Memphis lives on Broadway thanks to the National High School Music Awards (the Jimmy Awards) and recent Hernando High School grad Riley Thad Young.
Young made his Broadway debut this week at the Jimmys where he competed against students from around the country and performed a selection from Memphis the musical at New York City’s Minskoff Theatre.
The soon-to-be college freshman was selected as outstanding lead performer at The Orpheum’s 2018 High School Musical Theatre Awards. He was a $3,000-scholarship winner and one of eight finalists selected for a solo performance at this year’s Jimmys.
Here’s Young’s interpretation of “Memphis Lives in Me.”
Young a Finalist for National High School Musical Awards
If you’d like to learn more about the Jimmys, Playbill covered this year’s awards. Also, if you want to know what the process is like, Young kept a journal for Broadway World.
