MINSKOFF THEATRE © The Al Hirschfeld Foundation. 4 5 6 June 25, 2012 The Broadway Education Alliance In association with Pittsburgh CLO present Hosted by CONSTANTINE MAROULIS AND DEBORAH COX Starring JIMMY™ AWARD NOMINEES Mason Alexander Hannah C. Arnold Hanna Kristen Berggren Sam Burns Nicolette Burton Joshua N. Carey Billy Cohen Kyle Conroy Brittany Dankwa Erica Durham Maureen Edwards Tyler Eisenreich Emily Emmett Michael Ferlita Caitlin Finnie Chase Fischer Evan Greenberg Joshua Grosso Matthew Gurniak Sheridan Hearn Morgan Kirner Zachary Kozlow Alli Kramer Elan J. Kramer Peter Lambert Kyra Leeds Adam Levy Emily McIntyre Emily McKay Evyn Mirasol Carly Moffi e Malia Morley Brooke Myers Gavin Myers Taylor Neal Meadow Nguy David Nicholson Emily Nies Kaitlin Pagliaro Myles Phillips Dan Piering Nathan Pool Elizabeth Romero Nathan Salstone Samantha Schneider-Behen Joshua Schwartz Drew Shafranek Sam Shankman Sabaa Sharma Shavance Stephens Jaclyn Stickel Gretchen Struckmeyer Brooke Tate Ryan Vander Wagen Chloe Voreis Nick Wasileski Lindsey Wells Nicholas Spain Wetherbee Joshua Williams Michael B. Williams Honoring James M. Nederlander Lighting Designer Sound Designer Projection Design Technical Director Andrew D. Ostrowski Christopher M. Evans SenovvA, Inc. John R. Edkins Shawn Duan Video Production Production Stage Production Supervisor Script Writer Voice Over Wrecking Crew Media Manager SenovvA, Inc. Mary Jane Brennan Drew Birns Alix Claps Arianna Knapp Press Representatives Company Management General Management NHSMTA The Hartman Group Camp Broadway, LLC Camp Broadway, LLC Executive Director Hillary Reeves Melissa Caolo, Lisa Jaeger Susan E. Lee Music Director and Arranger Michael Moricz Choreographed by Kiesha Lalama Directed by Van Kaplan Special Thanks to New Studio on Broadway, NYU Tisch School of the Arts Department of Drama Produced with permission from the NHS Musical Theater Awards, LLC 7 8 THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATER AWARDS (NHSMTA)/JIMMY™ AWARDS is a celebration of outstanding achievement in vocal, dance and acting performance, developed to elevate the profi le of in-school arts education across America, provide college scholarships and create pathways connecting promising young performers to the professional theater industry. Each year, 50,000 teenagers at 1,000 high schools participate in the program. Students who win lead actor and actress awards at their regional high school musical theater awards competitions convene in New York City for fi ve days of private coaching and rehearsals at the New Studio on Broadway, NYU Tisch School of the Arts Department of Drama, in preparation for their Broadway debut at The Jimmy™ Awards. The program was founded in 2009 by Pittsburgh CLO and Nederlander Alliances LLC, under the leadership of James L. Nederlander, and is produced by The Broadway Education Alliance in association with Pittsburgh CLO. It has been supported by The National Endowment for the Arts, The Broadway League, The Shubert Organization and other industry organizations and foundations committed to nurturing future artists and audiences. The Jimmy™ Award is named for James M. Nederlander, the legendary Broadway theater owner, in honor of his vision and generous support of young artists. For more information please visit www.nhsmta.com Participating Award Programs BETTY LYNN BUCKLEY AWARDS GLOBE HONORS SCHMIDT AND JONES AWARDS Casa Mañana The Old Globe Lyric Stage, Inc. BLUE STAR AWARDS PROGRAM HENRY MANCINI MUSICAL SHULER HENSLEY AWARDS Starlight Theatre THEATRE AWARDS THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL Pittsburgh Musical Theater MUSICAL THEATER AWARDS THE BLUMEY AWARDS Cobb Energy Performing Arts Blumenthal Performing Arts HERSHEY THEATRE APOLLO Centre AWARDS BROADWAY STAR OF THE FUTURE Hershey Theatre SPOTLIGHT MUSICAL Straz Center for the Performing Arts THEATRE PROGRAM THE ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL Hennepin Theatre Trust CHILDRESS M.A.C.Y. AWARDS MUSICAL THEATER AWARDS McCoy Rigby Entertainment Broadway in Chicago SPOTLIGHT ON STARS North Shore Music Theatre THE CONNECTICUT THE JESTER AWARDS HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL Music Theatre of Wichita, Inc. STAGE TOP HONOR AWARDS THEATER AWARDS Broadway San Jose The Spirit of Broadway Theater JOHN RAITT AWARDS FOR YOUTH FCLO Music Theatre STARS OF TOMORROW DSM HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL Rochester Broadway Theatre THEATRE AWARDS ORPHEUM HIGH SCHOOL League Dallas Summer Musicals MUSICAL THEATRE AWARDS The Orpheum Theatre OVERTURE’S TOMMY AWARDS THE FREDDY AWARDS Overture Center State Theatre - Center for the Arts OVATION AWARDS Wharton Center for Performing Arts TOMMY TUNE AWARDS GENE KELLY AWARDS Theatre Under The Stars Pittsburgh CLO THE PANTAGES AWARDS The Pantages TRIANGLE RISING STARS THE GERSHWIN AWARDS Durham Performing Arts Center Camp Broadway in association PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE RISING with CAP21 STAR AWARDS THE UTAH HIGH SCHOOL Paper Mill Playhouse MUSICAL THEATER AWARDS Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre 9 10 Celebrating Jimmy Nederlander James M. Nederlander or “Jimmy”, Chairman of The Nederlander Organization, is the visionary theatrical impresario who built one of the largest private live entertainment companies in the world that now encompasses venue ownership and management, theatrical producing and concert presentation, concessions and patron services. Jimmy started working in the theatre at age 7 sweeping fl oors for his father David Tobias (D.T.) Nederlander in Detroit, Michigan. During a career that spans 70 years, Jimmy has amassed a network of premier legitimate theatres including nine on Broadway: the Brooks Atkinson, Gershwin, Lunt-Fontanne, Marquis, Minskoff, Nederlander, Neil Simon, Richard Rodgers, and the world-renowned Palace; Chicago: Auditorium and Bank of America Theatres, Broadway Playhouse, Cadillac Palace and Oriental Theatres; in Los Angeles: Pantages Theatre and the Greek; and in London: the Adelphi, Aldwych, and Dominion Theatres. He has produced over one hundred of the most acclaimed Broadway musicals and plays of all time including Annie, Applause, La Cage aux Folles, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Me and My Girl, Nine, Noises Off, Peter Pan, Sweet Charity, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The Will Rogers Follies, Woman of the Year, and others too numerous to mention. “Generous,” “loyal” and “trusted” are just a few of the accolades used to describe Jimmy. Beloved by the industry, Jimmy is the recipient of many distinguished honors including the United Nations Foundation Champion Award (2012), The Broadway League’s Schoenfeld Vision for Arts Education Award (2011), the New York Pop’s Man of the Year (2008), and the Special Tony Award® for Lifetime Achievement (2004). In 2009, The National High School Musical Theater Awards was established and named The Jimmy® to honor his career-long dedication to supporting young talent. Recently, Jimmy celebrated his 90th birthday and will mark the 100th anniversary of the Nederlander company this fall. 11 To Jimmy, Your Life in the Theater Has Inspired So Many. Bravo! Van Kaplan & Pittsburgh CLO 12 Jimmy, Boss…Mentor…Friend Thank you for everything. Love, Nick 13 14 2012 Jimmy™ Award Nominees MASON ALEXANDER HANNAH C. ARNOLD HANNA KRISTEN SAM BURNS Cornelius Hackl, Hello, Dolly! Millie Dillmount, BERGGREN Jean Valjean, The Pantages Awards Thoroughly Modern Millie Princess Winnifred, Les Misérables Los Angeles, CA The Freddy Awards Once Upon a Mattress Overture’s Tommy Awards Ramon C. Cortines School Easton, PA Stage Top Honor Awards Madison, WI of the Visual and Freedom High School San Jose, CA F. J. Turner High School Performing Arts Menlo-Atherton High School NICOLETTE BURTON JOSHUA N. CAREY BILLY COHEN KYLE CONROY Lilli Vanessi/ Katharine, Horton the Elephant, Freddy, Seymour, Kiss Me, Kate Seussical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Little Shop of Horrors Globe Honors Stars of Tomorrow Tommy Tune Awards The Blumey Awards San Diego, CA Rochester, NY Houston, TX Charlotte, NC Canyon Crest Academy Wheatland Chili High School Episcopal High School Jay M. Robinson High School BRITTANY DANKWA ERICA DURHAM MAUREEN EDWARDS TYLER EISENREICH Celie, The Color Purple Aida, Lily Craven, Jimmy Smith, Shuler Hensley Awards Aida The Secret Garden Thoroughly Modern Millie The Georgia High School Henry Mancini Musical Stars of Tomorrow Blue Star Awards Program Musical Theater Awards Theatre Awards Rochester, NY Kansas City, MO Atlanta, GA Pittsburgh, PA Notre Dame High School Blue Springs High School Tri-Cities High School Central Valley High School EMILY EMMETT MICHAEL FERLITA CAITLIN FINNIE CHASE FISCHER Polly Baker, Dr. Jekyll/ Mr. Hyde, Belle, Jimmy Smith, Crazy for You Jekyll & Hyde Beauty and the Beast Thoroughly Modern Millie DSM High School Musical Paper Mill Playhouse Tommy Tune Awards Globe Honors Theatre Awards Rising Star Awards Houston, TX San Diego, CA Dallas, TX Millburn, NJ The John Cooper School Coronado High School Flower Mound High School Sayreville War Memorial High School 15 16 2012 Jimmy™ Award Nominees EVAN GREENBERG JOSHUA GROSSO MATTHEW GURNIAK SHERIDAN HEARN William Barfee, 25th Annual Raoul de Chagny, The Cat in the Hat, Seussical Maria, Putnam County Spelling Bee The Phantom of the Opera The Freddy Awards West Side Story Shuler Hensley Awards The Broadway Star of the Future Easton, PA Overture’s Tommy Awards Georgia High School Musical Tampa, FL Allentown Central Catholic Madison, WI Theater Awards Atlanta, GA American Heritage School High School Madison Edgewood H.S. Riverwood Int’l Charter H.S. MORGAN KIRNER ZACHARY KOZLOW ALLI KRAMER ELAN J. KRAMER Cinderella, Into the Woods Albert Peterson,