Theatre Under The Stars is excited to announce the 46 schools participating in the 2020 Tommy Tune Awards.
“The Tommy Tune Awards Program gives us the opportunity to connect theatre students across the city, and showcase the future of musical theatre,” said Dan Knechtges, Artistic Director of Theatre Under The Stars.
Here are the 2020 Tommy Tune Awards participating schools and productions:
- Aldine Senior High — Disney’s My Son Pinocchio: Geppetto’s Musical Tale — Nov. 14-15, 2019
- Atascocita High School — The Addams Family School Edition — Oct. 24-28, 2019
- B.F. Terry High School — Disney’s Beauty and the Beast — Jan. 16-18, 2020
- Cinco Ranch High School — Big Fish — Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2020
- Clear Lake High School — Once Upon a Mattress — Jan. 23-Feb 1, 2020
- Clements High School — Heathers The Musical (High School Edition) — Jan. 30-Feb 1, 2020
- Concordia Lutheran High School — Godspell — Feb. 27-Mar 1, 2020
- Cypress Creek High School — Little Shop of Horrors — Jan. 16-19, 2020
- Cypress Ranch High School — Disney’s Beauty and the Beast — Nov. 1-4, 2019
- Cypress Woods High School — Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella — Jan. 23-25, 2020
- Dickinson High School — Disney’s Newsies — Jan. 31-Feb 8, 2020
- Dulles High School — Bonnie & Clyde — Jan. 23-25, 2020
- Eisenhower Senior High School — The Wiz — Nov. 14-16, 2019
- Elkins High School — Lucky Stiff — Jan. 23-27, 2020
- Foster High School — The Sound of Music — Jan. 18-19, 2020
- Friendswood High School — Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical — Jan. 31-Feb. 9, 2020
- Fulshear High School — Chicago (High School Edition) — Jan. 16-26, 2020
- G.W. Carver Magnet High School — Sister Act — Jan. 16-18, 2020
- George Bush High School — Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida — Jan. 16-18, 2020
- George Ranch High School — Mamma Mia! — Oct. 24-27, 2019
- Houston Christian High School — Crazy For You — Feb. 6-8, 2020
- I.H. Kempner High School — Little Shop of Horrors — Oct. 17-26, 2019
- James E. Taylor High School — Mamma Mia! — Jan. 16-18, 2020
- Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts — The Color Purple — Feb. 26-March 1, 2020
- Kingwood Park High School — Little Shop of Horrors — Nov. 14-18, 2019
- Klein Cain High School — The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Jan. 24-30, 2020
- Klein Collins High School — Guys and Dolls — Jan. 30-Feb 8, 2020
- Klein Forest High School — The Addams Family School Edition — Jan. 24-Feb. 1, 2020
- Klein High School — The Drowsy Chaperone — Jan. 24-Feb. 3, 2020
- Klein Oak High School — Little Women — Jan. 24-Feb. 3, 2020
- Memorial High School — Singin’ in the Rain — Jan. 30-Feb. 8, 2020
- Northland Christian School — Godspell — Oct. 24-27, 2019
- Pearland High School — Anything Goes — Jan. 30-Feb. 8, 2020
- Porter High School — Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella — Jan. 23-25, 2020
- Ridge Point High School — Urinetown — Oct. 3-6, 2019
- Second Baptist School — Disney’s Beauty and the Beast — Feb. 27-29, 2020
- Sharpstown High School — Legally Blonde The Musical — Jan. 16-21, 2020
- Spring High School — Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida — Jan. 16-21, 2020
- Spring Woods High School — Mamma Mia! — Jan. 31-Feb. 8, 2020
- St. Agnes Academy — A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder — Feb. 28-March 7, 2020
- St. Francis Episcopal School — Clue: The Musical — Oct. 25-27, 2019
- Stratford High School — The Drowsy Chaperone — Jan. 30-Feb 8, 2020
- Summer Creek High School — Annie — Oct. 17-26, 2019
- The Emery/Weiner School — Head Over Heels — Feb. 20-23, 2020
- The Kinkaid School — On the Town — Feb. 28-March 1, 2020
- William B. Travis High School — Footloose — Jan. 24-Feb. 1, 2020
The Tommy Tune Awards Program celebrates the educational value, artistry, and community of high school musical theatre in the Greater Houston. The Tommy Tune Awards offers an opportunity for students and educators to share their creative accomplishments while instilling in young people the value of engaging in the performing arts as a lifelong pursuit.
Every year, Houston area High Schools produce a full-length musical in order to compete in 15 categories: Leading Actor, Leading Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Featured Performer, Ensemble, Scenic Design, Lighting Design, Costume Design, Stage Crew & Technical Execution, Orchestra, Musical Direction, Choreography, Direction, and Overall Best Musical. Throughout the 2019-20 school year, the adjudicators will evaluate each participating school’s show, focusing on each element of the production. The adjudicators are made up of group of Houston-based theatre professionals who have backgrounds as performers, designers, directors, choreographers, and musicians; and who have years of experience working in arts education and administration.
The winners will be announced at a Tony Awards®-style ceremony on April 28, 2020 at The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. The event will highlight musical numbers from the nominated shows and celebrate this community of performers, directors, choreographers, orchestras and designers.
In addition to the awards ceremony, the Tommy Tune Awards Program awards scholarships to graduating seniors who plan to pursue a career in the arts. Applications for scholarships will be available on the Tommy Tune Awards page November 2019.
The Tommy Tune Awards are named for Broadway legend, Houston native and Lamar High School alumnus Tommy Tune. A performer, director and choreographer with more than 50 years of stage experience, Tune received nine Tony Awards for his work in 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. He was also awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2003 by President Bush.
Theatre Under The Stars presents the Tommy Tune Awards ceremony on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 in Sarofim Hall at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Information about tickets will be announced in March on the Tommy Tune Awards website.
