Robins, Stuhlbarg, Etc. to Attend Lucille Lortel Party
By: BWW News Desk Apr. 19, 2007
An array of acclaimed stars, playwrights and directors will attend a cocktail party for the 22nd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards ceremony. The invitation-only party, which will serve to congratulate the nominees, will take place on Monday, April 23rd at Ruth's Chris Steak House (148 West 51st Street).
Anna Camp, Arthur French, David Greenspan, Mamie Gummer, A.R. Gurney, Russell Hornsby, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Ron Cephas Jones, Michael Mayer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Michele Ragusa, Gloria Reuben, Laila Robins, Rachel Sheinkin, Christopher Shinn, Rick Sordelet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nilaja Sun, and Harris Yulin, among many others, will be present for the festivities.
The Lucille Lortel Awards will be presented on Monday, May 7th at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) at 6:30 PM.
Five special awards will be presented:Lifetime Achievement Award
Kevin Kline
Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee
Christopher Durang
Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence
Rick Sordelet
Outstanding Body of Work
Classical Theatre of Harlem
Special Award
Actors' Fund of America
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.
Outstanding Play
The Busy World Is Hushed
Written by Keith Bunin
Produced by Playwrights Horizons
Dying City
Written by Christopher Shinn
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater
Written by A.R. Gurney
Produced by Primary Stages Stuff Happens
Written by David Hare
Produced by The Public Theater
Outstanding Musical
Gutenberg! The Musical!
Written by Scott Brown and Anthony King
Produced by Trevor Brown, Ron Kastner, Terry Allen Kramer, Joseph Smith, in association with Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
In the Heights
Book by Quiara Alegría Hudes, Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Produced by Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, and Jill Furman
Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater, Music by Duncan Sheik
Produced by Atlantic Theater Company, in association with Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman
Striking 12
Book, Music and Lyrics by Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin, and Valerie Vigoda
Produced by Nancy Nagel Gibbs and Greg Schaffert, in association with Mark Johannes and Amy Danis
Outstanding Solo Show
¡El Conquistador!
Written by Thaddeus Phillips and Tatiana Mallarino in collaboration with Victor Mallarino
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop
Performed by Thaddeus Phillips
No Child…
Written and Performed by Nilaja Sun
Produced by Scott Morfee, Tom Wirtshafter and Epic Theatre Center
Wrecks
Written by Neil LaBute
Produced by The Public Theater
Performed by Ed Harris
Outstanding Revival
King Hedley II
By August Wilson
Produced by Signature Theatre Company
Landscape of the Body
By John Guare
Produced by Signature Theatre Company
By August Wilson
Produced by Signature Theatre Company
The Voysey Inheritance
By Harley Granville-Barker, Adapted by David Mamet
Produced by Atlantic Theater Company
Outstanding Director
Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening
PJ Paparelli, columbinus
Derrick Sanders, King Hedley II
Daniel Sullivan, Stuff Happens
David Warren, The Voysey Inheritance
Outstanding Choreographer
Hinton Battle, Evil Dead the Musical
Andy Blankenbuehler, In the Heights
Devanand Janki, Henry and Mudge
Bill T. Jones, Spring Awakening
Outstanding Lead Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Goes Boating
Russell Hornsby, King Hedley II
Peter Francis James, Stuff Happens
Lee Pace, Guardians
Michael Stuhlbarg, The Voysey Inheritance
Outstanding Lead Actress
Rebecca Brooksher, Dying City
Jill Clayburgh, The Busy World Is Hushed
Patricia Heaton, The Scene
Gloria Reuben, Stuff Happens
Laila Robins, Sore Throats
Outstanding Featured Actor
Arthur French, Two Trains Running
David Greenspan, Some Men
Ron Cephas Jones, Two Trains Running
Robert Sella, Stuff Happens
Harris Yulin, Frank's Home
Outstanding Featured Actress
Anna Camp, The Scene
Mamie Gummer, The Water's Edge
Nina Hellman, The Internationalist
Michele Ragusa, Adrift in Macao
Sherie Rene Scott, Landscape of the Body
Outstanding Scenic Design
David Korins, Jack Goes Boating
Eugene Lee, The Hairy Ape
Anna Louizos, In the Heights
Derek McLane, The Voysey Inheritance
Allen Moyer, The Busy World is Hushed
Outstanding Costume Design
Gregory Gale, The Milliner
Gregory Gale, The Voysey Inheritance
Susan Hilferty, Spring Awakening
Willa Kim, Adrift in Macao
Valerie Marcus Ramshur, Victoria Martin: Math Team Queen
Outstanding Lighting Design
Kevin Adams, Some Men
Kevin Adams, Spring Awakening
Christopher Akerlind, KAOS
Jeff Croiter, The Internationalist
Japhy Weideman, Jack Goes Boating
Outstanding Sound Design
John Collins, Faust
Martin Desjardins, columbinus
Robert Kaplowitz, The Internationalist
Brian Ronan, Spring Awakening
Eric Shim, Essential Self-Defense
MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS:
Six nominations
Spring Awakening
Five nominations
Stuff Happens
The Voysey Inheritance
Three nominations
The Busy World Is Hushed
In the Heights
The Internationalist
Jack Goes Boating
King Hedley II
Two Trains Running
Two nominations
Kevin Adams
Adrift in Macao
columbinus
Dying City
Gregory Gale
Landscape of the Body
The Scene
Some Men
Visit www.lortelaward.com for a complete list of nominations.
Photo of Gloria Reuben by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.
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