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Videos of National HS Musical Theatre Awards Released

Newtown's Taylor Varga and Bristol's Jillilan Caillouette represented the state of CT in the national competition.

The 2013 Jimmy Awards videos have been posted by the National High School Musical Theatre Awards. I have included the ones that feature Newtown's Taylor Varga, who won the national award as Best Actor, and finalist Jullian Cailloutte, who represented St. Paul's High School in Bristol.

Let's kick things off with the Opening Number. There is so much talent in this opening medley of some contemporary Broadway numbers performed by all the students who made it to New York. Newtown's own Taylor Varga is wearing a maroon shirt and dark tie.

2013 NHSMTA MEDLEY #5 featuring Billy Krager as Emmett from Legally Blonde, Hunter Schwarz as Princeton from Avenue Q, Trevor McChristian as J. Pierrepont Finch from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Zach Malinak as Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof, Connor Fallon as Joseph from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Taylor Varga as J. Pierrepont Finch from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Jimmy Award-winner Taylor Varga representing the Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards in Norwich, CT sings "Santa Fe" from Newsies.

2013 NHSMTA MEDLEY #4 featuring Laura Girard as Olive Ostrovsky from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Myha'la Herrold as Olive Ostrovsky from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Natalia Vivino as Patrice from 13, Sophia Macias as Belle from Beauty and the Beast, Mason Van Gieson as Belle from Beauty and the Beast, Dakota Ratliff as Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors, Martha Hellerman as Wendla from Spring Awakening, Chandler Lovelle as Meredith Parker from Bat Boy: The Musical, Jillian Caillouette as Jo from Little Women, and MacKenzie Wright as Elle Woods from Legally Blonde.

Finalist Jillian Caillouette representing the Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards in Norwich, CT sings "Finding Wonderland" from Wonderland.

...And here is the 2103 Jimmy Awards Finale - an incredible end to an unforgettable night on Broadway.

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