THE LEAGUE OF OFF-BROADWAY THEATRES AND PRODUCERS today presented THE 22nd ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OFF-BROADWAY at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street).

Bebe Neuwirth and Bobby Cannavale served as Masters of Ceremonies. Among the presenters were Patricia Heaton, John Fugelsang, MoRocca, Lois Smith, Roger Rees, Veanne Cox, Michele Pawk, John Ortiz, Baayork Lee, Heather Goldenhersh, John Glover, and Tom Jones (The Fantasticks).

The 2007 Lucille Lortel Awards nominating/voting committee is appointed by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres & Producers, the Lucille Lortel Foundation, Actors’ Equity Association, Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers, and also includes journalists, educators, and other Off-Broadway theatre professionals.

Awarded since 1986, the Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by the League by special arrangement with the Lucille Lortel Foundation.

Additional support provided by Theatre Development Fund.

Support was also provided by Stage Entertainment, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Ketel One Vodka, Pepper Bridge Winery, Time Out New York, HX Magazine & The New York Blade, and Telecharge.com.

2007 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS NOMINATIONS AND RECIPIENTS

Outstanding Play

    The Busy World Is Hushed

    Written by Keith Bunin

    Produced by Playwrights Horizons

    Dying City

    Written by Christopher Shinn

    Produced by Lincoln Center Theater

    Indian Blood

    Written by A.R. Gurney

    Produced by Primary Stages

    Stuff Happens

    Written by David Hare

    Produced by The Public Theater
Outstanding Musical

    Gutenberg! The Musical!

    Written by Scott Brown and Anthony King

    Produced by Trevor Brown, Ron Kastner, Terry Allen Kramer, Joseph Smith, in association with Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

    In the Heights

    Book by Quiara Alegría Hudes

    Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

    Produced by Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, and Jill Furman

    Spring Awakening

    Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater

    Music by Duncan Sheik

    Produced by Atlantic Theater Company, in association with Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman

    Striking 12

    Book, Music and Lyrics by Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin, and Valerie Vigoda

    Produced by Nancy Nagel Gibbs and Greg Schaffert, in association with Mark Johannes and Amy Danis


Outstanding Revival

    King Hedley II

    By August Wilson

    Produced by Signature Theatre Company

    Landscape of the Body

    By John Guare

    Produced by Signature Theatre Company

    Two Trains Running

    By August Wilson

    Produced by Signature Theatre Company

    The Voysey Inheritance

    By Harley Granville-Barker

    Adapted by David Mamet

    Produced by Atlantic Theater Company


Outstanding Solo Show

    ¡El Conquistador!

    Written by Thaddeus Phillips and Tatiana Mallarino in collaboration with Victor Mallarino

    Produced by New York Theatre Workshop

    Performed by Thaddeus Phillips

    No Child…

    Written and Performed by Nilaja Sun

    Produced by Scott Morfee, Tom Wirtshafter and Epic Theatre Center

    Wrecks

    Written by Neil LaBute

    Produced by The Public Theater

    Performed by Ed Harris


Outstanding Director

Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening

PJ Paparelli, columbinus

Derrick Sanders, King Hedley II

Daniel Sullivan, Stuff Happens

David Warren, The Voysey Inheritance


Outstanding Choreographer

Hinton Battle, Evil Dead the Musical

Andy Blankenbuehler, In the Heights

Devanand Janki, Henry and Mudge

Bill T. Jones, Spring Awakening


Outstanding Lead Actor

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Goes Boating

Russell Hornsby, King Hedley II

Peter Francis James, Stuff Happens 

Lee Pace, Guardians

Michael Stuhlbarg, The Voysey Inheritance


Outstanding Lead Actress

Rebecca Brooksher, Dying City

Jill Clayburgh, The Busy World Is Hushed

Patricia Heaton, The Scene

Gloria Reuben, Stuff Happens 

Laila Robins, Sore Throats


Outstanding Featured Actor

Arthur French, Two Trains Running

David Greenspan, Some Men

Ron Cephas Jones, Two Trains Running

Robert Sella, Stuff Happens

Harris Yulin, Frank’s Home


Outstanding Featured Actress

Anna Camp, The Scene

Mamie Gummer, The Water’s Edge

Nina Hellman, The Internationalist

Michele Ragusa, Adrift in Macao

Sherie Rene Scott, Landscape of the Body


Outstanding Scenic Design

David Korins, Jack Goes Boating

Eugene Lee, The Hairy Ape

Anna Louizos, In the Heights

Derek McLane, The Voysey Inheritance

Allen Moyer, The Busy World is Hushed


Outstanding Costume Design

Gregory Gale, The Milliner

Gregory Gale, The Voysey Inheritance

Susan Hilferty, Spring Awakening

Willa Kim, Adrift in Macao

Valerie Marcus Ramshur, Victoria Martin: Math Team Queen


Outstanding Lighting Design

Kevin Adams, Some Men

Kevin Adams, Spring Awakening

Christopher Akerlind, KAOS

Jeff Croiter, The Internationalist

Japhy Weideman, Jack Goes Boating


Outstanding Sound Design

John Collins, David Herskovits, and Tim Schellenbaum, Faust

Martin Desjardins, columbinus

Robert Kaplowitz, The Internationalist

Brian Ronan, Spring Awakening

Eric Shim, Essential Self-Defense


HONORARY AWARDS

    Lifetime Achievement Award
    Kevin Kline

    Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee
    Christopher Durang

    Outstanding Body of Work
    Classical Theatre of Harlem

    Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence
    Rick Sordelet

    Special Award
    Actors Fund Of America