2016 Theatre World Awards are Announced
by Ross
The Theatre World Awards announced the 2016 Theatre World Award Honorees for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance. The awards are given to six actors and six actresses who are making a spectacular debut on Broadway this season. They will be celebrated at the 72nd Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony on Monday evening, May 23, 2016 at Circle in the Square Theatre.
They will be joining quite the company of actors. Previous winners include Meryl Streep, Rosemary Harris, Marlon Brando, Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Anne Bancroft, James Earl Jones, Liza Minnelli, Alan Alda, Zoe Caldwell, Christopher Walken, Alec Baldwin, Bernadette Peters, Audra McDonald, Al Pacino, Grace Kelly, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, and so many more.

Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance during the 2015-2016 theatrical season
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Carmen Cusack, Bright Star
Khris Davis, The Royale
Daniel Durant, Spring Awakening
2016 Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater Winner
Outstanding Performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway Production
Nicholas Barasch, for his performance as Arpad Lazslo in She Loves Me