The 69th annual Theatre World Awards were presented to twelve recipients in honor of their “significant debut performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway production” in an invitation-only ceremony held Monday, June 3 at the
Music Box Theatre.
Receiving the prestigious honor for their work during the 2012-2013 season were Bertie Carvel (Matilda), 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), and Tom Sturridge (Orphans). Additionally, Jonny Orsini (The Nance) received the 2013 Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in Theatre, and stage and screen great Alan Alda was honored with the 2013 John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.
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Tom Hanks receives a 2013 Theatre World Award for his Broadway debut performance as tabloid journalist Mike McAlary in
Lucky Guy.
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Yvonne Strahovski receives the prestigious Theatre World Award for her performance as Lorna Moon in Clifford Odets’
Golden Boy.
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Alan Alda, a 1964 Theatre World Award winner for his work in
Fair Game for Lovers, was on hand to receive the 2013 John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.
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2013 Theatre World Award winner Tom Sturridge (
Orphans) brought his fiancée, Sienna Miller, to help him celebrate his honor.
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Bertie Carvel receives a 2013 Theatre World Award for his Broadway debut performance as Miss Trunchbull in
Matilda.
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Valisia LeKae is a 2013 honoree for her performance as Diana Ross in
Motown the Musical.
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Rob McClure is a 2013 Theatre World Award winner for his performance as the title character in
Chaplin.
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Carrie Coon is a 2013 Theatre World Award recipient for her work as Honey in
Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(© David Gordon)

In
Hands on a Hardbody, Keala Settle played Norma Valverde, a role for which she is honored with a 2013 Theatre World Award.
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Jonny Orsini, who costars as Ned in Broadway’s
The Nance, is the recipient of the 2013 Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in Theatre.
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Shalita Grant, who plays soothsaying maid Cassandra in
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, adds a 2013 Theatre World Award to her list of honors for the role.
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For his performance as Ninoy Aquino in
Here Lies Love, Conrad Ricamora receives a 2013 Theatre World Award.
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Brandon J. Dirden, a 2013 Theatre World Award honoree, snuggles up to his wife, Crystal A. Dickinson, a 2012 honoree for
Clybourne Park.
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For her work as Imelda Marcos in
Here Lies Love, Ruthie Ann Miles is named a 2013 Theatre World Award winner.
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Soap star Colleen Zenk snuggles up to John Tartaglia, a 2004 Theatre World Award winner for
Avenue Q and director of the 2013 ceremony.
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Phillip Boykin received a 2012 Theatre World Award for his work as Crown in the recent revival of
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.
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Lea Salonga won a 1991 Theatre World Award for her legendary performance as Kim in
Miss Saigon.
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1987 Theatre World Award winner Courtney B. Vance is on hand to present a 2013 honor to his
Lucky Guy costar, Tom Hanks.
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2012 Theatre World Award winner Jennifer Lim (
Chinglish) is excited for the ceremony.
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2009 Theatre World Award winner Wesley Taylor (
Rock of Ages) is present at this year’s ceremony to perform.
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