Shows, Dates Set for Houston-Area High Schools Participating in 2016 Tommy Tune Awards

Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) has announced the show titles and dates for the 45 Houston-area high schools participating in the 2016 Tommy Tune Awards. Created by TUTS in 2002, the Tommy Tune Awards recognizes and rewards excellence in the production of musical theatre by high school students and their teachers.

"We are very fortunate as this year's Tommy Tune Awards competitors include a wide variety of schools," says Bob Lawson, TUTS' Director of Education. "Our programming is designed to offer this unique opportunity for artists, educators and students to work together, and bring recognition to the next generation of musical theatre. No matter the size of school or the style of show produced, our participants share one common element: the art of musical theatre as a way to connect, collaborate and communicate. We can't wait to see what they create for 2016."

During the 2015/16 school year, a team of Houston-based theatre professionals will evaluate the participating high schools' productions and announce the winners at a Tony Awards-style ceremony on April 19, 2016 at The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. The event will highlight musical numbers from the nominated shows and celebrate the winning performers, directors, choreographers, orchestras and designers.

Show titles and performance dates for the 45 competing high schools are:

B.F. Terry High School	Bye Bye Birdie	January 22, 23, 25 @ 7pm
Cesar Chavez High School	Chicago The Musical	March 2, 3 @ 4pm, March 4, 5 @ 7pm
Clear Lake High School	Oklahoma!	January 28, 29, 30, February 4, 5, 6 @ 7pm
Clear Springs High School	Seussical	January 29, 30, February 4, 5, 6 @ 7pm, January 31 @ 2:30pm
Clements High School	Ghost the Musical	February 4, 5, 6, 8 @ 7pm
Cypress Christian School	Seussical	March 4 @ 7pm, March 5 @ 2pm, 7pm, March 6 @ 2pm
Cypress Falls High School	Annie	October 8, 9, 10, 13 @ 7pm
Cypress Ranch High School	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	November 11, 12, 13, 14 @ 7pm, November 15 @ 2pm
Cypress Woods High School	Meet Me in St. Louis	February 4, 5 @ 7pm, February 6 @ 2pm, 7pm
Dulles High School	Disney's High School Musical	January 22, 23 @ 7pm January 24 @ 2:30pm, 7pm
Episcopal High School	Godspell - 2012	March 4, 5, 6 @ 7:30pm
Foster High School	In the Heights	January 22, 23 @ 7pm, January 24 @ 2pm
Friendswood High School	Disney's Beauty and The Beast	January 29, 30, February 5, 6 @ 7pm, February 8 @ 2:30pm
George Bush High School	Shrek The Musical	January 28, 29, 30, February 5, 6 @ 7pm
George Ranch High School	Sweet Charity	January 14-17 @ 7pm
Houston Christian High School	Monty Python's Spamalot	February 4, 5 @ 7pm, February 6 @ 2pm, 7pm
James E. Taylor High School	Oklahoma!	February 4, 5, 6 @ 7:30pm, February 7 @ 2pm
Kempner High School	Little Shop of Horrors	February 4, 5 @ 7pm, February 6 @ 2pm, 7pm
Kingwood High School	Nice Work If You Can Get It	February 4, 5, 6, 8 @ 7:30pm
Klein Collins High School	Seussical	January 28, 29, 30, February 1, 5, 6 @ 7pm, January 30 @ 2pm
Klein Forest High School	Evita	January 22, 23, 28, 29, 30 @ 7pm
Klein High School	How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying	January 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, February 1 @ 7pm
Klein Oak High School	The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee	January 29, 30, February 5, 6, 8 @ 7pm
Lamar Consolidated High School	Little Shop of Horrors	January 21, 22 @ 7pm, January 23 @ 2pm, 7pm
Manvel High School	Legally Blonde the Musical	February 5, 6 @ 8pm
Nimitz High School	Little Shop of Horrors	January 21, 22, 23 @ 7pm
Obra D. Tompkins High School	Into the Woods	February 4-7 @ 7pm
Pasadena Memorial High School	Damn Yankees	January 22, 23, 28, 29, 30 @ 7pm
Pearland High School	Urinetown	January 22, 23, 28, 30 @ 7:30pm
Porter High School	The Music Man	January 21, 22, 23 @ 7pm
Second Baptist School	Grease: School Version	February 19 @ 7:30pm, February 20 @ 2pm, 7:30pm, February 21 @ 2pm
South Houston High School	The Addams Family	February 4, 5, 6 @ 7pm
Spring Woods High School	The Producers	January 29 @ 7:30pm, January 30 @ 2:30pm, 7:30pm, February 1 @ 7:30pm, February 5 @ 7:30, February 6 @ 2:30pm, 7:30pm
St. Agnes Academy	The Addams Family	February 25, 26, 27, 28, March 4, 5 @ 7:30
Stafford High School	The Wizard of Oz (RSC 1987)	January 22 @ 7:30pm, January 23 @ 2pm, January 24 @ 7:30pm
Stephen F. Austin High School	In the Heights	January 22, 23, 29, 30 @ 7pm
Stratford High School	Anything Goes	January 28, 29 @ 7:30 pm, January 30 @ 2:30pm, 7:30pm, February 4, 5 @ 7:30pm, February 6 @ 2:30pm, 7:30pm
Texas City High School	Shrek The Musical	January 21, 22, 23 @ 7pm February 4, 5, 6 @ 7 pm
The Emery/Weiner School	Footloose	February 6, 8 @ 7pm, February 7 @ 2pm
The John Cooper School	Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella	November 12, 13 @ 7pm, November 14 @ 2pm, 7pm, November 15 @ 2pm
The Kinkaid School/G.W. Carver Magnet High School	Hairspray	Carver: January 16 @ 7pm, January 17 @ 2:30pm Kinkaid: February 26, 27 @ 7pm, February 28 @ 2pm
The Woodlands High School	The Music Man	January 21, 22 @ 7pm, January 23 @ 2pm, 7pm
Westbury Christian School	OLIVER!	November 5 @ 7pm, November 7 @ 2pm, 7pm
Westfield High School	Dreamgirls	November 5-7 @ 7pm
William B. Travis High School	The Drowsy Chaperone	December 17, 18, 19 @ 7pm

TUTS' Tommy Tune Awards are named for Broadway legend, Houston native and Lamar High School alumnus Tommy Tune. A performer, director and choreographer with more than 50 years of stage experience, Tune received nine Tony Awards for his work in the following productions: Seesaw, My One and Only, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, Nine, Grand Hotel, and The Will Rogers Follies. He was also awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2003 by President Bush.

The Tommy Tune Awards ceremony is open to the general public. For information on the 2016 Tommy Tune Awards ceremony, call (713) 558-8804 or visit TUTS.com/TommyTune.

Theatre Under The Stars thanks The Brown Foundation, Inc. and David and Marsha Taylor for their generous support of the Tommy Tune Awards.

For more information on TUTS and their Education initiatives, visit TUTS.com.

Photo courtesy TUTS.

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