Harrison High School junior Halle Mastroberardino received the Gershwin Award for Best Performance by a Lead Actress at the CAP 21 studios’ annual Gershwin Awards, a musical theatre studio of NYU, on May 18th.
Mastroberardino and HHS junior Lucas Pettinato were nominated by their Harrison teachers and were invited by the Gershwin committee to represent the school’s “Crazy For You” production. The pair spent the day among talented students from high schools in Westchester County and Manhattan participating in ensemble workshops and individual coaching sessions overseen by Broadway coaches and actors. Mastroberardino and Pettinato then performed one of their solos from “Crazy For You” for a panel of judges.
As a result of winning the Gershwin Award, Mastroberardino received a full scholarship to CAP 21’s Summer Pre-College Musical Theatre Training program and Musical College Auditions Prep Program, a $1,000 scholarship toward continued education, and an invitation to compete in the National High School Musical Theatre Awards (The Jimmy Awards) to be held from June 26-July2 on Broadways’ Minskoff Theatre Stage.
