Westfield's Tori Murray Attends Nickelodeon's Halo Awards

Westfield’s Tori Murray, the young star of Off-Broadway’s smash musical Ruthless!, recently attended the 17th annual Nickelodeon HALO Awards at Pier 36 in New York City.

The HALO Awards honor teens that are making a difference and Justin Bieber was this year’s recipient of the first ever HALO Hall of Fame Award for his work with Make-A-Wish. The awards will be broadcast on Sunday, Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. on Nickelodeon, TVLand and CMT.

By day Tori, 11, is a sixth grader at Edison Intermediate School in Westfield. At night, she acts in Ruthless! The Musical.

Ruthless! opened July 13 at St. Luke’s Theatre. Book and lyrics are by Joel Paley with music by Marvin Laird. Paley also directed the original 1992 Off-Broadway production as well as productions in L.A., South Beach and the record-breaking concert event starring Bernadette Peters. He once again serves as director of the newest incarnation of Ruthless!, with Marvin Laird on board as music supervisor as well.

The playing schedule for Ruthless! is Mondays and Fridays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 2 p.m. at St. Luke’s Theatre, 308 West 46 Street (just west of Eighth Ave.) Tickets are available through www.RuthlessTheMusical.com or by calling 212-239-6200.