Frontmezzjunkies reports: The 2025 Theatre World Award Winners Announced
The Theatre World Awards Board of Directors has just announced the Honorees for the Theatre World Award for an Outstanding Debut Performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway Production. Also announced, Shailene Woodley (Cult of Love) will receive the 16th Annual Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater and Tony Award winner Leslie Uggams will receive the 12th Annual John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, and George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck) will receive a 2025 TWA Special Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut as Performer & Playwright.
The historic 79th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony will be held Monday evening, June 2, 2025, at 7 p.m. at Hard Rock Café Times Square (1501 Broadway).
Hosted annually by well-known theater journalist Peter Filichia, the 79th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony will be produced by Theatre World Awards, Inc., Board of Directors/Dale Badway. The Musical Director is Michael Lavine.
“THEATRE WORLD AWARDS is proud and honored to hold the 79th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony and Gala at the iconic Hard Rock Cafe -Times Square in the historic Paramount Building, home to some of the most legendary performances in history!”
Dale Badway, Theatre World Awards, President
2025 Theatre World Award Honorees
For Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance:
Alana Arenas, Purpose
Kit Connor, Romeo + Juliet
Patsy Ferran, A Streetcar Named Desire
Tom Francis, Sunset Boulevard
Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat
Paul Mescal, A Streetcar Named Desire
Louis McCartney, Stranger Things
Marjan Neshat, English
Jasmine Amy Rogers, Boop!
Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Boulevard
Helen J. Shen, Maybe Happy Ending
Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray
16th Annual Dorothy Loudon Award For Excellence in The Theater
Shailene Woodley, Cult of Love
12th Annual John Willis Award For Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Leslie Uggams
2025 Special Award For Outstanding Broadway Debut Performer/ Playwright
George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck)
First presented in 1945, the prestigious Theatre World Awards, founded by John Willis, the Editor-in-Chief of both Theatre World and its companion volume, Screen World, are the oldest awards given for Outstanding Broadway and Off-Broadway Debut Performances. The Theatre World Awards are presented annually at the end of the theatre season to six actors and six actresses for their significant, reviewable, debut performances in a Broadway or Off-Broadway production. The ceremony is a private, invitation-only event followed by a party to celebrate the new honorees and welcome them to the Theatre World “family.”
