Neuwirth and Bogosian to Co-Host Lortels; Durang Honored

Tony Award-winning Chicago star Bebe Neuwirth and Talk Radio playwright Eric Bogosian will co-host the 22nd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway, which will be presented by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers on Monday, May 7th at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) at 6:30 PM.

In addition, it was recently announced that Christopher Durang (Adrift in Macao, Betty's Summer Vacation) will receive a star on the "Playwrights' Sidewalk," located outside the Lucille Lortel Theatre in Greenwich Village.

A limited number of tickets, for the ceremony only, will go on sale to the public through the New World Stages Box Office and Telecharge.com (212-239-6200), beginning April 3rd.

The nominations will be announced April 3rd. A cocktail reception to congratulate all of the nominees will be held on April 23rd at Ruth's Chris Steak House (148 West 51st Street).

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 is provided by Theatre Development Fund. 

Photo of Bebe Neuwirth by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

Support 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.