The Broadway Education Alliance has announced that Frank DiLella and Marla Louissaint will co-host the 2018-19 Roger Rees Awards for Excellence in Student Performance. The ceremony will be held at the Professional Performing Arts School on Sun May 19. Fifty students (25 men and 25 women) representing 40 high schools located throughout the Greater New York area will compete for the title of Best Actor and Best Actress in the Greater New York area before a panel of Broadway judges that include Jelani Alladin, Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Bob Martin, Patricia Simon and Merri Sugarman. Prior to the talent showcase, students will participate in a theatre intensive on Saturday, May 18 that includes professional coaching in solo and ensemble performance led by industry professionals with extensive performance credits on Broadway, regional theatre and national tour, as well as teaching credentials at the college level. To be eligible to participate in the program a student must have performed a qualifying role in an officially licensed high school production of an eligible show during the 2018-2019 academic year. The Roger Rees Awards Best Actor and Best Actress-winners will represent the Greater New York region at The Broadway League Foundation’s The Jimmy Awards on June 24th at the Minskoff. For more information about the program, visit www.rogerreesawards.com. Press contact: Vivacity Media Group (212/812-1483)...