2016 Theatre World Award Honorees Announced

tn-500__d8m96992016 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.

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2016 Theatre World Award Honorees

Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance during the 2015-2016 theatrical season

19ECLIPSE-tmagArticleDanielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Carmen Cusack, Bright Star
Khris Davis, The Royale
Daniel Durant, Spring Awakening

Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple
John Krasinski, Dry Powder
Sarah Charles Lewis, Tuck Everlasting
Austin P. McKenzie, Spring Awakening
Lupita Nyong’o, Eclipsed
Mark Strong, A View From The Bridge
Ana Villafañe, On Your Feet
Ben Whishaw, The Crucible
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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

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2016 John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Winner

Bernadette Peters

Congratulations to you all!

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