2023 Theatre World Award Winners Announced

5/3/2023 4:23pm


The Theatre World Awards Board of Directors has announced the 2023 Honorees for the Theatre World Award for an Outstanding Debut Performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway Production. Also announced, Julie Benko will receive the 14th Annual Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater, and 2023 TWA Special Award Honorees, Marilyn Caserta for Outstanding Swing and Dale Badway for Outstanding Contribution to the Theatre World. The Honoree for the 10th Annual John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre will be announced shortly. The historic 77th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony will be held Mon June 5 at 7:00 PM at a Theater Venue TBA.  Hosted annually by well-known theater journalist, Peter Filichia, the awards will be produced by Theatre World Awards, Inc. Board of Directors/Dale Badway. Tom D’Angora and Michael D’Angora will direct the heralded event with Michael Lavine as Musical Director. The 2022-2023 theatrical season honorees are; Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topdog/Underdog, Hiran Abeysekera, Life of Pi, Amir Arison, The Kite Runner, D’Arcy Carden, The Thanksgiving Play, Jodie Comer, Prima Facie, Callum Francis, Kinky Boots, Lucy Freyer, The Wanderers, Caroline Innerbichler, Shucked, Ashley D. Kelley, Shucked, Casey Likes, Almost Famous, Emma Pfitzer Price, Becomes A Woman, John David Washington, The Piano Lesson. The honorees are chosen by the Theatre World Awards Committee which is comprised of Linda Armstrong (Amsterdam News), David Cote (The Observer), Joe Dziemianowicz (New York Theatre Guide), Peter Filichia (Broadway Radio), David Finkle (New York Stage Review), Elysa Gardner (The New York Sun), Harry Haun (Observer.com), Cary Wong (The Interested Bystander), and Frank Scheck (New York Stage Review/ The Hollywood Reporter). For additional information, visit www.theatreworldawards.org. Press contact: Richard Hillman PR (646/234-5716)...