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Off-Broadway Takes The Stage At 32nd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards

by Talia Edelheit May 9, 2017
by Talia Edelheit May 9, 2017 0 comments
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The 32nd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards were presented last evening, at the Skirball Center for Performing Arts.

Taran Killam, SNL Alum and freshly minted Broadway actor, hosted the evening with charm, humor, and a fast-pace attitude. Right from the start, the tone of the room was pure joy, everyone celebrating their comrades and taking the night to step away from the world outside. Stage, television, and film actors gathered to honor one another, not only as artists, but close friends.

The biggest surprise of the evening was the award for Best Musical. Most assumed that the on and off-Broadway hit, Dear Evan Hansen, would sweep the 2017 Lortels; this was not the case. Atlantic Theatre Company’s The Bands Visit took away Best Actress in a Musical, and Best Musical, sending an overwhelmingly supportive shock-wave through the audience.

Not only was light night charged with celebration, but many artists took their time on stage to speak out politically. The 2016-2017 season has been filled with projects that touch on our political climate, and force audience members to think about the frightening world around us. Actors and production members from Oslo, The Bands Visit, and Taran Killam himself, spoke out beautifully, leaving a lasting impression on the evening.

Below is the list of the 2017 Lucille Lortel Award nominees in its entirety. Winners have been bolded:

Outstanding Play

Indecent

Produced by Vineyard Theatre in association with La Jolla Playhouse and Yale Repertory Theatre

Written by Paula Vogel, Created by Paula Vogel & Rebecca Taichman

 

Oslo

Produced by Lincoln Center Theater

Written by J.T. Rogers

 

Underground Railroad Game

Produced by Ars Nova

Written by Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R. Sheppard

 

Vietgone

Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club in association with South Coast Repertory

Written by Qui Nguyen

 

The Wolves

Produced by The Playwrights Realm in association with New York Stage and Film and Vassar’s Powerhouse Theatre Season

Written by Sarah DeLappe

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Outstanding Musical

The Band’s Visit

Produced by Atlantic Theater Company

Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek, Book by Itamar Moses, Based on the screenplay by Eran Kolirin

 

Dear Evan Hansen

Produced by Second Stage Theatre in association with Stacey Mindich Productions

Book by Steven Levenson, Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

 

Hadestown

Produced by New York Theatre Workshop

Written by AnaΓ―s Mitchell

 

Ride the Cyclone

Produced by MCC Theater

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond

 

The Total Bent

Produced by The Public Theater

Text by Stew, Music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald

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Outstanding Revival

The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA the Negro Book of the Dead

Produced by Signature Theatre

Written by Suzan-Lori Parks

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Othello

Produced by New York Theatre Workshop

Written by William Shakespeare

 

Signature Plays: Edward Albee’s The Sandbox, MarΓ­a Irene FornΓ©s’ Drowning, Adrienne Kennedy’s Funnyhouse of a Negro

Produced by Signature Theatre

Written by Edward Albee, MarΓ­a Irene FornΓ©s, and Adrienne Kennedy

 

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Produced by Rachel Edwards, Jenny Gersten, Seaview Productions, Nate Koch, Fiona Rudin, Barrow Street Theatre, Jean Doumanian, Rebecca Gold, and Tooting Arts Club

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Hugh Wheeler, Adaptation by Christopher Bond

 

Sweet Charity

Produced by The New Group in association with Kevin McCollum

Book by Neil Simon, Music by Cy Coleman, Lyrics by Dorothy Fields

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Outstanding Solo Show

Chris Gethard: Career Suicide

Produced by Judd Apatow, Mike Berkowitz, Brian Stern, Mike Lavoie, and Carlee Briglia

Written and Performed by Chris Gethard

 

Latin History for Morons

Produced by The Public Theater in a co-production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Written and Performed by John Leguizamo

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Notes From The Field

Produced by Second Stage Theatre and American Repertory Theater

Created, Written, and Performed by Anna Deavere Smith

 

The Outer Space

Produced by The Public Theater

Book and Lyrics by Ethan Lipton, Music by Ethan Lipton, Vito Dieterle, Eben Levy, and Ian M. Riggs

Performed by Ethan Lipton

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Sell/Buy/Date

Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club

Written and Performed by Sarah Jones

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Outstanding Director

Will Davis, Men On Boats

Anne Kauffman, A Life

Lila Neugebauer, The Wolves

Bartlett Sher, Oslo

Rebecca Taichman, Indecent

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Outstanding Choreographer

Joshua Bergasse, Sweet Charity

David Dorfman, Indecent

Georgina Lamb, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

David Neumann, Hadestown

David Neumann, The Total Bent

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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play

Reed Birney, Man From Nebraska

Michael Emerson, Wakey, Wakey

Lucas Hedges, YEN

Joe Morton, Turn Me Loose

David Hyde Pierce, A Life

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Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play

Johanna Day, Sweat

Jennifer Ehle, Oslo

Jennifer Kidwell, Underground Railroad Game

Kecia Lewis, Marie and Rosetta

Maryann Plunkett, Women of a Certain Age

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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical

Ato Blankson-Wood, The Total Bent

Shuler Hensley, Sweet Charity

Patrick Page, Hadestown

Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen

Jeremy Secomb, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical

Sutton Foster, Sweet Charity

Amber Gray, Hadestown

Jo Lampert, Joan of Arc: Into the Fire

Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit

Siobhan McCarthy, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Michael Aronov, Oslo

Charlie Cox, Incognito

Matthew Maher, Othello

Justice Smith, YEN

Paco Tolson, Vietgone

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Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Jocelyn Bioh, Everybody

Hannah Cabell, The Moors

Randy Graff, The Babylon Line

Ari Graynor, YEN

Nana Mensah, Man From Nebraska

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Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

Nathan Lee Graham, The View UpStairs

Gus Halper, Ride the Cyclone

Joel Perez, Sweet Charity

Ari’el Stachel, The Band’s Visit

Chris Sullivan, Hadestown

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Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Asmeret Ghebremichael, Sweet Charity

Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen

Betsy Morgan, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Emily Rohm, Ride the Cyclone

Karen Ziemba, Kid Victory

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Outstanding Scenic Design

Scott Davis, Ride the Cyclone

Rachel Hauck, Hadestown

Laura Jellinek, A Life

Mimi Lien, Signature Plays: Edward Albee’s The Sandbox, MarΓ­a Irene FornΓ©s’ Drowning, Adrienne Kennedy’s Funnyhouse of a Negro

Jason Sherwood, The View UpStairs

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Outstanding Costume Design

Montana Blanco, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA the Negro Book of the Dead

Tilly Grimes, Underground Railroad Game

Susan Hilferty, Love, Love, Love

Sarah Laux, The Band’s Visit

Emily Rebholz, Indecent

 

Outstanding Lighting Design

Mark Barton, Signature Plays: Edward Albee’s The Sandbox, MarΓ­a Irene FornΓ©s’ Drowning, Adrienne Kennedy’s Funnyhouse of a Negro

Jane Cox, Othello

Greg Hofmann, Ride the Cyclone

Amy Mae, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Ben Stanton, YEN

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Outstanding Sound Design

Mikhail Fiksel, A Life

Robert Kaplowitz, Hadestown

Stowe Nelson, Small Mouth Sounds

Nevin Steinberg, Wakey, Wakey

Matt Stine, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

 

Outstanding Projection Design

Elaine McCarthy, Notes From The Field

Duncan McLean, Privacy

Jared Mezzocchi, Vietgone

Peter Nigrini, Dear Evan Hansen

Peter Nigrini, Wakey, Wakey

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HONORARY AWARDS

Lifetime Achievement Award

William Ivey Long

 

Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee

Lynn Nottage

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Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway Award

Harold Wolpert

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