Budding Stars Bring Broadway Brilliance To Bloomfield

Congratulations to the young thespians and theater staff at Bloomfield High for their award-winning production of CATS this February. The production, competing against 100 other NJ schools, brought home awards from the Papermill Playhouse rising star program.

The cast regrouped to perform a segment of their show at Papermill recently, and the show received 8 nominations, including outstanding musical. BHS won Outstanding Achievement in Hair and Make Up (Chesea Cicci and Jessica Barton) and Outstanding Achievement by a Teacher or Outside Director (Cormac McGowan and Chelsea Cicci).

From Bloomfield Schools Website:

Nominations included Outstanding Costume Achievement (Jessica Barton and Janice McElhone), Outstanding Scenic Achievement (Brandon Doemling and Ralph Turano), Outstanding Performance by a Chorus, Outstanding Achievement in Choreography (Chelsea Cicci and Derek Hanson), Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Stephen Mir as Munkustrap), and Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical.