I've become a fan of the Jimmy Awards and you're probably wondering what those are and who the hell is Jimmy? Well, the Jimmy Awards are The National High School Musical Theatre Awards and they've been doled since 2009. The goal is to elevate theatre arts education in schools and reward excellence in student performance. So every year, they put on this one-performance show honoring and showcasing performers from high school productions. A great many of those on that stage soon wind up on Broadway stages.
In these annual shows, they do a lot of medleys where a number of kids perform songs from different shows. The numbers don't fit together and that's king of the point. Here's an example and I'll link you to some others in the coming days. And, oh yes! You probably want to know who Jimmy is or was. It's a "was." It was James M. Nederlander of the Nederlander Theatrical Company that owns nine Broadway houses and many theaters around the country…