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63rd ANNUAL THEATRE WORLD AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
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On Tuesday, June 5, 2007 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m Theatre World will present the Theatre World Award winners for outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway debut performances during the 2006-2007 theatrical season.
The presentation will be held at New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street, in an invitation-only ceremony, Peter Filichia will host, Barry Keating will direct, and Kati Meister and Scott Denny are the event’s producers. John Willis, founder of the Theatre World Awards, will be in attendance. A special award to The Actors’ Fund, in honor of its 125th anniversary, will also be presented at the ceremony.
First presented in 1945, the prestigious Theatre World Awards are the oldest awards given for Broadway and Off-Broadway debut performances, and are among the oldest honors given to stage performers. The Theatre World Award winners have been chosen by the Theatre World Awards committee, currently comprised of Peter Filichia (TheaterMania), Harry Haun (Playbill), Matthew Murray (Talkin’ Broadway), Frank Scheck (New York Post), Michael Sommers (Newhouse Newspapers), Doug Watt (Critic Emeritus, New York Daily News), and Linda Winer (New York Newsday).
The 63rd annual Theatre World Award winners for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut performances during the 2006-2007 theatrical season are: Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple / Eve Best, A Moon for the Misbegotten / Mary Birdsong, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me / Erin Davie, Grey Gardens / Xanthe Elbrick, Coram Boy / Johnny Galecki, The Little Dog Laughed / Jonathan Groff, Spring Awakening / Gavin Lee, Mary Poppins / Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights / Bill Nighy, The Vertical Hour / Stark Sands, Journey’s End, and Nilaja Sun, No Child…
Theatre World is the authoritative annual pictorial and statistical record of the American theatre, including Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway, regional, national touring companies, actors’ biographies, and major drama awards.
For more information about the Theatre World Awards (including
a listing of past recipients) please visit: www.theatreworldawards.org
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