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38th Annual Lucille Lortel Award Nominations
Posted by: Official_Press_Release 04:45 pm EDT 04/05/23

38TH ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

MCC Theater's Wolf Play receives a total of SIX nominations, followed by FIVE nominations each for A Case for the Existence of God, Endgame, Epiphany, and Titaníque.

In all, 34 different productions earned nominations across 15 categories.


New York, NY (April 5, 2023) – Nominations for the 38th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were announced today by Victoria Clark and Justin Cooley, two of the stars of last year's Lortel Award-winning musical, Kimberly Akimbo. The 2023 Awards will be presented at the annual ceremony which will take place on Sunday, May 7, 2023, at NYU Skirball beginning at 7:00pm. The event will once again be open to the public, with tickets available for purchase at tickets.nyu.edu or at the NYU Skirball box office Tuesday – Saturday 12pm – 6pm. As always, the Lortel Awards is a benefit for the Entertainment Community Fund and fans are encouraged to make donations at LortelAward.com. The Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by the Off-Broadway League and Lucille Lortel Theatre, with additional support provided by TDF.

The 2023 Lucille Lortel Award nominations include a nomination for Barry Manilow's Harmony in the category of Outstanding Musical, alongside the breakout hit Titaníque. New York Theatre Workshop's Broadway-bound production of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along earned a nomination for Outstanding Revival, as well as one for Lead Performer in a Musical, Lindsay Mendez. Performer and playwright Ryan J. Haddad received nominations for his Off-Broadway debuts as both a writer and performer, being recognized in three different categories: Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play (american (tele)visions ), Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play (Dark Disabled Stories), and Outstanding Play (Dark Disabled Stories).

As previously announced, special honorees this year include Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Stephen McKinley Henderson, Playwrights' Sidewalk inductee Ntozake Shange, and A.R.T./New York, who will be honored for their Body of Work.

The Off-Broadway League's Lortel Awards Producing & Administration Committee (Jeremy Adams, Tisa Chang, Carol Fishman, George Forbes, Danielle Karliner Naish, Kenneth Naanep, Ralph Peña, Catherine Russell, Lindsey Sag, and Casey York) and the Lucille Lortel Theatre (George Forbes, Jeffrey Shubart, Nancy Hurvitz, Alana Canty-Samuel, Maura Le Viness, and Karla Liriano) produce the Lortel Awards Ceremony. Acclaimed writer/director Michael Heitzman returns to direct the Lortel Awards for the twelfth consecutive year. Representatives of the Off-Broadway League, Actors' Equity Association, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, United Scenic Artists, the Lucille Lortel Theatre, in addition to theatre journalists, academics and other Off-Broadway professionals, serve on the Voting Committee.

For updates and news visit www.lortelaward.com. Follow the Lortel Awards (#LortelAwards) on Twitter (Lucille Lortel Theatre (@Lortel_Theatre)), Instagram (Lucille Lortel Theatre (@lorteltheatre)), and Facebook (Lucille Lortel Theatre | New York NY); and subscribe to the Lortel Awards YouTube channel.


2023 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS NOMINATIONS

Outstanding Play

A Case for the Existence of God
Produced by Signature Theatre
Written by Samuel D. Hunter

Dark Disabled Stories
Produced by The Bushwick Starr, presented by The Public Theater
Written by Ryan J. Haddad

Downstate
Produced by Playwrights Horizons
Written by Bruce Norris

Epiphany
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3
Written by Brian Watkins

Wolf Play
Produced by MCC Theater, a Soho Rep production, in collaboration with Ma-Yi Theater Company
Written by Hansol Jung

Outstanding Musical

Dreaming Zenzile
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop & National Black Theatre
Written by Somi Kakoma

Harmony
Produced by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene in association with Ken Davenport & Sandi Moran, Garry C. Kief, Amuse Inc., Patty Baker, Tom & Michael D'Angora, Susan DuBow, Michelle Kaplan, Mapleseed Productions, Harold Matzner and Neil Gooding Productions
Music by Barry Manilow, Book and Lyrics by Bruce Sussman

SUFFS
Produced by The Public Theater
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Shaina Taub

Titaníque
Produced by Eva Price, James L. Nederlander, Diamond Dog Entertainment LLC, Benj Pasek, Blumenthal Performing Arts, Penny Rousouli, Jodi & Howard Tenenbaum, Philip Byron, Marcia Ellis, Iris Smith, Stellar Live, Inc.
Book by Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli and Tye Blue, Music by Various Authors

Weightless
Produced by WP Theater
Written by The Kilbanes

Outstanding Revival

A Bright New Boise
Produced by Signature Theatre
Written by Samuel D. Hunter

Endgame
Produced by Irish Repertory Theatre Company
Written by Samuel Beckett

A Man of No Importance
Produced by Classic Stage Company
Book by Terrence McNally, Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens

Merrily We Roll Along
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by George Furth

A Raisin in the Sun
Produced by The Public Theater
Written by Lorraine Hansberry

Outstanding Director

Zi Alikhan – On That Day in Amsterdam
David Cromer – A Case for the Existence of God
Robert O'Hara – A Raisin in the Sun
Whitney White – soft
Dustin Wills – Wolf Play

Outstanding Choreographer

Andy Blankenbuehler – Only Gold
Warren Carlyle – Harmony
Edgar Godineaux – The Harder They Come
Jerry Mitchell – Kinky Boots
Ellenore Scott – Titaníque

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play

Kyle Beltran – A Case For the Existence of God
Marylouise Burke – Epiphany
K. Todd Freeman – Downstate
Ryan J. Haddad – Dark Disabled Stories
Bill Irwin – Endgame
Tonya Pinkins – A Raisin in the Sun
John Douglas Thompson – Endgame

Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play

Mia Barron – The Coast Starlight
Susanna Guzman – Downstate
Ryan J. Haddad – american (tele)visions
Dickie Hearts – Dark Disabled Stories
Patrice Johnson Chevannes – Endgame
Maureen Sebastian – The Best We Could (a family tragedy)
Eddie Torres – Downstate

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical

Nicholas Barasch – The Butcher Boy
Callum Francis – Kinky Boots
Natey Jones – The Harder They Come
Somi Kakoma – Dreaming Zenzile
Lindsay Mendez – Merrily We Roll Along
Marla Mindelle – Titaníque
Jim Parsons – A Man of No Importance

Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical

Krystal Joy Brown – Merrily We Roll Along
Darren Goldstein – The Bedwetter
Nikki M. James – SUFFS
Jacob Ming-Trent – The Harder They Come
John Riddle – Titaníque
Reg Rogers – Merrily We Roll Along
A.J. Shively – A Man of No Importance

Outstanding Ensemble

The Nosebleed
Drae Campbell, Ashil Lee, Chris Manley, Aya Ogawa, Saori Tsukada, Kaili Y. Turner

soft
Leon Addison Brown, Biko Eisen-Martin, Dharon Jones, Essence Lotus, Travis Raeburn, Shakur Tolliver, Dario Vazquez, Ed Ventura

Wolf Play
Christopher Bannow, Esco Jouléy, Brian Quijada, Nicole Villamil, Mitchell Winter

Outstanding Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty – Epiphany
You-Shin Chen – Wolf Play
dots – You Will Get Sick
Arnulfo Maldonado – A Case for the Existence of God
Clint Ramos – The Far Country

Outstanding Costume Design

Enver Chakartash – THE TREES
Sarah Laux – Wish You Were Here
Orla Long – Endgame
Qween Jean – Soft
Alejo Vietti – Titaníque

Outstanding Lighting Design

Isabella Byrd – Epiphany
Jiyoun Chang – The Far Country
Tyler Micoleau – A Case for the Existence of God
Barbara Samuels – Wolf Play
Cha See – On That Day in Amsterdam

Outstanding Sound Design

Mikhail Fiksel – How To Defend Yourself
Daniel Kluger – Epiphany
Kate Marvin – Wolf Play
Theater Mitu – american (tele)visions
Sinan Refik Zafar – LETTERS FROM MAX, a ritual

Outstanding Projection Design

Alex Basco Koch – The Orchard
Yee Eun Nam – ONCE UPON A (korean) TIME
Kameron Neal – Dark Disabled Stories
Theater Mitu – american (tele)visions
S Katy Tucker – LETTERS FROM MAX, a ritual


HONORARY AWARDS

Lifetime Achievement Award
Stephen McKinley Henderson

Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee
Ntozake Shange

Body of Work
A.R.T./New York


NOMINATIONS BY SHOW


Wolf Play
6
A Case for the Existence of God
5
Endgame
5
Epiphany
5
Titaníque
5
Dark Disabled Stories
4
Downstate
4
Merrily We Roll Along
4
american (tele)visions
3
The Harder They Come
3
A Man of No Importance
3
A Raisin in the Sun
3
soft
3
Dreaming Zenzile
2
The Far Country
2
Harmony
2
Kinky Boots
2
LETTERS FROM MAX, a ritual
2
On That Day in Amsterdam
2
SUFFS
2
The Bedwetter
1
The Best We Could (a family tragedy)
1
A Bright New Boise
1
The Butcher Boy
1
The Coast Starlight
1
How To Defend Yourself
1
The Nosebleed
1
ONCE UPON A (korean) TIME
1
Only Gold
1
The Orchard
1
THE TREES
1
Weightless
1
Wish You Were Here
1
You Will Get Sick
1

ABOUT THE LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS

The Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were created in 1985 by the Off-Broadway League and are produced by the Off-Broadway League and the Lucille Lortel Theatre. The Lortel Awards recognize excellence in Off-Broadway by honoring the invaluable contribution of artists to the theatre community. Representatives of the Off-Broadway League, Actors' Equity Association, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, United Scenic Artists, the Lucille Lortel Theatre, in addition to theatre journalists, academics and other Off-Broadway professionals, serve on the Voting Committee. Awards may be given in the following categories: Play, Musical, Solo Show, Revival, Alternative Theatrical Experience, Director, Choreographer, Lead Performer in a Play and Musical, Featured Performer in a Play and Musical, Ensemble, Scenic, Costume, Lighting, Sound, and Projection Design. The following honorary awards may also be given: Lifetime Achievement Award, Body of Work (awarded to an institution), Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway Award, and induction onto the Playwrights' Sidewalk in front of the historic Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City. For more information, please see www.lortelaward.com.

ABOUT THE OFF-BROADWAY LEAGUE

The Off-Broadway League was founded in 1959 to foster theatrical productions produced in Off-Broadway theatres (productions in Manhattan in venues with 76-499 seats), to assist in the voluntary exchange of information among its members, and to serve as a collective voice of its membership in pursuit of these goals. In the recent years the League has grown to represent an average of 150 individual members and theatres and 100 non-for-profit and commercial shows per season.

ABOUT THE LUCILLE LORTEL THEATRE

The Lucille Lortel Theatre's mission is to foster both new and established artists, increase awareness and appreciation of Off-Broadway, and uphold fair and equitable business and artistic practices in service of creating a larger, more diverse community of theatre makers and audiences. The Theatre most recently produced "Dangerous Acts" in partnership with Howard University, currently streaming on All-Arts' House Seats program. This season the company also produced Four Saints in Three Acts, performed by David Greenspan, and co-produced Kate Berlant's sold-out one woman show Kate, both New York Times Critic's Picks. Its programs include NYC Public High School Playwriting Fellowship, now in its fourth season, Fellowships in NYC Theatre at Bennington College, The Lortel Theatre Music Theatre Lab: Immigrant Experiences at The New School, Lucille Lortel Awards and Playwrights' Sidewalk, Internet Off-Broadway Database (IOBDB.com), and Non-Profit Theatre Strategic and Management Services. Under the direction if its two new Artistic Directors, Caridad Svich and Michael Heitzman, the company will be announcing more new programs in support of playwrights, composers and other theatre artists in the near future. For more information, please visit www.lortel.org .

ABOUT TDF

Founded in 1968, TDF (formerly known as Theatre Development Fund) is a not-for-profit service organization dedicated to bringing the power of the performing arts to everyone. TDF's mission is to sustain live theatre and dance by engaging a broad and diverse audience and eliminating barriers to attendance. We fulfill our mission with a variety of programs that expand access, cultivate communities, and support the makers of the performing arts. We are known for our theatregoing programs, including the TKTS by TDF Discount Booths and TDF Membership program; Accessibility programs (including open captioning, audio description, Autism Friendly Performances and the Veterans Theatregoing Program), Education & Community Engagement programs (serving more than 12,000 New York City students annually and thousands of underserved individuals), as well as the TDF Costume Collection Rental and Research Programs. During the COVID-19 theatre shutdown, we continued to serve our constituents by creating virtual adaptations of our programs via Zoom and other streaming platforms. TDF envisions a world where the transformative experience of attending live theatre and dance is essential, relevant, accessible and inspirational. To learn more about TDF, go to tdf.org. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @tdfnyc.

ABOUT NYU SKIRBALL

NYU Skirball, located in the heart of Greenwich Village, is one of New York City's major presenters of international work, and has been the premier venue for cultural and performing arts events in lower Manhattan since 2003. The 800-seat theater, led by Director Jay Wegman, provides a home for internationally renowned artists, innovators, and thinkers and presents ground-breaking events ranging from re-inventions of the classics to cutting-edge premieres, in genres ranging from dance, theater and performance arts to comedy, music and film. NYU Skirball's unique position within New York University enables it to draw on the University's intellectual riches and resources to enhance its programming with dialogues, public forums and conversations with artists, philosophers, scientists, Nobel Laureates, and journalists. nyuskirball.org.

ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY FUND

Supporting a life in the arts

The Entertainment Community Fund, formerly The Actors Fund, is a national human services organization that addresses the unique needs of people who work in performing arts and entertainment with services focused on health and wellness, career and life, and housing. Since 1882, the Fund has sought to ensure stability, encourage resiliency and be a safety net for those who shape our country's cultural vibrancy. Learn more at entertainmentcommunity.org .
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