The League of Off-Broadway Theatres & Producers today announced the nominees for the 18th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. On Monday, April 21st there will be a reception for the nominees at Ruth’s Chris Steak House (148 West 51st Street). On Monday, May 5th the awards will be presented at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street) at 7 PM.

Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme tops the list of shows with multiple nominations, receiving six. Avenue Q and Fifth of July follow with five nominations each; Our Lady of 121st Street and Take Me Out each received four nominations.

Dublin Carol
Written by Conor McPherson
Produced by Atlantic Theater Company

Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
Written by Frank McGuinness
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater

Our Lady of 121st Street
Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Produced by John Gould Rubin, Ira Pittelman, Robyn Goodman, Ruth Hendel, Daryl Roth and the LAByrinth Theater Company

Take Me Out
Written by Richard Greenberg
Produced by The Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival and The Donmar Warehouse

Avenue Q
Music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
Book by Jeff Whitty
Based on an original concept by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
Produced by Vineyard Theatre and The New Group

Hank Williams: Lost Highway
by Randal Myler and Mark Harelik
Produced by Manhattan Ensemble Theater

Radiant Baby
Book by Stuart Ross
Music by Debra Barsha
Lyrics by Ira Gasman, Stuart Ross and Debra Barsha
Produced by The Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival

Zanna, Don’t!
Book, music and lyrics by Tim Acito
Additional book and lyrics by Alexander Dinelaris
Produced by Jack M. Dalgleish in association with Stephanie Joel

Burn This
Written by Lanford Wilson
Produced by Signature Theatre Company
Produced by Jack M. Dalgleish in association with Stephanie Joel
Produced by The Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival

Comedians
Written by Trevor Griffiths
Produced by The New Group

Don Juan
Written by Molière
Translated by Christopher Hampton
Produced by Theatre for a New Audience

Fifth of July
Written by Lanford Wilson
Produced by Signature Theatre Company

Jo Bonney; Fifth of July
Philip Seymour Hoffman; Our Lady of 121st Street
Joe Mantello; Take Me Out
Nicholas Martin; Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
Jason Moore; Avenue Q

Ronald K. Brown; Crowns
Martha Clarke; Vienna: Lusthaus (revisited)
Devanand Janki; Zanna, Don’t!
Ken Roberson; Avenue Q
Fatima Robinson; Radiant Baby

Charles Busch; Shanghai Moon
Jim Dale; Comedians
Edward Norton; Burn This
Jason Petty; Hank Williams: Lost Highway
Daniel Sunjata; Take Me Out

Tovah Feldshuh; Golda’s Balcony
S. Epatha Merkerson; Fucking A
Kate Mulgrew; Tea at Five
Pamela Payton-Wright; Fifth of July
Parker Posey; Fifth of July

Walter Bobbie; Polish Joke
Mos Def; Fucking A
Ron Cephas Jones; Our Lady of 121st Street
Denis O’Hare; Take Me Out
Justin Theroux; Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme

Anika Larsen; Zanna, Don’t!
Jan Maxwell; My Old Lady
Nancy Opel; Polish Joke
Portia; Our Lady of 121st Street
Daphne Rubin-Vega; Fucking A

Christopher Akerlind; Don Juan
John Lee Beatty; My Old Lady
Alexander Dodge; Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
Anna Louizos; Avenue Q
Mark Wendland; The World Over

Michael Bottari and Ronald Case; Shanghai Moon
Susan Hilferty; My Life With Albertine
Paul Tazewell; Boston Marriage
Catherine Zuber; Far Away

Christopher Akerlind; Don Juan
Howell Binkley; Radiant Baby
Donald Holder; Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
James F. Ingalls; My Life With Albertine
James Vermeulen; Fifth of July

Paul Arditti; Far Away
Mark Bennett; Golda’s Balcony
Brett Jarvis; Avenue Q
Jerry Yager; Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme

Outstanding Lifetime Achievement
Stephen Sondheim

Outstanding Body of Work
Vineyard Theatre

Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence
Marian Seldes

Unique Theatrical Experience
The Exonerated
Written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
Produced by The Culture Project, Dede Harris, Morton Swinsky, Bob Balaban, Harit Allan Buchman in association with Patrick Blake and David Elliott, Jane Bergère, Ruth Hendel and Cheryl Wiesenfeld