Amy C. Opp, Donovan & Yee, LLP Accountant...... Robert Fried, Fried & Kowgios CPA’s, LLP Banking ...... City National Bank Website Development ...... Lava New Media Award Production ...... Newton Manufacturing Company CAMP BROADWAY FOR NHSMTA Special Projects and Events Manager ...... Melissa Caolo Project Manager ...... Lisa Jaeger Logistics Coordinator ...... Elizabeth J. Luchs Production Assistant...... Hillary Reeves Talent Wrangler ...... Sarah Hutton Interns ...... Samantha Coppola, Tyler Forrest NYU TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS Dean, NYU Tisch School of the Arts ...... Mary Schmidt Campbell Interim Chair, Department of Drama, Undergraduate ...... Louis Scheeder Director, New Studio on Broadway: Music Theatre and Acting ...... Kent Gash Production Manager, Department of Drama, Undergraduate ...... Joel Krause Director of Recruitment, NYU Tisch School of the Arts ...... Patricia Decker Assistant to Chair, Department of Drama, Undergraduate ...... Joe McGowan Scene Shop Supervisor, Department of Drama, Undergraduate ...... Carlton Ward FACULTY COACHES Head of Vocal Music, New Studio on Broadway: Music Theatre and Acting . . Michael McElroy, 18 19 Len Cariou, Nora York CONGRATULATIONS! TO ALL OF THE 2011 JIMMY™ AWARD NOMINEES AND TO EVERYONE AT THE NHS MUSICAL THEATER AWARDS™!
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ACT I ORCHESTRA
All Musical Arrangements by Michael Moricz Opening Number...... Full Cast Orchestrations by Brett Macias and Michael Moricz Broadway Medley Music Preparation Supervised by Brett Macias Orchestra contracted by Kevin Kuhn Host...... Gregory Jbara Associate Music Director & Keyboards-Isaac Harlan Welcome Tom Barney...... Bass NHSMTA President & NHSMTA Executive Director...... Van Kaplan & Susan Lee Perri Cavari...... Drums Rock Ciccarone...... Trombone Event Highlights...... Stephen Mark Glen Drews...... Trumpet Aaron Heick...... Reed 2 Medley Introduction...... Aaron Tveit Kevin Kuhn...... Guitar, Banjo David Weiss...... Reed 1 Actress Medley 1 Mia Gerachis Lucy M. Fitzsimons Nicole Elledge Maya Maniar Amanda L. Higgins Students Maggie Hunter Jamie Harwood Katie McKernan Sarah Klingel Joy Christian Emilia Albarano...... Cello Alessandro Cirafici...... Oboe, English Horn Actor Medley 2 Stephanie Gozali...... Tenor, Baritone Saxophone Chase Durrett Jacob Gonzalez Seth Jones Daniel Walton Brian Sutton...... Trumpet Kevin Crowley Paul Powers James Stankunas Ben Mays
Actress Medley 3 Emily Loewus Shauni Ruetz Emily Hart Sarah Sommers Kirsten Hoover Kassiani Menas Taylor Nefcy Breyannah Tillman Kylie Arnold Allison Sheppard
Medley Introduction...... Nikki M. James
Actor Medley 4 K. Nathan McHenry Andrew Tighe Douglas Davis Trevor Bates Our mission is to provide support Robert J. Price Michael Mahady Christian Thompson Actress Medley 5 throughout the country to young people Lindsay E. Dunn Bethany A. Menjivar Sarah Cartwright Elizabeth Romero Melissa Ruh
committed to a future in the arts. Actor Medley 6 Ryan McCartan Mitchell Jones Mackenzie Orr Luke Halferty John Caliendo Zachary Zaret John M. Tormina Keaton Jadwin Max Gottschall Aaron Wilcox
Intermission
ACT II
Participating Programs Video Announcement of Finalists ...... Gregory Jbara Special Announcement...... Tommy Tune Proud Supporter of the Solo Performances ...... Finalists National High School Musical James M. Nederlander Video...... Harvey Fierstein Theater Awards Awards Presentation...... Van Kaplan & James L. Nederlander Closing Remarks...... Gregory Jbara Finale...... Full Cast DONORS DONORS PALACE FISHER Aged in Wood Productions New Jersey Performing Arts Center Anonymous ATPAM New York Library of the Performing Arts National Endowment for the Arts Broadway Multimedia, Inc. Albert Nocciolino – NAC Entertainment The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts Oscar Deco, Inc. Nederlander Alliances, LLC Cross Fire & Security Robinson-Brog – Richard Ticktin Jamie deRoy Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre NYU Tisch School of the Arts Michael Fuir and Jerry Lombardi Tom Viertel Pittsburgh CLO Arielle Tepper Madover and Ian Madover Zwick Maddox & Banyai, PLLC The Shubert Organization, Inc. E.I. McCann, LLC
PANTAGES SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR ™ Disney Theatrical Productions JIMMY AWARDS SUPPORTERS Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc. The Addams Family The Broadway League Applause Theatre & Cinema Books and Limelight Editions The Barry & Fran Weissler Foundation Inc. The Araca Group Baby It’s You! ALDWYCH Camp Broadway Allan S. Gordon Foundation Catch Me If You Can Creative Goods Jujamcyn Theaters and Givenik.com Davenport Theatrical Memphis the Musical Disney Theatricals, Inc. William Pitt Foundation FedEx Office – Bryant Park Grey Line Buses ORIENTAL Henry McGee - Photographer ABS Partners Real Estate Papa John’s Pizza Broadway Across America Tom Hulce and Ira Pittleman CAT: Columbia Artists Theatricals Memphis the Musical Green Curtain Productions – Stephanie McClelland Music Theatre International Bill Haber Nederlander Sales and Patron Services NYU Faculty Coaches - Michael McElroy Head of Vocal Music, Marty Markinson, Jeff Tick & the Helen Hayes Theatre New Studio on Broadway: Music Theatre and Acting Paul V. Incorvaia Liz Callaway, Len Cariou, Nora York. JRM Construction Management Planet Hollywood Terry Allen Kramer Priscilla Queen of the Desert Music Theater International Starlight Deli Nederlander Box Office Treasurers Samuel French, Inc. Nederlander House Managers Sandbar Concession, Inc. Sh-K-Boom Records New York Yankees Foundation Uniworld Tours The Orpheum Theatre RMI Consulting, Inc. Applause Theatre and Cinema Books and Limelight Editions GREEK are America’s foremost publishers of books on the performing Bond 45 Italian Kitchen, Steak & Seafood arts. As a thank you for supporting musical theatre in schools, Burke Supply Company 20% receive 20% OFF all books, plus free shipping, by entering The Dodgers Nancy Nagel Gibbs the code AP2 at checkout at applausebooks.com and Hendel Productions limelighteditions.com. The Road Company OFF Spotco