Jimmy Awards

Not to be confused with a like-name award issued annually by The Jimmy Fund.

Jimmy Awards
Location	New York City
Presented by	The Broadway League Pittsburgh CLO Nederlander Alliances, LLC
First awarded	2009
Currently held by	Gretchen Shope for Alice by Heart (2024) Damson Chola Jr. for Little Shop of Horrors (2024)
Website	JimmyAwards.com

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.

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]

History

The Jimmy Awards were inspired by the Gene Kelly Awards, an award given by the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera since 1991, honoring musical theatre productions put on by high schools in the Pittsburgh area. Van Kaplan, the executive producer of the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, pitched the idea of creating a nationwide version of the awards to the Nederlander Organization. The two organizations founded the new award, naming it after the Broadway producer and theatre owner James ("Jimmy") M. Nederlander. The first Jimmy Awards were held in 2009 at NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, with 32 contestants from 16 regions.^[4] The 2010 awards were held at the Marquis Theatre, with all subsequent shows held at the Minskoff Theatre.^[5]

The awards became a success, in part due to growing popularity online of videos of performances from the award show (particularly the show's signature medleys).^[4] In 2012, PBS released a three-part documentary series, Broadway Or Bust, following the nominees of the Jimmy Awards that year.^[6] In 2014, The Broadway League Foundation (the charitable arm of The Broadway League, which produces the Tony Awards) took over the management of the Jimmy awards.^[4] The number of participating regional theatres has increased over time, reaching a high of 43 regional competitions (and 86 nominees) in 2019.^[7]

The 2020 awards were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8] The 2021 awards were presented virtually.^[9]

In 2024, the Jimmy Awards celebrated its 15th Anniversary, with many alumni returning to the event to present and sing with the nominees.^[10]

Qualification

Students qualify for the Jimmys based on a role played in a high school musical production that year. The role must be significant (for example, the character must perform at least one solo).^[11]

Approximately 40 theatres belonging to the Broadway League hold "Regional Awards Programs" (RAPs), each of which selects two winners for the region (a Best Actor, and Best Actress) who then become Jimmy Award nominees. The RAP selects candidates by reviewing high school musical productions. Selected candidates perform at an RAP award ceremony (which must be a "full-scale public event" with at least 100 attendees), performing in the same role they played in their high school production.^[12]

Award show

Tony Award-winning Broadway performer Laura Benanti hosted the 2018 Jimmy Awards ceremony.

The Jimmy Award nominees travel to New York City for a week in June, culminating in a live show in which the winners are determined. During the week, the nominees rehearse their performances for the award show and receive coaching from industry professionals. The show is directed by Van Kaplan, choreographed by Kiesha Lalama, and music supervised and conducted by Geoffrey Ko.^[13]

The award show is held at the Minskoff Theatre^[14] on Broadway, and is typically hosted by a celebrated Broadway actor (for example Laura Benanti in 2018).^[13]

The show begins with an opening number (typically a "mega-mix of contemporary Broadway hits")^[3] involving all nominees, followed by a series of "showcase medleys", in which several nominees appear in costume in the role they performed in their high school's musical, each in turn singing a short solo, while the remaining performers act as backup singers and dancers. These medleys have gained a cult following, with fans appreciating the crossover between disparate popular musicals.^[13] Since 2016, due to an increasing number of nominees and time limitations, only a portion of nominees have participated in showcase medleys, with the remainder instead performing in a group number. The medley format was conceived by original musical director Michael Moricz.^[13]

During an intermission, a panel of experts selects about eight finalists. During the show's second half, the finalists each perform a solo, and the winners are announced. In addition to the main awards of Best Performance by an Actress and Best Performance by an Actor, other awards are given out with smaller prizes. In 2023, awards were given for Best Dancer, Rising Star, Best Performance in an Ensemble, and Spirit of the Jimmys, each associated with a $2,000 scholarship. All finalists also receive a $3,000 scholarship toward their future education.^[15]

Winners and finalists

2000s

Year	Actor	Hometown	Musical	Character	Notes
2009[16][17] 1st Jimmy Awards
	Stephen Mark[18]	Ridgefield, Connecticut	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Jimmy Smith	Cast as John in national touring company of Anything Goes[19]
	Kian McCollum[20]	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	The Wedding Singer	Robbie Hart
	Joseph Pudetti[20]	Rochester, New York	Godspell	Jesus
	Jenny Wine[18]	Wichita, Kansas	The Wedding Singer	Julia Sullivan
	Grace Hardin	Waterbury, Connecticut	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Millie Dillmount

2010s

Year	Actor	Hometown	Musical	Character	Notes
2010[21][5] 2nd Jimmy Awards
	Kyle Selig[22]	Long Beach, California	Singin' in the Rain	Don Lockwood	Made Broadway debut in The Book of Mormon in 2013[22] Cast as Baby John in the 2016 Hollywood Bowl production of West Side Story with the Los Angeles Philharmonic[23] Cast as Homer Hickam in the 2016 musical, October Sky, inspired by the film of the same name at the Old Globe Theatre[24] Cast as Aaron Samuels in 2018 Broadway musical, Mean Girls[25] Replaced Grant Gustin as Jacob Jankowski in Water for Elephants in September 2024[26]
	Alex Field[27]	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	The Wiz	Tinman
	Matthew Hill	San Jose, California	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels	Freddy Benson
	John Jorge	Woodbridge, Connecticut	Les Misérables	Jean Valjean
	Alexandria Payne[28]	Atlanta, Georgia	Once on This Island	Ti Moune	Cast in the national tour of The Lion King at age 10[28]
	Katie Sapper	San Diego, California	Little Shop of Horrors	Audrey
	Stephanie Styles[29]	Houston, Texas	The Drowsy Chaperone	Janet Van De Graaff	Cast as Louisa von Trapp in national tour of The Sound of Music at age 12[29] Cast as Katherine Plumber in 1st national tour of Newsies[30] Made Broadway debut as Lois Lane/Bianca in the 2019 revival of Kiss Me, Kate[31]
2011[32][33] 3rd Jimmy Awards
	Ryan McCartan	Minneapolis, Minnesota	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	J. Pierrepont Finch	Cast as Diggie on the Disney Channel comedy Liv and Maddie[34] Cast as Jason "J.D." Dean in 2013 Off-Broadway run of Heathers: The Musical Cast as Brad Majors in 2016 television musical, The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again[35] Made Broadway debut as Fiyero in Wicked in 2018 and played Hans in Frozen on Broadway in 2020 and on tour in 2022.[36] Replaced Jeremy Jordan as Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby on Broadway[37]
	Seth Jones	Kansas City, Missouri	Crazy for You	Bobby Child
	Mackenzie Orr	Irving, Texas	Into the Woods	Baker
	Shauni Ruetz	Rochester, New York	Into the Woods	Witch
	Kirsten Hoover	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	No, No, Nanette	Nanette
	Breyannah Tillman	Memphis, Tennessee	Aida	Aida
2012[38][39] 4th Jimmy Awards
	Joshua Grosso	Tampa, Florida	The Phantom of the Opera	Raoul de Chagny	Cast as Marius in the U.S. touring company of Les Misérables [40] Cast as replacement Telephone Guy in U.S. tour of The Band's Visit [41] Cast as swing in New York City Center Encores! production of Urinetown [42]
	Evan Greenberg	Atlanta, Georgia	The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee	William Barfee
	Drew Shafranek	Irving, Texas	The Music Man	Harold Hill
	Elizabeth Romero[43]	Fullerton, California	Damn Yankees	Lola
	Nicolette Burton	San Diego, California	Kiss Me, Kate	Lilli Vanessi / Katharine
	Erica Durham	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Aida	Aida	Cast as Squeak in the U.S. national tour of The Color Purple[44]
2013[45][46] 5th Jimmy Awards
	Taylor Varga	Newtown, Connecticut	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	J. Pierrepont Finch
	Michael Burrell	La Mirada, California	Into the Woods	Baker
	Austin Crute	Atlanta, Georgia	The Wiz	Scarecrow
	Sarah Lynn Marion	Fullerton, California	Hello, Dolly!	Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi
	Jillian Caillouette	Waterbury, Connecticut	Little Women	Jo March
	Martha Hellerman	Madison, Wisconsin	Spring Awakening	Wendla Bergmann
	Eva Noblezada[47]	Charlotte, North Carolina	Footloose	Ariel Moore	Made professional debut as Kim at age 17 in the West End revival of Miss Saigon in 2014[47] Cast as Éponine in West End production of Les Misérables in 2016[48] Made Broadway debut headlining Miss Saigon in 2017[47] Cast as Eurydice in both West End and Broadway productions of Hadestown in 2018 and 2019, respectively[49][50] Nominated for Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, for Miss Saigon in 2017, and again for Hadestown in 2019[51][49][52] Cast as Daisy in Paper Mill Playhouse and Broadway musical production of The Great Gatsby[53]
2014[54][55] 6th Jimmy Awards
	Jonah Rawitz[56][57]	Chicago, Illinois	In the Heights	Usnavi
	Mekhai Lee[58]	Charlotte, North Carolina	Shrek The Musical	Shrek	Cast as Grady in 2017–18 U.S. national tour of The Color Purple[59]
	Matthew Richards	Logan, Utah	The Scarlet Pimpernel	Percy Blakeney
	Jai'Len Christine Li Josey[56]	Atlanta, Georgia	Dreamgirls	Effie Melody White	Appeared in Tyler Perry's Love Thy Neighbor Made Broadway debut as Pearl Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants, The Broadway Musical in 2017[60]
	Brooke Solan	Las Vegas, Nevada	The Drowsy Chaperone	Janet Van De Graaff
	Sophia Tzougros	Dousman, Wisconsin	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Millie Dillmount
2015[61][62] 7th Jimmy Awards
	Anthony Skillman[63]	Mission Viejo, California	Tarzan	Tarzan
	Drayton Maclean Mayers	Memphis, Tennessee	Big Fish	Edward Bloom
	Alec Michael Ryan	Houston, Texas	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels	Lawrence Jameson
	Marla Louissaint[64]	New York, New York	Caroline, or Change	Caroline Thibodeaux	Cast as ensemble member of the U.S. touring company of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical[65]
	Morgan Higgins	La Mirada, California	Les Misérables	Éponine Thénardier
	Marnie Quick	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Shout! The Mod Musical	Orange Girl
2016[66][67] 8th Jimmy Awards
	Josh Strobl[68]	Los Angeles, California	Hairspray	Link Larkin	Cast as universal cover for Broadway production of Dear Evan Hansen in 2019[69] Cast as understudy for Ponyboy and Johnny in original Broadway cast of The Outsiders.
	Cameron Chang	San Diego, California	The Drowsy Chaperone	Aldolpho
	John Fredrickson	Dallas, Texas	Mary Poppins	Bert
	Devin Moore	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Les Misérables	Jean Valjean
	Amina Faye[70]	Charlotte, North Carolina	Ragtime	Sarah	Cast as Jane Seymour in the US Boleyn Tour of Six (musical)
	Kailey Boyle	Madison, Wisconsin	Once Upon a Mattress	Princess Winnifred	Cast in Ensemble of Gatsby at the American Repertory Theater
	Lauren Johnson	Omaha, Nebraska	Seussical	Gertrude McFuzz	Cast as Lorraine in the 2022-23 US tour of Hairspray
	Marnie Quick (2)	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	9 to 5	Doralee Rhodes
2017[71][72] 9th Jimmy Awards
	Tony Moreno[73]	Orlando, Florida	Man of La Mancha	Don Quixote (Cervantes)	Cast as a Swing in the Broadway production of The Book of Mormon in December 2022[74]
	Antonio Cipriano[75]	East Lansing, Michigan	Hello! My Baby	Mickey McKee	Cast in the premiere production of Jagged Little Pill.[76] Made Broadway debut in Broadway production of Jagged Little Pill in December 2019[77] Made television debut in a guest role on the 2019 series God Friended Me Cast in the series regular role of Will in the upcoming series Safehaven[78]
	Nathan Keffer	Nashville, Tennessee	Little Shop of Horrors	Seymour
	Sam Primack	Tempe, Arizona	Catch Me If You Can	Frank Abagnale, Jr.	Cast as an understudy in the Broadway production of Dear Evan Hansen in 2019[79] Debuts as Evan Hansen in the touring cast of Dear Evan Hansen[80]
	Sofia Deler[73]	Orlando, Florida	Songs for a New World	Woman 1	Cast as Shelby in 2020 film production of The Prom Cast as understudy for Holly in original Broadway cast of Stereophonic[81]
	Maggie Gidden	La Mirada, California	Footloose	Rusty
	Hatty King	Nashville, Tennessee	Little Women	Jo March
	Jasmine Rogers[82]	Houston, Texas	Into the Woods	Witch	Cast as Gretchen Weiners in the national tour of Mean Girls[83] Cast as Betty Boop in 2023 Chicago premiere of Boop! The Musical.
2018[84][85] 10th Jimmy Awards
	Andrew Barth Feldman[86]	Long Island, New York	Catch Me If You Can	Frank Abagnale, Jr.	Made his Broadway debut as Evan Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen in January 2019[87] Cast as Linguini in the 2021 virtual benefit concert Ratatouille the Musical, based on the 2007 Disney/Pixar film[88] Made his television debut in the recurring guest role of Antoine in Season 2 of the Disney+ show High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Made his feature film debut Starring opposite Jennifer Lawrence in No Hard Feelings
	Darian Goulding	Chicago, Illinois	Beauty and the Beast	Beast
	J.R. Heckman	Cleveland, Ohio	The Secret Garden	Archibald Craven	Also a 2016 and 2019 Jimmy Awards nominee
	Riley Thad Young	Memphis, Tennessee	James and the Giant Peach	Grasshopper
	Reneé Rapp[86][89]	Charlotte, North Carolina	Big Fish	Sandra Bloom	Made her Broadway debut as Regina George in Mean Girls in June 2019[90] Cast as Leighton in the HBO Max comedy series The Sex Lives of College Girls[91] Cast as Regina George in musical teen comedy film Mean Girls (2024 film) Went on to a pop music career
	Sabrina Astle	La Mirada, California	Legally Blonde	Elle Woods
	Emily Escobar	Tampa, Florida	Zombie Prom	Toffee
	Marisa Ines Moenho	Palm Springs, California	Urinetown	Hope Cladwell
2019[92][93] 11th Jimmy Awards
	Ethan Kelso[94]	Logan, Utah	Big Fish	Will Bloom
	Casey Likes	Tempe, Arizona	Les Misérables	Jean Valjean	Made his Broadway debut as William Miller in Almost Famous in October 2022.[95][96] Cast in a leading role in the upcoming MGM horror film Dark Harvest[96] Cast as Gene Simmons in the upcoming Neil Bogart biopic Spinning Gold Cast as Marty McFly in the Broadway production of Back to the Future: The Musical.
	Colin Miller	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Little Shop of Horrors	Seymour
	Christian Spaay	Madison, Wisconsin	Les Misérables	Marius
	Ekele Ukegbu[97]	New York, New York	Aida	Aida
	Jessi Kirtley	Atlanta, Georgia	Mary Poppins	Mary Poppins
	Lexie Love	Seattle, Washington	Les Misérables	Éponine Thénardier
	Marisa Ines Moenho (2)	Palm Springs, California	Sister Act	Deloris Van Cartier

2020s

Year	Actor	Hometown	Musical	Character	Notes
2021[98] 12th Jimmy Awards
	Bryson Battle	Charlotte, North Carolina	Guys and Dolls	Nicely Nicely Johnson
	Benjamin Brown	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	No applicable production	No applicable production
	Justin Cooley	Kansas City, Missouri	No applicable production	No applicable production	Made Broadway debut as Seth Weetis in Kimberly Akimbo in November 2022[99] Nominated for Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical Kimberly Akimbo for in 2023
	Mateo Lizcano	New York, New York	Big Fish	Edward Bloom
	Elena Holder	Durham, North Carolina	Cry-Baby	Lenora
	Victoria Evans	Seattle, Washington	No applicable production	No applicable production
	Kuper Walker	Los Angeles, California	No applicable production	No applicable production
	Ava Wolesky	Kansas City, Missouri	Carrie	Carrie White
2022[100] 13th Jimmy Awards
	Nicholas Barrón	San Antonio, Texas	The Baker's Wife	Dominique
	Thomas Beeker	Denver, Colorado	The Music Man	Harold Hill
	Dakota Renteria	Las Vegas, Nevada	Big Fish	Edward Bloom
	Joshua Thompson	Durham, North Carolina	Anastasia	Dmitry
	Kendall Becerra	San Diego, California	In the Heights	Nina
	Sophie Pollono	Los Angeles, California	Into the Woods	Cinderella
	Symoné Spencer	Durham, North Carolina	Funny Girl	Fanny Brice
	Anna Zavelson	San Antonio, Texas	Anastasia	Anya	Cast as Clara in the New York City Center's Encores! production of The Light in the Piazza[101]
2023[102] 14th Jimmy Awards
	Langston Lee	Austin, Texas	Anastasia	Dmitry
	Corbin Drew Ross	Dallas, Texas	Anastasia	Dmitry
	Christian Strong	Columbus, Ohio	Kinky Boots	Lola
	Omar Andre Real	Palm Springs, California	Bat Boy	Bat Boy
	Lauren A. Marchand	New York, New York	Frozen	Elsa
	Maya Sharma	West Palm Beach, Florida	Freaky Friday	Ellie
	Samia Posadas	Tucson, Arizona	Legally Blonde	Elle Woods
	Anna Wright	St. Louis, Missouri	Bright Star	Alice Murphy
2024[103] 15th Jimmy Awards
	Damson Chola, Jr.[104]	Cleburne, Texas	Little Shop of Horrors	Seymour
	Peter Dessert	Kansas City, Missouri	All Shook Up	Chad
	Luke Martin	Las Vegas, Nevada	Les Misérables	Jean Valjean
	James Thibault	New Haven, Connecticut		Javert
	Gretchen Shope[104]	Midland, Michigan	Alice by Heart	Alice
	Fabiola Caraballo Quijada	Dallas, Texas	Something Rotten!	Nostradamus
	Catherine Dosier	La Mirada, California	The Secret Garden	Lily Craven
	Samia Posadas (2)	Tucson, Arizona	Into the Woods	Cinderella

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