Theatre World Awards

1992 – 1993

• Brent Carver - Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Michael Cerveris - The Who's Tommy
• Marcia Gay Harden - Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
• Stephanie Lawrence - Blood Brothers
• Andrea Martin - My Favorite Year
• Liam Neeson - Anna Christie
• Stephen Rea - Someone Who'll Watch Over Me
• Natasha Richardson - Anna Christie
• Martin Short - The Goodbye Girl
• Dina Spybey - Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
• Stephen Spinella - Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
• Jennifer Tilly - One Shoe Off
• Special Award - John Leguizamo
• Special Award - Rosetta LeNoire

1993 – 1994

• Marcus D'Amico - An Inspector Calls
• Jarrod Emick - Damn Yankees
• Arabella Field - Snowing at Delphi and Four Dogs and a Bone
• Aden Gillett - An Inspector Calls
• Sherry Glaser - Family Secrets
• Michael Hayden - Carousel
• Margaret Illman - The Red Shoes
• Audra Ann McDonald - Carousel
• Burke Moses - Beauty and the Beast
• Anna Deavere Smith - Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
• Jere Shea - Passion
• Harriet Walter - Three Birds Alighting on a Field

1994 – 1995

• Gretha Boston - Show Boat
• Billy Crudup - Arcadia
• Ralph Fiennes - Hamlet
• Beverly D'Angelo - Simpatico
• Calista Flockhart - The Glass Menagerie
• Kevin Kilner - The Glass Menagerie
• Anthony LaPaglia - The Rose Tattoo
• Julie Johnson - Das Barbecü
• Helen Mirren - A Month in the Country
• Jude Law - Indiscretions
• Rufus Sewell - Translations
• Vanessa Williams - Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Special Award - Brooke Shields

1995–1996

• Jordan Baker - Suddenly Last Summer
• Joohee Choi - The King and I
• Karen Kay Cody - Master Class
• Viola Davis - Seven Guitars
• Kate Forbes - The School for Scandal
• Michael McGrath - Swinging on a Star
• Alfred Molina - Molly Sweeney
• Timothy Olyphant - The Monogamist
• Adam Pascal - Rent
• Lou Diamond Phillips - The King and I
• Daphne Rubin-Vega - Rent
• Brett Tabisel - Big
• Special Award - troupe de An Ideal Husband

1996-1997

• Terry Beaver - The Last Night of Ballyhoo
• Helen Carey - London Assurance
• Kristin Chenoweth - Steel Pier
• Jason Danieley - Candide
• Linda Eder - Jekyll & Hyde
• Allison Janney - Present Laughter
• Daniel McDonald - Steel Pier
• Janet McTeer - A Doll's House
• Mark Ruffalo - This Is Our Youth
• Fiona Shaw - The Waste Land
• Antony Sher - Stanley
• Alan Tudyk - Bunny Bunny
• Special Award - troupe de Skylight

1997–1998

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• Max Casella – The Lion King
• Margaret Colin – Jackie
• Ruaidhri Conroy – The Cripple of Inishmaan
• Alan Cumming – Cabaret
• Lea DeLaria – On the Town
• Edie Falco – Side Man
• Enid Graham – Honour
• Anna Kendrick – High Society
• Ednita Nazario – The Capeman
• Douglas Sills – The Scarlet Pimpernel
• Steven Sutcliffe – Ragtime
• Sam Trammell – Ah, Wilderness!
• Special Award - Eddie Izzard
• Special Award - troupe de The Beauty Queen of Leenane

1998-1999

• Jillian Armenante - The Cider House Rules
• James Black - Not About Nightingales
• Brendan Coyle - The Weir
• Anna Friel - Closer
• Rupert Graves - Closer
• Lynda Gravatt - The Old Settler
• Nicole Kidman - The Blue Room
• Ciarán Hinds - Closer
• Ute Lemper - Chicago
• Clarke Peters - The Iceman Cometh
• Toby Stephens - Ring Round the Moon
• Sandra Oh - Stop Kiss
• Special Award - Jerry Herman

1999–2000

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• Craig Bierko – The Music Man
• Everett Bradley – Swing!
• Gabriel Byrne – A Moon for the Misbegotten
• Ann Hampton Callaway – Swing!
• Toni Collette – The Wild Party
• Henry Czerny – Arms and the Man
• Stephen Dillane – The Real Thing
• Jennifer Ehle – The Real Thing
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – True West
• Hayley Mills – Suite in Two Keys
• Cigdem Onat – The Time of the Cuckoo
• Claudia Shear – Dirty Blonde
• Special Award – Barry Humphries

2000–2001

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• Juliette Binoche – Betrayal
• Macaulay Culkin – Madame Melville
• Janie Dee – Comic Potential
• Raúl Esparza – The Rocky Horror Show
• Kathleen Freeman – The Full Monty
• Deven May – Bat Boy
• Reba McEntire – Annie Get Your Gun
• Chris Noth – The Best Man
• Joshua Park – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
• Rosie Perez – References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot
• Joely Richardson – Madame Melville
• John Ritter – The Dinner Party
• Special Award – Seán Campion
• Special Award – Conleth Hill

2001–2002

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• Justin Bohon – Oklahoma!
• Simon Callow – The Mystery of Charles Dickens
• Mos Def – Topdog/Underdog
• Emma Fielding – Private Lives
• Adam Godley – Private Lives
• Martin Jarvis – By Jeeves
• Spencer Kayden – Urinetown
• Gretchen Mol – The Shape of Things
• Anna Paquin – The Glory of Living
• Louise Pitre – Mamma Mia !
• David Warner – Major Barbara
• Rachel Weisz – The Shape of Things

2002–2003

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• Antonio Banderas – Nine
• Tammy Blanchard – Gypsy
• Thomas Jefferson Byrd – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
• Jonathan Cake – Médée
• Victoria Hamilton – A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
• Clare Higgins – Vincent in Brixton
• Jackie Hoffman – Hairspray
• Mary Stuart Masterson – Nine
• John Selya – Movin' Out
• Jochum ten Haaf – Vincent in Brixton
• Daniel Sunjata – Take Me Out
• Marissa Jaret Winokur – Hairspray
• Special Award – Peter Filichia
• Special Award – Ben Hodges

2003–2004

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• Shannon Cochran – Bug
• Stephanie D'Abruzzo – Avenue Q
• Mitchel David Federan – The Boy from Oz
• Alexander Gemignani – Assassins
• Hugh Jackman – The Boy From Oz
• Isabel Keating – The Boy From Oz
• Sanaa Lathan – A Raisin in the Sun
• Jefferson Mays – I Am My Own Wife
• Euan Morton – Taboo
• Anika Noni Rose – Caroline, or Change
• John Tartaglia – Avenue Q
• Jennifer Westfeldt – Wonderful Town
• Special Award – Sarah Jones

2004–2005

Source: Theatre World^[4]

• Christina Applegate – Sweet Charity
• Ashlie Atkinson – Fat Pig
• Hank Azaria – Spamalot
• Gordon Clapp – Glengarry Glen Ross
• Conor Donovan – Privilege
• Dan Fogler – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Heather Goldenhersh – Doubt
• Carla Gugino – After the Fall
• Jenn Harris – Modern Orthodox
• Cheyenne Jackson – All Shook Up
• Celia Keenan-Bolger – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Tyler Maynard – Altar Boyz

2005–2006

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• Harry Connick Jr. – The Pajama Game
• Felicia P. Fields – The Color Purple
• Maria Friedman – The Woman in White
• Richard Griffiths – The History Boys
• Mamie Gummer – Mr. Marmalade
• Jayne Houdyshell – Well
• Bob Martin – The Drowsy Chaperone
• Ian McDiarmid – Faith Healer
• Nellie McKay – The Threepenny Opera
• David Wilmot – The Lieutenant of Inishmore
• Elisabeth Withers-Mendes – The Color Purple
• John Lloyd Young – Jersey Boys

2006–2007

• Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple
• Eve Best – A Moon for the Misbegotten
• Mary Birdsong – Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
• Erin Davie – Grey Gardens
• Xanthe Elbrick – Coram Boy
• Johnny Galecki – The Little Dog Laughed
• Jonathan Groff – Spring Awakening
• Gavin Lee – Mary Poppins
• Lin-Manuel Miranda – In the Heights
• Bill Nighy – The Vertical Hour
• Stark Sands – Journey's End
• Nilaja Sun – No Child...
• Special award – Actors' Fund

2007–2008

• 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

2008–2009

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• David Alvarez/Trent Kowalik/Kiril Kulish – Billy Elliot, the Musical
• 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 Rashād – Ruined
• Geoffrey Rush – Exit the King
• Josefina Scaglione – West Side Story
• Wesley Taylor – Rock of Ages
• Dorothy Loudon Starbaby Award : Susan Louise O'Connor – Blithe Spirit
• Special Award pour la troupe de The Norman Conquests : Amelia Bullmore, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter et Amanda Root.

2009–2010

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• Nina Arianda – Venus in Fur
• Chris Chalk – Fences
• Bill Heck – The Orphans' Home Cycle
• Jon Michael Hill – Superior Donuts
• Scarlett Johansson – A View from the Bridge
• Keira Keeley – The Glass Menagerie
• Sahr Ngaujah – Fela!
• Eddie Redmayne – Red
• Andrea Riseborough – The Pride
• Heidi Schreck – Circle Mirror Transformation
• Stephanie Umoh – Ragtime
• Michael Urie – The Temperamentals
• Dorothy Loudon Starbaby Award : Bobby Steggert - Ragtime et Yank!

2010–2011

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• Ellen Barkin – The Normal Heart
• Desmin Borges – The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
• Halley Feiffer – The House of Blue Leaves
• Grace Gummer – Arcadia
• Rose Hemingway – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
• John Larroquette – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
• Heather Lind – The Merchant of Venice
• Patina Miller – Sister Act
• Arian Moayed – Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
• Jim Parsons – The Normal Heart
• Zachary Quinto – Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes
• Tony Sheldon – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
• Dorothy Loudon Starbaby Award : Seth Numrich - War Horse
• Lunt-Fontanne Award for Ensemble Excellence – troupe de The Motherfucker with the Hat

2011–2012

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• Tracie Bennett – End of the Rainbow
• Phillip Boykin – The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
• Crystal A. Dickinson – Clybourne Park
• Russell Harvard – Tribes
• Jeremy Jordan – Bonnie & Clyde
• Joaquina Kalukango – Hurt Village (en)
• Jennifer Lim – Chinglish
• Jessie Mueller – On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
• Hettienne Park – Seminar et The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures
• Chris Perfetti – Sons of the Prophet
• Finn Wittrock – Death of a Salesman
• Josh Young – Jesus Christ Superstar
• Dorothy Loudon Starbaby Award : Susan Pourfar - Tribes

2012–2013

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• Bertie Carvel – Matilda the Musical
• 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
• Tom Sturridge – Orphans
• Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater: Johnny Orsini - The Nance
• John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre : Alan Alda

2013–2014

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• Paul Chahidi – Twelfth Night, or What You Will
• Nick Cordero – Bullets Over Broadway
• Bryan Cranston – All the Way
• Mary Bridget Davies – A Night with Janis Joplin
• Sarah Greene – The Cripple of Inishmaan
• Rebecca Hall – Machinal
• Ramin Karimloo – Les Misérables
• Zachary Levi – First Date
• Chris O'Dowd – Of Mice and Men
• Sophie Okonedo – A Raisin in the Sun
• Emerson Steele – Violet
• Lauren Worsham – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
• Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater: Celia Keenan-Bolger - The Glass Menagerie
• John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Winner : Christopher Plummer

2014–2015

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• Geneva Carr – Hand to God
• Daveed Diggs – Hamilton
• Megan Fairchild – On the Town
• Robert Fairchild – An American in Paris
• Collin Kelly-Sordelet – The Last Ship
• Sydney Lucas – Fun Home
• Karen Pittman – Disgraced
• Benjamin Scheuer – The Lion
• Alex Sharp – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
• Emily Skeggs – Fun Home
• Micah Stock – It's Only a Play
• Ruth Wilson – Constellations
• Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater : Leanne Cope – An American In Paris
• John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre : Chita Rivera^[12]

2015–2016

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• Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
• Carmen Cusack – Bright Star
• Khris Davis – The Royale
• Daniel Durant – Spring Awakening
• Cynthia Erivo – The Color Purple
• John Krasinski – Dry Powder
• Sarah Charles Lewis – Tuck Everlasting
• Austin P. McKenzie – Spring Awakening
• Lupita Nyong'o – Eclipsed
• Mark Strong – A View From The Bridge
• Ana Villafañe – On Your Feet!
• Ben Whishaw – The Crucible
• Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater: Nicholas Barasch – She Loves Me
• John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre : Bernadette Peters

2016–2017

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• Carlo Albán - Sweat
• Christy Altomare - Anastasia
• Denée Benton - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
• Jon Jon Briones - Miss Saigon
• Barrett Doss - Groundhog Day
• Amber Gray - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
• Josh Groban - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
• Lucas Hedges - Yen
• Raymond Lee - Vietgone
• Eva Noblezada - Miss Saigon
• Jeremy Secomb - Sweeney Todd
• Cobie Smulders - Present Laughter
• Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater : Katrina Lenk, Indecent et The Band's Visit
• John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre : Glenn Close
• Special Theatre World Award : Dave Malloy pour son premier rôle à Broadway dans Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 en tant qu'acteur, compositeur, parolier.

2017–2018

• Anthony Boyle - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
• Jamie Brewer - Amy and the Orphans
• Noma Dumezweni - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
• Johnny Flynn - Hangmen
• Denise Gough - Angels in America
• Harry Hadden-Paton - My Fair Lady
• Hailey Kilgore - Once on This Island
• James McArdle - Angels in America
• Lauren Ridloff - Children of a Lesser God
• Ethan Slater - SpongeBob SquarePants
• Charlie Stemp - Hello, Dolly!
• Katy Sullivan - Cost of Living
• Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater: Ben Edelman, Admissions
• John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre : Victor Garber

2018–2019

• Gbenga Akinnagbe - To Kill a Mockingbird
• Tom Glynn-Carney - The Ferryman
• Sophia Anne Caruso - Beetlejuice
• Paddy Considine - The Ferryman
• James Davis - Oklahoma!
• Micaela Diamond - The Cher Show
• Bonnie Milligan - Head Over Heels
• Simone Missick - Paradise Blue
• Jeremy Pope - Choir Boy
• Colton Ryan - Girl from the North Country
• Stephanie Styles - Kiss Me, Kate
• Phoebe Waller-Bridge - Fleabag
• John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre : Nathan Lane