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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. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The City of New York Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City.

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Inaugural recipients included Betty Comden, Judy Holliday and John Raitt. Betty Comden ( May 3 1917 November 23 2006) along with Adolph Green (1914 2002 was one-half of the musical duo Comden and Green Judy Holliday (June 21 1921 – June 7 1965 was an American Academy - and Tony Award -winning Actress. John Emmett Raitt ( 19 January[[ 917]] &ndash 20 February[[ 005]] was a star of the Musical theater and stage The long and eclectic list of performers who have received the award includes Julie Andrews, Carol Channing, Barbara Cook, Tim Daly, Loren Dean, Calista Flockhart, Grace Kelly, Cloris Leachman, Carol Lynley, Lizbeth MacKay, Jayne Mansfield, Audra McDonald, Helen Mirren, Brenda Blethyn, Patricia Neal, Brooke Shields, Maureen Stapleton, Meryl Streep, 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, 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. and Hugh Jackman. Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells on October 1 1935) is an award-winning English Actress Carol Elaine Channing (b January 31 1921, Seattle Washington) is an American Singer and actress. Barbara Cook (born October 25 1927) is an American Singer and Actress who first came to prominence in the 1950s after creating Loren Dean Jovicic (born July 31 1969 is an award-winning American Actor. Calista Kay Flockhart (born November 11 1964) is an American Actress, primarily on Television. Grace Patricia Kelly (later Grace Princess of Monaco; November 12 1929 &ndash September 14 1982 was an Academy Award -winning American film and Cloris Leachman (born April 30, 1926) is an Academy Award -winning American Actress of stage, Film and Carol Lynley (born February 13, 1942) is an American actress and former child model. Lizbeth MacKay (born March 7, 1947) is an American Actress. Born in Buffalo NY, MacKay made her Broadway debut Jayne Mansfield (April 19 1933 – June 29 1967 was an American actress working both on Broadway and in Hollywood. Audra Ann McDonald (born July 3, 1970) is an American four-time Tony Award -winning Actress and Singer. Dame Helen Mirren, DBE (born 26 July 1945 is an English stage, Film and Television actress. Brenda Blethyn OBE (born 20 February 1946) is a Golden Globe -winning English Film, stage, television and Patricia Neal (born January 20 1926) is an American award-winning Actress of stage and screen Brooke Christa Camille Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and Supermodel. Lois Maureen Stapleton ( June 21, 1925 &ndash March 13, 2006) was an American Academy Award -winning actress Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an award-winning American Actress who has worked in Theatre, Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American Singer-songwriter and actress. Daniel Louis Aiello Jr (born June 20, 1933) is an Academy Award -nominated Emmy Award -winning American Actor who has appeared in Richard Burton, CBE (10 November 1925 &ndash 5 August 1984 was a Welsh multiple award-winning Actor. Marlon Brando Jr (April 3 1924 – July 1 2004 was an Academy Award -winning American Actor, whose body of work spanned over half a century Dixie Virginia Carter (born May 25, 1939, in McLemoresville Tennessee) is an American Emmy Award -nominated Actress William Gaither “Billy” Crudup (ˈkruːdəp born July 8, 1968) is an American Tony Award -winning Actor of Film and Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes ( "rafe fines" born 22 December 1962) is a British Actor. Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an American Actor, producer, Writer, director Laurence Harvey ( October 1, 1928 – November 25, 1973) was an Academy Award -nominated Lithuanian born actor who achieved Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4 1923 &ndash April 5 2008) was an American Actor of Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster ( 2 November &ndash 20 October) was an American film Actor and star noted for his athletic physique Jude Law (born 29 December 1972 is an English Actor. He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987 and had his first TV role in 1989 Anthony Perkins ( April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an Academy Award -nominated Golden Globe -winning American Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, CC (born December 13 1929 is a Canadian Theater, Film and Television actor. Clifford Parker "Cliff" Robertson III (born September 9, 1925) is an Academy Award - winning American Actor with a Eli Herschel Wallach (born December 7, 1915) is an American BAFTA - Tony Award - and Emmy Award -winning and Golden Lucie Désirée Arnaz (born July 17, 1951) is an American Actress. A Chorus Line is a musical about seventeen Broadway Dancers auditioning for spots on a Chorus line. Marissa Jaret Winokur (born February 2 1973) is a Tony Award -winning American Actress known for her performance as Tracy Turnblad John Lloyd Young (born ca 1975, Sacramento California) is an American actor José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960) better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film Actor and Singer Christina Applegate (born November 25 1971 is an Emmy Award -winning American actress known for playing Kelly Bundy on the long-running FOX Broadcasting Fantasia Monique Barrino (born June 30, 1984) or simply Fantasia, is an American R&B / soul singer and Broadway Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, Pianist, Composer, Actor, Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October, 1968) is an Tony Award -winning and Emmy Award -winning Australian Actor

Winners are selected by a committee of New York-based critics. That committee currently includes Peter Filichia (Theatermania. Peter Filichia is a New York-based Theater critic for The Newark Star Ledger newspaper in New Jersey and New Jersey's television station News 12 com), Harry Haun (Playbill), Matthew Murray (TalkinBroadway. Playbill is a Monthly US Magazine for Theatregoers Although there is a Subscription issue available for Home delivery com), Frank Scheck (New York Post), Michael Sommers (Newhouse Papers), Doug Watt (Critic Emeritus, New York Daily News), and Linda Winer (New York Newsday), and are coordinated by Theatre World Editor John Willis and Associate Editor Ben Hodges. The New York Post is the 13th-oldest Newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually The Daily News of New York City is the fifth most-widely circulated daily Newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 703137 Newsday is a daily Tabloid -size Pulitzer Prize winning Newspaper that primarily serves Long Island and the New York City (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 2007-08 season were announced on May 15, 2008, with a ceremonies to be held June 10; the awards are traditionally presented by former award winners. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common [1]

Award winners

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  1. ^ Andrew Gans (15 May 2008). Ben Daniels (born 10 June 1964 is a British actor A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA he has taken on roles in numerous productions Deanna Dunagan is a Tony Award -winning Chicago based American actress Jenna Russell (born 5 October 1967) is a critically acclaimed English actress and singer Mark Rylance (born January 18, 1960) is an award-winning English Actor, theatre director and playwright Jimmi Simpson (born 1975 in Hackettstown, New Jersey) is an American Actor. Paulo Szot ( pronounced /poʊ'lu 'ʃɒt/) (born 1969) is a Tony Award -winning Brazilian Opera Baritone singer and Actor The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes shows produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-off-Broadway, and The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards bestowed by The Village Voice newspaper to Off-Broadway Theater Paulo Szot and Deanna Dunagan Among Winners of Theatre World Awards. playbill. Retrieved on 2008-05-19. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and

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