‘West Side Story’ Wins Rising Star Nod for Staging, Choreography
Paper Mill Playhouse nominates Tricia Benn and Bethany Pettigrew for honorable mention for this year’s high school musical.
The choreographers who helped the Sharks and Jets step out in West Side Story have been signaled out by the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards for outstanding high school musical theater. The Paper Mill nominated Tricia Benn and Bethany Pettigrew for honorable mention for choreography and staging. The awards, modeled after Broadway’s Tony Awards, serve the entire state of New Jersey with nearly 100 entered productions from public, private and parochial high schools. “We're always proud of the CHS kids and the work they do but never more proud than this year,” Pettigrew said. “West Side Story is a thrilling show to produce mainly because of the amazing Jerome Robbins choreography. It was an honor for them to be exposed to his work and …
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Mary Mann
10:10 am on Monday, March 12, 2012
I just featured the photo so that the caption shows up automatically, but Jeanne is correct. You can always just click on the picture to see a caption! Thanks! more ›