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Photo Coverage: Theatre World Awards Celebrate This Season's Stunning Debuts!

By: May. 25, 2016
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Earlier this week, The Theatre World Awards celebrated this year's Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance honorees. Hosted annually by well-known theater journalist, Peter Filichia, the 72nd Annual Theatre World Awards ceremony was produced by Theatre World Awards, Inc. Board of Directors.

This year's honorees included: Danielle Brooks, Carmen Cusack, Khris Davis, Daniel Durant, Cynthia Erivo, John Krasinski, Sarah Charles Lewis, Austin P. McKenzie, Lupita Nyong'o, Mark Strong, Ana Villafañe, and Ben Whishaw. Broadway newcomer Nicholas Barasch was also honored with the 8th Annual Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater for his performance as Arpad Lazslo in the Roundabout Broadway revival of She Loves Me at Studio 54.

First presented in 1945, the prestigious Theatre World Awards, founded by John Willis, the Editor-in-Chief of both Theatre World and its companion volume, Screen World, are the oldest awards given for Outstanding Broadway and Off-Broadway Debut Performances. The Theatre World Awards are presented annually at the end of the theatre season to six actors and six actresses for their significant, reviewable, debut performances in a Broadway or Off-Broadway production. The ceremony is a private, invitation-only event followed by a party to celebrate the new honorees and welcome them to the Theatre World "family." In what has become a highly entertaining and often touching tradition, 12 previous winners serve as the presenters, and often relive moments from past ceremonies and share wonderful stories rarely heard at other theatrical awards.

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The 2016 Theatre World Awards

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The 2016 Theatre World Awards

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Lupita Nyong'o

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Peter Filichia and Lupita Nyong'o

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Lupita Nyong'o

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Lupita Nyong'o

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Peter Filichia and Lupita Nyong'o

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De'Adre Aziza

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De'Adre Aziza

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De'Adre Aziza

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De'Adre Aziza

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Phillip Boykin

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Phillip Boykin and Danielle Brooks

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Phillip Boykin and Danielle Brooks

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Phillip Boykin and Danielle Brooks

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Phillip Boykin and Danielle Brooks

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Danielle Brooks

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Danielle Brooks

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Phillip Boykin and Danielle Brooks

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Danielle Brooks

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Phillip Boykin

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Khris Davis

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Khris Davis

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Khris Davis

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Lionel Larner

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Bobby Steggert

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Bobby Steggert

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Nicholas Barasch

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Nicholas Barasch and Bobby Steggert

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Nicholas Barasch

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Sophie Okonedo

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Sophie Okonedo

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Sophie Okonedo and Ben Whishaw

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Ben Whishaw

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Ben Whishaw

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Ben Whishaw

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Sophie Okonedo and Ben Whishaw

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Anita Gillette

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Anita Gillette

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Anita Gillette

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Joanna Gleason

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Carmen Cusack

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Carmen Cusack

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Joanna Gleason and Carmen Cusack

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Emily Skeggs

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Emily Skeggs

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Austin P. McKenzie and Emily Skeggs

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Austin P. McKenzie

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Austin P. McKenzie

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Austin P. McKenzie

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Austin P. McKenzie and Emily Skeggs

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Austin P. McKenzie

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Austin P. McKenzie and Emily Skeggs

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Daniel Durant

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Daniel Durant

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Daniel Durant

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Daniel Durant

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Emerson Steel

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Sarah Charles Lewis

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Sarah Charles Lewis

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Emerson Steel and Sarah Charles Lewis

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Emerson Steel and Sarah Charles Lewis

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Emerson Steel and Sarah Charles Lewis

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Jerry Mitchell

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Ana Villafane and Jerry Mitchell

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Ana Villafane and Jerry Mitchell

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Ana Villafane and Jerry Mitchell

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Ana Villafane and Jerry Mitchell

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Ana Villafane and Jerry Mitchell

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LaChanze

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LaChanze

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LaChanze

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LaChanze

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LaChanze

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LaChanze and Cynthia Erivo

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LaChanze and Cynthia Erivo

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Cynthia Erivo

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Cynthia Erivo

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Cynthia Erivo

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LaChanze and Cynthia Erivo

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Lynne Meadow

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Lynne Meadow

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Lynne Meadow and Bernadette Peters

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Bernadette Peters

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Bernadette Peters

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Bernadette Peters

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Lynne Meadow and Bernadette Peters

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The 2016 Theatre World Awards







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