Celebrity Attractions And Tulsa Performing Arts Center Announce Inaugural Season Of The Eastern Oklahoma High School Musical Theatre Awards
By: Julie Musbach May. 10, 2018
Celebrity Attractions in partnership with the Tulsa Performing Arts Center are excited to announce the inaugural season of the Eastern Oklahoma High School Musical Theatre Awards. Highlighting and awarding excellence in Musical Theatre, the program will launch with the new school year in August 2018. Eastern Oklahoma high schools are invited to participate by completing registration available online at CelebrityAttractions.com.
A panel of adjudicators comprised of performing arts educators and professionals will attend all participating musical productions in the school year. After the season closes, all votes will be tallied and the best female and best male performer from each high school will be announced. These students will take center stage at the Eastern Oklahoma High School Musical Theatre Awards on May 24, 2019 at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Presented by Celebrity Attractions in partnership with the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, this inaugural Regional Awards Program will showcase Eastern Oklahoma's rising stars. Participating high schools will have the opportunity to feature their top musical theatre students in a special performance. From this program, the best female and male performer will be selected to represent Eastern Oklahoma in New York City at the Jimmy Awards, otherwise known as The National High School Musical Theatre Awards in June 2019.
About the Jimmy Awards
The Jimmy Awards/The National High School Musical Theatre Awards (NHSMTA) program impacts more than 100,000 students who participate in high school musical theatre competitions sponsored by presenters of Touring Broadway productions throughout the United States. Presented by the Broadway League Foundation, the program sends a Best Actress and Best Actor winner from each of these competitions to New York for a week-long theatre intensive of coaching and rehearsals with industry professionals in preparation for a one-night-only talent showcase on Broadway. Named for Broadway impresario James M. Nederlander, the program has been the catalyst for more than $2,000,000 in educational scholarships. The eleventh annual Jimmy Awards will take place at a date to be announced in the future.
About Celebrity Attractions
Celebrating 35 years, Celebrity Attractions is a Tulsa-based company that has become a nationally recognized leader in the Broadway industry by presenting six Broadway Seasons in a four-state region, serving in key roles in Broadway trade organizations and associate producing 30 Broadway Shows. Celebrity Attractions has built one of the nation's most highly successful Broadway Seasons in Tulsa and is proud to have an average annual impact on the local economy of more than $40 million. Celebrity Attractions is committed to presenting the Best of Broadway and more and enriching the communities they serve.
About Tulsa Performing Arts Center
Arts patrons come to the Tulsa Performing Arts Center year-round to attend a performance from one of Tulsa's acclaimed arts groups, to sample national and international talent, to stage or attend various social functions or Art Gallery exhibits and to view the Tulsa PAC's extensive permanent collection of more than 70 pieces of art. The Tulsa PAC is owned and operated by the City of Tulsa. The Tulsa PAC itself does not present events, but rents its space to resident arts organizations, touring shows, and to the public for a variety of activities, including private receptions, meetings and seminars. An attractive, comfortable setting, a knowledgeable staff and superb entertainment create the gratifying experience that audiences and performers enjoy when they "Come Home to the Arts" at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center.
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For more information please visit www.JimmyAwards.com and www.CelebrityAttractions.com
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