Broadway/San Diego is excited to announce the initial airing of the one-hour TV special on Friday, June 22, featuring highlights from the 5th annual Broadway/San Diego High School Musical Theatre Awards which took place on Sunday, May 27 and is sponsored by San Diego County Credit Union.
The first airing of this program comes just two days before two of San Diego's best high school musical theatre performers and winners of the 2018 Broadway San Diego Awards, Jonas McMullen and Felicity Bryant, compete at the Jimmy Awards in New York. The TV special will air a total of nine times on Cox YurView channels in California. This is channel 4 in San Diego, channel 3 in Orange County, and channel 8 in Santa Barbara.
A full list of air dates can be found below. The Top 20 nominees including 3 Best Musical nominees from San Diego County high schools will be featured in the 60-minute program.
The Jimmy Awards, also known as The National High School Musical Theatre Awards, presented by the Broadway League Foundation, will include a record number of 80 participants from 40 regional programs across the country. Nominees will compete for the coveted Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress and a chance at one of two $10,000 scholarships. The talent showcase will feature dynamic ensemble and solo performances plus appearances by current Broadway Stars. Nominees prepare for their debut on a Broadway stage during a nine-day professional training intensive with NYU Tisch School of the Arts' New Studio on Broadway faculty members, plus other theatre professionals.
Participating San Diego County High Schools
Academy of Our Lady of Peace
Mary Poppins (Fall)
The Addams Family (Spring)
Canyon Crest Academy
Into the Woods (Fall)
Jekyll & Hyde (Spring)
Cathedral Catholic High School
Grease (Spring)
42nd Street (Spring)
Classical Academy High School
Drowsy Chaperone (Spring)
Coronado School of the Arts
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Fall)
City of Angels (Spring)
La Costa Canyon High School
Les Misérables (Spring)
La Jolla High School
Grease (Spring)
Mira Mesa High School
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Spring)
Mission Hills High School
American Idiot (Spring)
The O'Farrell Charter School
West Side Story (Spring)
Pacific Ridge School
Once on this Island (Spring)
Patrick Henry High School
Shrek the Musical (Spring)
Point Loma High School
Rent: School Edition (Spring)
Rancho Buena Vista
Bring It on! (Spring)
San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts
A Chorus Line (Spring)
San Dieguito Academy
Calvin Berger (Fall)
Chicago: School Edition (Spring)
Santa Fe Christian School
Mary Poppins (Spring)
Scripps Ranch High School
Legally Blonde (Spring)
Steele Canyon High School
The Sound of Music (Spring)
University City High School
Bye Bye Birdie (Spring)
West Hills High School
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Fall)
Westview High School
Legally Blonde (Spring)
WHEN: Broadway San Diego Awards One-Hour TV Special Airings
Friday, June 22 9:30pm
Thursday, June 28 9:30pm
Saturday, June 30 1:00pm
Friday, July 6 9:30pm
Thursday, July 12 9:30pm
Friday, July 13 9:30pm
Thursday, July 19 9:30pm
Thursday, July 26 9:30pm
Thursday, August 2 9:30pm
WHERE: Cox YurView
Channel 4 in San Diego
Channel 3 in Orange County
Channel 8 in Santa Barbara
WEBSITE: http://www.broadwaysd.com/broadway-san-diego-high-school-musical-theatre-awards/
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