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'These Kids Are Insane': Jimmy Awards Celebrate Outstanding Teen Performers

Seventy-four high school singers, actors and dancers, selected from a pool of 50,000 students across America, recently came to New York City for a Broadway boot camp.
Jasmine Rogers performs a number as the Witch from <em>Into the Wood</em>s.

Seventy-four high school singers and dancers, selected from a pool of 50,000 kids across America, recently came to New York City to strut their stuff. They were participants in the Jimmy Awards, which honor the best high school musical theater performers from around the country.

On their very first evening, they met each other over pizza in an overheated rehearsal room. After some brief greetings, they jumped right into the thick of it, learning the opening medley for a show which would be

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