The League of Off-Broadway Theaters & Producers today announced the recipients for the 17th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway, which will be held on Monday, May 6th at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street) at 7 PM. A reception will follow at Bryant Park Grill (25 West 40th Street). Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, who will be appearing at the Flea Theatre in THE GUYS (May 1 through May 8), will serve as hosts.  Among the presenters (confirmed at this time) are Bobby Canavalle (”100 Centre Street,” “Ally McBeal,” “Third Watch”) and Mercedes Ruehl. 

The Lucille Lortel Awards 2002 nominating/voting committee includes representatives of the Off-Broadway League, the Lucille Lortel Foundation, Actors’ Equity Association, Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers, journalists, educators, and other artistic contributors to Off-Broadway.

The League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers created these Awards in recognition of Lucille Lortel’s tireless devotion to Off-Broadway. Awarded annually since 1986, the Lortel Awards are produced by the League in association with the Lucille Lortel Foundation.  Additional support is provided by Theatre Development Fund.

2002 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS NOMINATIONS AND RECIPIENTS

Outstanding Play

The Carpetbagger’s Children by Horton Foote (Lincoln Center Theater)

The Dazzle by Richard Greenberg (Roundabout Theatre Company)

Homebody/Kabul by Tony Kushner (New York Theatre Workshop)

Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman (Second Stage Theatre)

The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute (Susan Quint Gallin, Sandy Gallin, Stuart Thompson, Ben Sprecher, USA/OSTAR Theatricals)


Outstanding Musical

    Dragapella!

    by The Kinsey Sicks

    with original music and lyrics by Ben Schatz

    (Ben Schatz, Irwin Keller, Maurice Kelly, Chris Dilley, in association with Maria DiDia, Executive Producer)

    The Last 5 Years

    by Jason Robert Brown

    (Arielle Tepper, Marty Bell in association with Libby Adler Mages/Mari Glick, Rose/Land Productions)

    tick, tick… BOOM!

    Book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson

    (Victoria Leacock, Robyn Goodman, and Dede Harris, Lorie Cowen Levy, Beth Smith)

    Urinetown

    Music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann

    Book and lyrics by Greg Kotis

    (The Araca Group and Dodger Theatricals, in association with TheaterDreams Inc. and Lauren Mitchell)
Outstanding Revival

    Crimes of the Heart

    by Beth Henley

    (Second Stage Theatre)

    Cymbeline

    by William Shakespeare

    (Theatre for a New Audience)

    Hobson’s Choice

    by Harold Brighouse

    (Atlantic Theatre Company)

    Pirates of Penzance

    by W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan

    Adapted by Michael Scheman and Steven Gross

    (On Deck Entertainment, Brett Singer & Diane Krausz)


Outstanding Director

John Rando (Urinetown)

Bartlett Sher (Cymbeline)

Mark Wing-Davey (36 Views)

Mary Zimmerman (Metamorphoses)


Outstanding Choreographer

John Carrafa (Urinetown)

Tony Parise (Pirates of Penzance)

Tony Stevens (The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged))


Outstanding Actor

Norbert Leo Butz (The Last 5 Years)

Hunter Foster (Urinetown)

Peter Frechette (The Dazzle)

Reg Rogers (The Dazzle)

Jeffrey Wright (Topdog/Underdog)


Outstanding Actress

Ruby Dee (Saint Lucy’s Eyes)

Linda Emond (Homebody/Kabul)

Martha Plimpton (Hobson’s Choice)

Phylicia Rashad (Blue)

Elaine Stritch (Elaine Stritch At Liberty)


Outstanding Featured Actor

David Aaron Baker (Hobson’s Choice)

Keith Nobbs (Four )

Andrew Weems (Cymbeline)

Frederick Weller (The Shape of Things)

Isiah Whitlock, Jr. (Four)


Outstanding Featured Actress

Spencer Kayden (Urinetown)

Gretchen Mol (The Shape of Things)

Amy Sedaris (Wonder of The World)

Robin Weigert (Madame Melville)

Kathleen Widdoes (Franny’s Way)


Outstanding Scenic Design

David Gallo (Wonder of the World)

Allen Moyer (The Dazzle)

Daniel Ostling (Metamorphoses)

Scott Pask (Urinetown)

Douglas Stein (36 Views)


Outstanding Costume Design

Jonathan Bixby and Gregory Gale (Urinetown)

Mara Blumenfeld (Metamorphoses)

Susan Hilferty and Linda Ross (Franny’s Way)

Bob Miller and Steven Howard (Dragapella!)

Elizabeth Caitlin Ward (Cymbeline)


Outstanding Lighting Design

TJ Gerckens (Metamorphoses)

Traci Klainer (Four)

Brian MacDevitt (Urinetown)

David Weiner (36 Views)


Outstanding Sound Design

Brett Jarvis and David A. Gilman (Brutal Imagination)

Scott Lehrer (Franny’s Way)

Andre Pluess and Ben Sussman (Metamorphoses)

Dan Moses Schreier (Homebody/Kabul)


HONORARY AWARDS

    Outstanding Lifetime Achievement
    Edward Albee

    Outstanding Body of Work
    Second Stage Theatre

    Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence
    Ruby Dee

    Unique Theatrical Experience
    Elaine Stritch At Liberty

    Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee(s)
    Romulus Linney


RECIPIENTS BY SHOW

Metamorphoses (3)

Cymbeline  (2)

Franny’s Way (2)

Urinetown (2)