Photo Coverage: NYC High Schoolers Shine at the Roger Rees Awards!
By: Genevieve Rafter Keddy May. 23, 2016
The Broadway Education Alliance just presented The Roger Rees Awards for Excellence in Student Performance (formerly the Gershwin Awards), yesterday The Beacon High School in Manhattan. This annual talent showcase featured 44 students representing 26 New York City metro area high schools competing for the coveted title of Best Actress and Best Actor in a musical.
Broadway legend Chita Rivera announced the award winners, Alexander Pacella and Sarafina Morency, selected by a panel of Broadway's top musical theater professionals including Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, Tony Award-nominated actor Rob McClure and Ruthlyn Salomons, dance supervisor for THE LION KING, following a preliminary adjudication process.
Students have been nominated to participate in the Roger Rees Awards by their high school administration based on his/her performance of a leading role in the school musical presented during the 2015-2016 academic year. For the complete list of nominees CLICK HERE. The Roger Rees Award for Excellence in Student Performance celebrates the exceptional life and career-long artistic excellence of Broadway's beloved actor, Roger Rees. Roger received Olivier and Tony Awards for his performance in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, and Tony nominations for Indiscretions and as co-director of Peter and the Starcatcher. He passed away in July 2015 after a year-long battle with brain cancer. He was posthumously inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in November 2015.Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy
The Roger Rees Awards 2016
The Nominees
The Nominees
The Nominees
Tim Federle (Host)
Tim Federle and The Nominees
The Beacon School Cast of Lysistrata Jones
Justin Sturgis
Justin Sturgis
Sophia Condon
Sophia Condon
Miguel Angel Garcia
Miguel Angel Garcia
Michaela DeJoseph
Michaela DeJoseph
Maxwell Herman
Maxwell Herman
Kristen Haynes
Kristen Haynes
Dominique Burke
Dominique Burke
Gianna Roccaro
Gianna Roccaro
Alexander Pacella
Alexander Pacella
Sarafina Morency
Sarafina Morency
Marla Louissaint (National High School Musical Theatre Awards 2015 Best Actress)
Michelle Mallardi (Long Island University Post Theatre)
Steve Purdy (Musical Accompanist), Christie Miller and Kenneth Avery-Clark (The American Musical Theatre Academy of London and New York)
Up and Coming Actor and Actress Winners-Sophia Condon and Justin Sturgis
Chita Rivera
Roger Rees Award Winner-Alexander Pacella with Sophia Condon and Justin Sturgis
Roger Rees Award Winner-Sarafina Morency
Shannon Lewis (Director and Choreographer)
The Judges-Jason Robert Brown, Ruthlyn Salomons and Rob McClure
Jason Robert Brown, Ruthlyn Salomons, Alexander Pacella, Chita Rivera, Sarafina Morency and Rob McClure
Alexander Pacella, Chita Rivera and Sarafina Morency
Alexander Pacella, Chita Rivera and Sarafina Morency
Kenneth Avery-Clark, Christie Miller, Jason Robert Brown, Rob McClure and Steve Purdy
Christie Miller, Kenneth Avery-Clark, Templar Wright, Chita Rivera, Alexander Pacella and Steve Purdy
Sophia Condon and Justin Surges
Alexander Pacella, Sophia Condon, Justin Sturgis and Sarafina Morency
Rob McClure, Alexander Pacella, Sophia Condon, Justin Sturgis, Sarafina Morency, Ruthlyn Salomons and Jason Robert Brown
Rob McClure, Alexander Pacella, Sophia Condon, Chita Rivera, Justin Sturgis, Sarafina Morency, Ruthlyn Salomons and Jason Robert Brown
Kristin Haynes, Sophia Condon, Sarafina Morency, Alexander Pacella and Justin Sturgis
Kristin Haynes, Sophia Condon, Sarafina Morency, Shannon Lewis, Alexander Pacella and Justin Sturgis
Sarafina Morency, Shannon Lewis and Alexander Pacella
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