The Lucille Lortel 2012 Award nominations
The League Of Off-broadway Theatres & Producers have announced the nominations for the 27th Annual 2012 Lucille Lortel Awards for outstanding achievement Off-broadway.
The winners of the 2012 Lucille Lortel Awards will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on the 6 May 2012 at NYU Skirball Center.
'Once' leads the pack with 7 nominations, followed by 'Tribes' with six nominations.
Four special awards will also be presented:
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Richard Frankel
- Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee: Richard Foreman
- Service to Off-Broadway: Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY)
- Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience: Voca People
Outstanding Play:
- Blood and Gifts
written by J. T. Rogers
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater - Milk Like Sugar
Written by Kirsten Greenidge
Produced by Playwrights Horizons and Women's Project Theater - Sons of the Prophet
Written by Stephen Karam
Produced by Playwrights Horizons. - The Big Meal
Written by Dan LeFranc
Produced by Playwrights Horizons - The School For Lies
Written by David Ives
Produced by Classic Stage Company
Outstanding Musical:
- Once
Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, Book by Enda Walsh
Produced by TNew York Theatre Workshop - Queen of the Mist
Words and Music by Michael John LaChiusa
Produced by Transport Group - SILENCE! The Musical
Music and Lyrics by Jon Kaplan and Al Kaplan, Book by Hunter Bell, Adapted from the screenplay Silence! The Musical by Jon and Al Kaplan
Produced by Victoria Lang, Rich Affannato, Donna Trinkoff in association with Scott Kirschenbaum, Theater Mogul, Kitefliers Studio and Terry Schnuck - The Blue Flower
By Jim Bauer and Ruth Bauer
Produced Second Stage Theatre - The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World
Book by Joy Gregory, Music by Gunnar Madsen, Lyrics by Joy Gregory and Gunnar Madsen, Story by Joy Gregory, Gunnar Madsen, and John Langs
Produced by Playwrights Horizons and New York Theatre Workshop
Outstanding Revival:
- Blood Knot
Written by Athol Fugard
Produced by Signature Theatre Company - The Lady from Dubuque
Written by Edward Albee
Produced by Signature Theatre - Look Back in Anger
Written by John Osborne
Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company - The Cherry Orchard
Written by Anton Chekhov, Translated by John Christopher Jones
Produced by Classic Stage Company - The Maids
Written by Jean Genet, Translated by Bernard Frechtman
Produced by Red Bull Theater
Outstanding Solo Show:
- An Iliad
Written by Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson. Performed by Denis O'Hare and Stephen Spinella. Based on Homer's The Iliad translated by Robert Fagles
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop - The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith
Written by Angelo Parra. Performed by Miche Braden
Produced by Penguin Rep Theatre and Edmund Gaynes in association with Lizanne and Don Mitchell
Outstanding Director:
- Jo Bonney: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
- David Cromer: Tribes
- Sam Gold: Look Back in Anger
- Sam Gold: The Big Meal
- John Tiffany: Once
Outstanding Choreographer:
- Chase Brock; The Blue Flower
- Bill Castellino: Ionescopade
- Christopher Gattelli: SILENCE! The Musical
- Steven Hoggett: Once
- Annie-B Parson: The Broken Heart
Outstanding Lead Actor:
- Santino Fontana: Sons of the Prophet
- Russell Harvard: Tribes
- Hamish Linklater: The School For Lies
- Jefferson Mays: Blood and Gifts
- Jay O. Sanders: Titus Andronicus
Outstanding Lead Actress:
- Sanaa Lathan: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
- Cristin Milioti: Once
- Carey Mulligan: Through a Glass Darkly
- Molly Ranson: Carrie
- Mary Testa: Queen of the Mist
Outstanding Featured Actor:
- David Wilson Barnes: The Big Meal
- Adam Driver: Look Back in Anger
- Alvin Epstein: The Cherry Orchard
- Peter Francis James: The Lady from Dubuque
- Jeff Perry: Tribes
Outstanding Featured Actress:
- Anita Gillette: The Big Meal
- Kimberly Hébert Gregory: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
- Marin Mazzie: Carrie
- Tonya Pinkins: Milk Like Sugar
- Mare Winningham: Tribes
Outstanding Scenic Design:
- Bob Crowley: Once
- Lauren Helpern: 4000 Miles
- Andrew Lieberman: Look Back in Anger
- Adrianne Lobel: Galileo
- David Zinn: The Select (The Sun Also Rises)
Outstanding Costume Design:
- Esosa: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
- Toni-Leslie James: Milk Like Sugar
- William Ivey Long: The School For Lies
- Ilona Somogyi: Maple and Vine
- Catherine Zuber: Death Takes a Holiday
Outstanding Lighting Design:
- Natasha Katz: Once
- Keith Parham: Tribes
- Justin Townsend: Unnatural Acts
- David Weiner: Through a Glass Darkly
- Scott Zielinski: An Iliad
Outstanding Sound Design:
- Mark Bennett; An Iliad
- Clive Goodwin; Once
- Daniel Kluger; Tribes
- Matt Tierney and Ben Williams; The Select (The Sun Also Rises)
- David Van Tieghem; Through a Glass Darkly
Nominations by show:
Once (7 nominations) | Outstanding Musical Outstanding Director Outstanding Choreographer Outstanding Lead Actress Outstanding Scenic Design Outstanding Lighting Design Outstanding Sound Design |
Tribes (6 nominations) | Outstanding Director Outstanding Lead Actor Outstanding Featured Actor Outstanding Featured Actress Outstanding Lighting Design Outstanding Sound Design |
Other Desert Cities (5 nominations) | Outstanding Play Outstanding Director Outstanding Featured Actor Outstanding Festured Actress Outstanding Costume Design |
This Wide Night (5 nominations) | Outstanding Director Outstanding Lead Actress Outstanding Scenic Design Outstanding Costume Design Outstanding Lighting Design |
The Big Meal (4 nominations) | Outstanding Play Outstanding Director Outstanding Featured Actor Outstanding Featured Actress |
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (4 nominations) | Outstanding Director Outstanding Lead Actress Outstanding Featured Actress Outstanding Costume Design |
Look Back in Anger (4 nominations) | Outstanding Revival Outstanding Director Outstanding Featured Actor Outstanding Scenic Design |
Peter and the Starcatcher (4 nominations) | Outstanding Play Outstanding Choreographer Outstanding Lead Actor Outstanding Scenic Design |
The Coward (4 nominations) | Outstanding Play Outstanding Lead Actor Outstanding Featured Actress Outstanding Costume Design |
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (4 nominations) | Outstanding Play Outstanding Lead Actor Outstanding Lighting Design Outstanding Sound Design |
An Iliad (3 nominations) | Outstanding Solo Show Outstanding Lighting Design Outstanding Sound Design |
Milk Like Sugar (3 nominations) | Outstanding Play Outstanding Featured Actress Outstanding Costume Design |
The School For Lies (3 nominations) | Outstanding Play Outstanding Lead Actor Outstanding Costume Design |
Through a Glass Darkly (3 nominations) | Outstanding Lead Actress Outstanding Lighting Design Outstanding Sound Design |
Blood and Gifts (2 nominations) | Outstanding Play Outstanding Lead Actor |
The Blue Flower (2 nominations) | Outstanding Musical Outstanding Choreographer |
Carrie (2 nominations) | Outstanding Lead Actress Outstanding Featured Actress |
The Cherry Orchard (2 nominations) | Outstanding Revival Outstanding Featured Actor |
The Lady from Dubuque (2 nominations) | Outstanding Revival Outstanding Featured Actor |
Queen of the Mist (2 nominations) | Outstanding Musical Outstanding Lead Actress |
The Select (The Sun Also Rises) (2 nominations) | Outstanding Scenic Design Outstanding Sound Design |
SILENCE! The Musical (2 nominations) | Outstanding Musical Outstanding Choreographer |
Sons of the Prophet (2 nominations) | Outstanding Play Outstanding Lead Actor |
4000 Miles (1 nomination) | Outstanding Scenic Design |
Blood Knot (1 nomination) | Outstanding Revival |
The Broken Heart (1 nomination) | Outstanding Choreographer |
The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith y (1 nomination) | Outstanding Solo Show |
Galileo (1 nomination) | Outstanding Scenic Design |
The Maids (1 nomination) | Outstanding Revival |
The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World (1 nomination) | Outstanding Musical |
Titus Andronicus (1 nomination) | Outstanding Lead Actor |
Maple and Vine (1 nomination) | Outstanding Costume Design |
Death Takes a Holiday (1 nomination) | Outstanding Costume Design |
Unnatural Acts (1 nomination) | Outstanding Lighting Design |
The 2012 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.
Once (7 nominations)Outstanding Musical Outstanding Director Outstanding Choreographer Outstanding Lead Actress Outstanding Scenic Design Outstanding Lighting Design Outstanding Sound Design Tribes (6 nominations)Outstanding Director Outstanding Lead Actor Outstanding Featured Actor Outstanding Featured Actress Outstanding Lighting Design Outstanding Sound Design Other Desert Cities (5 nominations)Outstanding Play Outstanding Director Outstanding Featured Actor Outstanding Festured Actress Outstanding Costume Design This Wide Night (5 nominations)Outstanding Director Outstanding Lead Actress Outstanding Scenic Design Outstanding Costume Design Outstanding Lighting Design The Big Meal (4 nominations)Outstanding Play Outstanding Director Outstanding Featured Actor Outstanding Featured Actress By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (4 nominations)Outstanding Director Outstanding Lead Actress Outstanding Featured Actress Outstanding Costume Design Look Back in Anger (4 nominations)Outstanding Revival Outstanding Director Outstanding Featured Actor Outstanding Scenic Design Peter and the Starcatcher (4 nominations)Outstanding Play Outstanding Choreographer Outstanding Lead Actor Outstanding Scenic Design The Coward (4 nominations)Outstanding Play Outstanding Lead Actor Outstanding Featured Actress Outstanding Costume Design The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (4 nominations)Outstanding Play Outstanding Lead Actor Outstanding Lighting Design Outstanding Sound Design An Iliad (3 nominations)Outstanding Solo Show Outstanding Lighting Design Outstanding Sound Design Milk Like Sugar (3 nominations)Outstanding Play Outstanding Featured Actress Outstanding Costume Design The School For Lies (3 nominations)Outstanding Play Outstanding Lead Actor Outstanding Costume Design Through a Glass Darkly (3 nominations)Outstanding Lead Actress Outstanding Lighting Design Outstanding Sound Design Blood and Gifts (2 nominations)Outstanding Play Outstanding Lead Actor The Blue Flower (2 nominations)Outstanding Musical Outstanding Choreographer Carrie (2 nominations)Outstanding Lead Actress Outstanding Featured Actress The Cherry Orchard (2 nominations)Outstanding Revival Outstanding Featured Actor The Lady from Dubuque (2 nominations)Outstanding Revival Outstanding Featured Actor Queen of the Mist (2 nominations)Outstanding Musical Outstanding Lead Actress The Select (The Sun Also Rises) (2 nominations)Outstanding Scenic Design Outstanding Sound Design SILENCE! The Musical (2 nominations)Outstanding Musical Outstanding Choreographer Sons of the Prophet (2 nominations)Outstanding Play Outstanding Lead Actor 4000 Miles (1 nomination)Outstanding Scenic Design Blood Knot (1 nomination)Outstanding Revival The Broken Heart (1 nomination)Outstanding Choreographer The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith y (1 nomination)Outstanding Solo Show Galileo (1 nomination)Outstanding Scenic Design The Maids (1 nomination)Outstanding Revival The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World (1 nomination)Outstanding Musical Titus Andronicus (1 nomination)Outstanding Lead Actor Maple and Vine (1 nomination)Outstanding Costume Design Death Takes a Holiday (1 nomination)Outstanding Costume Design Unnatural Acts (1 nomination)Outstanding Lighting DesignOriginally published on