Photo Coverage: Theatre World Awards 2007/06/06

Photo Coverage: Theatre World Awards

Wednesday, June 6, 2007; Posted: 10:06 AM - by Walter McBride

This year's�Theatre World Awards, celebrating outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway debut performances during the 2006-2007 theatrical season, was held at New World Stages on�Tuesday, June 5, 2007.��

Peter Filichia hosted, Barry Keating directed, and Kati Meister, Scott Denny, and Erin Oestreich were the event's producers.� John Willis, founder of the Theatre World Awards,�was in attendance.� A special award to The Actors' Fund, in honor of its 125th anniversary,�was also be presented at the ceremony.� Actors' Fund President and Theatre World Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell (Mail, 1988) will accepted the award on behalf of the organization.

Presenters included�Michael Cerveris (The Who's Tommy, 1993), Barbara Cook (Plain and Fancy, 1955), Jennifer Ehle (The Real Thing, 2000), Patricia Elliott (A Little Night Music, 1973), Raul Esparza�(The Rocky Horror Show, 2001), Boyd Gaines (A Month in the Country, 1980), Rosemary Harris (Climate of Eden, 1953), and John McMartin (Little Mary Sunshine, 1960).��The 2006-07 Theatre World Award winners are: Fantasia, 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�

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.�

For more information about the Theatre World Awards (including a listing of past recipients), please visit: www.theatreworldawards.org.

Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.