Winners of the 2008 Theatre World Awards

The winners of the 2008 Theatre World Awards for outstanding Broadway and off-Broadway debut performance were announced on the 15 May 2008.

The 64th annual Theatre World Award winners are:
in alphabetical order.

• 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

The Theatre World Award winners are chosen by the Theatre World Awards committee, comprised of Peter Filichia, Harry Haun, Matthew Murray (Talkin' Broadway), Frank Scheck (New York Post), Michael Sommers (Newhouse Papers), Doug Watt (Critic Emeritus, New York Daily News) and Linda Winer (Newsday).

In its 64th year since its inception, the Theatre World Awards remains the oldest one given for a debut theatre performance on or off-Broadway.