Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) is thrilled to announce that the sixth annual Tommy Tune Awards will include 43 high schools from the Greater Houston area. Developed by TUTS in 2002, the Tommy Tune Awards honors musical theatre excellence at the high school level.
During the 2007-2008 school year, a team of 31 Houston-based theatre professionals will review and evaluate the participating high school productions with the winners being announced at a Tony Awards-style ceremony to be held Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. The event will feature spotlight numbers from the nominated shows, as well as award presentations for the performers, directors, choreographers, orchestras and designers, which have defined excellence throughout 2007-2008.
TUTS' Tommy Tune Awards is designed not only to acknowledge remarkable artists in musical theatre at the high school level, but also to encourage their future in the profession.
The awards, drawn from 15 categories, will honor the following participating schools and their productions:
B F Terry High School, The Music Man (Playdates: November 30 & December 1-2)
Ball High School, TBD, TBD
Cinco Ranch High School, Jekyll and Hyde (Playdates: February 7-9)
Clear Brook High School, Annie (Playdates: February 1-2 & 8-9)
Clear Creek High School, Pirates of Penzance (Playdates: January 30- 31 & February 1-2)
Clear Lake High School, TBD (Playdates: January 31 & February 1-2 & 7-9)
Cy-Fair High School, The Wizard of Oz (Playdates: October 12-15)
Cypress Falls High School, Zombie Prom (Playdates: October 4-7 & 11-13 & 15)
Cypress Ridge High School, Fiddler on the Roof (Playdates: November 2-3 & 8-10)
Deer Park High School, Seussical (Playdates: November 16-18)
Dulles High School, TBD (Playdates: January 31 & February 1-2)
Eisenhower High School, Schoolhouse Rock Live! (Playdates: November 7)
Episcopal High School, Urinetown (Playdates: March 7-9)
Foster High School, Cabaret (Playdates: December 7-9)
Friendswood High School, TBD (Playdates: February 22-23 &29 & March 1-2 )
G. W. Carver Magnet High School, Cinderella (Playdates: January 10-11)
George Bush High School, Hello Dolly! (Playdates: January 31 & February 1-2)
Houston Christian High School, West Side Story (Playdates: January 17-20)
John Cooper School, Hello Dolly! (Playdates: November 9-11)
Katy High School, The Sound of Music (Playdates: February 7-9)
Kempner High School, School House Rock Live! (Playdates: October 25-27 & 29)
Kingwood High School, TBD (Playdates: February 7-9)
Klein Collins High School, My Fair Lady (Playdates: January 31 & February 1-2, 4-5)
Klein Forest High School, Guys & Dolls (Playdates: January 25-26 & January 31 & February 1-2)
Klein High School, TBD, TBD
Klein Oak High School, Singing in the Rain (Playdates: February 1-2, 7-9 & 11)
Lamar High School, Little Shop of Horrors (Playdates: February 20-24)
Memorial High School, Annie Get Your Gun (Playdates: January 24-26 & 31 & February 1- 2)
Morton Ranch High School, Damn Yankees (Playdates: January 17-19)
Nimitz High School, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, (Playdates: January 24-26)
North Shore Senior High, Bat Boy: The Musical (Playdates: January 16-19)
Northland Christian School, The Sound of Music (Playdates: October 25 & October 27-28)
Pasadena Memorial High School, Beauty and the Beast (Playdates: February 1-3 & 7-10)
Sam Rayburn High School, The Will Rogers Follies (Playdates: January 31 & February 1-2)
Spring High School, Honk! (Playdates: January 24-26)
Spring Woods High School, Bye Bye Birdie (Playdates: February 1-2 & 8-9)
St. John's School, Crazy for You (Playdates: March 7-8)
Stafford High School, The Wizard of Oz (Playdates: February 1-3)
Stratford High School, The Wizard of Oz (Playdates: January 30-31, February 1-2 & 7-9)
Texas City High School, TBD (Playdates: January 10-12 & 14-15)
Westchester Academy, Annie (Playdates: November 1-3 & 8-10)
Westfield High School, Godspell (Playdates: February 7-9)
Woodlands High School, TBD (Playdates: January 17-20)
TUTS' Tommy Tune Awards are named for Houston native and Lamar High School alumnus, Tommy Tune. A performer, director, and choreographer, Tune received nine Tony Awards for the following productions: Seesaw, My One and Only, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, Nine, Grand Hotel, and The Will Rogers Follies.
Also presented that evening, the Ruth Denney Award recognizes the lifetime achievement of those individuals who have played an instrumental role in shaping the lives of young artists. Denney began her career in Houston, where she taught at Lamar High School for many years as Tune's drama teacher. In 1971, she founded Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and later became a professor of drama education at the University of Texas, where she taught for more than a decade. A few of Denney's distinguished students have included Robert Crutchfield, Robert Foxworth, Carlin Glynn-Masterson, Paula Prentiss and Jaclyn Smith. Previous Ruth Denney Award recipients have included Denney, choreographer Patsy Swayze, and Professor and Director Dr. Sidney Berger.
The Tommy Tune Awards ceremony is open to the general public, and tickets will be available for purchase beginning on April 8, 2008. -- www.tuts.com
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