Andrew Feldman, now a junior at Lawrence Woodmere Academy in Woodmere, took home the top prize at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, also known as the Jimmy Awards, on June 25 at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre. The Jimmy Awards were named in honor of James M. Nederlander, a theater owner and Broadway producer who died in 2016.
Feldman captured the award for Best Performance by an Actor for playing Frank Abagnale Jr. in LWA’s production of “Catch Me If You Can.” He and Reneé Rapp, of Charlotte, North Carolina, the winner of the Best Performance by an Actress award, each received a $10,000 scholarship, while the other remaining 78 finalists received $3,000 scholarships.
The finalists received a week of training from Broadway professionals at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts before the ceremony. Feldman also won the Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Scholarship, he received an additional $7,500 to attend the Pittsburgh-based university’s six-week summer drama program.