Tony winners Michael Cerveris and Brian Stokes Mitchell and Broadway vets Howard McGillin and Stephanie Umoh will perform at the 2012 Theatre World Awards on June 5 at the Belasco Theatre. Victor Garber, John Cullum and Josh Grisetti join previously announced presenters David Alan Grier, Tony Sheldon, Leslie Uggams, John Rubinstein, Wesley Taylor and Lizbeth Mackay. Stacy Keach will present the Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence to Tribes' Susan Pourfar. The awards, which honor performers making an outstanding Broadway or off-Broadway debut, will be hosted by journalist Peter Filichia.
For the second year, illustrator and Broadway.com resident artist Justin ‘Squigs’ Robertson has created a special commemorative poster featuring the TWA winners, pictured here.
The previously announced list of Theatre World Award winners includes Tracie Bennett (End of the Rainbow), Philip Boykin (Porgy and Bess), Crystal A. Dickinson (Clybourne Park), Russell Harvard (Tribes), Jeremy Jordan (Bonnie & Clyde), Joaquina Kalukango (Hurt Village), Jennifer Lim (Chinglish), Jessie Mueller (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever), Hettienne Park (Seminar and The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism & Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures), Chris Perfetti (Sons of the Prophet), Finn Wittrock (Death of a Salesman) and Josh Young (Jesus Christ Superstar).