Joshua Grosso
Tampa, FL
The 2012 Jimmy® Award for Best Performance by an Actor was presented to Joshua Grosso representing the Broadway Star of the Future Awards in Tampa, FL.
Winners & Nominees
On Monday, June 25, 2012 two students were presented with Jimmy® Awards for Best Performance by an Actress and Best Performance by an Actor at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre at the 4th Annual National High School Musical Theatre Awards® (NHSMTA®)/Jimmy Awards®.
Our 2012
Winners
Presented by the Nederlander Organization
Elizabeth Romero
The 2012 Jimmy® Award for Best Performance by an Actress was presented to Elizabeth Romero representing the John Raitt Awards in Fullerton, CA.
Finalists
Presented by Barry and Fran Weissler Foundation
Drew Shafranek
The Schmidt and Jones Awards
Irving, TX
Nicolette Burton
Globe Honors
San Diego, CA
Additional Awards
Malia Morley
Best Performance in an Ensemble
Matthew Gurniak
Most Improved
Elizabeth Romero
Spirit of the Jimmy Awards
Morgan Kirner
Spirit of the Jimmy Awards
Emily McIntyre
6 Week Pre-College Drama Summer Program Scholarship, presented by Carnegie Mellon University.
Jimmy Award winners were selected by a panel of Broadway brass including Scott Ellis (Roundabout Theatre Company); Kent Gash (New Studio on Broadway, NYU Tisch School of the Arts Department of Drama); Tony® Award-nominee Montego Glover (Memphis); Rachel Hoffman (Telsey +Co); Alecia Parker (NAMCO); Nick Scandalios (Nederlander Organization); and Bernie Telsey (Telsey + Co).
PBS created a 3-part documentary series about The National High School Musical Theater Awards titled “Broadway or Bust” which aired on consecutive Sunday nights in September 2012.
Our 2012
Nominees
Mason Alexander
Los Angeles, CA
Cornelius, Hello, Dolly!
Ramon C. Cortines School of the Visual and Performing Arts
Hannah C. Arnold
The Freddy Awards
Easton, PA
Millie Dillmount, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Freedom High School
Hanna Kristen Berggren
San Jose, CA
Princess Winnifred, Once Upon a Mattress
Menlo-Atherton High School
Nicolette Burton
Globe Honors
San Diego, CA
Lilli Vanessi/Katharine, Kiss Me, Kate
Canyon Crest Academy
Joshua N. Carey
Rochester, NY
Horton the Elephant, Seussical
Wheatland Chili High School
Brittany Dankwa
Atlanta, GA
Celie, The Color Purple
Tri-Cities High School
Erica Durham
Midland, PA
Aida, Aida
Central Valley High School
Tyler Eisenreich
Kansas City, MO
Jimmy Smith, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Blue Springs High School
Emily Emmett
Dallas, TX
Polly Baker, Crazy for You
Flower Mound High School
Michael Ferlita
Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards
Millburn, NJ
Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde, Jekyll & Hyde
Sayreville War Memorial High School
Chase Fischer
Globe Honors
San Diego, CA
Jimmy Smith, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Coronado High School
Evan Greenberg
Atlanta, GA
William Barfee, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Riverwood Int’l Charter High School
Joshua Grosso
Tampa, FL
Raoul de Chagny, The Phantom of the Opera
American Heritage School
Matthew Gurniak
The Freddy Awards
Easton, PA
The Cat in the Hat, Seussical
Allentown Central Catholic High School
Morgan Kirner
Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards
Millburn, NJ
Cinderella, Into the Woods
Absegami High School
Zachary Kozlow
East Lansing, MI
Albert Peterson, Bye Bye Birdie
Wylie E. Groves High School
Alli Kramer
Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards
Waterbury, CT
Elle Woods, Legally Blonde the Musical
Amity Regional High School
Peter Lambert
Logan, UT
Bobby Child, Crazy for You
Alta High School
Kyra Leeds
New York, NY
Princess Winnifred, Once Upon a Mattress
Townsend Harris High School
Adam Levy
John Raitt Awards for Youth (JRAY)
Fullerton, CA
Marius, Les Misérables
Orange County High School of the Arts
Emily McIntyre
The Schmidt and Jones Awards
Irving, TX
Belle, Beauty and the Beast
Coppell High School
Evyn Mirasol
Los Angeles, CA
Jesus, Godspell
University High School of Los Angeles
Carly Moffie
Spotlight on Stars
Beverly, MA
Millie Dillmount, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Beverly High School
Malia Morley
Logan, UT
Aida, Aida
Hillcrest High School
Gavin Myers
The Jester Awards
Wichita, KS
Nathan Detroit, Guys and Dolls
Bishop Carroll Catholic High School
Meadow Nguy
Chicago, IL
Dorothy Gale, The Wizard of Oz
O’Fallon Township High School
David Nicholson
Spotlight on Stars
Beverly, MA
Pippin, Pippin
Acton Boxborough Regional High School
Emily Nies
Minneapolis, MN
Rosemary Pilkington, How to Succeed in Busness Without Really Trying
White Bear Lake Area High School
Kaitlin Pagliaro
Hershey Theatre Apollo Awards
Hershey, PA
Millie Dillmount, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Bishop McDevitt High School
Myles Phillips
Betty Lynn Buckley Awards
Fort Worth, TX
Horton the Elephant, Seussical
Mansfield High School
Elizabeth Romero
John Raitt Awards for Youth (JRAY)
Fullerton, CA
Lola, Damn Yankees
Huntington Beach High School Academy for the Performing Arts
Nathan Salstone
Chicago, IL
Phantom of the Opera, The Phantom of the Opera
Glenbrook North High School
Samantha Schneider-Behen
Tampa, FL
Lucille Frank, Parade
Howard W. Blake High School of the Arts
Drew Shafranek
The Schmidt and Jones Awards
Irving, TX
Harold Hill, The Music Man
Lovejoy High School
Sam Shankman
Memphis, TN
Leo Bloom, The Producers
Memphis University School
Sabaa Sharma
Memphis, TN
Ti Moune, Once on this Island
Lausanne Collegiate School
Shavance Stephens
Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards
Waterbury, CT
Coalhouse Walker Jr., Ragtime
Regional Center for the Arts
Jaclyn Stickel
La Mirada, CA
Janet Van De Graaff, The Drowsy Chaperone
La Habra High School
Gretchen Struckmeyer
Durham, NC
Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady
Millbrook High School
Ryan Vander Wagen
Midland, PA
Don Lockwood, Singin' in the Rain
Hopewell Area High School
Chloe Voreis
Betty Lynn Buckley Awards
Fort Worth, TX
Gertrude McFuzz, Seussical
Mansfield High School
Nick Wasileski
Hershey Theatre Apollo Awards
Hershey, PA
Baker, Into the Woods
Camp Hill High School
Lindsey Wells
The Jester Awards
Wichita, KS
Maria, The Sound of Music
Wichita Collegiate School
Nicholas Spain Wetherbee
San Jose, CA
Sky Masterson, Guys and Dolls
San Mateo High School
Michael B. Williams
Dallas, TX
Phantom of the Opera, The Phantom of the Opera
McKinney Boyd High School