Theatre World Award
The Theatre World Award, first awarded for the 1945-46 season, is an American honor presented annually to actors and actresses in recognition of an outstanding New York City stage debut performance, either on Broadway or off-Broadway.
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[edit] History
Inaugural recipients included Betty Comden, Judy Holliday and John Raitt. The long and eclectic list of performers who have received the award includes Anna Kendrick, Julie Andrews, Phyllis Hyman, Lea Salonga, Carol Channing, Barbara Cook, Tim Daly, Loren Dean, Calista Flockhart, Glenne Headly, Ernestine Jackson, Grace Kelly, Cloris Leachman, Carol Lynley, Lizbeth MacKay, Jayne Mansfield, Audra McDonald, Helen Mirren, Brenda Blethyn, Gillian Anderson, Patricia Neal, Brooke Shields, Maureen Stapleton, Meryl Streep, Bernadette Peters, Vanessa L. Williams, Danny Aiello, Richard Burton, Marlon Brando, Dixie Carter, Billy Crudup, Ralph Fiennes, Andy Griffith, Laurence Harvey, Charlton Heston, Burt Lancaster, Jude Law, Anthony Perkins, Christopher Plummer, Cliff Robertson, Eli Wallach, Lucie Arnaz, James Dean, Dustin Hoffman, Dick Van Dyke, Carol Burnett, Jane Fonda, the entire cast of A Chorus Line, and - in the 21st century - Marissa Jaret Winokur, John Lloyd Young, Antonio Banderas, Christina Applegate, Fantasia Barrino, Harry Connick, Jr., Hugh Jackman, Reba McEntire and Nellie McKay.
Winners are selected by a committee of New York-based critics. That committee includes (as of May 2011) David Cote (Time Out New York, NY1), Joe Dziemianowicz (New York Daily News), Peter Filichia (Newark Star-Ledger, Theatermania.com), Harry Haun (Playbill), Matthew Murray (TalkinBroadway.com), Frank Scheck (Hollywood Reporter), and Linda Winer (New York Newsday). John Willis, founder of the Theatre World Awards and Theatre World Editor, died in June 2010. (Theatre World is the oldest definitive pictorial and statistical record of each American theatrical season and serves as a reference for theater professionals, students, and historians worldwide.)
Known as "Janus" after the Roman god of entrances, exits, and all beginnings, the award is a bronze sculpture designed by artist Harry Marinsky.
The winners for the 2010-2011 season were announced on May 10, 2011, with a ceremony to be held June 7; the awards are traditionally presented by former award winners.[1]
The Dorothy Loudon Starbaby Award is given by the Dorothy Loudon Foundation in connection with these awards. The first Starbaby Award was presented to Susan Louise O'Connor (Blithe Spirit) in 2009. Other recipients are Bobby Steggert (Ragtime and Yank!) (2009-2010)[2] and Seth Numrich (War Horse) (2010-2011).[1]
The first annual Lunt-Fontanne Award for Ensemble Excellence is presented at the 2010-2011 Awards, to the cast of The Motherf**ker with the Hat - Bobby Cannavale, Chris Rock, Annabella Sciorra, Elizabeth Rodriguez and Yul Vázquez. The award is in honor of the late Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne and is presented to an outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway ensemble.[3]
[edit] Award winners
[edit] 2011
Source:Playbill[1]
- Ellen Barkin, The Normal Heart
- Desmin Borges, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
- Halley Feiffer, The House of Blue Leaves
- Grace Gummer, Arcadia
- Rose Hemingway, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- John Larroquette, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Heather Lind, The Merchant of Venice
- Patina Miller, Sister Act
- Arian Moayed, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
- Jim Parsons, The Normal Heart
- Zachary Quinto, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes
- Tony Sheldon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert
- Lunt-Fontanne Award for Ensemble Excellence - cast of The Motherf**ker with the Hat
[edit] 2010
Source:Playbill[2]
- 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
- Michael Urie, The Temperamentals
[edit] 2009
Source:Playbill[4]
- David Alvarez/Trent Kowalik/Kiril Kulish, Billy Elliot, The Musical
- Chad L. Coleman, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
- Jennifer Grace, Our Town
- Josh Grisetti, Enter Laughing, The Musical
- Haydn Gwynne, Billy Elliot, The Musical
- Colin Hanks, 33 Variations
- Marin Ireland, reasons to be pretty
- Susan Louise O'Connor, Blithe Spirit
- Condola Rashad, Ruined
- Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King
- Josefina Scaglione, West Side Story
- Wesley Taylor, Rock of Ages
- Special Award to the entire cast of The Norman Conquests: Amelia Bullmore, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter and Amanda Root
[edit] 2008
- de'Adre Aziza, Passing Strange
- Cassie Beck, Drunken City
- Daniel Breaker, Passing Strange
- Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
- Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
- Hoon Lee, Yellow Face
- Alli Mauzey, Cry-Baby
- Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park with George
- Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
- Loretta Ables Sayre, South Pacific
- Jimmi Simpson, The Farnsworth Invention
- Paulo Szot, South Pacific
[edit] 2007
- 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
- Nilaja Sun - No Child...
- Special award - Actors' Fund
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Gans, Andrew."Ellen Barkin, Patina Miller, John Larroquette, Jim Parsons, Tony Sheldon and More Win Theatre World Awards" playbill.com, May 10, 2011
- ^ a b Gans, Andrew.Bobby Steggert to Receive Dorothy Loudon Starbaby Award at Theatre World Awards" playbill.com, May 20, 2010
- ^ BWW News Desk.2010-11 "Theatre World Award Winners Announced - Barkin, Hemingway, Larroquette, Miller, Quinto, Sheldon, 'Motherf**cker' & More" broadwayworld.com, May 10, 2011
- ^ Andrew Gans (11 May 2009). "Billy Boys, Gwynne, Ireland, Rush and Grisetti Among Theatre World Award Winners". playbill. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/129095.html. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
