Park Ridge teen to make Broadway debut as Jimmy Awards finalist

A Park Ridge teen, Maine South theatre student George Spiegel , will soon make his Broadway debut in New York as a Jimmy Awards finalist. George Spiegel is a Park Ridge teenager who arrived in New York Friday to start rehearsals for his Broadway debut.

The Maine South Student is representing Illinois and Broadway In Chicago as a finalist for the Jimmy Awards.I just want to make music and art. It's really magic."My life is definitely centered around music. There's nothing else I do," Spiegel said. "There's nothing else I think about, when people ask me my hobbies, I say, 'picking up a new instrument.'""I started singing at church... my mom tells me the story of we woke up late," Spiegel said.

"You wonder sometimes, does everyone think it's as great as you think it is, because I watch him and I can't stop smiling and it feels so good every time I see him perform," George's mom, Cindy Spiegel, said. "I'm really proud, but also excited to see that happiness in him." "I think for him, his hard work, dedication and his mind around this as more of a team, than just me performing onstage, and I see everybody around him raising their bar a little bit and that makes me proud," George's dad, Tim Spiegel, said. "If you can go through life making people around you better, you got something special."

"As a teacher, this is one of the coolest things to happen to one of your students and just to watch George's unbridled joy on stage," Maine South High School Director of Theatre Joey Fitzpatrick said. "When you have students succeed on this level and you see them living out their dream, I live through that. I love seeing it, it gives me a lot of joy.""It really is daunting to do a song like that, it means so much to so many people," Spiegel said.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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