Meet BroadwayWorld Next On Stage's Season 4 College And High School Top 15
Catch up on both broadcasts, hear the judges' feedback, and meet the top 15!
By: Team BWW Dec. 01, 2023
On December 1st, host Ben Cameron and the esteemed panel of judges on BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage revealed the High School and College Top 15. Next on Stage is Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students.
Catch up on both of the broadcasts and meet the contestants below!
High School Top 15
College Top 15
Meet The Contestants - High School
Alexia Cuevas from Gregori High School
Singing It Won't Be Long Now from In the Heights
Ashlee Fucarino from Wantagh High School
Singing You Learn To Live Without from If/Then
Ava Simone from New World School of the Arts Highschool
Singing When He Sees Me from Waitress
Ben Davis from Littleton High School
Singing Les Poissons from The Little Mermaid
Bethany Livers from NOCCA (New Orleans Center for Creative Arts)
Singing Crossing a Bridge from Anastasia
Braxton Offor from Hermitage High School
Singing Go The Distance from Hercules
Cooper Arbisi from Massapequa High School
Singing Need To Know from Weird Romance
Giovanni Monterastelli from Buffalo High School
Singing Long As You Love Me from & Juliet
Haylie Christiano from Nyack High School
Singing Lost In The Brass from Band Geeks
Hudson Koonce from South Lakes High School
Singing She Loves Me from She Loves Me
Jaida Leigh Miller from Palm Harbor University High School
Singing Safer from First Date
Jake Esparza from Tri-City Christian School
Singing Stars from Les Misérables
Jeffery Walker III from St. Petersburg
Singing Make Them Hear You from Ragtime
Mackenzie Crawford from Sioux City East High School
Singing She Used To Be Mine from Waitress
Roxie Sparling from Utah Arts Academy
Singing Disneyland from Smile The Musical
Cecilia Langhals from Marysville High School
Singing Love Me, Love Me Not by Joey Contreras
Meet The Contestants - College Top 15
Alexandra Donach from New York University
Singing No One Else from Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
Amaya Hardin from Ouachita Baptist University
Singing There Are Worst Things I Could Do from Grease
Ashley Poulin from Wayne State University
Singing The Dark I Know Well from Spring Awakening
Ashley Wongbi from University of St. Thomas
Singing Your Daddy’s Son from Ragtime
Colin Mash from Temple University
Singing I Don't Care Much from Cabaret
Colin O'Connor from NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Singing Marry Me A Little from Company
Gilbert A Almaraz from Emerson College
Singing Out There from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hunter Conrad from Minnesota State University-Mankato
Singing At The Fountain from Sweet Smell of Success
Jacob Haen from Minnesota State University, Mankato
Singing I Can’t Stand Still from Footloose
Jaidyn Richardson from AMDA
Singing Dreamer in Disguise from Carrie the Musical
Josiah Sims from College of the Ozarks
Singing It Only Takes A Moment from Hello, Dolly!
Kirstin Walla
Singing One Perfect Moment from Bring It On
Michael Burchett
Singing Confrontation from Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical
Paris Stone from Georgia State University- Perimeter College
Singing Waiting For Life from Once on This Island
Sara Elder
Singing Flowers from Hadestown
Stefanie Worton from Brookdale Community College
Singing Goodbye Until Tomorrow from The Last Five Years
Judges for the fourth season include J. Elaine Marcos (A Chorus Line), Lesli Margherita (Matilda), Kyle Taylor Parker (Kinky Boots), Courtney Reed (Moulin Rouge!), Kate Rockwell (Mean Girls), and Michael James Scott (Aladdin).
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About BroadwayWorld's Next on Stage
The Grand Prize:
- AMDA Emerging Artists Scholarship with BFA and Conservatory options for High School graduates and College-level students
- $1000 donation to the charity of their choice
- Vocal lesson with top NYC coach Matt Farnsworth
- Work session with The Telsey Office's Rachel Hoffman
- BroadwayWorld Merch Prize Pack
- and more!
All finalists will:
-Perform at NYC's Tony-honored 54 Below for the live season finale in front of the judges. Flights (or other transportation to NYC based on location of origin) and hotel accomodations included.
-Two tickets to a Broadway show during their stay in NYC
-Two tickets to a show at 54 Below
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