Winners Announced for the National Theatre's Inaugural BRANDON VICTOR DIXON AWARDS
Washington D.C. (May 24, 2022) – Broadway at The National is delighted to announce the winners of our inaugural Brandon Victor Dixon Awards:
Best Actor
Oakton High School
The Addams Family
Joshua Lemon
Best Actress
Bishop O’Connell High School
Little Women
Eileen Parks
Best Musical
Oakton High School
The Addams Family
The Best Actor and Actress winners each received a $2,000 scholarship and a trip to NYC where they will represent the DC region at The Jimmy Awards®/The National High School Musical Theatre Awards® (NHSMTA®) taking place in New York City in June.
The Brandon Victor Dixon Awards took place on May 22, 2022, at The National Theatre. Audience members were made up of students, schools, their families, and friends, along with Broadway at The National patrons. The audience enjoyed performances from the ten Best Actor and Actress nominees: Matthew Foltz, JP Howard, Joshua Lemons, Luke Stephens, Luke Sullivan, Brooke Apitz, Sana Friedman, Cassidy Loria, Kylee Majkowski, and Eileen Parks. Group numbers were performed by the five Best Musical nominees: Little Women, Bishop O’Connell High School, A Year With Frog & Toad, George C. Marshall High School, The Addams Family, Oakton High School, Head Over Heels: High School Edition, Robinson Secondary, Be More Chill, West Potomac High School.
The performances were adjudicated by judges Renana Fox, Tyler Herman, Chris Wilson, and our special guest judge 2021’s Miss District of Columbia, Andolyn Medina. The evening was MC’d by Brandon Victor Dixon.
ABOUT THE BRANDON VICTOR DIXON AWARDS
The Brandon Victor Dixon Awards highlights excellence in high school musical theatre and is the newest regional partner of the National High School Musical Theatre Awards® (NHSMTA®), also known as The Jimmy Awards®. Our awards program is named in honor of Brandon Victor Dixon, a Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award nominee originally from Gaithersburg, Maryland.
The Jimmy Awards®/The National High School Musical Theatre Awards® (NHSMTA®) program impacts more than 140,000 students who participate in high school musical theatre competitions sponsored by presenters of Touring Broadway productions throughout the United States. Presented by the Broadway League Foundation, the program has, in past years, invited two nominees from each of these regional ceremonies to New York City to participate in a theatre intensive including coaching and rehearsals with Broadway professionals in preparation for a one-night-only talent showcase on a Broadway stage.
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