37TH ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS

 

Outstanding Musical recipient Kimberly Akimbo ties with Oratorio For Living Things for most awards with
three each; Outstanding Play goes to Sanaz Toossi’s
English.

 

New York, NY (May 1, 2022) – The 2022 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were handed out this evening to recipients in 16 categories, with two honorary awards also bestowed. Returning to a live, in-person ceremony for the first time in three years, the Awards were distributed in a ceremony at NYU Skirball hosted by three pairs of stars from stage and screen: Jared Grimes (Broadway’s Funny Girl) & Jeff Hiller (HBO’s “Somebody Somewhere”), Krysta Rodriguez & Jelani Alladin (Hercules), and Jennifer Simard & Christopher Sieber (Company). The Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by the Off-Broadway League and Lucille Lortel Theatre, with additional support provided by TDF.

 

The inaugural Outstanding Ensemble award was presented to the cast of Ars Nova’s Oratorio For Living Things. Both Performer in a Musical awards were presented to Kimberly Akimbo – Lead to Victoria Clark and Featured to Bonnie Milligan. The Atlantic Theater Company production with Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and Music by Jeanine Tesori, also received the award for Outstanding Musical. Sanaz Toossi’s English, a co-production of Atlantic Theater Company and Roundabout Theatre Company, took home the award for Outstanding Play.

 

Special honorees this year included Deirdre O’Connell, who was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award by Heidi Schreck; and David Henry Hwang, who was inducted onto the famed Playwrights’ Sidewalk by Jeanine Tesori.



   

2022 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS NOMINATIONS

Outstanding Play

    Coal Country

    Produced by Audible and The Public Theater

    Written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen

    English

    Produced by Atlantic Theater Company and Roundabout Theatre Company

    Written by Sanaz Toossi

    Letters of Suresh

    Produced by Second Stage Theater

    Written by Rajiv Joseph

    On Sugarland

    Produced by New York Theatre Workshop

    Written by Aleshea Harris

    Prayer for the French Republic

    Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club

    Written by Joshua Harmon


Outstanding Musical

    Black No More

    Produced by The New Group

    Book by John Ridley, Lyrics by Tariq Trotter, Music by Tariq Trotter, Anthony Tidd, James Poyser, and Daryl Waters

    Intimate Apparel

    Produced by Lincoln Center Theater

    Music by Ricky Ian Gordon, Libretto by Lynn Nottage

    Kimberly Akimbo

    Produced by Atlantic Theater Company

    Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, Music by Jeanine Tesori,

    Based on the Play by David Lindsay-Abaire

    Oratorio For Living Things

    Produced by Ars Nova

    By Heather Christian


Outstanding Revival

    ASSASSINS

    Produced by Classic Stage Company

    Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by John Weidman, From an Idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr.

    The Chinese Lady

    Produced by Ma-Yi Theater Company, presented by The Public Theater, a Barrington Stage Company and Ma- Yi Theater Company production

    Written by Lloyd Suh

    TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992

    Produced by Signature Theatre

    Written by Anna Deavere Smith


Outstanding Solo Show

    Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord

    Produced by New York Theatre Workshop

    Written and Performed by Kristina Wong

    LITTLE GIRL BLUE

    Produced by Rashad V. Chambers, Willette & Manny Klausner, E. Clayton Cornelious/Joshua Morgan, Victoria Bondoc, McCabe Productions LLC, Live & In Color, Kate Lear, Laban King, Marc Blakeman

    Written by Laiona Michelle, Additional Materials by Devanand Janki, Music and Lyrics by Various Composers

    Performed by Laiona Michelle


Outstanding Director

David Cromer – Prayer for the French Republic

John Doyle – ASSASSINS

Lee Sunday Evans – Oratorio For Living Things

Taibi Magar – TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992

Whitney White – On Sugarland


Outstanding Choreographer

Bill T. Jones – Black No More

Raja Feather Kelly – On Sugarland

Danny Mefford – Kimberly Akimbo

Josh Prince – Trevor: A New Musical

Randy Skinner – Cheek to Cheek: IRVING BERLIN IN HOLLYWOOD


Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play

Stephanie Berry – On Sugarland

W. Tré Davis – Tambo & Bones

Elizabeth Marvel – Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Shannon Tyo – The Chinese Lady

Mary Wiseman – At the Wedding


Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play

Abena – Nollywood Dreams

Betsy Aidem – Prayer for the French Republic

Francis Benhamou – Prayer for the French Republic

Jacob Ming-Trent – The Alchemist

Thom Sesma – Letters of Suresh


Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical

Kearstin Piper Brown – Intimate Apparel

Victoria Clark – Kimberly Akimbo

Justin Cooley – Kimberly Akimbo

Tamika Lawrence – Black No More

Ahmad Maksoud – The Visitor


Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical

Steven Boyer – Kimberly Akimbo

Bonnie Milligan – Kimberly Akimbo

Ethan Slater – ASSASSINS

Will Swenson – ASSASSINS

Lillias White – Black No More


Outstanding Ensemble

    English

    Tala Ashe, Ava Lalezarzadeh, Pooya Mohseni, Marjan Neshat, Hadi Tabbal

    Oratorio For Living Things

    Johnny Butler, Kirstyn Cae Ballard, Jane Cardona, Sean Donovan, Carla Duren, Clérida Eltimé, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Brian Flores, Odetta Hartman, Quentin Oliver Lee, Angel Lozada, Divya Maus, Barrie Lobo McLain, Ben Moss, John Murchison, Onyie Nwachukwu, Dito Van Reigersberg, Peter Wise

    TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992

    Elena Hurst, Wesley T. Jones, Francis Jue, Karl Kenzler, Tiffany Rachelle Stewart


Outstanding Scenic Design

Wilson Chin – Space Dogs

Marsha Ginsberg – English

Adam Rigg – cullud wattah

Adam Rigg – On Sugarland

David Rockwell, Christopher and Justin Swader – SEVEN DEADLY SINS


Outstanding Costume Design

Ari Fulton – Confederates

Gregory Gale – Fairycakes

Dominique Fawn Hill – Tambo & Bones

Márion Talán de la Rosa – Oratorio For Living Things

Catherine Zuber – Intimate Apparel


Outstanding Lighting Design

Isabella Byrd – Sanctuary City

Lap Chi Chu – Morning Sun

Jeff Croiter – Black No More

Stacey Derosier – sandblasted

Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew – Oratorio For Living Things


Outstanding Sound Design

Mikhail Fiksel – Tambo & Bones

Nick Kourtides – Oratorio For Living Things

Fabian Obispo – The Chinese Lady

Mikaal Sulaiman – Sanctuary City

Darron L West – TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992


Outstanding Projection Design

David Bengali and Hana S. Kim – The Visitor

Shawn Duan – Letters of Suresh

Shawn Duan – The Chinese Lady

Yee Eun Nam – Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Caite Hevner – Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord


HONORARY AWARDS

    Lifetime Achievement Award
    Deirdre O’Connell

    Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee
    David Henry Hwang


RECIPIENTS BY SHOW

Kimberly Akimbo (3)

Oratorio For Living Things (3)

Black No More (1)

English (1)

Fairycakes (1)

Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord (1)

Letters of Suresh (1)

On Sugarland (1)

Prayer for the French Republic (1)

Sanctuary City (1)

The Chinese Lady (1)

TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992 (1)


NOMINATIONS BY SHOW

Kimberly Akimbo (6)

Oratorio For Living Things (6)

Black No More (5)

On Sugarland (5)

ASSASSINS (4)

Prayer for the French Republic (4)

The Chinese Lady (4)

TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992 (4)

English (3)

Intimate Apparel (3)

Letters of Suresh (3)

Tambo & Bones (3)

Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord (2)

Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2)

Sanctuary City (2)

The Visitor (2)

At the Wedding (1)

Cheek to Cheek: IRVING BERLIN IN HOLLYWOOD (1)

Coal Country (1)

Confederates (1)

cullud wattah (1)

Fairycakes (1)

LITTLE GIRL BLUE (1)

Morning Sun (1)

Nollywood Dreams (1)

sandblasted (1)

SEVEN DEADLY SINS (1)

Space Dogs (1)

The Alchemist (1)

Trevor: A New Musical (1)