AwardsLilli Cooper and Lea DeLaria Will Announce 2022 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations Live on Playbill April 7
Established in 1986, the awards honor the best in Off-Broadway theatre.
By
Logan Culwell-Block
April 05, 2022
Broadway POTUS stars Lilli Cooper and Lea DeLaria will announce the nominees for the 37th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards in an exclusive live stream on Playbill April 7 at 12 PM ET. The awards, established in 1986, honor the best in Off-Broadway theatre.
Produced by the Off-Broadway League and Lucille Lortel Theatre with additional support provided by TDF, the awards will be handed out May 1 at NYU Skirball Center beginning at 7 PM.
Deirdre O'Connell will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's ceremony, which follows her 2020 Lortel win for Outstanding Solo Show for her performance in Dana H. at the Vineyard Theatre, a role she reprised for the work's 2021 Broadway run. David Henry Hwang will also be added to the Playwrights' Sidewalk. Located in front of Off-Broadway's famed Lucille Lortel Theatre on Christopher Street, the sidewalk-embedded stars are New York's only permanent monument to Off-Broadway playwrights.
Cooper and DeLaria are currently preparing to bring POTUS, Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive to Broadway along with co-stars Rachel Dratch, Julianne Hough, Suzy Nakamura, Julie White, and Vanessa Williams. Directed by Tony winner Susan Stroman and written by newcomer Selina Fillinger, the comedic play centers on a PR nightmare that befalls the White House, with seven female support staff risking everything to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble. POTUS begins at Broadway's Shubert Theatre April 14, with opening night set for April 27.
The biomusical explores the life and work of multihyphenate artist Grant, the first Black woman to write the book, music, and lyrics for a Broadway musical.
The evening is part of a week of performances, social practice demonstrations, classes, and discussions curated by NBT in partnership with The Kennedy Center.