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2010 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARD WINNERS
Blog posted Sunday, May 2, 2010

Awards in 14 categories and 2 special awards were given last night by the Off-Broadway League for the 2010 Lucille Lortel Awards recognizing outstanding achievement Off-Broadway. Lincoln Center Theater's lauded production of When the Rain Stops Falling picked up five prizes, and other major winners included The Orphans' Home Cycle ("Outstanding Play"), The Scottsboro Boys ("Outstanding Musical"), A Boy and His Soul ("Outstanding Solo Show") and The Glass Menagerie). Winners are indicated in bold/underline.

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
David Cromer, When the Rain Stops Falling
Gordon Edelstein, The Glass Menagerie
Pam MacKinnon, Clybourne Park
Joe Mantello, The Pride


OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Jeffry Denman, Yank! A WWII Love Story
Ken Roberson, A Boy and His Soul
Wendy Seyb, Click, Clack, Moo
Wendy Seyb, The Toxic Avenger
Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys


OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR
Hugh Dancy, The Pride
Patch Darragh, The Glass Menagerie
Brandon Victor Dixon, The Scottsboro Boys
John Douglas Thompson, The Emperor Jones
Michael Urie, The Temperamentals


OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS
Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
Jayne Houdyshell, Coraline
Judith Ivey, The Glass Menagerie
Cristin Milioti, Stunning
Sherie Rene Scott, Everyday Rapture


OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR
Keith Carradine, A Lie of the Mind
Adam James, The Pride
David Pittu, Equivocation
Jeremy Shamos, Clybourne Park
C.J. Wilson, Happy Now?


OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS
Tracee Chimo, Circle Mirror Transformation
Mary Beth Hurt, When the Rain Stops Falling
Laurie Metcalf, A Lie of the Mind
Nancy Opel, The Toxic Avenger
Andrea Riseborough, The Pride


OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN
David Korins, When the Rain Stops Falling
David Korins, Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them
Derek McLane, A Lie of the Mind
Michael Yeargan, The Glass Menagerie
David Zinn, The Pride


OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Miranda Hoffman, Stunning
Martin Pakledinaz, The Glass Menagerie
Clint Ramos, So Help Me God!
Ilona Somogyi, Clybourne Park
Anita Yavich, Venus in Fur


OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Mark Barton, Circle Mirror Transformation
Paul Gallo, The Pride
Peter Kaczorowski, The Brother/Sister Plays
Tyler Micoleau, When the Rain Stops Falling
Rui Rita, The Orphans' Home Cycle


OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN
Kurt Fischer, The Toxic Avenger
John Gromada, The Orphans' Home Cycle
Fitz Patton, When the Rain Stops Falling
Shane Rettig, A Lie of the Mind
Ryan Rumery and Christian Frederickson, The Emperor Jones


SPECIAL AWARDS
Outstanding Body of Work: Lincoln Center Theater
Lifetime Achievement Award: Daryl Roth