Keita Kawahara, a musical theater student at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and a senior at Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies, has won season 6 of BroadwayWorld’s Next On Stage.
Kawahara performed “Losing My Mind” from Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical “Follies” at the season live finale at 54 Below in New York City in January.
BroadwayWorld’s Next On Stage is one of the largest student musical theater competitions in the country, recognizing emerging talent through public voting and live performance.
The competition for high school and college students, created during the pandemic to showcase young talent sidelined by canceled shows, features online performances and culminates in the finale in New York City with industry judges.
Prizes for season 6 included the AMDA Emerging Artists Scholarship, the Atlantic Summer Teen Conservatory Scholarship, a vocal lesson with Matt Farnsworth, a work session with casting director Jimmy Larkin and more.
Kawahara, who graduates in May, plans to attend a conservatory and begin booking theater work.
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