Photo Coverage: 66th Annual Theatre World Awards - Presentation!
By: Walter McBride Jun. 09, 2010
Theatre World Awards for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut performances during the 2009-2010 theatrical season were presented by former Theatre World Award winners.The 2009-10 Theatre World Award winners were: Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur; Chris Chalk, Fences; Bill Heck, The Orphans' Home Cycle; Jon Michael Hill, Superior Donuts; Scarlett Johansson, A View from the Bridge; Keira Keeley, The Glass Menagerie; Sahr Ngaujah, FELA!; Eddie Redmayne, Red; Andrea Riseborough, The Pride; Heidi Schreck, Circle Mirror Transformation; Stephanie Umoh, Ragtime; and Michael Urie, The Temperamentals. In addition (also previously announced) The Dorothy Loudon Foundation presented the Dorothy Loudon Starbaby Award (as part of the Theatre World Awards' ceremony) to Bobby Steggert, for his performances in Ragtime and Yank! The Loudon Award is given for an auspicious performance on or Off-Broadway during the recent theatrical season, although unlike the Theatre World Award, not necessarily for a debut performance.
The Theatre World Awards presentation were held at New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street, in an invitation-only ceremony, Tuesday, June 8, 2010 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Peter Filichia hosted, Barry Keating directed, and Mary K. Botosan, Kati Meister, and Erin Oestreich were the event's producers. John Willis, a founder of the Theatre World Awards, was in attendance.
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 voting committee, currently comprised of David Cote (Time Out New York and NY1), Joe Dziemianowicz (New York Daily News), Peter Filichia (The Star-Ledger and TheaterMania), Harry Haun (Playbill), Matthew Murray (Talkin' Broadway), Frank Scheck (New York Post and Hollywood Reporter), and Linda Winer (Newsday).
For more information about the Theatre World Awards (including a listing of past recipients) please visit: theatreworldawards.org.
Click here for photos of all the celebrity arrivals!
Jennifer Barnhart & John Tartaglia
Jennifer Barnhart & John Tartaglia
Tovah Feldshuh (doing a summersault)
Tovah Feldshuh (doing a summersault)
Tovah Feldshuh (doing a summersault)
Tovah Feldshuh (doing a summersault)
Heidi Schreck & Tovah Feldshuh
Kate Burton and Brian Stokes Mitchell
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