Parkland High School received 15 nominations for "In the Woods" and Dieruff High School received 15 nominations for "In the Heights," tying for the most number of nominations, following by Freedom High School, with 14 nominations for "Hairspray" in the 2015 Freddy Awards.

Rehearsals for the Opening Number of the live broadcast featuring four students from each of the 30 participating schools began May 7 at the State Theatre Center for the Arts for the 2015 Freddy Awards Ceremony, to be broadcast live, at 7 p.m. May 21 from the State Theatre on 69 WFMZ-TV and wfmz.com,

Tickets for the Awards Ceremony on May 21st are made available to the participating schools first. Any remaining tickets will go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. May 18 statetheatre.org.

The public can get a "sneak peak" of the 2015 Freddy Awards TV production in action on Dress Rehearsal night, May 20. Information: freddyawards.org

Nominations for the 2015 Freddy Awards were announced live at noon May 7 on 69 WFMZ-TV during the Noon News broadcast.

Following is the list of 2015 Freddys nominations for participating schools, musicals presented and number of nominations received.

For nominations by category, see: thelehighvalleypress,com

Dieruff, "In the Heights": 15

Parkland, "Into the Woods": 15

Freedom, "Hairspray": 14

Bangor Area, "Hairspray": 13

Southern Lehigh, "The Drowsy Chaperone": 12

Whitehall, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying": 10

Bethlehem Catholic, "Brigadoon": 7

Emmaus, "Mary Poppins": 7

Easton Area, "Sweet Charity": 6

Notre Dame, "A Tale of Two Cities …The Musical": 6

William Allen, "The Music Man": 6

Saucon Valley, "Pippin": 5

Belvidere, "The Wedding Singer": 4

Hackettstown, "Shrek: The Musical": 4

Liberty, "Aida": 4

Nazareth Area, "Honk!": 4

Moravian Academy, "Hello, Dolly!": 3

Northern Lehigh, "The Wedding Singer": 3

Phillipsburg, "Mame": 3

Northampton Area, "Once Upon A Mattress": 2

Salisbury, "Pippin": 2

Allentown Central Catholic, "Bye Bye Birdie": 1

Warren Hills Regional, "Bye Bye Birdie": 1

Wilson Area, "Leader of the Pack : The Ellie Greenwich Musical": 1