2025 Jimmy Award nominees prep for Broadway : NPR
A display panel presenting some of the nominees for this year for the National High School Musical Theater Awards, better known as Jimmy Awards.
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For more than 100 stars of the secondary theater, this evening promises to be the greatest night of their young life.
The artists are in New York for the National High School Musical Theater Awards, better known as Jimmy Awards. Each year, the event brings nominees to Broadway to make a show – in just 10 days.
“It’s difficult,” explains Hayden Poe, nominated for his performance as hermès in Dalton (GA.) Production of the high school of Hadestown: edition for adolescents. “We work our voices and we work on our body, but kindness and love and friendship make us pass.”
The competition begins with around 150,000 school students across the country. After the regional competitions, some privileged people go to New York to perform in the prize show at the Minskoff Theater.
The first two prizes of the evening – best actor and best actress of a musical – bear the name of the legend of Broadway Jimmy Nederlander. Over the past 16 years, students have contributed to have the chance to bring their own Jimmy.
The nominated Sascha Bass of Little Rock, Ark. Monitor your photo on the display panel.
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For a little over a week, students repeat at Juilliard School in preparation. Jayden Vega, a senior amount of Tampa, Florida, has appointed his leading role in Urinetownsaid the calendar is exhausting.
“We have breakfast at 7:30 am, our first rehearsal starts at 8:30 am and finish at 8:30 am [p.m.]And from there, we meet our pods – like our little family for this week, “he said.” We work for long days, but it’s worth it. “”
Tuesday, students gathered in Times Square. As they climbed the red steps in the center of the square, the nominees rushed to a giant display panel, where a carousel of their heads was on a loop.
“It’s such a dream,” said Vega, becoming emotional. “I am so happy to live with people around me.”
He and the other nominees waited for their photo to be taken when their image appeared on the display panel, putting their phones back to a new friend while they were pose in front of the huge screen, accompanied by cries and celebrations.
For some students, it was a bit overwhelming.
“Seeing me up there is different from anything else in the world,” said Natalie Sierk, monks, Iowa. “How can I be part of something so huge? It is such an honor.”
Sierk was nominated for the production of his high school 9 to 5And said that she still couldn’t believe the business in which she found herself.
Several broadcasts on Broadway currently have at least one former Jimmy nomine in distribution. Jasmine Amy Rogers and Julia Knitel, both old nominees, were presented for Tony Awards this year. Twice the nomine of Tony Eva Noblezada features Cabaret. The singer Renee Rapp is another eminent former.
The nominees of the Jimmy Award applauded a group photograph.
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Looking at what students do after their stay at Jimmys is the best part of his work, explains Rachel Reiner, director general of the program: “It is such an honor to be part of their trip and see them grow and develop in the week they are with us, then launch their careers.”
Josh Groban will organize the ceremony of this year on Monday at 7:30 p.m. Monday. The prices will be broadcast live on the Jimmy Awards website.
