The Lucille Lortel 2014 Award nominations

The League Of Off-broadway Theatres & Producers have announced the nominations for the 29th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for outstanding achievement Off-Broadway.

The winners of the 2014 Lucille Lortel Awards will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on the 04 May 2014 at NYU Skirball Center.

The musicals 'Here Lies Love' and 'Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812?' lead the pack with eleven nominations each, while the 'Good Person of Szechwan' was the most nominated play, having received five nominations.

Two special awards will also be presented:

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Robyn Goodman
  
• Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee: Richard Nelson

Outstanding Play

• Bad Jews
  written by Joshua Harmon
  Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company
• Domesticated
  Written by Bruce Norris
  Produced by Lincoln Center Theater
• The Night Alive
  Written by Conor McPherson
  Produced by Atlantic Theater Company
• The Open House
  Written by Will Eno
  Produced by Signature Theatre

Outstanding Musical

• Fun Home
  Music by Jeanine Tesori
  Book and lyrics by Lisa Kron
  Produced by The Public Theater
• Here Lies Love
  Concept and lyrics by David Byrne
  Music by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim
  Additional Music by Tom Ganey and J Pardo
  Produced by The Public Theater
• Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
  Written by Dave Malloy
  Produced by Howard & Janet Kagan, Paula Marie Black, John Logan, Lisa Matlin, Daveed Frazier, Tom Smedes, Vertical Ent./Roman Gambourg/Lev Gelfer
• What's It All About
  Music by Burt Bacharach
  Lyrics by Hal David and others
  Conceived by Kyle Riabko and David Lane Seltzer
  New York Theatre Workshop

Outstanding Revival

• Good Person of Szechwan
  Written by Bertolt Brecht
  Translation by John Willett
  Produced by The Public Theater and The Foundry Theatre
• Hand to God
  Written by Robert Askins
  Produced by MCC Theater
• London Wall
  Written by John van Druten
  Produced by Mint Theater Company
• The Model Apartment
  Written by Donald Margulies
  Produced by Primary Stages
• The Weir
  Written by Conor McPherson
  Produced by The Irish Repertory Theatre

Outstanding Solo Show

• Buyer & Cellar
  Written by Jonathan Tolins
  Performed by Michael Urie
  Produced by Darren Bagert, Dan Shaheen, Ted Snowdon, Daryl Roth, Martin Massman, Pat Flicker Addiss, Doug Nevin, Joan Raffe & Jhett Tolentino, Andrew Tobias, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.
• How I Learned What I Learned
  Written by August Wilson
  Co-conceived with Todd Kreidler, in collaboration with Ruben-Santiago Hudson
  Performed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
  Produced by Signature Theatre
• Satchmo at the Waldorf
  Written by Terry Teachout
  Performed by John Douglas Thompson
  Produced by Long Wharf Theatre, Shakespeare and Company, Scott and Roxanne Bok, Roz and Jerry Meyer, Ronald Guttman, Shadowcatcher Entertainment, John LaMattina

Outstanding Director

• Rachel Chavkin: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
• Lear deBessonet: Good Person of Szechwan
• Sam Gold: Fun Home
• Alex Timbers: Here Lies Love
• Moritz von Stuelpnagel: Hand to God

Outstanding Choreographer

• Martha Clarke; Chéri
• Marguerite Derricks: Heathers: The Musical
• Danny Mefford: Fun Home
• Annie-B Parson: Here Lies Love
• Sonya Tayeh: Kung Fu

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play

• Steven Boyer: Hand to God
• Jon DeVries: Regular Singing
• Peter Friedman: The Open House
• Taylor Mac: Good Person of Szechwan
• Armando Riesco: The Happiest Song Plays Last

Outstanding Lead Actress in a play

• Tracee Chimo: Bad Jews
• Diane Davis: The Model Apartment
• Carolyn McCormick: The Open House
• Laurie Metcalf: Domesticated
• Andrus Nichols: Bedlam's Hamlet and Saint Joan

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical

• Jeff Blumenkrantz: Murder For Two
• Michael Cerveris: Fun Home
• Jose Llana: Here Lies Love
• Kyle Riabko: What's It All About
• Conrad Ricamora: Here Lies Love

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical

• Sydney Lucas: Fun Home
• Ruthie Ann Miles: Here Lies Love
• Alexandra Socha: Fun Home
• Phillipa Soo: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
• Barrett Wilbert Weed: Heathers: The Musical

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

• Carson Elrod: The Explorers Club
• Philip Ettinger: Bad Jews
• Russell G. Jones: The Call
• Jeremy Shamos: Dinner With Friends
• Fred Weller: Reasons to Be Happy

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

• Hannah Bos: The Open House
• Lynn Cohen: I Remember Mama
• Lisa Kron: Good Person of Szechwan
• Molly Ranson: Bad Jews
• Sarah Stiles: Hand to God

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

• Heath Calvert: Nobody Loves You
• Nick Choksi: Bunty Berman Presents...
• Blake DeLong: ha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
• Noah Hinsdale: Fun Home
• Lucas Steele: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

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  Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
  

  • Uzo Aduba: Venice
  • Brittain Ashford: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
  • Melody Butiu: Here Lies Love
  • Judy Kuhn: Fun Home
  • Shaina Taub: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

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  Outstanding Scenic Design
  

  • Miriam Buether: Love and Information
  • David Korins: Here Lies Love
  • Mimi Lien: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
  • Clint Ramos: Appropriate
  • Matt Saunders: Good Person of Szechwan

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  Outstanding Costume Design
  

  • Gabriel Berry and Andrea Hood: Love and Information
  • Clint Ramos: Here Lies Love
  • Anita Yavich: The Explorers Club
  • Paloma Young: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
  • Catherine Zuber: Far From Heaven

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  Outstanding Lighting Design
  

  • Daniel Ionazzi: The Jacksonian
  • Bradley King: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
  • Ben Stanton: Fun Home
  • Justin Townsend: Here Lies Love
  • Japhy Weideman: What's It All About

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  Outstanding Sound Design
  

  • M.L. Dogg and Cody Sp: Here Lies Love
  • Clive Goodwin: What's It All About
  • Matt Hubbs: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
  • Ryan Rumery: The Hatmaker's Wife
  • Christopher Shutt: Love and Information

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  Nominations by show:

  Here Lies Love (11 nominations)	Outstanding Musical Outstanding Director Outstanding Choreographer 2 x Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Outstanding Scenic Design Outstanding Costume Design Outstanding Lighting Design Outstanding Sound Design
  sha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812? (11 nominations)	Outstanding Musical Outstanding Director Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical 2 x Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical 2 x Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Outstanding Scenic Design Outstanding Costume Design Outstanding Lighting Design Outstanding Sound Design
  Fun Home (9 nominations)	Outstanding Musical Outstanding Director Outstanding Choreographer Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical 2 x Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Outtanding Featured Actress in a Musical Outstanding Lighting Design
  Good Person of Szechwan (5 nominations)	Outstanding Revival Outstanding Director Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Outstanding Scenic Design
  Bad Jews (4 nominations)	Outstanding Play Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
  Hand to God (4 nominations)	Outstanding Revival Outstanding Director Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
  The Open House (4 nominations)	Outstanding Play Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
  What's it All About (4 nominations)	Outstanding Musical Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical Outstanding Lighting Design Outstanding Sound Design
  Love and Information (3 nominations)	Outstanding Scenic Design Outstanding Costume Design Outstanding Sound Design
  Domesticated (2 nominations)	Outstanding Play Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play
  The Explorers Club (2 nominations)	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Outstanding Costume Design
  Heathers: The Musical (2 nominations)	Outstanding Choreographer Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical
  The Model Apartment (2 nominations)	Outstanding Revival Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play
  Appropriate (1 nomination)	Outstanding Scenic Design
  Bedlam's Hamlet and Saint Joan (1 nomination)	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play
  Bunty Berman Presents... (1 nomination)	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
  Buyer & Cellar (1 nomination)	Outstanding Solo Show
  The Call (1 nomination)	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
  Chéri (1 nomination)	Outstanding Choreographer
  Dinner with Friends (1 nomination)	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
  Far From Heaven (1 nomination)	Outstanding Costume Design
  The Happiest Song Plays Last (1 nomination)	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
  The Hatmaker's Wife (1 nomination)	Outstanding Sound Design
  How I Learned What I Learned (1 nomination)	Outstanding Solo Show
  I Remember Mama (1 nomination)	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
  The Jacksonian (1 nomination)	Outstanding Lighting Design
  Kung Fu (1 nomination)	Outstanding Choreographer
  London Wall (1 nomination)	Outstanding Revival
  Murder For Two (1 nomination)	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical
  The Night Alive (1 nomination)	Outstanding Play
  Nobody Loves You (1 nomination)	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
  Reasons to be Happy (1 nomination)	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
  Regular Singing (1 nomination)	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
  Satchmo at the Waldorf (1 nomination)	Outstanding Solo Show
  Venice (1 nomination)	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
  The Weir (1 nomination)	Outstanding Revival

  The 2014 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.