Tonight Won’t Be Just Any Night

The 5^th Annual Jimmy™ Awards are tonight! Between rehearsals and solo coaching and special guest visits, the last few days have flown by! Be sure to visit our Twitter where we’ve been live-Tweeting the events and preview tonight’s show with our PlaybillVIP.

During a special lunch talkback sponsored by Music Theatre International, Tony-nominated songwriter Benj Pasek talked about his journey and experiences. The nominees had a chance to ask questions and were excited to meet one of the Tony-nominated songwriters for the Broadway musical A Christmas Story, the NBC TV series Smash, and the Off-Broadway musical Dogfight.

 

Songwriter Benj Pasek Talking to NHSMTA Nominees

Throughout the last few days, each nominee had a chance to work one-on-one with our NYC faculty coaches – Michael McElroy, Liz Callaway, Schele Williams-Kleinberger, Telly Leung and Leslie Odom, Jr.  Drawing upon their professional Broadway experience, the coaches helped the nominees achieve the next level, working on everything from vocals to stage presence.

 

Liz Callaway and Telly Leung Coach Nominees on their Solos

Last night, the nominees had a chance to perform their solos and group numbers for the judges. You could feel the nervous excitement in the air as each nominee stepped up to sing the solo he or she had been working on. The judges were blown away by the amount of talent brought by this year’s nominees.

Congratulations to all of the nominees – you’ve made it to the Broadway stage! We cannot wait to see everything come together tonight at the Minskoff. Break a leg everyone!