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Lucille Lortel Nominations Announced

The nominations for the Lucille Lortel Awards, which honor achievement in the Off Broadway theatre, have been announced. The awards will be given out May 5. The full list of nominations is below.

Outstanding Play
Mlima's Tale, by Lynn Nottage, Public Theater
Pass Over, by Antoinette Nwandu, Lincoln Center Theater
Slave Play, By Jeremy O. Harris, New York Theatre Workshop
Sugar In Our Wounds, by Donja R. Love, Manhattan Theatre Club
What The Constitution Means To Me, by Heidi Schreck, New York Theatre Workshop

Outstanding Musical Be More Chill, music and lyrics by Joe Iconis, book by Joe Tracz
Girl from the North Country, book by Conor McPherson, Mmusic and Lyrics by Bob Dylan, Public Theater

Midnight at The Never Get, book, music, and lyrics by Mark Sonnenblick, co-conceived by Sam Bolen, York Theatre Company
Miss You Like Hell, book and lyrics by Quiara Alegría Hudes, music and lyrics by Erin McKeown, Public Theater
Rags Parkland Sings the Songs Of The Future, by Andrew R. Butler, Ars Nova

Outstanding Revival
Carmen Jones, Classic Stage Company
Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine, Signature Theatre
Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, National Yiddish Theatre
Happy Birthday, Wanda June Wheelhouse Theater Company
The Shadow of a Gunman, Irish Repertory Theatre

Outstanding Solo Show Feeding the Dragon, written and performed by Sharon Washingon, Primary Stages
Fleabag, written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Girls & Boys, written by Dennis Kelly and performed by Carey Mulligan
The New One, written and performed by Mike Birbiglia
My Life on a Diet, written by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna and performed by Renée Taylor

Outstanding Director Lileana Blain-Cruz, Marys Seacole
Jo Bonney, Mlima's Tale
John Doyle, Carmen Jones
Lee Sunday Evans, Dance Nation
Joel Grey, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish

Outstanding Choreographer
Lee Sunday Evans, Dance Nation
Raja Feather Kelly, If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka
Rick and Jeff Kuperman, Alice By Heart
Lorin Latarro, Merrily We Roll Along
Susan Stroman, The Beast in the Jungle

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
Juan Castano, Transfers
Russell Harvard, I Was Most Alive with You
Jon Michael Hill, Pass Over
Sahr Ngaujah, Mlima's Tale
Tom Sturridge, Sea Wall/A Life

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play
Ako, God Said This
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Marys Seacole
Marin Ireland, Blue RidgeBoesman and Lena
Charlayne Woodard, "Daddy"

Ato Blankson-Wood, Slave Play
Marchánt Davis, Ain't No Mo'
Gabriel Ebert, Pass Over
John Procaccino, Downstairs
Matt Walker, The Play That Goes Wrong

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Our Lady of 121st Street
Stephanie Berry, Sugar In Our Wounds
Blair Brown, Mary Page Marlowe
Crystal Lucas-Perry, Ain't No Mo'
Danielle Skraastad, Hurricane Diane
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical
Sam Bolen, Midnight at The Never Get
Andrew R. Butler, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future
Jeremy Cohen, Midnight at The Never Get
Clifton Duncan, Carmen Jones
Steven Skybell, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical
Kate Baldwin, Superhero
Gizel Jiménez, Miss You Like Hell
Anika Noni Rose, Carmen Jones
Stacey Sargeant, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future
Mare Winningham, Girl from the North Country

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
John Edwards, Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller
Sydney James Harcourt, Girl from the North Country
Bryce Pinkham, Superhero
George Salazar, Be More Chill
Heath Saunders, Alice By Heart

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Jackie Hoffman, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish
Stephanie Hsu, Be More Chill
Luba Mason, Girl from the North Country
Soara-Joye Ross, Carmen Jones
Alysha Umphress, Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller

Outstanding Scenic Design
Wilson Chin, Pass Over
Charlie Corcoran, The Shadow of a Gunman
Nigel Hook, The Play That Goes Wrong
Laura Jellinek, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future
Arnulfo Maldonado, Sugar In Our Wounds

Outstanding Costume Design
Dede Ayite, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Montana Levi Blanco, The House That Will Not Stand
Jennifer Moeller, Mlima's Tale
Kaye Voyce, Marys Seacole
Paloma Young, Alice By Heart

Outstanding Lighting Design
Amith Chandrashaker, Boesman and Lena
Lap Chi Chu, Mlima's Tale
Bradley King, Apologia
Barbara Samuels, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future
Yi Zhao, The House That Will Not Stand

Outstanding Sound Design
Matt Hubbs, Boesman and Lena
Dan Moses Schreier, Carmen Jones
Jane Shaw, I Was Most Alive with You
Mikaal Sulaiman, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future
Isobel Waller-Bridge, Fleabag

Outstanding Projection Design
Katherine Freer, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Luke Halls, Girls & Boys
Alex Basco Koch, Be More Chill
Alex Basco Koch, Fireflies
Tal Yarden, Superhero

Special Award
Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience
On Beckett, Bill Irwin, Irish Repertory Theatre

Honorary Awards
Outstanding Body of Work
Telsey + Company

Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee
María Irene Fornés

Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway Award
Terry Byrne

WWWwww.lortelaward.com


(4 April 2019)

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