Photo Coverage: 66th Annual Theatre World Awards - Presentation!

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

John Tartaglia

Peter Filichia

Michael Cerveris

Kate Burton

Michael Cristofer

Viola Davis

Viola Davis and Chris Chalk

Viola Davis

Tovah Feldshuh

Tovah Feldshuh (doing a summersault)

Tovah Feldshuh

Heidi Schreck & Tovah Feldshuh

Jonathan Groff

Michael McKean

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Lionel Larner

Kate Burton and Brian Stokes Mitchell

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Alli Mauzey

Alfred Molina

Condola Rashad

Loretta Ables Sayre

Vanessa Williams

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After his life as an ingenue in Brooklyn & Queens, Walter spent the next 25 Years in a leading role as a Photographer / Photo Researcher in Manhattan. He is currently headlining in New Jersey with his partner Richard and children Dali & Gala. As a 14 year old youth, Walter was transfixed by his first Broadway Show, the original production of "GREASE". His journey on the path to celebrity photojournalism began that fateful night. Meeting, photographing and getting to know the cast inspired him to spend his professional life doing what he loved. His photography is syndicated worldwide through Retna Ltd. and Corbis.

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