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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...
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...Lin-Manuel Miranda, co-author and star of the Off-Broadway musical In the Heights, which will be moving to Broadway later this season...
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...and Jonathan Groff, whose moving performance in Spring Awakening is the talk of the town.
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Among the many celebs on hand for the event was Alec Baldwin, who presented the award to Eve Best.
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Here are pix of the other Theatre World Award winners who turned out for the ceremony: Eve Best (A Moon for the Misbegotten)...
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Mary Birdsong (Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me)...
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...Erin Davie (Grey Gardens)...
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...Xanthe Elbrick (Coram Boy)...
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...Gavin Lee (Mary Poppins)...
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Johnny Galecki (The Little Dog Laughed), seen here with Oscar winner Estelle Parsons, who presented his award...
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...Stark Sands (Journey's End)...
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...and Nilaja Sun (No Child).
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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)...
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...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...
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...and the amazing Barbara Cook (who presented to Fantasia), pictured here with Joseph Stein, co-author of the musical Plain and Fancy, for which Cook won a Theatre World Award.
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