Here are recipients of 2025’s Theatre World Awards, which honors actors making Outstanding Broadway and Off-Broadway debuts. I am honored to have been on this committee again this year.
Congrats to all the winners. The awards will be handed out on Monday, June 2 at 7pm at The Hard Rock Café Times Square.
2025 Theatre World Award Recipients
ALANA ARENASPURPOSE 
Purpose (c) Marc J. Franklin
KIT CONNORROMEO + JULIET
Romeo + Juliet (c) Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
PATSY FERRANA STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
A Streetcar Named Desire (c) Julieta Cervantes
TOM FRANCISSUNSET BOULEVARD
Sunset Blvd. (c) Marc Brenner
JAK MALONEOPERATION MINCEMEAT
Operation Mincemeat (c) Julieta Cervantes
LOUIS McCARTNEY STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW
Stranger Things: The First Shadow (c) Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
PAUL MESCALA STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
A Streetcar Named Desire (c) Julieta Cervantes
MARJAN NESHATENGLISH 
English (c) Joan Marcus and Maria Baranova
JASMINE AMY ROGERSBOOP! THE MUSICAL
Boop! The Musical (c) Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
NICOLE SCHERZINGERSUNSET BOULEVARD
Sunset Blvd (c) Marc Brenner
HELEN J. SHENMAYBE HAPPY ENDING
Maybe Happy Ending (c) Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
SARAH SNOOKTHE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
The Picture of Dorian Gray (c) Marc J. Brenner
Other Awards:
SHAILENE WOODLEYCULT OF LOVE
Cult of Love (c) Joan Marcus
The Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater, honoring an outstanding performance (not debut) in a Broadway or Off-Broadway production, to Shailene Woodley (Cult of Love).
LESLIE UGGAMS
John Willis Award
Jelly's Last Jam (c) Joan Marcus
The John Willis Award, given for lifetime achievement in the theatre, to Leslie Uggams (last seen in Encores' Jelly's Last Jam). The latter honors the late Willis, who created and maintained the Theatre World tradition for 66 years, encouraging new talent in an often-challenging business.
GEORGE CLOONEYGOODNIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
Good Night, and Good Luck (c) Emilio Madrid
George Clooney, who made his debut in Good Night, and Good Luck, will also be honored with the 2025 TWA Special Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut as Performer and Playwright. Good Night, and Good Luck is written by Clooney and Grant Heslov.
This year's honorees were chosen by the Theatre World Awards Committee: Linda Armstrong (Amsterdam News), David Cote (The Observer), Joe Dziemianowicz (New York Theatre Guide), Peter Filichia (Broadway Radio), David Finkle (New York Stage Review), Elysa Gardner (The New York Sun), Harry Haun (Observer.com), Cary Wong (The Interested Bystander), and Frank Scheck (New York Stage Review/The Hollywood Reporter).
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