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2001 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS NOMINATIONS AND RECIPIENTS

Outstanding Play

Jitney
Written by August Wilson
Produced by Second Stage Theatre

The Play About the Baby
Written by Edward Albee
Produced by Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Daryl Roth, Terry Allen Kramer, Fifty Second Street Productions, Robert Bartner, Stanley Kaufel

Proof
Written by David Auburn
Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club

Ten Unknowns
Written by Jon Robin Baitz
Produced by Lincoln Center Theatre

The Unexpected Man
Written by Yasmina Reza
Produced by Julian Schlossberg, Ben Sprecher, Ted Tulchin, William P. Miller

Outstanding Musical

American Rhapsody: A New Musical Revue
Book by Ruth Leon, KT Sullivan and Mark Nadler
Music by George Gershwin
Produced by Louise Westergaard, Stephen Downey, Peter Martin

Bat Boy: The Musical
Book by Keythe Farley and Brian Fleming
Music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe
Produced by Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Riot Entertainment, Robyn Goodman, Jean Doumanian, Michael Alden

The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin
Book, music and lyrics by Kirsten Childs
Produced by Playwrights Horizons

Newyorkers
Music by Stephen Weiner
Lyrics by Glenn Slater
Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club

Suburb
Book by David Javerbaum
Music by Robert S. Cohen
Lyrics by David Javerbaum and Robert S. Cohen
Produced by York Theatre Company

Outstanding Revival

for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf
Written by Ntozake Shange
Produced by DIA Theatrical, Inc.

Juno and the Paycock
Written by Sean O’Casey
Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company

Tiny Alice
Written by Edward Albee
Produced by Second Stage Theatre

What the Butler Saw
Written by Joe Orton
Produced by The New Group

Outstanding Director

Mark Brokaw, Lobby Hero
Michael Greif, Dogeaters
Simon McBurney, Mnemonic
Marion McClinton, Jitney
Daniel Sullivan, Proof

Outstanding Choreographer

A.C. Ciulla, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin
Christopher Gattelli, Bat Boy: The Musical
Daniel Pelzig, Newyorkers
Donald Saddler, American Rhapsody: A New Musical Revue
Maria Torres, 4 Guys Named Jose…And Una Mujer Named Maria!

Outstanding Lead Actress

Eileen Atkins, The Unexpected Man
Janie Dee, Comic Potential
Mary Beth Fisher, Boy Gets Girl
Mary-Louise Parker, Proof
Marian Seldes, The Play About the Baby

Outstanding Lead Actor

Alan Bates, The Unexpected Man
Glenn Fitzgerald, Lobby Hero
Deven May, Bat Boy: The Musical
Brian Murray, The Play About the Baby
Donald Sutherland, Ten Unknowns

Outstanding Featured Actress

Johanna Day, Proof
Randy Graff, A Class Act
Julianna Margulies, Ten Unknowns
Julia Murney, Time and Again
Ching Valdes-Aran, Dogeaters

Outstanding Featured Actor

Tate Donovan, Lobby Hero
Dion Graham, Lobby Hero
Justin Kirk, Ten Unknowns
Alec Mapa, Dogeaters
Howard Witt, Boy Gets Girl

Outstanding Scenic Design

John Arnone, Tiny Alice
John Lee Beatty, Proof
Ralph Funicello, Ten Unknowns
David Gallo, Jitney
Mark Thompson, The Unexpected Man

Outstanding Costume Design

Jane Greenwood, Old Money
Susan Hilferty, Jitney
Constance Hoffman, Tiny Alice
Fabio Toblini, Bat Boy: The Musical
David Woolard, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin

Outstanding Lighting Design

Betsey Adams/Martha Swetzoff, The Laramie Project
Paul Anderson, Mnemonic
Pat Collins, Proof
Donald Holder, Jitney
Hugh Vanstone, The Unexpected Man

Outstanding Sound Design

Mark Bennett/Michael Creason, Dogeaters
David Bullard/Mic Pool, The Unexpected Man
T. Richard Fitzgerald, 4 Guys Named Jose…And Una Mujer Named Maria!
Robert Milburn, Jitney
Christopher Shutt, Mnemonic

HONORARY AWARDS

Outstanding Lifetime Achievement
Kitty Carlisle Hart

Outstanding Body of Work
New York Theatre Workshop

Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence
Lanford Wilson

Unique Theatrical Experience
Mnemonic
Written by Simon McBurney
Produced by Thomas Viertel, Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Dede Harris, Lorie Cowen Levy, Timothy Childs, Herb Goldsmith, Libby Adler Mages, Mari Glich, Margo Lion

RECIPIENTS BY SHOW

Mnemonic (3)
Proof (3)
Bat Boy: The Musical (2)
Ten Unknowns (2)

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