Andrew Keenan-Bolger to Host the 2025-2026 Roger Rees Awards
The event showcase features 50 high school students from a record breaking 104 participating schools located throughout the Greater New York region.
Andrew Keenan-Bolger, actor, director, author and filmmaker will host the 2025-2026 Roger Rees Awards for Excellence in Student Performance on Sunday, May 17, 2026, 7:00 pm, at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway (at 95th Street), New York. Keenan-Bolger is best known for originating the roles of Crutchie in Newsies and Jesse Tuck in Tuck Everlasting on Broadway. He is also the author of the recently released Young Adult novel “Limelight”.
The Roger Rees Awards features 50 high school students from a record breaking 104 participating schools located throughout the Greater New York region who have been nominated for Outstanding Performer. After two previous adjudication rounds, the top 50 performers were selected as nominees from over 1,000 students who played leading roles in their high school musicals.
During the showcase nominees will perform group musical numbers directed/choreographed by Theo Lencicki accompanied by the New York City Center Youth Orchestra, a new 18-member group of student musicians assembled and directed by Rick Hip-Flores, with 12 finalist selected to perform solos.
A panel of Broadway industry professionals will select two students as the Outstanding Performers to represent New York at The Jimmy Awards on Monday, June 22nd at the Minskoff Theatre. See the winners from the 2025 Roger Rees Awards HERE!
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