Lucille Lortel Nominations Announced

The nominations have been announced for the Lucille Lortel Awards, which honor achievement Off Broadway. Leading the nominations were the musical A Strange Loop about the travails of a young, black, gay man, and the drama Heroes of the Fourth Turning, about a group of conservative Roman Catholics, receiving seven and six nods, respectively. Both were produced by Playwrights Horizons. Also earning six nominations was the musical In the Green, about the medieval mystic Hildegard von Bingen, product by LCT 3 Theater. Earning five nominations each was the Public Theater revival of for color girls..., the Public's production of the David Henry Hwang -- Jeanine Tessori musical Soft Power, and Dave Malloy's a cappella musical Octet.

The nominees in the design categories are: Outstanding Scenic Design
You-Shin Chen and Laura Jellinek, Mrs. Murray's Menagerie
Yu-Hsuan Chen, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord
Tim Mackabee, Seared
James Noone, London Assurance
Clint Ramos, Soft Power

Outstanding Costume Design
Dede Ayite, BLKS
Montana Levi Blanco, A Strange Loop
Oana Botez, In The Green
Toni-Leslie James, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Rachel Townsend and Jessica Jahn, The Confession of Lily Dare

Outstanding Lighting Design
Isabella Byrd, Heroes of the Fourth Turning
Alan C. Edwards, Fires in the Mirror
Tyler Micoleau, Socrates
Barbara Samuels, In The Green
Jen Schriever, Power Strip

Outstanding Sound Design
Justin Ellington, Heroes of the Fourth Turning
Mikhail Fiksel, Dana H.
Lee Kinney and Sanae Yamada, Is This A Room
Hidenori Nakajo, Octet
Nicholas Pope, In The Green

Outstanding Projection Design
Stephan Mazurek, Mojada
Lisa Renkel and Possible, Emojiland the Musical
Ruey Horng Sun, The Headlands
Hannah Wasileski, Anatomy of a Suicide
Hannah Wasileski, Fires in the Mirror

The awards will be given out May 3 in an online ceremony. For the full list of winners, go to the URL listed below.