HERE LIES LOVE and NATASHA, PIERRE... Lead 2014 Lortel Awards Nominations for Off-Broadway; Full List!
By: Robert Diamond Apr. 01, 2014
The Off-Broadway League today announced nominations in 18 categories and one special award for the 2014 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. The Lortel Awards will be handed out on Sunday, May 4, 2014 at NYU Skirball Center beginning at 7:00pm EST, and hosted by acclaimed husband and wife actors and comedians, Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman. This year's event will once again benefit The Actors Fund.
This year's nominations saw a record-breaking eleven nominations go to both The Public Theater's Here Lies Love and critically praised musical Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. The most nominations earned previously was eight each for Urinetown in 2002 and Abigail's Party in 2006.
This year Richard Nelson will be honored with induction onto the famed Playwrights' Sidewalk in front of the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Nelson has had a long and illustrious career both on Broadway and Off, and previously won a Lortel Award in 2000 for Outstanding Musical for James Joyce's The Dead. The Playwrights' Sidewalk is New York's only permanent monument to the great Playwrights whose work has been performed Off-Broadway.
Today's honorees join previously announced special award recipient Robyn Goodman, who will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
A cocktail reception honoring the nominees will take place on Monday, April 21, from 5:00 - 7:00pm EST at The Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 W. 42nd Street (between 9th & 10th Aves).
The Off-Broadway League's Lortel Awards Producing & Administration Committee (Terry Byrne, Dean Carpenter, Denise Cooper, Margaret Cotter, George Forbes, Michael Page, Catherine Russell and Steven Showalter) produces the Lortel Awards ceremony. Acclaimed writer/director Michael Heitzman returns to direct the Lortel Awards for the fifth consecutive year. The Lucille Lortel Awards is produced by special arrangement with the Lucille Lortel Foundation. Additional support provided by Theatre Development Fund.
Representatives of the Off-Broadway League, Actors' Equity Association, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, the Lucille Lortel Foundation, in addition to theatre journalists and academics and other Off-Broadway professionals, serve on the Voting Committee.
Members of the general public are again welcome to view the 7:00pm ceremony. Public tickets are $75.00 and will be available starting April 2, 2014, via phone at 212.352.3101, online at www.nyuskirball.org and in person at the Skirball Center's Shagan Box Office (556 LaGuardia) from Tuesday - Sunday from 12 - 6pm.
For updates and news about the ceremony, hosts, presents and media releases, visit www.LortelAwards.org. Follow the Lortel Awards on Twitter at https://twitter.com/LortelAwards and like the awards on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/LortelAwards.com.
2014 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS NOMINATIONS
Outstanding Play
Bad Jews Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company, Written by Joshua Harmon
Domesticated, Produced by Lincoln Center Theater, Written by Bruce Norris
The Night Alive, Produced by Atlantic Theater Company, Written by Conor McPherson
The Open House, Produced by Signature Theatre, Written by Will Eno
Outstanding Musical
Fun Home, Produced by The Public Theater, Music by Jeanine Tesori, Book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron, Based on the Alison Bechdel book
Here Lies Love, Produced by The Public Theater, Concept and Lyrics by David Byrne, Music by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, Additional Music by Tom Ganey and J Pardo
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Produced by Howard & Janet Kagan, Paula Marie Black, John Logan, Lisa Matlin, Daveed Frazier, Tom Smedes, Vertical Ent./Roman Gambourg/Lev Gelfer, Written by Dave Malloy
What's It All About, Produced by New York Theatre Workshop, Music by Burt Bacharach, Lyrics by Hal David and Others, Conceived by Kyle Riabko and David Lane Seltzer
Outstanding Revival
Good Person of Szechwan, Produced by The Public Theater and The Foundry Theatre, Written by Bertolt Brecht, Translation by John Willett
Hand to God, Produced by MCC Theater, Written by Robert Askins
London Wall, Produced by Mint Theater Company, Written by John van Druten
The Model Apartment, Produced by Primary Stages, Written by Donald Margulies
The Weir, Produced by The Irish Repertory Theatre, Written by Conor McPherson
Outstanding Solo Show
Buyer & Cellar, Produced by Darren Bagert, Dan Shaheen, Ted Snowdon, Daryl Roth, Martin Massman, Pat Flicker Addiss,Doug Nevin, Joan Raffe & Jhett Tolentino, Andrew Tobias, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater,Written by Jonathan Tolins - Performed by Michael Urie
How I Learned What I Learned, Produced by Signature Theatre, Written by August Wilson, Co-conceived with Todd Kreidler, in collaboration with Ruben-Santiago Hudson Performed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Satchmo at the Waldorf, Produced by Long Wharf Theatre, Shakespeare and Company, Scott and Roxanne Bok, Roz and Jerry Meyer, Ronald Guttman, Shadowcatcher Entertainment, John LaMattina, Written by Terry Teachout and Performed by John Douglas Thompson
Outstanding Director
Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Lear deBessonet, Good Person of Szechwan
Sam Gold, Fun Home
Alex Timbers, Here Lies Love
Moritz von Stuelpnagel, Hand to God
Outstanding Choreographer
Martha Clarke, Chéri
Marguerite Derricks, Heathers: The Musical
Danny Mefford, Fun Home
Annie-B Parson, Here Lies Love
Sonya Tayeh, Kung Fu
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
Steven Boyer, Hand to God
Jon DeVries, Regular Singing
Peter Friedman, The Open House
Taylor Mac, Good Person of Szechwan
Armando Riesco, The Happiest Song Plays Last
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play
Tracee Chimo, Bad Jews
Diane Davis, The Model Apartment
Carolyn McCormick, The Open House
Laurie Metcalf, Domesticated
Andrus Nichols, Bedlam's Hamlet and Saint Joan
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical
Jeff Blumenkrantz, Murder For Two
Michael Cerveris, Fun Home
Jose Llana, Here Lies Love
Kyle Riabko, What's It All About
Conrad Ricamora, Here Lies Love
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical
Sydney Lucas, Fun Home
Ruthie Ann Miles, Here Lies Love
Alexandra Socha, Fun Home
Phillipa Soo, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Barrett Wilbert Weed, Heathers: The Musical
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Carson Elrod, The Explorers Club
Philip Ettinger, Bad Jews
Jeremy Shamos, Dinner With Friends
Fred Weller, Reasons to Be Happy
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Hannah Bos, The Open House
Lynn Cohen, I Remember Mama
Lisa Kron, Good Person of Szechwan
Molly Ranson, Bad Jews
Sarah Stiles, Hand to God
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Heath Calvert, Nobody Loves You
Nick Choksi, Bunty Berman Presents...
Blake DeLong, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Noah Hinsdale, Fun Home
Lucas Steele, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Uzo Aduba, Venice
Brittain Ashford, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Melody Butiu, Here Lies Love
Judy Kuhn, Fun Home
Shaina Taub, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Outstanding Scenic Design
Miriam Buether, Love and Information
David Korins, Here Lies Love
Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Clint Ramos, Appropriate
Matt Saunders, Good Person of Szechwan
Outstanding Costume Design
Gabriel Berry and Andrea Hood, Love and Information
Clint Ramos, Here Lies Love
Anita Yavich, The Explorers Club
Paloma Young, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Catherine Zuber, Far From Heaven
Outstanding Lighting Design
Daniel Ionazzi, The Jacksonian
Bradley King, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Ben Stanton, Fun Home
Justin Townsend, Here Lies Love
Japhy Weideman, What's It All About
Outstanding Sound Design
M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer, Here Lies Love
Clive Goodwin, What's It All About
Matt Hubbs, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Ryan Rumery, The Hatmaker's Wife
Christopher Shutt, Love and Information
SPECIAL AWARDS
Lifetime Achievement Award
Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee
NOMINATIONS BY SHOW
|
TITLE |
TOTAL |
|
Here Lies Love |
11 |
|
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812? |
11 |
|
Fun Home |
9 |
|
Good Person of Szechwan |
5 |
|
Bad Jews |
4 |
|
Hand to God |
4 |
|
The Open House |
4 |
|
What's it All About |
4 |
|
Love and Information |
3 |
|
Domesticated |
2 |
|
The Explorers Club |
2 |
|
Heathers: The Musical |
2 |
|
The Model Apartment |
2 |
|
Appropriate |
1 |
|
Bedlam's Hamlet and Saint Joan |
1 |
|
Bunty Berman Presents... |
1 |
|
Buyer & Cellar |
1 |
|
The Call |
1 |
|
Chéri |
1 |
|
Dinner with Friends |
1 |
|
Far From Heaven |
1 |
|
The Happiest Song Plays Last |
1 |
|
The Hatmaker's Wife |
1 |
|
How I Learned What I Learned |
1 |
|
I Remember Mama |
1 |
|
The Jacksonian |
1 |
|
Kung Fu |
1 |
|
London Wall |
1 |
|
Murder For Two |
1 |
|
The Night Alive |
1 |
|
Nobody Loves You |
1 |
|
Reasons to be Happy |
1 |
|
Regular Singing |
1 |
|
Satchmo at the Waldorf |
1 |
|
Venice |
1 |
|
The Weir |
1 |
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