Inside the Theatre World Awards With Dale Badway, Victor Garber, Wesley Taylor, Neil Pepe, Nicholas Barasch, Lea Solanga and More Part 1

Despite the cold, we headed to the beach to celebrate the 74^th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony on the set of the Tony Award-nominated Broadway Revival of the musical Once on This Island. Thanks to the hard work of president Dale Badway the celebration continued from The Circle In The Square to The Copacabana Rooftop (268 West 47^th Street).  Circle in the Square Theatre was not only proud to host the only major theatrical award ceremony scheduled in a Broadway house, this season, but there theatre school kids joined in the festivities

Rodney Hicks

We wanted to know what first performance made theses attendee fall in love with theatre. In this video Dale Badway, Victor Garber, Wesley Taylor, Neil Pepe, Nicholas Barasch and Lea Solanga talk about what performer inspired them to go into the business.

Rodney Hicks

Wesley Taylor

Wesley Taylor

Dale Badway

Anita Gillette, Dale Badway

Anita Gillette

Anita Gillette

Neil Pepe

Neil Pepe

Peter Filichia

Hosted annually by well-known theater journalist Peter Filichia, the 74^th Annual Theatre World Awards ceremony is produced by Theatre World Awards, Inc. Board of Directors headed by Dale Badway (President) with Tom Lynch (Vice-President), Stephen Wilde (Secretary), Honorable Ilene Zatkin-Butler (Treasurer), and Michael Kostel.

Peter Filichia

Katy Sullivan

Daniel N. Durant

Baayork Lee

Presenters included Daniel N. Durant, Cynthia Erivo, Anita Gillette, Rodney Hicks, Marin Ireland, Baayork Lee, Lea Salonga, Wesley Taylor, and more.

Baayork Lee

Jamie Brewer

Jamie Brewer

Ethan Slater

Nicholas Barasch

Directed by Stephen Nachamie (She Loves Me), the afternoon’s activities include a special performance by Theatre Award-winnerNicholas Barasch (She Loves Me).

Nicholas Barasch

Victor Garber

Theatre World Alum Tony Award-winner Bernadette Peters (Hello, Dolly!) bestow the John Willis Award on castmate Victor Garber and the Theatre World Award to Charlie Stemp.

Victor Garber

Denise Gough

Celia Keenan-Bolger

Marin Ireland

Marin Ireland

Marin Ireland

Harry Hadden-Paton

Harry Hadden-Paton

Lauren Ridloff

Lauren Ridloff

Charlie Stemp

Charlie Stemp

Glenda Jackson and Lionel Larner

Grand dame of theatre Glenda Jackson (Three Tall Women) presented the Dorothy Loudon Award to Ben Edelman.

Hailey Kilgore

Hailey Kilgore

Anthony Boyle

Noma Dumezweni

Kiera Kelly and Jeffrey Pennington

Kiera Kelly and Jeffrey Pennington

Lea Salonga

Lea Salonga

Daphne Rubin Vega

James McArdle

Ben Edelman

Jane Sommerhayes

Cynthia Erivo

Photo’s the red carpet by Genevive Rafter Keddy