2012 Nominees

Previous Nominees and Recipients 2012 Nominations by Category  |  2012 Nominations by Show  |  2012 Multiple Lucille Lortel Awards Recipients 2012 Nominations by Category Outstanding Play   Blood and Gifts - Produced by Lincoln Center Theater; Written by J. T. Rogers   Milk Like Sugar - Produced by Playwrights Horizons and Women's Project Theater; Written by Kirsten Greenidge   Sons of the Prophet - Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company; Written by Stephen Karam     The Big Meal - Produced by Playwrights Horizons; Written by Dan LeFranc   The School For Lies - Produced by Classic Stage Company; Written by David Ives     Outstanding Musical Once - Produced by New York Theatre Workshop; Book by Enda Walsh, Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová   Queen of the Mist - Produced by Transport Group; Words and Music by Michael John LaChiusa   SILENCE! The Musical - Produced by Victoria Lang, Rich Affannato, Donna Trinkoff in association with Scott Kirschenbaum, Theater Mogul, Kitefliers Studio, Terry Schnuck and John Arthur Pinckard; Music and Lyrics by Jon Kaplan and Al Kaplan, Book by Hunter Bell, Adapted from the screenplay Silence! The Musical by Jon and Al Kaplan     The Blue Flower - Produced by Second Stage Theatre ; By Jim Bauer and Ruth Bauer     The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World - Produced by Playwrights Horizons and New York Theatre Workshop; Book by Joy Gregory, Music by Gunnar Madsen, Lyrics by Joy Gregory and Gunnar Madsen, Story by Joy Gregory, Gunnar Madsen, and John Langs       Outstanding Revival Blood Knot - Produced by Signature Theatre; Written by Athol Fugard   Edward Albee's The Lady from Dubuque - Produced by Signature Theatre; Written by Edward Albee   Look Back in Anger - Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company; Written by John Osborne   The Cherry Orchard - Produced by Classic Stage Company; Written by Anton Chekhov , Translated by John Christopher Jones The Maids - Produced by Red Bull Theater; Written by Jean Genet, Translated by Bernard Frechtman       Outstanding Solo Show An Iliad - Produced by New York Theatre Workshop; Written by Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson; Performed by Denis O'Hare and Stephen Spinella; Based on Homer's The Iliad translated by Robert Fagles     The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith - Produced by Penguin Rep Theatre and Edmund Gaynes in association with Lizanne and Don Mitchell; Written by Angelo Parra; Performed by Miche Braden     Outstanding Director Jo Bonney, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark   David Cromer, Tribes   Sam Gold, Look Back in Anger   Sam Gold, The Big Meal   John Tiffany, Once       Outstanding Choreographer Chase Brock, The Blue Flower   Bill Castellino, Ionescopade     Christopher Gattelli, SILENCE! The Musical   Steven Hoggett, Once   Annie-­-B Parson, The Broken Heart     Outstanding Lead Actor Santino Fontana, Sons of the Prophet     Russell Harvard, Tribes     Hamish Linklater, The School For Lies   Jefferson Mays, Blood and Gifts     Jay O. Sanders, Titus Andronicus     Outstanding Lead Actress Sanaa Lathan, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark   Cristin Milioti, Once     Carey Mulligan, Through a Glass Darkly     Molly Ranson, Carrie     Mary Testa, Queen of the Mist       Outstanding Featured Actor   David Wilson Barnes, The Big Meal   Adam Driver, Look Back in Anger   Alvin Epstein, The Cherry Orchard     Peter Francis James, Edward Albee's The Lady from Dubuque   Jeff Perry, Tribes       Outstanding Featured Actress   Anita Gillette, The Big Meal   Kimberly Hébert Gregory, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark     Marin Mazzie, Carrie   Tonya Pinkins, Milk Like Sugar Mare Winningham, Tribes       Outstanding Scenic Design   Bob Crowley, Once   Lauren Helpern, 4000 Miles   Andrew Lieberman, Look Back in Anger     Adrianne Lobel, Galileo     David Zinn, The Select (The Sun Also Rises)       Outstanding Costume Design ESosa, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark     Toni-­-Leslie James, Milk Like Sugar     William Ivey Long, The School For Lies     Ilona Somogyi, Maple and Vine     Catherine Zuber, Death Takes a Holiday       Outstanding Lighting Design Natasha Katz , Once     Keith Parham, Tribes   Justin Townsend, Unnatural Acts   David Weiner, Through a Glass Darkly     Scott Zielinski, An Iliad       Outstanding Sound Design Mark Bennett, An Iliad     Clive Goodwin, Once     Daniel Kluger, Tribes   Matt Tierney and Ben Williams, The Select (The Sun Also Rises)     David Van Tieghem, Through a Glass Darkly                                                       [back to top]     2012 Nominations By Show                 Once (7 Nominations) Outstanding Musical     Outstanding Director   Outstanding Choreographer     Outstanding Lead Actress     Outstanding Scenic Design   Outstanding Lighting Design   Outstanding Sound Design     Tribes (6 Nominations)   Outstanding Director     Outstanding Lead Actor   Outstanding Featured Actor   Outstanding Featured Actress     Outstanding Lighting Design   Outstanding Sound Design       By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (4 Nominations)   Outstanding Director   Outstanding Lead Actress     Outstanding Featured Actress   Outstanding Costume Design     Look Back in Anger (4 Nominations)   Outstanding Revival     Outstanding Director   Outstanding Featured Actor   Outstanding Scenic Design     The Big Meal (4 Nominations) Outstanding Play   Outstanding Director   Outstanding Featured Actor   Outstanding Featured Actress     An Iliad (3 Nominations) Outstanding Solo Show   Outstanding Lighting Design   Outstanding Sound Design       Milk Like Sugar (3 Nominations)   Outstanding Play   Outstanding Featured Actress   Outstanding Costume Design     The School For Lies (3 Nominations) Outstanding Play     Outstanding Lead Actor     Outstanding Costume Design     Through a Glass Darkly (3 Nominations)   Outstanding Lead Actress   Outstanding Lighting Design     Outstanding Sound Design       Blood and Gifts (2 Nominations)   Outstanding Play   Outstanding Lead Actor       Carrie (2 Nominations)   Outstanding Lead Actress     Outstanding Featured Actress       Edward Albee's The Lady from Dubuque (2 Nominations)   Outstanding Revival   Outstanding Featured Actor       Queen of the Mist (2 Nominations)   Outstanding Musical     Outstanding Lead Actress       SILENCE! The Musical (2 Nominations) Outstanding Musical   Outstanding Choreographer       Sons of the Prophet (2 Nominations) Outstanding Play   Outstanding Lead Actor     The Blue Flower (2 Nominations) Outstanding Musical   Outstanding Choreographer     The Cherry Orchard (2 Nominations) Outstanding Revival   Outstanding Featured Actor     The Select (The Sun Also Rises) (2 Nominations)   Outstanding Scenic Design   Outstanding Sound Design     4000 Miles (1 Nomination) Outstanding Scenic Design     Blood Knot (1 Nomination) Outstanding Revival     Death Takes a Holiday (1 Nomination) Outstanding Costume Design       Galileo (1 Nomination) Outstanding Scenic Design     Ionescopade (1 Nomination) Outstanding Choreographer     Maple and Vine (1 Nomination) Outstanding Costume Design     The Broken Heart  (1 Nomination)   Outstanding Choreographer     The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith  (1 Nomination) Outstanding Solo Show     The Maids (1 Nomination) Outstanding Revival       The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World  (1 Nomination) Outstanding Musical     Titus Andronicus (1 Nomination) Outstanding Lead Actor     Unnatural Acts (1 Nomination) Outstanding Lighting Design     Voca People Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience         [back to top]     2012 Multiple Lucille Lortel Awards Recipients Once 3 By the Way, Meet Vera Stark 2 Sons of the Prophet 2 4000 Miles 1 An Iliad 1 Look Back in Anger 1 Milk Like Sugar 1 The Big Meal 1 The Cherry Orchard 1 The Select (The Sun Also Rises) 1 Through a Glass Darkly 1