Jimmy Awards
Annual awards for high school musical theater / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The National High School Musical Theatre Awards, more commonly known as the Jimmy Awards, are awards given annually to recognize musical theatre performances by high school students in the United States. Two main awards are given each year, Best Performance by an Actress and Best Performance by an Actor.
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Location | New York City |
Presented by | The Broadway League Pittsburgh CLO Nederlander Alliances, LLC |
First awarded | 2009 |
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Website | JimmyAwards.com |
Performers qualify as nominees by winning a regional competition in one of 51 participating regional awards programs across the country. Nominees travel to New York City to perform at a talent showcase held on Broadway. Winners and finalists receive a scholarship (in 2019, winners received $25,000 scholarships).[1] Winners and nominees have often gone on to significant careers in musical theatre, such as Eva Noblezada, Reneé Rapp, Ryan McCartan and Andrew Barth Feldman, who went on to starring roles in Broadway productions.[2] The Jimmys have been described by the New York Times as "The Tonys, for teenagers."[3]