NewsPhoto Call: Hamilton, Riverside and Woods Clean Up at the Lortel Awards; Inside the Press Room and After-Party!The 30th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards were announced May 10, recognizing the best in Off-Broadway theatre. Hamilton received a record-breaking ten honors including Best Musical. Between Riverside and Crazy also led the pack with three wins including Best Play.
By
Matthew Blank
May 11, 2015
The Awards were held at the Skirball Center, with Jesse Tyler Ferguson ("Modern Family," Comedy of Errors) and Anna Chlumsky ("Veep," Living on Love) hosting.
Hamilton, Riverside and Woods Clean Up at the Lortel Awards; Inside the Press Room and After-Party!
Hamilton, Riverside and Woods Clean Up at the Lortel Awards; Inside the Press Room and After-Party!
The 30th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards were announced May 10, recognizing the best in Off-Broadway theatre. Hamilton received a record-breaking ten honors including Best Musical. Between Riverside and Crazy also led the pack with three wins including Best Play.
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Into The Woods
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Stephen Adly Guirgis
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Phillipa Soo
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James Monroe Iglehart and Nancy Nagel Gibbs
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Tonya Pinkins
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Representatives of the Off-Broadway League, Actors' Equity Association, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, the Lucille Lortel Foundation, in addition to theatre journalists, academics and other Off-Broadway professionals, serve on the Voting Committee to determine the winners.
This year the Lortel Awards special honorees include playwright McNally (The Visit, It's Only a Play) who received the Lifetime Achievement Award; composer Tesori (Fun Home; Caroline, or Change), who was inducted onto the famed Playwrights' Sidewalk in front of the Lucille Lortel Theatre; and veteran general manager Nagel Gibbs (Peter and the Starcatcher, Next to Normal, Wicked), who received the Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway Award.
