The cast, crew and pit band of Oklahoma! left the Tommy Tune Awards Tuesday night with three awards and a scholarship for their 42nd musical, Oklahoma! Selected cast members from the production also gave an outstanding performance at the ceremonies.
        Oklahoma! performed Kansas City and the reprise of Oklahoma! to a sold out crowd at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts.

        The FHS 42nd musical walked away with Best Musical Direction by Janwin Overstreet Goode; Best Supporting Actress: Teagan Batts for the role of Aunt Eller; and  Best Supporting Actor:  Jeffrey Allison for the role of Will Parker.
           Lizzy Conger received a $3,000 scholarship from Tommy Tune to be used in her Fine Arts Music Degree.
The Musical Directors and Dr. Myrlene Kennedy want to thank the  FHS staff and teachers, FISD administrators, musical parents and families  for their  continued support making the FHS musical one of if not the oldest Musical Tradition in the Gulf Coast Region.
            FHS had received 12 nominations in 11 categories.           
 The Theatre Under The Stars Tommy Tune Awards recognize and reward excellence in the production of musical theatre by high school students and their teachers in the greater Houston metropolitan area.
           Out of seven years of the competition, FHS has been nominated six times for Best Musical. Each year the FHS casts have been nominated for 9-15 categories.
           In 2004 and 2005, FHS won Best Choreography. The musicals those years were Good News! and Lil’ Abner respectively. In 2006, FHS’ South Pacific won Best Musical, Best Scenic Design and Best Supporting Actress. In 2009, an FHS actor was a winning scholarship recipient.
           The awards are named in honor of Tommy Tune, who is a nine-time winner of the Tony Award, Broadways’ highest honor for outstanding work, and who is also a graduate of Lamar High School in Houston. Tune has been honored as a performer, director, and choreographer, and works in which he has starred or directed and choreographed include Seesaw, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, Nine, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Grand Hotel, and The Will Rogers Follies.