Lawrence offered a roof-raising version of "From Now On" from the musical film The Greatest Showman. Watch the performance from Miscast24, which brought Lawrence's fellow performers to their feet, in the video above.
In the video below,The Notebook composer Ingrid Michaelson delivers a heartfelt medley of "With You" and "What More Can I Say" from, respectively, Pippin and Falsettos.
This year's concert honored MCC Youth Company alum Nicole Suazo and Jason Robert Brown, whose new musical The Connector made its world premiere via the Off-Broadway company.
The Fred Ebb Award recognizes excellence in musical theatre songwriting, by a songwriter or songwriting team that has not yet achieved significant commercial success.