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Rita Moreno Awards

THE RITA MORENO CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL HONORS will be co-hosted for the fourteenth year by CMT San Jose and Broadway San Jose.

This awards competition recognizes outstanding achievement in high school musical theater north of Santa Barbara. The Outstanding Actor and Actress winners will be sent to the National High School Musical Theatre Awards (NHSMTA) – also known as the Jimmy™ Awards – in New York City, where they’ll perform before industry experts, and compete for scholarship opportunities. (www.jimmyawards.com).

For information on participating this year, please go to the BSJ website

RMA 2020 was a unique year! With our award competition aspect canceled due to the pandemic, we decided to create a virtual concert of all participating schools. Enjoy!

About CMT San Jose

Currently celebrating its 57th season, CMT San Jose reaches nearly 40,000 youth and their families each season through its robust education programs, performances, and production workshops. CMT casts all who wish to participate regardless of financial or physically limitations. CMT produces 11 shows each season encompassing 117 performances at the Montgomery Theater in downtown San Jose.  (www.cmtsj.org)

About Broadway San Jose

Broadway San Jose – the northern California affiliate of the Nederlander organization – presents touring Broadway musicals at the San Jose Center for Performing Arts in partnership with Team San Jose, and is a member of the Broadway League. (www.broadwaysanjose.com)

About James Nederlander

James M. Nederlander or “Jimmy” as the theatrical community knew him, was the Chairman of the Nederlander Producing Company of America Inc., which recently marked its 100th anniversary, and was a producer of distinguished entertainment for more than 70 years. He produced innumerable Broadway plays and musicals, winning 11 Tony® Awards, and presented operas, ballets, concerts, and artists ranging from Nureyev to Sinatra to Billy Joel to U2. Nine of his theatres are on Broadway and the balance in Detroit, Los Angeles, San Diego, Tucson, Durham, Chicago, and London.

Nederlander Broadway houses have hosted Wicked, Hamilton, The Lion King, An American in Paris, Honeymoon in Vegas, and Finding Neverland.

Mr. Nederlander produced or co-produced more than 100 shows including Applause, Copenhagen, The Will Rogers Follies, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Me and My Girl, La Cage aux Folles, Nine, Noises Off, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, Benefactors, Woman of the Year, and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

The Broadway League presented Jimmy with the Schoenfeld Vision for Arts Education Award in 2010 for establishing the National High School Musical Theatre Awards™.