The Lucille Lortel 2013 Award nominations

The League Of Off-broadway Theatres & Producers have announced the nominations for the 28th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for outstanding achievement Off-Broadway.

The winners of the 2013 Lucille Lortel Awards will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on the 5 May 2013 at NYU Skirball Center.

'The Piano Lesson' leads the pack with six nominations, followed by 'Murder Ballad' with five.

Four special awards will also be presented:

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Todd Haimes
  
• Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee: Neil LaBute
  
• Outstanding Body of Work Award: Theatre Development Fund
  
• Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience: Old Hats

Outstanding Play:

• Bethany
  written by Laura Marks
  Produced by Women's Project Theater
• Cock
  Written by Mike Bartlett
  Produced by PStuart Thompson, Jean Doumanian, Royal Court Theatre, William Berlind, Scott Delman, Dena Hammerstein, Jon B. Platt, Scott Rudin, Ted Snowdon, True Love Productions
• Detroit
  Written by Lisa D'Amour
  Produced by Playwrights Horizons.
• The Flick
  Written by Annie Baker
  Produced by Playwrights Horizons
• The Whale
  Written by Samuel D. Hunter
  Produced by Playwrights Horizons

Outstanding Musical:

• Dogfight
  Music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
  Book by Peter Duchan
  Produced by Second Stage Theatre
• Giant
  Music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa
  Book by Sybille Pearson, based on the novel by Edna Ferber Produced by The Public Theater in association with The Dallas Theater Center
• Murder Ballad
  Music and lyrics by Juliana Nash
  Conceived by and with book and Lyrics by Julia Jordan
  Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club
• The Other Josh Cohen
  Book, music and lyrics by David Rossmer and Steve Rosen
  Produced by Amas Musical Theatre in association with Scandobean Productions, LLC
• Skippyjon Jones
  Music by Eli Bolin
  B Book and lyrics by Kevin Del Aguila
  Produced by TheatreworksUSA

Outstanding Revival:

• All In The Timing
  Written by David Ives
  Produced by Primary Stages in association with Jamie deRoy
• My Children! My Africa!
  Written by Athol Fugard
  Produced by Signature Theatre
• Passion
  Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
  Book by James Lapine
  Produced by Classic Stage Company
• The Piano Lesson
  Written by August Wilson
  Produced by Signature Theatre
• Talley's Folly
  Written by Lanford Wilson
  Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company

Outstanding Solo Show:

• All the Rage
  Written and performed by Martin Moran
  Produced by piece by piece productions, Rising Phoenix Repertory in association with The Barrow Group
• Jackie
  Written by Elfriede Jelinek
  Performed by Tina Benko
  Produced by piece by piece productions, Rising Phoenix Repertory
• Title and Deed
  Written by Will Eno
  Performed by Conor Lovett
  Produced by Signature Theatre

Outstanding Director:

• Sam Gold: The Flick
• Anne Kauffman: Belleville
• Tina Landau: A Civil War Christmas
• James Macdonald: Cock
• Ruben Santiago-Hudson: The Piano Lesson

Outstanding Choreographer:

• George De La Peña; A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Christopher Gattelli: Dogfight
• Kyle Mullins: TRIASSIC PARQ: The Musical
• Alex Sanchez: Giant
• Doug Varone: Murder Ballad

Outstanding Lead Actor:

• Danny Burstein: Talley's Folly
• Brandon J. Dirden: The Piano Lesson
• Daniel Everidge: Falling
• Shuler Hensley: The Whale
• Aasif Mandvi: Disgraced

Outstanding Lead Actress:

• Quincy Tyler Bernstine: Neva
• America Ferrera: Bethany
• Vanessa Redgrave: The Revisionist
• Roslyn Ruff: The Piano Lesson
• Sharon Washington: Wild With Happy

Outstanding Featured Actor:

• David Wilson Barnes: Don't Go Gentle
• Chuck Cooper: The Piano Lesson
• Zach Grenier: Storefront Church
• Jake Gyllenhaal: If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet
• Mark Nelson: My Name Is Asher Lev

Outstanding Featured Actress:

• Eisa Davis: Luck of the Irish
• Annie Funke: If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet
• Rebecca Naomi Jones: Murder Ballad
• Amanda Quaid: Luck of the Irish
• Da'Vine Joy Randolph: What Rhymes with America

Outstanding Scenic Design:

• Beowulf Boritt: If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet
• Miriam Buether: Cock
• Clint Ramos: Wild With Happy
• Louisa Thompson: Detroit
• Mark Wendland: Murder Ballad

Outstanding Costume Design:

• Toni-Leslie James: A Civil War Christmas
• Jessica Pabst: The Whale
• Clint Ramos: Wild With Happy
• Emily Rebholz: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
• Anita Yavich: Golden Child

Outstanding Lighting Design:

• Jane Cox: The Flick
• Rui Rita: The Piano Lesson
• Ben Stanton: Belleville
• Ben Stanton: Murder Ballad
• Scott Zielinski: A Civil War Christmas

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  Outstanding Sound Design:
  

  • Leah Gelpe: Slowgirl
  • Bray Poor: The Flick
  • Shane Rettig: Detroit '67
  • Jane Shaw: Jackie
  • Matt Tierney: Detroit

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  Nominations by show:

  The Piano Lesson (6 nominations)	Outstanding Revival Outstanding Director Outstanding Lead Actor Outstanding Lead Actress Outstanding Featured Actor Outstanding Lighting Design
  Murder Ballad (5 nominations)	Outstanding Musical Outstanding Choreographer Outstanding Featured Actress Outstanding Scenic Design Outstanding Lighting Design
  The Flick (4 nominations)	Outstanding Play Outstanding Director Outstanding Lighting Design Outstanding Sound Design
  A Civil War Christmas (3 nominations)	Outstanding Director Outstanding Costume Design Outstanding Lighting Design
  Cock (3 nominations)	Outstanding Play Outstanding Director Outstanding Scenic Design
  Detroit (4 nominations)	Outstanding Play Outstanding Scenic Design Outstanding Featured Actor Outstanding Sound Design
  If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet (3 nominations)	Outstanding Featured Actor Outstanding Featured Actress Outstanding Scenic Design
  The Whale (3 nominations)	Outstanding Play Outstanding Lead Actor Outstanding Costume Design
  Wild With Happy (3 nominations)	Outstanding Lead Actress Outstanding Scenic Design Outstanding Costume Design
  Belleville (2 nominations)	Outstanding Director Outstanding Lighting Design
  Bethany (2 nominations)	Outstanding Play Outstanding Lead Actress
  Dogfight (2 nominations)	Outstanding Musical Outstanding Choreographer
  Giant (2 nominations)	Outstanding Musical Outstanding Choreographer
  Jackie (2 nominations)	Outstanding Solo Show Outstanding Sound Design
  Luck of the Irish (2 nominations)	Outstanding Featured Actress (x2)
  Talley's Folly (2 nominations)	Outstanding Play Outstanding Lead Actor
  All In The Timing (1 nomination)	Outstanding Revival
  All the Rage (1 nomination)	Outstanding Solo Show
  Detroit '67 (1 nomination)	Outstanding Sound Design
  Disgraced (1 nomination)	Outstanding Lead Actor
  Don't Go Gentle (1 nomination)	Outstanding Featured Actor
  Falling (1 nomination)	Outstanding Lead Actor
  Golden Child (1 nomination)	Outstanding Costume Design
  A Midsummer Night's Dream (1 nomination)	Outstanding Choreographer
  My Children! My Africa! (1 nomination)	Outstanding Revival
  My Name Is Asher Lev (1 nomination)	Outstanding Featured Actor
  Neva (1 nomination)	OOutstanding Lead Actress
  The Other Josh Cohen (1 nomination)	Outstanding Musical
  Passion (1 nomination)	Outstanding Revival
  The Revisionist (1 nomination)	Outstanding Lead Actress
  Skippyjon Jones (1 nomination)	Outstanding Musical
  Slowgirl (1 nomination)	Outstanding Sound Design
  Storefront Church (1 nomination)	Outstanding Featured Actor
  Title and Deed (1 nomination)	Outstanding Solo Show
  TRIASSIC PARQ: The Musical (1 nomination)	Outstanding Choreographer
  Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (1 nomination)	Outstanding Costume Design
  What Rhymes with America (1 nomination)	Outstanding Featured Actress

  The 2013 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.