Overview
- Theatre World Awards, which announced the 12 honorees Thursday, will celebrate them June 2 at 2 p.m. at Broadway's Longacre Theatre with Peter Filichia hosting.
- Honorees include Ben Ahlers, Ayo Edebiri, Adrien Brody, Alden Ehrenreich, Luke Evans, Lesley Manville, Madeline Brewer, Sam Tutty, and others for debut performances across the 2025–2026 season.
- Rachael Stirling will receive the 17th Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater for her work in Giant.
- The John Willis Award for lifetime achievement will be presented at the ceremony, with the recipient to be announced shortly.
- A committee of theater journalists chose this year's slate, continuing a tradition dating to 1945 that spotlights notable Broadway and Off-Broadway debuts.