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And 2024’s ‘Marquee Award’ Winners are …
By TONY GALLOTTO,
2024-05-22
High schools in Middlesex and Somerset counties won first place “Marquee Awards” for 2024 musical productions in 17 categories at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center’s recent red-carpet event. Credits: URSB CARTERET PERFORMING ARTS
CARTERET, NJ — High schools in Middlesex and Somerset counties, and their many talented students, have won first place “Marquee Awards” for 2024 musical productions in 17 categories at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center’s recent red-carpet event.
Woodbridge High School’s production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” won the first place Marquee Award for best overall stage production. Woodbridge High also won first place awards for best chorus, best costumes, and best lighting.
Multiple awards also went to high schools in Edison, Highland Park and Piscataway in Middlesex County, and to Hillsborough High School in Somerset County, with individual awards going to many other schools. A complete list is below.
Carteret’s first-annual 2024 Marquee Award ceremony – a Tony Award-style event – celebrates musical theater talent for high school students in the two counties. The event was held on Wednesday, May 15th, at the URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center . Watch the entire ceremony here:
Broadway performer Jelani Remy hosted the ceremony. A New Jersey native from Cedar Grove, Remy shot to fame as Simba in Disney’s “The Lion King.” He currently appears on Broadway in “Back to the Future: The Musical” as Goldie Wilson/Marvin Berry.
Here’s a list of all 2024 winning schools and their student-celebrities.
● BEST OVERALL PRODUCTION Winner: Woodbridge High School – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ● BEST LEAD ACTOR Winner: Highland Park High School – Kai Stevens as “Ren McCormick,” in Footloose ● BEST LEAD ACTRESS Winner: Manville High School – Juliana Bucciero as "Sophie Sheridan," in Mamma Mia! ● BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Winner: Highland Park High School – Mac Jones as “Rev. Shaw Moore” in Footloose ● BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Winner: Hillsborough High School – Samantha Soybel as "Bea" in Something Rotten ● BEST ENSEMBLE MEMBER Winner: Highland Park High School – Maria Levina as “Ethel McCormack” in Footloose ● BEST PRODUCTION NUMBER Winner: Piscataway High School – Mean Girls, “Where Do You Belong? ● BEST CHORUS Winner: Woodbridge High School – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ● BEST MUSIC DIRECTION Winner: Edison High School – Legally Blonde ● BEST STUDENT ORCHESTRA Winner: Hillsborough High School – Something Rotten ● BEST LIGHTING Winner: Woodbridge High School – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ● BEST SCENERY Winner: Piscataway High School – Mean Girls High School Version ● BEST COSTUMES Winner: Woodbridge High School – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ● BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Winner: Edison High School – Legally Blonde ● BEST CHOREOGRAPHY Winner: Hillsborough High School – Something Rotten ● BEST DIRECTION Winner: Hillsborough High School – Something Rotten ● BEST STUDENT-LED CATEGORY Winner #1: Carteret High School – Sister Act Anaya Diaz, Stage Manager Winner #2: Perth Amboy High School – Mean Girls, Costume Crew Winner #3: John P Stevens High School – A Chorus Line, Venya Raghavan, Choreographer Winner #4: Rutgers Preparatory School – Mamma Mia, Chardae Hinton, Stage Manager
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