Photo Source: Joan Marcus
The Lortels, named for the legendary producer, are the first New York theater award nominations in a busy spring season of accolades. The Outer Critics Circle Awards, Drama Desks, Obies, and many others will be making their announcements in the weeks ahead, culminating with the Tony Awards on June 10.
The nominees were chosen by a committee composed of representatives from the Off-Broadway League, Actors' Equity Association, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, theater journalists and academics, who will also vote for the winners. The nominees will be honored at a cocktail reception on April 16 at Planet Holloway in Times Square. The awards will be presented on May 6 at NYU Skirball Center in a ceremony beginning at 7 p.m. Members of the general public may buy tickets starting at $75 via phone at (212) 352-3101, online at www.nyuskirball.org, or at the Skirball Center box office, 556 LaGuardia Place, NYC. A complete list of nominees follows:
Outstanding Play
"Blood and Gifts"
"Milk Like Sugar"
"Sons of the Prophet"
"The Big Meal"
"The School For Lies"
Outstanding Musical
"Once"
"Queen of the Mist"
"SILENCE! The Musical"
"The Blue Flower"
"The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World"
Outstanding Revival
"Blood Knot"
"Edward Albee's The Lady from Dubuque"
"Look Back in Anger"
"The Cherry Orchard"
"The Maids"
Outstanding Solo Show
"An Iliad"
"The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith"
Outstanding Director
Jo Bonney, "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark"
David Cromer, "Tribes"
Sam Gold, "Look Back in Anger"
Sam Gold, "The Big Meal"
John Tiffany, "Once"
Outstanding Choreographer
Chase Brock, "The Blue Flower"
Bill Castellino, "Ionescopade"
Christopher Gattelli, "SILENCE! The Musical"
Steven Hoggett, "Once"
Annie-B Parson, "The Broken Heart"
Outstanding Lead Actor
Santino Fontana, "Sons of the Prophet"
Russell Harvard, "Tribes"
Hamish Linklater, "The School For Lies"
Jefferson Mays, "Blood and Gifts"
Jay O. Sanders, "Titus Andronicus"
Outstanding Lead Actress
Sanaa Lathan, "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark"
Cristin Milioti, "Once"
Carey Mulligan, "Through a Glass Darkly"
Molly Ranson, "Carrie"
Mary Testa, "Queen of the Mist"
Outstanding Featured Actor
David Wilson Barnes, "The Big Meal"
Adam Driver, "Look Back in Anger"
Alvin Epstein, "The Cherry Orchard"
Peter Francis James, "Edward Albee’s The Lady from Dubuque"
Jeff Perry, "Tribes"
Outstanding Featured Actress
Anita Gillette, "The Big Meal"
Kimberly Hebert Gregory, "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark"
Marin Mazzie, "Carrie"
Tonya Pinkins, "Milk Like Sugar"
Mare Winningham, "Tribes"
Outstanding Scenic Design
Bob Crowley, "Once"
Lauren Helpern, "4000 Miles"
Andrew Lieberman, "Look Back in Anger"
Adrianne Lobel, "Galileo"
David Zinn, "The Select (The Sun Also Rises)"
Outstanding Costume Design
ESosa, "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark"
Toni-Leslie James, "Milk Like Sugar"
William Ivey Long, "The School For Lies"
Ilona Somogyi, "Maple and Vine"
Catherine Zuber, "Death Takes a Holiday"
Outstanding Lighting Design
Natasha Katz, "Once"
Keith Parham, "Tribes"
Justin Townsend, "Unnatural Acts"
David Weiner, "Through a Glass Darkly"
Scott Zielinski, "An Iliad"
Outstanding Sound Design
Mark Bennett, "An Iliad"
Clive Goodwin, "Once"
Daniel Kluger, "Tribes"
Matt Tierney and Ben Williams, "The Select (The Sun Also Rises)"
David Van Tieghem, "Through a Glass Darkly"
Special Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award
Richard Frankel
Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee
Richard Foreman
Service to Off-Broadway Award
Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY)
Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience
"Voca People"
