The 2016 Lucille Lortel Awards - And the Winners are...
The winners of the 31st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for outstanding achievement Off-Broadway have been revealed at today's awards ceremony at NYU Skirball Center.
Rajiv Joseph's Guards at the Taj led the pack with a total of four wins, including Outstanding Play, whilst César Alvarez's Futurity won Outstanding Musical, The Robber Bridegroom picked up the award for Outstanding Revival, and the Anne Hathaway-led Grounded won Outstanding Solo Show.
The following special awards were also presented at this year's ceremony:
- Lifetime Achievement Award: James Houghton
- Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience: Angel Reapers by Martha Clarke and Alfred Uhry and Peter Nigrini, Projection Design, Grounded
- Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee: Suzan-Lori Parks
Outstanding Play
- The Christians
written by Lucas Hnath - Eclipsed
Written by Danai Gurira - Gloria
Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins - Guards at the Taj
Written by Rajiv Joseph - John
Written by Annie Baker
Outstanding Musical
- Futurity
Music by César Alvarez with The Lisps, Lyrics and Book by César Alvarez - Iowa
Book by Jenny Schwartz, Music by Todd Almond, Lyrics by Todd Almond and Jenny Schwartz - Southern Comfort
Book and Lyrics by Dan Collins, Music by Julianne Wick Davis, Based on the Film by Kate Davis, Conceived for the Stage by Robert DuSold and Thomas Caruso - Tappin' Thru Life
Written by Maurice Hines - The Wildness: Sky-Pony's Rock Fairy Tale
Text by Kyle Jarrow & Lauren Worsham, Songs by Kyle Jarrow
Outstanding Revival
- 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Written by John Ford - Cloud Nine
Written by Caryl Churchill - Mother Courage And Her Children
Written by Bertolt Brecht, Translated by John Willett - The Robber Bridegroom
Book and Lyrics by Alfred Uhry, Music by Robert Waldman - Women Without Men
Written by Hazel Ellis
Outstanding Solo Show
- The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
Written and Performed by James Lecesne - Forever
Created and Performed by Dael Orlandersmith - Grounded
Written by George Brant, Performed by Anne Hathaway - Mike Birbiglia: Thank God For Jokes
Written and Performed by Mike Birbiglia
Outstanding Director
- Rachel Chavkin: The Royale
- Anne Kauffman: Marjorie Prime
- Amy Morton: Guards at the Taj
- Liesl Tommy: Eclipsed
- Eric Tucker: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility
Outstanding Choreographer
- Alexandra Beller: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility
- Martha Clarke: Angel Reapers
- Maurice Hines: Tappin' Thru Life
- Paul McGill: The Legend of Georgia McBride
- David Neumann: Futurity
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
- Denis Arndt: Heisenberg
- Reed Birney: The Humans
- Timothée Chalamet: Prodigal Son
- Andrew Garman: The Christians
- Ed Harris: Buried Child
Outstanding Lead Actress in a play
- Ito Aghayere: Familiar
- Georgia Engel: John
- Jayne Houdyshell: The Humans
- Chinasa Ogbuagu: Sojourners
- Phylicia Rashad: Head of Passes
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical
- Gabriel Ebert: Preludes
- Michael C. Hall: Lazarus
- Maurice Hines: Tappin' Thru Life
- Michael Luwoye: Invisible Thread
- Steven Pasquale: The Robber Bridegroom
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical
- Sophia Anne Caruso: Lazarus
- Alison Fraser: First Daughter Suite
- Annette O'Toole: Southern Comfort
- Mary Testa: First Daughter Suite
- Sammy Tunis: Futurity
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
- Sanjit De Silva: Dry Powder
- Jonathan Hogan: Hold On To Me Darling
- Matt McGrath: The Legend of Georgia McBride
- Paul Sparks: Buried Child
- C.J. Wilson: Hold On To Me Darling
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
- Alana Arenas: Head of Passes
- Lauren Klein: The Humans
- Jeanine Serralles: Gloria
- Lois Smith: John
- Myra Lucretia Taylor: Familiar
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
- Greg Hildreth: The Robber Bridegroom
- Jeffrey Kuhn: Southern Comfort
- Or Matias: Preludes
- Chris Sarandon: Preludes
- Kevin Zak: Clinton the Musical
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
- Eisa Davis: Preludes
- Karen Kandel: Futurity
- Leslie Kritzer: Gigantic
- Leslie Kritzer: The Robber Bridegroom
- Annie McNamara: Iowa
Outstanding Scenic Design
- Mimi Lien: John
- Timothy R. Mackabee: Guards at the Taj
- G.W. Mercier: Head of Passes
- Emily Orling and Matt Saunders: Futurity
- David Zinn: The Humans
Outstanding Costume Design
- Martha Hally: Women Without Men
- Toni-Leslie James: First Daughter Suite
- Clint Ramos: Eclipsed
- Anita Yavich: The Legend of Georgia McBride
- Donna Zakowska: Angel Reapers
Outstanding Lighting Design
- Christopher Akerlind: Grounded
- Mark Barton: John
- Ben Stanton: The Legend of Georgia McBride
- Justin Townsend: The Humans
- David Weiner: Guards at the Taj
Outstanding Sound Design
- Matt Hubbs: The Royale
- Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen: Guards at the Taj
- Fitz Patton: The Humans
- Will Pickens: Grounded
- Bray Poor: Buzzer
The 2016 Lucille Lortel Awards voting committee was appointed by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres & Producers, the Lucille Lortel Foundation, Actors' Equity Association, the Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers, and the Lucille Lortel Foundation, and included theatre journalists, academics and other Off-Broadway professionals.
Awarded since 1986, the Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by the League by special arrangement with the Lucille Lortel Foundation.
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