Billy Elliot Boys, Geoffrey Rush Among Theatre World Award Winners
Billy Elliot stars David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish and Exit the King star Geoffrey Rush are among the winners of the 65th annual Theatre World Awards, which honor performers making their New York stage debuts. The winners were announced on May 11 and will be honored at an awards ceremony at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on June 2, hosted by Peter Filichia and featuring past winners as presenters.
The complete list of 2009 winners is as follows:
David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, Kiril Kulish, Billy Elliot
Chad L. Coleman, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Jennifer Grace, Our Town
Josh Grisetti, Enter Laughing, the Musical
Haydn Gwynne, Billy Elliot, the Musical
Colin Hanks, 33 Variations
Marin Ireland, Reasons to be Pretty
Susan Louise O’Connor, Blithe Spirit
Condola Rashad, Ruined
Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King
Josefina Scaglione, West Side Story
Wesley Taylor, Rock of Ages
A special award will be presented to the entire cast of The Norman Conquests: Amelia Bullmore, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter and Amanda Root.
Honorees were chosen by the Theatre World Awards committee, which includes David Cote, Peter Filichia, Harry Haun, Matthew Murray, Frank Scheck, Doug Watt and Linda Winer.
