34TH ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS
Classic Stage Company’s “Carmen Jones” Leads with 4 Awards, Including Outstanding Revival and Lead Actress in a Musical for Anika Noni Rose
Outstanding Musical is Ars Nova’s “Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future” and Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3’s “Pass Over” Wins Outstanding Play
The 2019 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were handed out this evening to recipients in 19 categories, with one special award and three honorary awards also bestowed. The Lortel Awards were distributed in a ceremony at NYU Skirball Center hosted by Drama Desk Award-nominated writer and performer of The New One, Mike Birbiglia. The Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by the Off-Broadway League by special arrangement with the Lucille Lortel Theatre Foundation. Additional support is provided by TDF.
Classic Stage Company’s Carmen Jones, with Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Music by Georges Bizet led the pack earning four awards. Outstanding Play went to Lincoln Center Theater/ LCT3’s Pass Over, which also earned Gabriel Ebert the award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play. Ars Nova’s Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future took home the award for Outstanding Musical, while Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s FLEABAG was awarded Outstanding Solo Show.
This year’s Voting Committee chose to present the award for Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience to Irish Repertory Theatre’s On Beckett. Special honorees this year included Telsey + Company for Outstanding Body of Work Award; María Irene Fornés was posthumously inducted onto the Playwrights’ Sidewalk; and Off-Broadway League President Terry Byrne was recognized with the Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway Award.
Award presenters this year included Annaleigh Ashford, Stephanie J. Block, Charles Busch, Reeve Carney, Jeff Daniels, Jeremy O. Harris, Caitlin Kinnunen, Leslie Kritzer, Beth Leavel, Judith Light, Bonnie Milligan, Tim Blake Nelson, Patrick Page, Jeremy Pope, Lily Rabe, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Alice Ripley, Will Roland, Stephanie Styles, Ephraim Sykes, Sergio Trujillo, and Brandon Uranowitz.
2019 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS NOMINATIONS AND RECIPIENTS
Outstanding Play
Mlima’s Tale
Produced by The Public Theater
Written by Lynn Nottage
Pass Over
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3
Written by Antoinette Nwandu
Slave Play
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop
Written by Jeremy O. Harris
Sugar In Our Wounds
Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club
Written by Donja R. Love
What The Constitution Means To Me
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop
Written by Heidi Schreck
Outstanding Musical
Be More Chill
Produced by Gerald Goehring, Michael F. Mitri, Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Marc David Levine, Marlene and Gary Cohen, 42nd.club, The Baruch Frankel Viertel Group, Alisa and Charlie Thorne, Jenny Niederhoffer, Chris Blasting/Simpson & Longthorne, Brad Blume/Gemini Theatrical, Jonathan Demar/Kim Vasquez, Ben Holtzman and Sammy Lopez, Koenigsberg/Federman/Adler, Ashlee Latimer and Jenna Ushkowitz, Jenn Maley and Cori Stolbun, Robert and Joan Rechnitz, Fred and Randi Sternfeld, YesBroadway Productions, in association with Two River Theater
Music and Lyrics by Joe Iconis, Book by Joe Tracz
Girl from the North Country
Produced by The Public Theater
Book by Conor McPherson, Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan
Midnight at The Never Get
Produced by The York Theatre Company by arrangement with Visceral Entertainment and Mark Cortale Productions, Nathaniel Granor, Jeff G. Peters, Daryl Roth, Megan Savage
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Mark Sonnenblick, Co-Conceived by Sam Bolen
Miss You Like Hell
Produced by The Public Theater
Book and Lyrics by Quiara Alegría Hudes, Music and Lyrics by Erin McKeown
Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future
Produced by Ars Nova
Written by Andrew R. Butler
Outstanding Revival
Carmen Jones
Produced by Classic Stage Company, Alan D. and Barbara Marks, Eric Falkenstein, and Covent Garden Productions
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, with Music by Georges Bizet
Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine
Produced by Signature Theatre
Written by Lynn Nottage
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF IN YIDDISH
Produced by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Paul & Rodica Burg, UJA-Federation of New York, Stanley & Marion Bergman Family Charitable Fund, The David Berg Foundation, Paul & Peggy Bernstein, Mark & Audrey Mlotek, Mark E. Seitelman Law Offices, in association with Esti & Barry Brahver and Sheila Nevins
Book by Joseph Stein, Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, Translation by Shraga Friedman
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Produced by Wheelhouse Theater Company
Written by Kurt Vonnegut
The Shadow of a Gunman
Produced by Irish Repertory Theatre
Written by Sean O’Casey
Outstanding Solo Show
Feeding the Dragon
Produced by Primary Stages in association with Jamie deRoy and Hartford Stage
Written and Performed by Sharon Washington
FLEABAG
Produced by Annapurna Theatre, Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, Skye Optican, Kevin Emrick, David Luff & Patrick Myles, Barbara Broccoli, Patrick Catullo, Diana DiMenna, Daryl Roth, Eric Schnall, Jayne Baron Sherman, DryWrite, Soho Theatre
Written and Performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Girls & Boys
Produced by Audible and The Royal Court Theatre
Written by Dennis Kelly
Performed by Carey Mulligan
Mike Birbiglia’s The New One
Produced by Joseph Birbiglia, Mike Lavoie, and Rebecca Crigler
Written and Performed by Mike Birbiglia, Additional Writing by Jennifer Hope Stein
My Life On a Diet
Produced by Julian Schlossberg, Morris S. Levy, Rodger Hess, Harold Newman, Jim Fantaci, Andrew Tobias, and Ronald Glazer/Sabrina Hutt
Written by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna
Performed by Renée Taylor
Outstanding Director
Lileana Blain-Cruz, Marys Seacole
Jo Bonney, Mlima’s Tale
John Doyle, Carmen Jones
Lee Sunday Evans, Dance Nation
Joel Grey, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF IN YIDDISH
Outstanding Choreographer
Lee Sunday Evans, Dance Nation
Raja Feather Kelly, If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka
Rick and Jeff Kuperman, Alice By Heart
Lorin Latarro, Merrily We Roll Along
Susan Stroman, THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
Juan Castano, Transfers
Russell Harvard, I Was Most Alive with You
Jon Michael Hill, Pass Over
Sahr Ngaujah, Mlima’s Tale
Tom Sturridge, Sea Wall/A Life
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play
Ako, God Said This
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Marys Seacole
Marin Ireland, Blue Ridge
Zainab Jah, Boesman and Lena
Charlayne Woodard, “Daddy”
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Ato Blankson-Wood, Slave Play
Marchánt Davis, Ain’t No Mo’
Gabriel Ebert, Pass Over
ohn Procaccino, Downstairs
Matt Walker, THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Our Lady of 121st Street
Stephanie Berry, Sugar In Our Wounds
Blair Brown, Mary Page Marlowe
Crystal Lucas-Perry, Ain’t No Mo’
Danielle Skraastad, Hurricane Diane
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical
Sam Bolen, Midnight at The Never Get
Andrew R. Butler, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future
Jeremy Cohen, Midnight at The Never Get
Clifton Duncan, Carmen Jones
Steven Skybell, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF IN YIDDISH
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical
Kate Baldwin, Superhero
Gizel Jiménez, Miss You Like Hell
Anika Noni Rose, Carmen Jones
Stacey Sargeant, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future
Mare Winningham, Girl from the North Country
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
John Edwards, Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller
Sydney James Harcourt, Girl from the North Country
Bryce Pinkham, Superhero
George Salazar, Be More Chill
Heath Saunders, Alice By Heart
Outstanding Scenic Design
Wilson Chin, Pass Over
Charlie Corcoran, The Shadow of a Gunman
Nigel Hook, THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
Laura Jellinek, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future
Arnulfo Maldonado, Sugar In Our Wounds
Outstanding Costume Design
Dede Ayite, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Montana Levi Blanco, The House That Will Not Stand
Jennifer Moeller, Mlima’s Tale
Kaye Voyce, Marys Seacole
Paloma Young, Alice By Heart
Outstanding Lighting Design
Amith Chandrashaker, Boesman and Lena
Lap Chi Chu, Mlima’s Tale
Bradley King, Apologia
Barbara Samuels, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future
Yi Zhao, The House That Will Not Stand
Outstanding Sound Design
Matt Hubbs, Boesman and Lena
Dan Moses Schreier, Carmen Jones
Jane Shaw, I Was Most Alive with You
Mikaal Sulaiman, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future
Isobel Waller-Bridge, FLEABAG
Outstanding Projection Design
Katherine Freer, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Luke Halls, Girls & Boys
Alex Basco Koch, Be More Chill
Alex Basco Koch, Fireflies
Tal Yarden, Superhero
SPECIAL AWARD
Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience
On Beckett
Produced by Irish Repertory Theatre
Exploring the Works of Samuel Beckett, Conceived by Bill Irwin
HONORARY AWARDS
Outstanding Body of Work
Telsey + Company
Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee
María Irene Fornés
Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway Award
Terry Byrne
Award Recipients by Show
Carmen Jones (4)
Alice by Heart (2)
Pass Over (2)
Ain’t No Mo (1)
Be More Chill (1)
Dance Nation (1)
Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish (1)
Fleabag (1)
The House That Will Not Stand (1)
Marys Seacole (1)
Mlima’s Tale (1)
Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future (1)
Sugar in Our Wounds (1)
Superhero (1)
Transfers (1)
NOMINATIONS BY SHOW
Carmen Jones (6)
Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future (6)
Mlima’s Tale (5)
Be More Chill (4)
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF IN YIDDISH (4)
Girl from the North Country (4)
Pass Over (4)
Alice By Heart (3)
Boesman and Lena (3)
Marys Seacole (3)
Midnight at The Never Get (3)
Sugar In Our Wounds (3)
Superhero (3)
Ain’t No Mo’ (2)
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (2)
Dance Nation (2)
FLEABAG (2)
Girls & Boys (2)
I Was Most Alive with You (2)
Miss You Like Hell (2)
Shadow of a Gunman (2)
Slave Play (2)
Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller (2)
The House That Will Not Stand (2)
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (2)
“Daddy” (1)
Apologia (1)
Blue Ridge (1)
Downstairs (1)
Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine (1)
Feeding the Dragon (1)
Fireflies (1)
God Said This (1)
Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1)
Hurricane Diane (1)
If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka (1)
Mary Page Marlowe (1)
Merrily We Roll Along (1)
Mike Birbiglia’s The New One (1)
My Life On a Diet (1)
On Beckett (1)
Our Lady of 121st Street (1)
Sea Wall/A Life (1)
THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE (1)
Transfers (1)
What The Constitution Means To Me (1)