Blumenthal Arts Announces the 2024 Blumey Awards Nominations

April 23, 2024 (Charlotte, NC) – Blumenthal Arts is pleased to announce the nominees competing in the 11th Annual High School Musical Theater Awards, also known as The Blumey Awards, presented by Bank of America, on Sunday, May 26 at the Belk Theater.

 

For the full list of this year's finalists and nominees, CLICK HERE! 

 

The Blumey Awards program recognizes and celebrates the best in high school musical theater and fosters even greater achievements

in the future.

 

Winners will be announced at The Blumey Awards Ceremony on May 26 at 7 pm in the Belk Theater. Tickets for The Blumey Awards ceremony will go on sale on Friday, May 3 at 10 am and will be available at blumenthalarts.org, 704-372-1000 or from the box office in the Belk Theater lobby, 130 N. Tryon St. 

 

Award-winning TV news anchor and reporter, Brigida Mack, will return to host the black-tie event. Last year’s Best Actress and Best Actor winners, Katie Ruttenberg and Lance Toppin, will present this year’s Best Actress and Best Actor awards, in addition to presenters and Blumey Award alumni Amina Faye (SIX national tour), Liam Pearce (Broadway’s How to Dance in Ohio), Eli Dills (University of North Carolina School of the Arts Scenic Design student), and Broadway Dreams’ Nicholas Rodriguez (Broadway’s Company, Tarzan).

 

“The Blumey Awards is among the very best in Blumenthal Arts programming since our doors opened in 1992,” said Blumenthal Arts President and CEO Tom Gabbard. “The program has had a positive impact on thousands of young lives. When we invest in our students and foster industry connections, the opportunities to achieve extraordinary things are endless.”

 

Like the Tony Awards®, The Blumey Awards Ceremony will feature a performance by each of the six nominated schools in the best musical category, a medley of performances by the six finalists for Best Actor and for Best Actress, and an opening and closing number that features two students from each of the 50 participating schools. New York–based composer and Grammy nominated orchestrator David Dabbon will return as music director and orchestrator. He has served as the music director since the inaugural Blumey Awards ceremony in 2012. New York–based director and choreographer Deirdre Goodwin (Broadway’s A Chorus Line, Chicago) will choreograph the event. 

 

The two students named Best Actor and Best Actress at The Blumey Awards will receive an all-expenses-paid trip and weeklong stay in New York City where they will train and compete with other regional winners in The National High School Musical Theater Awards, also known as The Jimmy Awards® (named after famed Broadway producer, James M. Nederlander). The national show and ceremony take place on June 24, 2024.

 

 

The Blumey Awards celebrated 10 years at a fundraising event on January 13, 2024, at which $225k was raised for the Blumey Inspire Fund, a new initiative that will make access to high-quality arts education equitable for high school students in Charlotte. The fund will bolster Blumenthal’s education programs, namely the Blumey Awards. At the event, Blumenthal announced Bank of America as the new title sponsor of the 2024 Blumey Awards.

 

Blumenthal Arts thanks The Leon Levine Foundation, Peg and Jay Adamczyk, and The Doctor Family Foundation for their support, as well as Page Power Systems for sponsoring Best Student Set Designer.

For more information: BlumenthalArts.org/BlumeyAwards.

 

ABOUT BLUMENTHAL ARTS
Blumenthal Arts serves the Carolinas as a leading cultural, entertainment, and education not-for-profit. For more information, call (704) 372-1000 or visit BlumenthalArts.org. Blumenthal Arts receives support from the Infusion Fund and the North Carolina Arts Council. Generous support is also provided by PNC Bank, sponsor of the PNC Broadway Lights series, and Equitable, sponsor of the Equitable Bravo Series.

 

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