The Lucille Lortel 2010 Award nominations

The League Of Off-broadway Theatres & Producers have announced the nominations for the 25th Annual 2010 Lucille Lortel Awards for outstanding achievement Off-broadway.

'The Glass Menagerie,' 'The Pride' and 'When the Rain Stops Falling' lead with 6 Nominations Each.

The winners of the 2010 Lucille Lortel Awards will be announced at the awards ceremony on the 2 May 2010 at Terminal 5.

Two special awards will also be presented at the ceremony:

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Daryl Roth
  
• Outstanding Body of Work: Lincoln Center Theater

Outstanding Play:

• Clybourne Park
  written by Bruce Norris.
  Produced by Playwrights Horizons.
• The Brother/Sister Plays
  Written by Tarell Alvin McCraney.
  Produced by The Public Theater in association with McCarter Theatre.
• The Orphans' Home Cycle
  Written by Horton Foote.
  Produced by Signature Theatre Company and Hartford Stage.
• The Temperamentals
  Written by Jon Marans.
  Produced by Daryl Roth, Stacy Shane and Martian Entertainment.
• When The Rain Stops Falling
  Written by Andrew Bovell.
  Produced by Lincoln Center Theater.

Outstanding Musical:

• Click, Clack, Moo
  Book by Billy Aronson, Lyrics by Kevin Del Aguila, Music by Brad Alexander. Based on the book by Doreen Cronin with illustrations by Betsy Lewin.
  Produced by Theatreworks USA.
• Everyday Rapture
  by Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott.
  Produced by Second Stage Theatre.
• The Scottsboro Boys
  Book by David Thompson, Lyrics and Music by John Kander and Fred Ebb.
  Produced by Vineyard Theatre.
• The Toxic Avenger
  Music and Lyrics by David Bryan, Based on Lloyd Kaufman's The Toxic Avenger
  Produced by Jean Cheever and Tom Polum.
• Yank! A WWII Love Story
  Music by Joseph Zellnik, Book and Lyrics by David Zellnik
  Produced by The York Theatre Company, Maren Berthelsen/Pamela Koslow/Stuart Wilk, Matt Schicker, Hugh Hayes, Jim Kierstead and Sondra Healy/Shidan Majidi.

Outstanding Solo Show:

• A Boy and His Soul
  Written and Performed by Colman Domingo.
  Produced by Vineyard Theatre.
• Let Me Down Easy
  Written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith.
  Produced by Second Stage Theatre.
• Nightingale
  Written and performed by Lynn Redgrave.
  Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club.
• The Lady With All the Answers
  Written by David Rambo.
  Produced by Cherry Lane Theatre.
  Performed by Judith Ivey.
• Zero Hour;
  Written and performed by Jim Brochu.
  Produced by Kurt Peterson and Edmund Gaynes, in association with The Peccadillo Theater Company.

Outstanding Revival:

• A Lie of the Mind
  Written by Sam Shepard.
  Produced by The New Group.
• Candida
  Written by George Bernard Shaw.
  Produced by The Irish Repertory Theatre and Alexis Doyle.
• Measure for Measure
  Written by William Shakespeare.
  Produced by Theatre for a New Audience.
• The Emperor Jones
  Written by Eugene O'Neill.
  Produced by The Irish Repertory Theatre.
• The Glass Menagerie
  Written by Tennessee Williams.
  Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company.

Outstanding Director:

• Walter Bobbie; Venus in Fur.
• David Cromer; When the Rain Stops Falling.
• Gordon Edelstein; The Glass Menagerie.
• Pam MacKinnon; Clybourne Park.
• Joe Mantello; The Pride.

Outstanding Choreographer:

• Jeffry Denman; Yank! A WWII Love Story.
• Ken Roberson; A Boy and His Soul.
• Wendy Seyb; Click, Clack, Moo.
• Wendy Seyb; The Toxic Avenger.
• Susan Stroman; The Scottsboro Boys.

Outstanding Lead Actor:

• Hugh Dancy; The Pride.
• Patch Darragh; The Glass Menagerie.
• Brandon Victor Dixon; The Scottsboro Boys.
• John Douglas Thompson; The Emperor Jones.
• Michael Urie; The Temperamentals.

Outstanding Lead Actress:

• Nina Arianda; Venus in Fur.
• Jayne Houdyshell; Coraline.
• Judith Ivey; The Glass Menagerie.
• Cristin Milioti; Stunning.
• Sherie Rene Scott; Everyday Rapture.

Outstanding Featured Actor:

• Keith Carradine; A Lie of the Mind.
• Adam James; The Pride.
• David Pittu; Equivocation.
• Jeremy Shamos: Clybourne Park.
• C.J. Wilson; Happy Now?

Outstanding Featured Actress:

• Tracee Chimo; Circle Mirror Transformation.
• Mary Beth Hurt; When the Rain Stops Falling.
• Laurie Metcalf; A Lie of the Mind.
• Nancy Opel; The Toxic Avenger.
• Andrea Riseborough; The Pride.

Outstanding Scenic Design:

• David Korins; When the Rain Stops Falling.
• David Korins; Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them.
• Derek McLane; A Lie of the Mind
• Michael Yeargan; The Glass Menagerie.
• David Zinn; The Pride

Outstanding Costume Design:

• Miranda Hoffman; Stunning.
• Martin Pakledinaz; The Glass Menagerie.
• Clint Ramos; So Help Me God!
• Ilona Somogyi; Clybourne Park.
• Anita Yavich; Venus in Fur

Outstanding Lighting Design:

• Mark Barton; Circle Mirror Transformation.
• Paul Gallo; The Pride.
• Peter Kaczorowski;The Brother/Sister Plays.
• Tyler Micoleau; When the Rain Stops Falling
• Rui Rita; The Orphans' Home Cycle.

Outstanding Sound Design:

• Kurt Fischer; The Toxic Avenger.
• John Gromada; The Orphans' Home Cycle.
• Fitz Patton; When the Rain Stops Falling.
• Shane Rettig; A Lie of the Mind.
• Ryan Rumery and Christian Frederickson; The Emperor Jones.

Productions that received multiple nominations:

The 2010 Lucille Lortel Awards voting committee is appointed by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres & Producers, the Lucille Lortel Foundation, Actors' Equity Association, and the Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers, and includes journalists, educators, and members of the Off-Broadway community.

Awarded since 1986, the Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by the League by special arrangement with the Lucille Lortel Foundation. Additional support is provided by Theatre Development Fund.