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Jun

Announcing the Coaches and Judges For the 2025 Jimmy Awards®; Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jasmine Amy Rogers, Julia Knitel, and Apollo Levine will be Guest Presenters at the Ceremony

Josh Groban hosts the 2025 Jimmy Awards on June 23rd at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre

Live Streaming Will Be Available on YouTube and Facebook Starting at 7:30pm Eastern

JIMMYAWARDS.COM

The Broadway League Foundation is pleased to announce the team of theatre professionals and industry experts who will serve as coaches and judges during the 16th annual Jimmy Awards®. Several Broadway stars will also make special guest appearances as presenters throughout the evening. Acclaimed TONY®, EMMY®, and five-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer, songwriter, actor, and philanthropist Josh Groban will host the ceremony taking place on Monday, June 23, 2025 at the Minskoff Theatre.

The 16th annual Jimmy Awards welcomes 12 coaches who will mentor the 110 high school students from across the country who have come to New York City for a chance to win the Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor and Actress. This year’s coaches are: Jenni Barber, Lisa Brescia, Janet Dacal, Colin Hanlon, Lily Kaufmann, Adam J. Levy, Julia Murney, Desi Oakley, Eliseo RománQ. Smith, Steven Telsey, and EJ Zimmerman.

The panel of judges for the 2025 Jimmy Awards is comprised of notable theatre professionals including Tony Award®-winning producers, award-winning casting experts, and industry leaders. Winners and finalists will be selected by Montego GloverLaChanze, Joe Machota, Alecia Parker, Marc Platt, Tara RubinNick ScandaliosBernard Telsey,andLia Vollack. Preliminary judges who adjudicated and cast the nominees in the Character and Feature Groups included Kristian CharbonierStephanie Klapper, Sammy Lopez, Kevin Metzger-TimsonDale Mott, Cody Renard Richard, and Rachel Sussman.

Throughout the evening, Julia Knitel, Apollo Levine, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Aki Nishino, and Jasmine Amy Rogers will be special guest presenters introducing various awards, musical numbers, and tributes.

The 2025 Jimmy Awards will stream for free online beginning at 7:30pm (Eastern) on Monday, June 23. Streaming links and information will be available at jimmyawards.com prior to the ceremony. The ceremony will remain available online for three days afterwards, through Thursday evening, June 26th.

American Sign Language interpretation will be provided during the Jimmy Awards. For those interested in ASL interpretation, they can watch a live interpreter via an alternate YouTube stream. Live closed captions will be available through the "CC" feature on the primary YouTube stream. Additionally, closed captions are available for Facebook via an alternate link. Accessibility services secured by Invest in Access. Links will be available closer to the ceremony.

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