Colorado Teens Headed To Broadway, Theatre Competition

DENVER (CBS4) - Two Colorado teens are headed to New York City for the National High School Musical Theatre Awards and their Broadway debut.

Curtis Salinger is a sophomore at Durango High School. He played Emmett Forrest in the school's production of "Legally Blonde." On May 26, Salinger won the award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role at the Bobby G Awards at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

"I enjoy acting, and I enjoy all the things you can learn about yourself and about the world through acting," Salinger told CBS4.

Charlotte Movizzo is from Ponderosa High School where she played Charity Hope Valentine in the musical "Sweet Charity" during her senior year. She won Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at the Bobby G Awards.

Now both teens are headed to New York City to compete in the National High School Musical Theatre Awards on June 27. They will spend a week doing workshops on Broadway to prepare to perform on a Broadway stage during the awards ceremony.

"I know I'm going to learn a lot. Just getting to work with these Broadway professionals and sort of seeing what the industry is like. Performing on that big stage is going to be a huge, huge learning experience," Movizzo said.

LINK: Bobby G Awards