Outstanding Play 
Jitney; written by August Wilson; produced by Second Stage Theatre  
The Play About the Baby; written by Edward Albee; produced by Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Daryl Roth, Terry Allen Kramer, Fifty Second Street Productions, Robert Bartner, Stanley Kaufelt 
Proof; written by David Auburn; produced by Manhattan Theatre Club  
Ten Unknowns; written by Jon Robin Baitz; produced by Lincoln Center Theatre  
The Unexpected Man; written by Yasmina Reza; produced by Julian Schlossberg, Ben Sprecher, Ted Tulchin, William P. Miller

Outstanding Musical 
American Rhapsody: A New Musical Revue; book by Ruth Leon, KT Sullivan and Mark Nadler; music by George Gershwin; produced by Louise Westergaard, Stephen Downey, Peter Martin 
Bat Boy: The Musical; book by Keythe Farley and Brian Fleming; music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe; produced by Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Riot Entertainment, Robyn Goodman, Jean Doumanian, Michael Alden  
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin; book, music and lyrics by Kirsten Childs; produced by Playwrights Horizons  
Newyorkers; music by Stephen Weiner, lyrics by Glenn Slater; produced by Manhattan Theatre Club  
Suburb; book by David Javerbaum, music by Robert S. Cohen, lyrics by David Javerbaum and Robert S. Cohen; produced by York Theatre Company

Outstanding Revival 
for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf; written by Ntozake Shange; produced by DIA Theatrical, Inc.  
Juno and the Paycock; written by Sean O’Casey; produced by Roundabout Theatre Company 
Tiny Alice; written by Edward Albee; produced by Second Stage Theatre  
What the Butler Saw; written by Joe Orton; produced by The New Group


Unique Theatrical Experience
Mnemonic;
 written by Simon McBurney; produced by Thomas Viertel, Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Dede Harris, Lorie Cowen Levy, Timothy Childs, Herb Goldsmith, Libby Adler Mages, Mari Glich, Margo Lion

Outstanding Director 
Mark Brokaw, Lobby Hero  
Michael Greif, Dogeaters  
Simon McBurney, Mnemonic  
Marion McClinton, Jitney 
Daniel Sullivan, Proof

Outstanding Choreographer
A.C. Ciulla, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin 
Christopher Gattelli, Bat Boy: The Musical  
Daniel Pelzig, Newyorkers  
Donald Saddler, American Rhapsody: A New Musical Revue  
Maria Torres, 4 Guys Named Jose…And Una Mujer Named Maria!

Outstanding Lead Actress 
Eileen Atkins, The Unexpected Man  
Janie Dee, Comic Potential  
Mary Beth Fisher, Boy Gets Girl 
Mary-Louise Parker, Proof  
Marian Seldes, The Play About the Baby

Outstanding Lead Actor
Alan Bates, The Unexpected Man
  
Glenn Fitzgerald, Lobby Hero  
Deven May, Bat Boy: The Musical  
Brian Murray, The Play About the Baby  
Donald Sutherland, Ten Unknowns

Outstanding Featured Actress
Johanna Day, Proof  
Randy Graff, A Class Act 
Julianna Margulies, Ten Unknowns  
Julia Murney, Time and Again  
Ching Valdes-Aran, Dogeaters

Outstanding Featured Actor
Tate Donovan, Lobby Hero  
Dion Graham, Lobby Hero 
Justin Kirk, Ten Unknowns  
Alec Mapa, Dogeaters  
Howard Witt, Boy Gets Girl

Outstanding Scenic Design 
John Arnone, Tiny Alice  
John Lee Beatty, Proof  
Ralph Funicello, Ten Unknowns 
David Gallo, Jitney  
Mark Thompson, The Unexpected Man

Outstanding Costume Design
Jane Greenwood, Old Money  

Susan Hilferty, Jitney  
Constance Hoffman, Tiny Alice  
Fabio Toblini, Bat Boy: The Musical 
David Woolard, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin

Outstanding Lighting Design 
Betsey Adams/Martha Swetzoff, The Laramie Project 
Paul Anderson, Mnemonic  
Pat Collins, Proof  
Donald Holder, Jitney  
Hugh Vanstone, The Unexpected Man


Outstanding Sound Design
Mark Bennett/Michael Creason, Dogeaters  
David Bullard/Mic Pool, The Unexpected Man  
T. Richard Fitzgerald, 4 Guys Named Jose…And Una Mujer Named Maria!  
Robert Milburn, Jitney 
Christopher Shutt, Mnemonic


Outstanding Body of Work
New York Theatre Workshop


Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence
Lanford Wilson

Playwrights Sidewalk Inductee(s) 
Not given

Outstanding Lifetime Achievement
Kitty Carlisle Hart




2001 Multiple Lucille Lortel Awards Recipients 
Mnemonic (3)
Proof (3)
Bat Boy: The Musical (2)
Ten Unknowns (2)