Recognizing Excellence in High School Musical Theatre Performance in the Greater New York Area.
The Broadway Education Alliance, the fiscal sponsor for the Gershwin Awards, has renamed the program The Roger Rees Awards for Excellence in Student Performance—to celebrate the exceptional life and career-long artistic excellence of Broadway’s beloved actor, Roger Rees. High schools located in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, Long Island and Westchester are invited to apply
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08/06/2024
Check out the StageNotes Musical Monday Playlist.
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07/27/2024
Happy birthday to our founder and champion for high school musical theater programs in the Greater New York area - Susan Lee.
06/23/2024
Break legs Ashlee Fucarino, Wantagh High School (Nassau) and Isaiah Baston, Bay Shore Senior High School (Suffolk), tomorrow night on The Jimmy Awards! Congratulations on Susan Lee, Broadway Education Alliance, and The Roger Rees Awards on a fantastic year!
A sneak peek at the 2024 Jimmy Awards The Jimmy’s has seen the rise of many musical theatre stars.
05/26/2024
Congratulations to the 2024 Roger Rees New Faces Honorees.
New Faces | 2024 features 30 students who have been selected by a panel of CSA casting directors (out of over 100 student audition videos) to participate in a two-hour masterclass in their chosen discipline. This year’s performance coaches include Celeste Simone (Voice), Maura Malloy (Acting), and Phil Colgan (Dance).
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05/25/2024
Congratulations to the 2024 Roger Rees Awards Scenic and Costume Designer honorees.
Amelia Grossi Romano
Scarsdale High School
Liat Somekh
Roslyn High School
Madeline Gross
Poly Prep Country Day School
Ysabella Solis Yi
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
New York City Center presented the 2024 Roger Rees Awards Scenic and Costume Designer Showcase. Students were selected based on their unique scenic and costume designs, including relevant research and mood boards, inspired by New York City Center’s upcoming Encores! performance of Titanic.
Photos Rebecca J. Michelson .
05/25/2024
Did someone say it's National Sing Out Day? Don't mind if we do.
Photos by Rebecca J. Michelson.
05/23/2024
Support our friends at the Long Island Musical Theatre Festival and their summer advanced intensive production of PARADE. https://limtf.org/summer-2024
05/20/2024
So proud of all the students who shared their talent and passion with us this weekend!
05/20/2024
2024 Emerging Artist Winners.
05/19/2024
Your 2024 Outstanding Performer Winners!
05/19/2024
Your 2024 Roger Rees Awards Outstanding Performer Awards Finalists.
05/19/2024
Thanks to our official media partner BroadwayWorld for supporting The Roger Rees Awards. Be sure to watch the pre-show starting at 3:00PM on or the Roger Rees Awards website.
Photos: NYC Students Hit the Rehearsal Room for the Roger Rees Awards Rehearsals have officially begun for the 2023-24 Roger Rees Awards, which will be hosted by Bonnie Milligan tomorrow, May 19, at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College. Check out out photos here!
05/19/2024
Day 2 of The Roger Rees Awards. Coaching sessions for The Outstanding Performer Nominees and a visit from Andrew Barth Feldman. Tomorrow is the day of the show!
05/18/2024
Day One of The Roger Rees Awards. We are so proud of these talented students who represent the best of Greater New York’s High School Musical Theater Programs.
05/14/2024
There is a new episode of the TheatreFam podcast out now featuring an interview with Tim Hatley, Scenic Design/Costume Designer Back to the Future. Hear what he has to say about designing the show, failure before success, and so much more. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or the website. Back to the Future is a sponsor of The Roger Rees Awards.
A Conversation with Tim Hatley (Back to the Future) - BEAlliance A Conversation with Tim Hatley, Scenic/Costume Design (Back to the Future) Hear what Tim Hatley (the multi-Tony Award-winning Designer) has to say about designing the DeLorean for Back to the Future, failure before success, and so much more. About the Guest TIM HATLEY (Scenic and Costume Design). Br...
05/14/2024
The Broadway Education Alliance thanks the companies, civic organizations, industry professionals, artists, and friends who give their time, talents and financial resources to the presentation of
The Roger Rees Awards for Excellence in Student Performance.
05/13/2024
Meet our Outstanding Performer Music Directors.
STEVEN CUEVAS (he/him) is a Filipino American music director, musician, orchestrator, and arranger based in NYC. Broadway: The Who’s Tommy; Days of Wine and Roses; New York, New York; Dancin’; & Juliet; Moulin Rouge!; Tina: The Tina Turner Musical; Once On This Island; Anastasia; Kinky Boots. Select Off-Broadway: The Connector, Hell’s Kitchen, Kinky Boots, Little Shop of Horrors, We Are TheTigers, Closer Than Ever. Tours: Tina, Moulin Rouge!, Once On This Island, Kinky Boots, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Spring Awakening. Orchestrations: Macbeth in Stride, Gold Mountain.
05/13/2024
Meet our Outstanding Performer Music Directors.
ISAAC HARLAN is a Pittsburgh native who studied piano at Penn State University. Since 2010 he has worked in NYC as a pianist, music director and orchestrator. Isaac has played concerts for Norm Lewis, Shoshana Bean, and Brandon Victor Dixon, and has also had the pleasure of working on developing musicals by writers such as Tituss Burgess, Alex Gemignani, MichaelMcElroy, and Black Thought. He accompanies the younger generation of singers through his work with NYU, YoungArts, and the National High School Musical Theatre Awards. Isaac also works with the Broadway Inspirational Voices, a grammy-nominated gospel choir, as a pianist and orchestrator. In the summer of 2022, he was a featured pianist at Little Island’s Music and Dance Festival. Most recently he was orchestrator,conductor and pianist for Sonnets and Soul, a new musical which was produced at Howard University.
05/13/2024
Meet the Roger Rees Awards Outstanding Performer Music Directors.
Shane Parus is a New York City based music director, pianist, and conductor. National Tours: PRETTY WOMAN, ELF, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, MEMPHIS, WE THE PEOPLE. Regionally, he’s music directed at Westchester Broadway Theatre and The New London Barn Playhouse, in addition to performing in productions at North Shore Music Theatre, The REV Theatre Company, and Mason Street Warehouse. He has worked with Grammy and Tony Award winners and regularly performs with Adam Pascal in concerts and cabarets across the country. This summer, he will be joining the Music Director faculty for the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center’s Cabaret and Performance Conference. In NYC, he has performed in the BCEFA Easter Bonnet Orchestra at the Minskoff Theatre, and for cabarets at 54 Below, Le Poisson Rouge, The Stonewall Inn, and The Duplex. He also serves on the piano faculty at American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC. For many years, he was a band leader, pianist, and percussionist for Holland America Cruise Line and Seabourn Cruise Line. Originally from Manistee, MI, Shane has a Bachelor of Music in percussion performance from Western Michigan University. http://www.shaneparus.com
05/09/2024
Meet The Roger Rees Awards' Outstanding Performer Coaches. The awards ceremony and showcase will be held May 19. Tickets are on sale now.
05/09/2024
It's Teacher's Appreciation Week and it seems like a great time to introduce you to two of the hardest working teaching artists we know - Theo Lencicki, Artistic Director, Director, and Choreographer of The Roger Rees Awards, and Christine Riley, Music Director of The Roger Rees Awards.
The Awards Ceremony and Showcase is on May 19. Tickets are on sale now.
05/08/2024
Congratulations to all the 2024 Roger Rees Awards Outstanding Performer Nominees. Tickets are on sale now for the May 19 Roger Rees Awards showcase and ceremony. Visit link in bio.
05/08/2024
Tickets are on sale now for The Roger Rees Awards.
Date: May 19
Time: 4:30PM
Place: Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College
Purchase your tickets at https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=bea
Please do not purchase tickets from any other source other than the Broadway Education Alliance.
See you there!
05/07/2024
The Roger Rees Awards congratulates our New Faces Voice Honorees. Presented by the Broadway Education Alliance (BEA) and Casting Society, New Faces recognizes excellence in solo performances by students, in grades 9-12, pursuing education or training in acting, dance, and singing – in any genre.
05/07/2024
The Roger Rees Awards congratulates our New Faces Dance Honorees. Presented by the Broadway Education Alliance (BEA) and Casting Society, New Faces recognizes excellence in solo performances by students, in grades 9-12, pursuing education or training in acting, dance, and singing – in any genre.
05/07/2024
The Roger Rees Awards congratulates our New Faces Acting Honorees. Presented by the Broadway Education Alliance (BEA) and Casting Society, New Faces recognizes excellence in solo performances by students, in grades 9-12, pursuing education or training in acting, dance, and singing – in any genre.
The Roger Rees Awards for Excellence in Student Performance celebrates the exceptional life and career-long artistic excellence of Broadway’s beloved actor, Roger Rees.
High schools located in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, Long Island and Westchester are invited to apply for consideration of their students who have played leading roles in an officially licensed school production during the academic year.
The Roger Rees Awards is a musical theater showcase featuring ensemble and solo performances by students nominated by his/her high school for a panel of judges, industry professionals, family and friends. The event culminates in two students selected to receive The Roger Rees Award for Best Actor and Best Actress. These two young performers will represent Greater New York at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards at the Minskoff Theatre.
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