The 33rd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards... And the Winners are...
School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play, KPOP & Cost of Living win big at the 2018 Lucille Lortel Awards.
Last night Off-Broadway celebrated its biggest night of the year with The 33rd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards, held at NYU Skirball Center, hosted by Meteor Shower co-stars Laura Benanti and Jeremy Shamos, and honoring outstanding achievement Off-Broadway during the 2017-2018 season.
The following special awards were also presented at this year's ceremony:
Lifetime Achievement Award: Eve Ensler
Outstanding Body of Work Award: WP Theater
Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee: Michael Friedman
And without any further ado, here are this year's winners...
Outstanding Play
WINNERS (TIE):
Cost of Living written by Martyna Majok and School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play written by Jocelyn Bioh
NOMINEES:
Miles for Mary written by Marc Bovino, Joe Curnutte, Michael Dalto, Lila Neugebauer and Stephanie Wright Thompson
Pipeline written by Dominique Morisseau
The Treasurer written by Max Posner
Outstanding Musical
WINNER:
KPOP conceived by Woodshed Collective and Jason Kim, Book by Jason Kim, Music and Lyrics by Helen Park and Max Vernon, Immersive Design by Woodshed Collective
NOMINEES:
Bella: An American Tall Tale - Book, Music and Lyrics by Kirsten Childs
Desperate Measures - Book and Lyrics by Peter Kellogg, Music by David Friedman
Hundred Days written by the Bengsons and Sarah Gancher
Jerry Springer — The Opera - Music and Lyrics by Richard Thomas, Book and additional Lyrics by Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas
Outstanding Revival
WINNER:
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train written by Stephen Adly Guirgis
NOMINEES:
F**king A written by Suzan-Lori Parks
In the Blood written by Suzan-Lori Parks
The Government Inspector adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from Revizor by Nikolai Gogol
Torch Song written by Harvey Fierstein
Outstanding Solo Show
WINNER:
Harry Clarke written by David Cale, performed by Billy Crudup
NOMINEE:
Who's Holiday! written by Matthew Lombardo, performed by Lesli Margherita
Outstanding Director
WINNER:
Anne Kauffman: Mary Jane
NOMINEES:
Lileana Blain-Cruz: Pipeline
Michael Greif: The Low Road
Lila Neugebauer: Miles for Mary
Leigh Silverman: Harry Clarke
Outstanding Choreographer
WINNER:
Sonya Tayeh: The Lucky Ones
NOMINEES:
Camille A. Brown: Bella: An American Tall Tale
Bill Castellino: Desperate Measures
Byron Easley: X: Or, Betty Shabazz v. The Nation
Jennifer Weber: KPOP
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
WINNER:
Sean Carvajal: Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train
NOMINEES:
Peter Friedman: The Treasurer
Chukwudi Iwuji: The Low Road
Namir Smallwood: Pipeline
Michael Urie: Torch Song
Outstanding Lead Actress in a play
WINNER:
Carrie Coon: Mary Jane
NOMINEES:
Quincy Tyler Bernstine: The Amateurs
MaameYaa Boafo: School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play
Cristin Milioti: After the Blast
Karen Pittman: Pipeline
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical
WINNER:
Damon Daunno: The Lucky Ones
NOMINEES:
Steven Eng: Pacific Overtures
Terrence Mann: Jerry Springer — The Opera
Wade McCollum: Ernest Shackleton Loves Me
James Seol: KPOP
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical
WINNER:
Ashley Park: KPOP
NOMINEES:
Abigail Bengson: Hundred Days
Ashley D. Kelley: Bella: An American Tall Tale
Julia Knitel: A Letter to Harvey Milk
Lauren Molina: Desperate Measures
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
WINNER:
Gregg Mozgala: Cost of Living
NOMINEES:
Marc Bovino: Miles for Mary
Edi Gathegi: Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train
Paul Sparks: Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo: Homelife and The Zoo Story
John Tufts: Pride and Prejudice
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
WINNER:
Mirirai Sithole: School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play
NOMINEES:
Vanessa Aspillaga: Amy and the Orphans
Quincy Tyler Bernstine: As You Like It
Liza Colón-Zayas: Mary Jane
Katy Sullivan: Cost of Living
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
WINNER:
Jason Tam: KPOP
NOMINEES:
Sean Patrick Doyle: Jerry Springer — The Opera
Brandon Gill: Bella: An American Tall Tale
Paolo Montalban: Bella: An American Tall Tale
Thom Sesma: Pacific Overtures
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
WINNER:
Tiffany Mann: Jerry Springer - The Opera
NOMINEES:
Maryann Plunkett: The Lucky Ones
Myra Lucretia Taylor: The Lucky Ones
Adina Verson: The Lucky Ones
Outstanding Scenic Design
WINNER:
Louisa Thompson: In the Blood
NOMINEES:
Anna Fleischle: Hangmen
Laura Jellinek: Mary Jane
Amy Rubin: Miles for Mary
Outstanding Costume Design
WINNER:
Dede M. Ayite: School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play
NOMINEES:
Dede M. Ayite: Bella: An American Tall Tale
Tricia Barsamian: KPOP
Tilly Grimes: The Government Inspector
Emily Rebholz: The Low Road
Outstanding Lighting Design
WINNER:
Alan C. Edwards: Harry Clarke
NOMINEES:
Bradley King: The Treasurer
Ben Stanton: The Low Road
Japhy Weideman: Mary Jane
Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew: KPOP
Outstanding Sound Design
WINNER:
Leah Gelpe: Mary Jane
NOMINEES:
Mikhail Fiksel: The Treasurer
Bray Poor: The Last Match
Bray Poor: Office Hour
Brandon Wolcott: After the Blast
Outstanding Projection Design
WINNER:
Hannah Wasileski: Pipeline
NOMINEES:
Lucy Mackinnon: After the Blast
Alexander V. Nichols: Ernest Shackleton Loves Me
Brad Peterson: The Stone Witch
Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew: Relevance
The 2018 Lucille Lortel Awards voting committee is 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 includes 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.
(School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play photo by Jaon Marcus, KPOP photo by Ben Arons, Cost of Living photo by Joan Marcus)
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