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Orphans' Home Cycle, The Scottsboro Boys Are 2010 Lortel Award Winners
By Kenneth Jones
Michael Urie, Judith Ivey, The Glass Menagerie and director David Cromer are among winners of the 25th Lucille Lortel Awards, celebrating excellence in the 2009-10 Off-Broadway season. The awards were handed out May 2 in a New York City ceremony hosted by Bebe Neuwirth and Bryan Batt. In production categories, The Scottsboro Boys by David Thompson, John Kander and Fred Ebb was named Outstanding Musical, and The Orphans' Home Cycle, the nine-chapter series of Texas-set plays by Horton Foote, was named Outstanding Play. This year's ceremony was a benefit for The Actors Fund. * Winners and nominees for the 2010 Lucille Lortel Awards are blow, with winners marked with an asterisk and in boldface. Outstanding Play Clybourne Park; Playwrights Horizons, Producer; Written by Bruce Norris. The Brother/Sister Plays; The Public Theater in association with McCarter Theatre, Producers; Written by Tarell Alvin McCraney. *The Orphans' Home Cycle; Signature Theatre Company and Hartford Stage, Producers; Written by Horton Foote. The Temperamentals; Daryl Roth, Stacy Shane and Martian Entertainment, Producers; Written by Jon Marans. When The Rain Stops Falling; Lincoln Center Theater, Producer; Written by Andrew Bovell. Outstanding Musical Click, Clack, Moo; Theatreworks USA, Producer; Book by Billy Aronson, Lyrics by Kevin Del Aguila, Music by Brad Alexander, Based on the book by Doreen Cronin with illustrations by Betsy Lewin. Everyday Rapture; Second Stage Theatre, Producer; Written by Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott. *The Scottsboro Boys; Vineyard Theatre, Producer; Book by David Thompson, Lyrics and Music by John Kander and Fred Ebb. The Toxic Avenger; Jean Cheever and Tom Polum, Producers; Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro, Music and Lyrics by David Bryan, Based on Lloyd Kaufman's The Toxic Avenger. Yank! A WWII Love Story; The York Theatre Company, Maren Berthelsen/Pamela Koslow/Stuart Wilk, Matt Schicker, Hugh Hayes, Jim Kierstead and Sondra Healy/Shidan Majidi, Producers; Music by Joseph Zellnik, Book and Lyrics by David Zellnik. Outstanding Solo Show *A Boy and His Soul; Vineyard Theatre, Producer; Written and performed by Colman Domingo. Let Me Down Easy; Second Stage Theatre, Producer; Written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith. Nightingale; Manhattan Theatre Club, Producer; Written and performed by Lynn Redgrave. The Lady With All the Answers; Cherry Lane Theatre, Producer; Written by David Rambo, Performed by Judith Ivey. Zero Hour; Kurt Peterson and Edmund Gaynes, in association with The Peccadillo Theater Company, Producers; Written and performed by Jim Brochu. Outstanding Revival A Lie of the Mind; The New Group, Producer; Written by Sam Shepard. Candida; The Irish Repertory Theatre and Alexis Doyle, Producers; Written by George Bernard Shaw. Measure for Measure; Theatre for a New Audience, Producer; Written by William Shakespeare. The Emperor Jones; The Irish Repertory Theatre, Producer; Written by Eugene O'Neill. *The Glass Menagerie; Roundabout Theatre Company, Producer; Written by Tennessee Williams. Outstanding Director
Walter Bobbie, Venus in Fur Outstanding Choreographer
Jeffry Denman, Yank! A WWII Love Story Outstanding Lead Actor
Hugh Dancy, The Pride Outstanding Lead Actress
Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur Outstanding Featured Actor
Keith Carradine, A Lie of the Mind Outstanding Featured Actress
Tracee Chimo, Circle Mirror Transformation Outstanding Scenic Design
*David Korins, When the Rain Stops Falling Outstanding Costume Design
Miranda Hoffman, Stunning Outstanding Lighting Design
Mark Barton, Circle Mirror Transformation Outstanding Sound Design
Kurt Fischer, The Toxic Avenger Special Awards
Outstanding Body of Work
Lifetime Achievement Award The Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by the Off-Broadway League by special arrangement with the Lucille Lortel Foundation. The Lortel Awards ceremony is a benefit for The Actors Fund. Additional support provided by Theatre Development Fund. For more information, visit www.LortelAward.com. * Representatives of the Off-Broadway League, Actors' Equity Association, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society and the Lucille Lortel Foundation, in addition to theatre journalists, academics and other Off-Broadway professionals, serve on the Voting Committee. The 2010 Voting Committee is comprised of Terry Berliner, John Clinton Eisner, Kurt Everhart, Peter Filichia, Jeffrey Fiske, George Forbes, Susan Gallin, Eleanor Goldhar, Melanie Herman, Linda Herring, Walt Kiskaddon, Renee Lasher, Russell Lehrer, Niclas Nagler, Barbara Pasternack, Richard Price, Mark Rossier, David Savran and Barbara Toy. The Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were created in 1985 by the Off-Broadway League. The Lortel Awards recognize excellence Off-Broadway by honoring the invaluable contribution of artists to the theatre community. Lucille Lortel Foundation was created by Lucille Lortel to foster excellence and diversity in the theatre, as well as to faithfully preserve the rich history and support the continued prosperity of Off-Broadway. The Foundation has several major programs, including its general operating support program that has provided millions of dollars to small to mid-size theatres in New York City, universities, and theatre service organizations. The Foundation created and maintains the Internet Off-Broadway Data Base (www.IOBDB.com). For a listing of all of the Foundation's programs, previous Lortel Award nominees and recipients, information on the Lucille Lortel Theatre and Playwrights' Sidewalk, and much more, please visit www.lortel.org. * The Off-Broadway League is a trade organization dedicated to fostering increased awareness and interest in Off-Broadway theatre and supporting the creation of new theatrical productions. Known for presenting the Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway, other major programs include Free Night of Theatre, Live Theatre Week, On the House in conjunction with NYC & Company, and other industry-wide marketing initiatives. For more information, go to OffBroadway.com. |
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