Overview
- On Thursday, June 11 the Broadway League Foundation published the full slate of 116 nominees representing winners from 58 regional high‑school musical‑theater programs.
- The 17th annual Jimmy Awards will be held at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre on June 22 and will stream free online starting at 7:30 p.m. ET with the stream available through June 25.
- A panel of judges will grant awards including Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress and will distribute scholarships intended to support students’ further training and careers.
- The Jimmy Awards named two Student Reporter Initiative participants, Autumn Grace Tabb and George McCallum, who will cover the event and interview the top winners, and the program will provide ASL interpretation and live captions for viewers.
- The event, presented by the Broadway League Foundation, honors teachers as well as students this year with Inspiring Teacher Awards for Kristy Kosko and Peter Smeallie and continues the Jimmys’ decade‑long role as a national pipeline into professional theatre.