Emmy-nominated actors Anna Chlumsky (“Veep,” Broadway’s Living on Love) and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (“Modern Family,” this summer’s The Tempest) co-hosted the 30th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway at NYU Skirball Center on May 10, 2015.
Hamilton swept the Lucille Lortel Awards winning in ten of the twelve categories it was nominated for including outstanding musical, acting awards for Lin-Manuel Miranda (outstanding lead actor in a musical), Phillipa Soo (outstanding lead actress in a musical), Daveed Diggs (outstanding featured actor in a musical), Renée Elise Goldsberry (outstanding featured actress in a musical), director (Thomas Kail), choregrapher (Andy Blankenbuehler), lighting design (Howell Binkley), sound design (Nevin Steinberg) and costume design (Paul Tazewell).
Renée Elise Goldsberry plays Angelica Schuyler, Lin-Manuel Miranda plays Alexander Hamilton, and Phillipa Soo plays Eliza Hamilton in Hamilton.
(© Joan Marcus)
Hamilton, book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, inspired by the book Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, directed by Thomas Kail, opened at the Public Theater on February 16, 2015; it closed May 3, 2015. The production transfers to Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theatre on July 13, 2015.
World Premiere Musical HAMILTON Transfers to Broadway; Previews begin July 13
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Victor Almanzar, Elizabeth Canavan, Michael Rispoli, Liza Colón-Zayas, Rosal Colón, and Ron Cephas Jones; photo by Carol Rosegg.
The Atlantic Theater’s production of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Between Riverside and Crazy, directed by Austin Pendleton, won three of six nominations including outstanding play, and acting awards for Stephen McKinley Henderson (outstanding lead actor in play) and Liza Colón-Zayas (outstanding featured actress in a play).
The production opened at the Atlantic Theater Company on July 30, 2014. The production transferred to Second Stage Theatre where it opened for a limited run on February 10, 2015, and closed March 22, 2015.
Hamilton and Between Riverside and Crazy have been scooping up awards and nominations. The New York Drama Critics’ Circle recently named Hamilton the best musical of the 2014-15 season and it leads the 2015 Drama Desk Awards nominations with 13 nods. Between Riverside and Crazy was named the best play, and has also garnered the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Hamilton leads 2015 Drama Desk Awards Nominations with 13, along with An American in Paris, Something Rotten!, The Visit, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Between Riverside and Crazy Garners 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
The cast of Into the Woods. Photo by Joan Marcus
Into the Woods, produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company in association with McCarter Theatre Center, a Fiasco Theater production, won outstanding revival.
Other acting wins include Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins for outstanding lead actress in a play for Rasheeda Speaking, and Jacob Ming-Trent for outstanding featured actor in a play for Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3), produced by The Public Theater in association with American Repertory Theater, and written by Suzan-Lori Parks.
Terrence McNally. Photo by Lia Chang
Playwright Terrence McNally was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award; writer and composer Jeanine Tesori now has a spot on the famed Playwrights’ Sidewalk in front of the Lucille Lortel Theatre; and veteran general manager Nancy Nagel Gibbs received the Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway Award.
The full of 2015 Lucille Lortel Award nominees and winners
Outstanding Play
Between Riverside and Crazy-winner
Produced by Atlantic Theater Company
Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
Produced by The Public Theater in association with American Repertory Theater
Written by Suzan-Lori Parks
The Invisible Hand
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop
Written by Ayad Akhtar
My Mañana Comes
Produced by The Playwrights Realm
Written by Elizabeth Irwin
The Nether
Produced by MCC Theater
Written by Jennifer Haley
Outstanding Musical
The Fortress of Solitude
Produced by The Public Theater in association with Dallas Theater Center
Book by Itamar Moses, Music and Lyrics by Michael Friedman
Conceived by Daniel Aukin, Based upon the novel by Jonathan Lethem
Hamilton-winner
Produced by The Public Theater
Book, Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Inspired by the book Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
The Lightning Thief
Produced by Theatreworks USA
Music and Lyrics by Rob Rokicki, Book by Joe Tracz
Adapted from the book by Rick Riordan
Nevermore – The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
Produced by Radio Mouse Entertainment, Martin Hummel, Caiola Productions, Terry Schnuck, Susan Jaffe Tane, Hernreich-Horvath Productions, Catalyst Theatre in association with Fireboat Productions, Mary Cossette, Meredith Lynsey Schade
Written and Composed by Jonathan Christenson
Pretty Filthy
Produced by The Civilians in association with Jon B. Platt
Music and Lyrics by Michael Friedman, Book by Bess Wohl
Conceived by Steve Cosson, Michael Friedman & Bess Wohl
Outstanding Revival
Fashions for Men
Produced by Mint Theater Company
Written by Ferenc Molnár
Indian Ink
Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company in association with American Conservatory Theater
Written by Tom Stoppard
Into the Woods-winner
Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company in association with McCarter Theatre Center, a Fiasco Theater production
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by James Lapine
Sticks and Bones
Produced by The New Group
Written by David Rabe
The Wayside Motor Inn
Produced by Signature Theatre
Written by A.R. Gurney
Outstanding Solo Show
Every Brilliant Thing
Produced by Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian, Tom Wirtshafter, Patrick Daly, Kelpie Arts LLC, Scott Rudin, Marc & Lisa Biales, Terry Allen Kramer, Michael Ostin
Written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe
Performed by Jonny Donahoe
Josephine and I-winner
Produced by The Public Theater
Written and Performed by Cush Jumbo
Just Jim Dale
Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company
Written and Performed by Jim Dale
The Lion
Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club
Written and Performed by Benjamin Scheuer
Outstanding Director
Michael Greif, Our Lady of Kibeho
Thomas Kail, Hamilton-winner
Austin Pendleton, Between Riverside and Crazy
Ken Rus Schmoll, The Invisible Hand
Ivo van Hove, Scenes From a Marriage
Outstanding Choreographer
Andy Blankenbuehler, Hamilton-winner
Camille A. Brown, The Fortress of Solitude
Denis Jones, Piece of My Heart: The Bert Berns Story
Laura Krewski, Nevermore – The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
Lisa Shriver, Into the Woods
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
Usman Ally, The Invisible Hand
Carson Elrod, The Heir Apparent
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Between Riverside and Crazy-winner
Owiso Odera, Our Lady of Kibeho
Bill Pullman, Sticks and Bones
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Grand Concourse
Anna Gunn, Sex With Strangers
Jan Maxwell, The City of Conversation
Epatha Merkerson, While I Yet Live
Tonya Pinkins, Rasheeda Speaking-winner
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical
Adam Chanler-Berat, The Fortress of Solitude
Claybourne Elder, Allegro
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton-winner
Leslie Odom Jr., Hamilton
Ben Steinfeld, Into the Woods
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical
Michelle Knight, DISENCHANTED! The Hilarious Hit Musical
Jennifer Mudge, Into the Woods
Sally Murphy, The Threepenny Opera
Phillipa Soo, Hamilton-winner
Lillias White, Texas in Paris
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Victor Almanzar, Between Riverside and Crazy
Jacob Ming-Trent, Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)-winner
Jesse Pennington, Bootycandy
Will Pullen, Punk Rock
Scott Shepherd, The Village Bike
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Sophia Anne Caruso, The Nether
Sun Mee Chomet, brownsville song (b-side for tray)
Liza Colón-Zayas, Between Riverside and Crazy-winner
Beth Dixon, The City of Conversation
Deirdre O’Connell, By the Water
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Daveed Diggs, Hamilton-winner
Andy Grotelueschen, Into the Woods
Brian d’Arcy James, Hamilton
Kevin Mambo, The Fortress of Solitude
Steve Rosen, Pretty Filthy
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Renée Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton-winner
Luba Mason, Pretty Filthy
Lulu Picart, DISENCHANTED! The Hilarious Hit Musical
Jessica Tyler Wright, Allegro
Emily Young, Into the Woods
Outstanding Scenic Design
Brett J. Banakis, Big Love
Laura Jellinek, The Nether
Derek McLane, Into the Woods
Walt Spangler, Between Riverside and Crazy
Jan Versweyveld, Scenes From a Marriage-winner
Outstanding Costume Design
Candice Donnelly, Indian Ink
Bretta Gerecke, Nevermore – The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
Clint Ramos, Bootycandy
Paul Tazewell, Hamilton-winner
Anthony Ward, Josephine and I
Outstanding Lighting Design
Howell Binkley, Hamilton-winner
David Lander, The Library
Tyler Micoleau, The Invisible Hand
Ben Stanton, The Nether
Japhy Weideman, Punk Rock
Outstanding Sound Design
Mikhail Fiksel, My Mañana Comes
Leah Gelpe, The Invisible Hand
Daniel Kluger and Brandon Wolcott, The Nether
Nevin Steinberg, Hamilton-winner
Matt Tierney, Pocatello
SPECIAL AWARDS
Lifetime Achievement Award
Terrence McNally
Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee
Jeanine Tesori
Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway Award
Nancy Nagel Gibbs
The Off-Broadway League’s Lortel Awards Producing & Administration Committee (Terry Byrne, Dean Carpenter, Denise Cooper, Margaret Cotter, Carol Fishman, George Forbes, Michael Page, Catherine Russell, and Lindsey Sag) produces the Lortel Awards ceremony. Acclaimed writer/director Michael Heitzman returns to direct the Lortel Awards for the sixth consecutive year. The Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by special arrangement with the Lucille Lortel Foundation. Additional support is provided by Theatre Development Fund.
Representatives of the Off-Broadway League, Actors’ Equity Association, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, the Lucille Lortel Foundation, in addition to theatre journalists and academics and other Off-Broadway professionals, serve on the Voting Committee.
Lia Chang is an actor, a performance and fine art botanical photographer, and an award-winning multi-platform journalist. Lia has appeared in the films Wolf, New Jack City, A Kiss Before Dying, King of New York, Big Trouble in Little China, The Last Dragon and Taxman. She has guest starred on “One Life to Live,” “As the World Turns,” and “New York Undercover.” Lia starred as Carole Barbara in Lorey Hayes’ Power Play at the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, N.C., with Pauletta Pearson Washington and Roscoe Orman. She is profiled in Jade Magazine.
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