The 2007 Theatre World Awards were presented yesterday at New World Stages, honoring 12 super-talents for their breakout performances on or off Broadway. Among the award winners were Fantasia (The Color Purple), who thanked God for her blessings…
…Lin-Manuel Miranda, co-author and star of the Off-Broadway musical In the Heights, which will be moving to Broadway later this season…
…and Jonathan Groff, whose moving performance in Spring Awakening is the talk of the town.
Among the many celebs on hand for the event was Alec Baldwin, who presented the award to Eve Best.
Here are pix of the other Theatre World Award winners who turned out for the ceremony: Eve Best (A Moon for the Misbegotten)…
Mary Birdsong (Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me)…
…Erin Davie (Grey Gardens)…
…Xanthe Elbrick (Coram Boy)…
…Gavin Lee (Mary Poppins)…
Johnny Galecki (The Little Dog Laughed), seen here with Oscar winner Estelle Parsons, who presented his award…
…Stark Sands (Journey’s End)…
…and Nilaja Sun (No Child).
Among the other stars in attendance were the great Rosemary Harris (who presented an award to the absent Bill Nighy, a winner for his performance in The Vertical Hour) and her awesomely talented daughter, Jennifer Ehle (who presented to Mary Birdsong)…
…Bambi Linn (who presented to Gavin Lee), a veteran of such Broadway shows as the original Oklahoma!, Carousel, and I Can Get It For You Wholesale…
Plain and Fancy, for which Cook won a Theatre World Award.
