2008 Theatre World Awards Honor 12 Debut Performances

Winners of the 64th annual Theatre World Awards for outstanding Broadway or off-Broadway debut performances during the 2007-2008 theatrical season have been announced. The Theatre World Awards presentation will be held at the Helen Hayes Theatre in an invitation-only ceremony on June 10, hosted by Peter Filichia. The winners are:

de'Adre Aziza, Passing Strange
Cassie Beck, Drunken City
Daniel Breaker, Passing Strange
Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
Hoon Lee, Yellow Face
Alli Mauzey, Cry-Baby
Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park with George
Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
Loretta Ables Sayre, South Pacific
Jimmi Simpson, The Farnsworth Invention
Paulo Szot, South Pacific

First presented in 1945, the Theatre World Awards are the oldest awards given for Broadway and Off-Broadway debut performances, and are among the oldest honors given to stage performers. Theatre World is the authoritative annual pictorial and statistical record of the American theater, including Broadway, off-Broadway, off-off Broadway, and regional theater.