# Theatre World Awards

Les Theatre World Awards sont des distinctions théâtrales américaines créées en 1945 et récompensant les débuts d'un acteur ou une actrice sur une scène de Broadway ou off-Broadway. Le prix est décerné annuellement à la fin de la saison théâtrale.

## Historique

Les Theatre World Awards sont créés en 1945 par John A. Willis (en), rédacteur en chef des publications Theatre World (en) et Screen World. Elle est une des plus anciennes récompenses décernés à Broadway et off-Broadway.

## Lauréats

Liste de lauréats par année :
| 1992 – 1993 Brent Carver - Kiss of the Spider Woman Michael Cerveris - The Who's Tommy Marcia Gay Harden - Angels in America: Millennium Approaches Stephanie Lawrence - Blood Brothers Andrea Martin - My Favorite Year Liam Neeson - Anna Christie Stephen Rea - Someone Who'll Watch Over Me Natasha Richardson - Anna Christie Martin Short - The Goodbye Girl Dina Spybey - Five Women Wearing the Same Dress Stephen Spinella - Angels in America: Millennium Approaches Jennifer Tilly - One Shoe Off Special Award - John Leguizamo Special Award - Rosetta LeNoire | 1993 – 1994 Marcus D'Amico - An Inspector Calls Jarrod Emick - Damn Yankees Arabella Field - Snowing at Delphi and Four Dogs and a Bone Aden Gillett - An Inspector Calls Sherry Glaser - Family Secrets Michael Hayden - Carousel Margaret Illman - The Red Shoes Audra Ann McDonald - Carousel Burke Moses - Beauty and the Beast Anna Deavere Smith - Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 Jere Shea - Passion Harriet Walter - Three Birds Alighting on a Field | 1994 – 1995 Gretha Boston - Show Boat Billy Crudup - Arcadia Ralph Fiennes - Hamlet Beverly D'Angelo - Simpatico Calista Flockhart - The Glass Menagerie Kevin Kilner - The Glass Menagerie Anthony LaPaglia - The Rose Tattoo Julie Johnson - Das Barbecü Helen Mirren - A Month in the Country Jude Law - Indiscretions Rufus Sewell - Translations Vanessa Williams - Kiss of the Spider Woman Special Award - Brooke Shields |
| 1995–1996 Jordan Baker - Suddenly Last Summer Joohee Choi - The King and I Karen Kay Cody - Master Class Viola Davis - Seven Guitars Kate Forbes - The School for Scandal Michael McGrath - Swinging on a Star Alfred Molina - Molly Sweeney Timothy Olyphant - The Monogamist Adam Pascal - Rent Lou Diamond Phillips - The King and I Daphne Rubin-Vega - Rent Brett Tabisel - Big Special Award - troupe de An Ideal Husband | 1996-1997 Terry Beaver - The Last Night of Ballyhoo Helen Carey - London Assurance Kristin Chenoweth - Steel Pier Jason Danieley - Candide Linda Eder - Jekyll & Hyde Allison Janney - Present Laughter Daniel McDonald - Steel Pier Janet McTeer - A Doll's House Mark Ruffalo - This Is Our Youth Fiona Shaw - The Waste Land Antony Sher - Stanley Alan Tudyk - Bunny Bunny Special Award - troupe de Skylight | 1997–1998 Source: Theatre World Max Casella – The Lion King Margaret Colin – Jackie Ruaidhri Conroy – The Cripple of Inishmaan Alan Cumming – Cabaret Lea DeLaria – On the Town Edie Falco – Side Man Enid Graham – Honour Anna Kendrick – High Society Ednita Nazario – The Capeman Douglas Sills – The Scarlet Pimpernel Steven Sutcliffe – Ragtime Sam Trammell – Ah, Wilderness! Special Award - Eddie Izzard Special Award - troupe de The Beauty Queen of Leenane |
| 1998-1999 Jillian Armenante - The Cider House Rules James Black - Not About Nightingales Brendan Coyle - The Weir Anna Friel - Closer Rupert Graves - Closer Lynda Gravatt - The Old Settler Nicole Kidman - The Blue Room Ciarán Hinds - Closer Ute Lemper - Chicago Clarke Peters - The Iceman Cometh Toby Stephens - Ring Round the Moon Sandra Oh - Stop Kiss Special Award - Jerry Herman | 1999–2000 Source: Theatre World Craig Bierko – The Music Man Everett Bradley – Swing! Gabriel Byrne – A Moon for the Misbegotten Ann Hampton Callaway – Swing! Toni Collette – The Wild Party Henry Czerny – Arms and the Man Stephen Dillane – The Real Thing Jennifer Ehle – The Real Thing Philip Seymour Hoffman – True West Hayley Mills – Suite in Two Keys Cigdem Onat – The Time of the Cuckoo Claudia Shear – Dirty Blonde Special Award – Barry Humphries | 2000–2001 Source: Theatre World Juliette Binoche – Betrayal Macaulay Culkin – Madame Melville Janie Dee – Comic Potential Raúl Esparza – The Rocky Horror Show Kathleen Freeman – The Full Monty Deven May – Bat Boy Reba McEntire – Annie Get Your Gun Chris Noth – The Best Man Joshua Park – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Rosie Perez – References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot Joely Richardson – Madame Melville John Ritter – The Dinner Party Special Award – Seán Campion Special Award – Conleth Hill |
| 2001–2002 Source: Theatre World Justin Bohon – Oklahoma! Simon Callow – The Mystery of Charles Dickens Mos Def – Topdog/Underdog Emma Fielding – Private Lives Adam Godley – Private Lives Martin Jarvis – By Jeeves Spencer Kayden – Urinetown Gretchen Mol – The Shape of Things Anna Paquin – The Glory of Living Louise Pitre – Mamma Mia ! David Warner – Major Barbara Rachel Weisz – The Shape of Things | 2002–2003 Source: Theatre World Antonio Banderas – Nine Tammy Blanchard – Gypsy Thomas Jefferson Byrd – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Jonathan Cake – Médée Victoria Hamilton – A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Clare Higgins – Vincent in Brixton Jackie Hoffman – Hairspray Mary Stuart Masterson – Nine John Selya – Movin' Out Jochum ten Haaf – Vincent in Brixton Daniel Sunjata – Take Me Out Marissa Jaret Winokur – Hairspray Special Award – Peter Filichia Special Award – Ben Hodges | 2003–2004 Source: Theatre World Shannon Cochran – Bug Stephanie D'Abruzzo – Avenue Q Mitchel David Federan – The Boy from Oz Alexander Gemignani – Assassins Hugh Jackman – The Boy From Oz Isabel Keating – The Boy From Oz Sanaa Lathan – A Raisin in the Sun Jefferson Mays – I Am My Own Wife Euan Morton – Taboo Anika Noni Rose – Caroline, or Change John Tartaglia – Avenue Q Jennifer Westfeldt – Wonderful Town Special Award – Sarah Jones |
| 2004–2005 Source: Theatre World Christina Applegate – Sweet Charity Ashlie Atkinson – Fat Pig Hank Azaria – Spamalot Gordon Clapp – Glengarry Glen Ross Conor Donovan – Privilege Dan Fogler – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Heather Goldenhersh – Doubt Carla Gugino – After the Fall Jenn Harris – Modern Orthodox Cheyenne Jackson – All Shook Up Celia Keenan-Bolger – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Tyler Maynard – Altar Boyz | 2005–2006 Source: Theatre World Harry Connick Jr. – The Pajama Game Felicia P. Fields – The Color Purple Maria Friedman – The Woman in White Richard Griffiths – The History Boys Mamie Gummer – Mr. Marmalade Jayne Houdyshell – Well Bob Martin – The Drowsy Chaperone Ian McDiarmid – Faith Healer Nellie McKay – The Threepenny Opera David Wilmot – The Lieutenant of Inishmore Elisabeth Withers-Mendes – The Color Purple John Lloyd Young – Jersey Boys | 2006–2007 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 |
| 2007–2008 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 | 2008–2009 Source:Playbill.com 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 Rashād – Ruined Geoffrey Rush – Exit the King Josefina Scaglione – West Side Story Wesley Taylor – Rock of Ages Dorothy Loudon Starbaby Award : Susan Louise O'Connor – Blithe Spirit Special Award pour la troupe de The Norman Conquests : Amelia Bullmore, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter et Amanda Root. | 2009–2010 Source:Playbill.com 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 Dorothy Loudon Starbaby Award : Bobby Steggert - Ragtime et Yank! |
| 2010–2011 Source:Playbill.com 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 Dorothy Loudon Starbaby Award : Seth Numrich - War Horse Lunt-Fontanne Award for Ensemble Excellence – troupe de The Motherfucker with the Hat | 2011–2012 Source: Playbill.com Tracie Bennett – End of the Rainbow Phillip Boykin – The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess Crystal A. Dickinson – Clybourne Park Russell Harvard – Tribes Jeremy Jordan – Bonnie & Clyde Joaquina Kalukango – Hurt Village (en) Jennifer Lim – Chinglish Jessie Mueller – On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Hettienne Park – Seminar et The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures Chris Perfetti – Sons of the Prophet Finn Wittrock – Death of a Salesman Josh Young – Jesus Christ Superstar Dorothy Loudon Starbaby Award : Susan Pourfar - Tribes | 2012–2013 Source:Playbill.com Bertie Carvel – Matilda the Musical Carrie Coon – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Brandon J. Dirden – The Piano Lesson Shalita Grant – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Tom Hanks – Lucky Guy Valisia LeKae – Motown: The Musical Rob McClure – Chaplin Ruthie Ann Miles – Here Lies Love Conrad Ricamora – Here Lies Love Keala Settle – Hands on a Hardbody Yvonne Strahovski – Golden Boy Tom Sturridge – Orphans Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater: Johnny Orsini - The Nance John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre : Alan Alda |
| 2013–2014 Source: Broadway.com Paul Chahidi – Twelfth Night, or What You Will Nick Cordero – Bullets Over Broadway Bryan Cranston – All the Way Mary Bridget Davies – A Night with Janis Joplin Sarah Greene – The Cripple of Inishmaan Rebecca Hall – Machinal Ramin Karimloo – Les Misérables Zachary Levi – First Date Chris O'Dowd – Of Mice and Men Sophie Okonedo – A Raisin in the Sun Emerson Steele – Violet Lauren Worsham – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater: Celia Keenan-Bolger - The Glass Menagerie John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Winner : Christopher Plummer | 2014–2015 Source: Playbill.com Geneva Carr – Hand to God Daveed Diggs – Hamilton Megan Fairchild – On the Town Robert Fairchild – An American in Paris Collin Kelly-Sordelet – The Last Ship Sydney Lucas – Fun Home Karen Pittman – Disgraced Benjamin Scheuer – The Lion Alex Sharp – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Emily Skeggs – Fun Home Micah Stock – It's Only a Play Ruth Wilson – Constellations Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater : Leanne Cope – An American In Paris John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre : Chita Rivera | 2015–2016 Source: Playbill.com Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple Carmen Cusack – Bright Star Khris Davis – The Royale Daniel Durant – Spring Awakening Cynthia Erivo – The Color Purple John Krasinski – Dry Powder Sarah Charles Lewis – Tuck Everlasting Austin P. McKenzie – Spring Awakening Lupita Nyong'o – Eclipsed Mark Strong – A View From The Bridge Ana Villafañe – On Your Feet! Ben Whishaw – The Crucible Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater: Nicholas Barasch – She Loves Me John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre : Bernadette Peters |
| 2016–2017 Source: BroadwayWorld.com Carlo Albán - Sweat Christy Altomare - Anastasia Denée Benton - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Jon Jon Briones - Miss Saigon Barrett Doss - Groundhog Day Amber Gray - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Josh Groban - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Lucas Hedges - Yen Raymond Lee - Vietgone Eva Noblezada - Miss Saigon Jeremy Secomb - Sweeney Todd Cobie Smulders - Present Laughter Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater : Katrina Lenk, Indecent et The Band's Visit John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre : Glenn Close Special Theatre World Award : Dave Malloy pour son premier rôle à Broadway dans Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 en tant qu'acteur, compositeur, parolier. | 2017–2018 Anthony Boyle - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Jamie Brewer - Amy and the Orphans Noma Dumezweni - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Johnny Flynn - Hangmen Denise Gough - Angels in America Harry Hadden-Paton - My Fair Lady Hailey Kilgore - Once on This Island James McArdle - Angels in America Lauren Ridloff - Children of a Lesser God Ethan Slater - SpongeBob SquarePants Charlie Stemp - Hello, Dolly! Katy Sullivan - Cost of Living Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater: Ben Edelman, Admissions John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre : Victor Garber | 2018–2019 Gbenga Akinnagbe - To Kill a Mockingbird Tom Glynn-Carney - The Ferryman Sophia Anne Caruso - Beetlejuice Paddy Considine - The Ferryman James Davis - Oklahoma! Micaela Diamond - The Cher Show Bonnie Milligan - Head Over Heels Simone Missick - Paradise Blue Jeremy Pope - Choir Boy Colton Ryan - Girl from the North Country Stephanie Styles - Kiss Me, Kate Phoebe Waller-Bridge - Fleabag John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre : Nathan Lane |