This year the honorees were 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) and John Lloyd Young (Jersey Boys). At left, Connick, Jr. and The Color Purple’s LaChanze are seen at the ceremony. Below, Young, Gummer, lyricist David Zippel, Friedman and Griffiths are seen at the 2006 Theatre World Awards.
Photos by Aubrey Reuben
