Selected from across the U.S., 52 high school student finalists will perform in the ceremony at the Minskoff Theatre, currently home to the Broadway musical The Lion King. Winners will be selected by a panel of judges composed of notable theatre professionals.

Now in its seventh year, the event sees more than 50,000 students from over 1,000 high schools throughout the country compete for a chance to travel to Manhattan, where they are put up in a hotel, rehearse with theatre professionals and perform at the final award ceremony on a Broadway stage. Student performers qualify to compete in the national program by winning top honors at regional high school musical theatre awards competitions.

The event, which is now being overseen by the Broadway League Foundation for the first time, aims to raise the profile of musical theatre in schools, recognize dedicated teachers and inspire the next generation of performers and enthusiasts.

"We look forward to our connection with the thousands of young adults who are competing and keeping them in the Broadway family," the Broadway League's president Charlotte St. Martin told Playbill.com earlier in the year. "Whether they become lifelong Broadway theatregoers or industry professionals, they will preserve and enhance the future of musical theater."

Foster, who can currently be seen starring in the TV Land series, “Younger," earned Tony Awards for her performances in Anything Goes and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Visit NHSMTA for more information about the National High School Musical Theatre Awards. The full list of 2015 nominees is below: