Winners of the Theatre World Awards

The winners of the 2005 - 2006 Theatre World Awards for outstanding Broadway and off-Broadway debut performance were announced on the 12 May 2006.

The 62nd annual Theatre World Award winners are:
in alphabetical order.

• 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 Puple
• John Lloyd Young: Jersey Boys

The Theatre World Award winners are chosen by the Theatre World Awards committee, comprised of Peter Filichia (Theatermania.com), Harry Haun (Playbill), Matthew Murray (TalkinBroadway.com), Frank Scheck (New York Post), Michael Sommers (Newhouse Papers), Doug Watt (Critic Emeritus, New York Daily News), Linda Winer (New York Newsday), and coordinated by Peter Filichia, Theatre World Editor John Willis, and Theatre World Associate Editor Ben Hodges.

In its 62nd year since its inception, the Theatre World Awards remains the oldest one given for a debut theatre performance on or off-Broadway.