SCHENECTADY (May 16) — The Collaborative School of the Arts presented its 10th annual High School Musical Theatre Awards at Proctors at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 16. Sponsored by Gazette Media Group, the ceremony celebrated 25 local schools and their excellence in orchestra, choreography, backstage, ensemble, performers, and overall musical productions.
The evening opened with a high-energy medley of songs from Broadway favorites “Hamilton,” “MJ The Musical,” “The Outsiders,” and “& Juliet,” featuring students from all participating high schools. The performance led into the introduction of host Apollo Levine, currently appearing in Broadway’s “MJ The Musical.” Throughout the ceremony, nominees for Best Musical performed selections from their respective productions.
For Best Musical Tier A, Mohonasen High School performed “Seize the Day” from “Newsies,” Queensbury High School presented “When You’re an Addams” from “The Addams Family Musical: School Edition,” and Shenendehowa High School performed “Prologue” from “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812.” In Tier B, Saratoga Springs High School performed “King of New York” from Disney’s “Newsies,” South Glens Falls High School presented “Voulez Vous” from “Mamma Mia!,” and Voorheesville High School performed “Livin’ It Up on Top” from “Hadestown: Teen Edition.” Tier C performances included Amsterdam High School’s “Meet the Plastics” from “Mean Girls School Version,” Hadley-Luzerne High School’s “Finale (Footloose)” from “Footloose,” and Warrensburg Jr./Sr. High School’s “Way Down Hadestown” from “Hadestown: Teen Edition.”…