The League of Off-Broadway Theatres & Producers today announced the nominees for the 18th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. On Monday, April 21st there will be a reception for the nominees at Ruth’s Chris Steak House (148 West 51st Street). On Monday, May 5th the awards will be presented at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street) at 7 PM.
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme tops the list of shows with multiple nominations, receiving six. Avenue Q and Fifth of July follow with five nominations each; Our Lady of 121st Street and Take Me Out each received four nominations.
2003 Nominations and Recipients by Category
Outstanding Play
Dublin Carol; written by Conor McPherson; produced by Atlantic Theater Company
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme; written by Frank McGuinness; produced by Lincoln Center Theater
Our Lady of 121st Street; written by Stephen Adly Guirgis; produced by John Gould Rubin, Ira Pittelman, Robyn Goodman, Ruth Hendel, Daryl Roth and the LAByrinth Theater Company
Take Me Out; written by Richard Greenberg; produced by The Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival and The Donmar Warehouse
Outstanding Musical
Avenue Q; music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, book by Jeff Whitty. Based on an original concept by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx; produced by Vineyard Theatre and The New Group
Hank Williams: Lost Highway; by Randal Myler and Mark Harelik; produced by Manhattan Ensemble Theater
Radiant Baby; book by Stuart Ross, music by Debra Barsha, lyrics by Ira Gasman, Stuart Ross and Debra Barsha; produced by The Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival
Zanna, Don’t!; book, music and lyrics by Tim Acito, additional book and lyrics by Alexander Dinelaris; produced by Jack M. Dalgleish in association with Stephanie Joel
Outstanding Revival
Burn This; written by Lanford Wilson; produced by Signature Theatre Company
Comedians; written by Trevor Griffiths; produced by The New Group
Don Juan; written by Molière, translated by Christopher Hampton; produced by Theatre for a New Audience
Fifth of July; written by Lanford Wilson; produced by Signature Theatre Company
Outstanding Director
Jo Bonney; Fifth of July
Philip Seymour Hoffman; Our Lady of 121st Street
Joe Mantello; Take Me Out
Nicholas Martin; Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
Jason Moore; Avenue Q
Outstanding Choreographer
Ronald K. Brown; Crowns
Martha Clarke; Vienna: Lusthaus (revisited)
Devanand Janki; Zanna, Don’t!
Ken Roberson; Avenue Q
Fatima Robinson; Radiant Baby
Outstanding Lead Actor
Charles Busch; Shanghai Moon
Jim Dale; Comedians
Edward Norton; Burn This
Jason Petty; Hank Williams: Lost Highway
Daniel Sunjata; Take Me Out
Outstanding Lead Actress
Tovah Feldshuh; Golda’s Balcony
S. Epatha Merkerson; Fucking A
Kate Mulgrew; Tea at Five
Pamela Payton-Wright; Fifth of July
Parker Posey; Fifth of July
Outstanding Featured Actor
Walter Bobbie; Polish Joke
Mos Def; Fucking A
Ron Cephas Jones; Our Lady of 121st Street
Denis O’Hare; Take Me Out
Justin Theroux; Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
Outstanding Featured Actress
Anika Larsen; Zanna, Don’t!
Jan Maxwell; My Old Lady
Nancy Opel; Polish Joke
Portia; Our Lady of 121st Street
Daphne Rubin-Vega; Fucking A
Outstanding Scenic Design
Christopher Akerlind; Don Juan
John Lee Beatty; My Old Lady
Alexander Dodge; Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
Anna Louizos; Avenue Q
Mark Wendland; The World Over
Outstanding Costume Design
Michael Bottari and Ronald Case; Shanghai Moon
Susan Hilferty; My Life With Albertine
Paul Tazewell; Boston Marriage
Catherine Zuber; Far Away
Outstanding Lighting Design
Christopher Akerlind; Don Juan
Howell Binkley; Radiant Baby
Donald Holder; Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
James F. Ingalls; My Life With Albertine
James Vermeulen; Fifth of July
Outanding Sound Design
Paul Arditti; Far Away
Mark Bennett; Golda’s Balcony
Brett Jarvis; Avenue Q
Jerry Yager; Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Stephen Sondheim
Unique Theatrical Experience The Exonerated; written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen; produced by The Culture Project, Dede Harris, Morton Swinsky, Bob Balaban, Harit Allan Buchman in association with Patrick Blake and David Elliott, Jane Bergère, Ruth Hendel and Cheryl Wiesenfeld
Outstanding Body of Work Vineyard Theatre
Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence Marian Seldes
Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee(s) Not given