Two Los Angeles area high school students won a chance to perform on Broadway after claiming the top spots in the regional round of the National High School Musical Theater Awards. The final round of the five-year-old competition, whose awards are known as the Jimmys, will take place at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre in New York City July 1. The Southern California winners, who were participating in the 2nd annual Jerry Herman Awards staged by the Pantages Theatre and Nederlander Organization May 19, were Natalia Vivino of Santa Susana High School for best female actor and Anthony Nappier from Arcadia High School for best male actor. Both performers took home a $1,000 cash prize plus an all-expenses-paid trip to New York. While in Manhattan, the national finalists will also get five days of private coaching, master classes, and rehearsals with theater professionals. Judges for the Jerry Herman Awards, which are the local round...
- 5/21/2013
- backstage.com
The memorial on Sept. 20 at the Hollywood Museum for Dale Olson, who died Aug. 9 at 78, was – like Olson himself – a relic from a kinder, gentler Hollywood. It had aspects that don’t happen often. For example, how often does a 98 year-old sing (and do it well) at a remembrance? The afternoon affair began with remarks from John Bowab to the crowd of roughly 300, including Valerie Harper, Garry Marshall, George Schlatter and JoAnne Worley, that filled the museum’s fourth floor. “Wouldn’t Dale love this? It’s a sold-out house,” said Bowab. “And if
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- 9/21/2012
- by Bill Higgins
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Next stop, Carmel CA, announced Betty Buckley as she wrapped a truly spectacular cabaret concert entitled Ah Men The Boys of Broadway in the historic lobby of the Pantages Theatre. The sold out benefit for The Actors Fund featured Many of my favorite songs that I would otherwise never be able to sing on Broadway ... because they were written for men. Arrangements that included I Can See, My Defenses Are Down, and both the Jet Song and Maria from Westside Story, as well as Luck Be A Lady, Hey There, Come Back to Me, and a Sweeny Todd medley. Ms. Buckley introduced a new arrangement that received with wild enthusiasm from the patrons, entitled A Hymn to Her and dedicated to the question, Why can't women play famous Broadway roles written for men Among the men Buckley credited with influencing her most were the brilliant Russ Tamblyn, the graceful Fred Astaire...
- 12/7/2011
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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