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The 23rd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards were presented on Monday night at the Union Square Theatre. The invaluable Julie White was the evening's quick-witted and harmonica-playing host -- and presented the final award of the evening, Best Play, to George Packer's Betrayed.
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Tamara Tunie presented the Outstanding Lead Actress award to The Piano Teacher's Elizabeth Franz.
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Joel Hatch, named Outstanding Lead Actor for his work in the musical Adding Machine, was given his Lortel by Tony Award winner Joanna Gleason.
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Francis Jue, winner of the Outstanding Featured Actor award for his work in Yellow Face, expressed excitement that his presenter was Laila Robins.
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Jayne Houdyshell -- currently starring in Lincoln Center's production of The New Century -- received an Outstanding Lead Actress nomination for her work in The Receptionist.
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Two of our most impressive young actors, Jeremy Strong and Zoe Kazan, were nominated for their work in New Jerusalem and 100 Saints You Should Know.
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Aaron Tveit -- who will be seen later this month in Playwrights Horizons' musical Saved -- was an Outstanding Featured Actor nominee for his role in the musical Next to Normal.
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Stephen Lang was a Best Solo Show nominee for Beyond Glory.
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The great Andre DeShields was an Outstanding Lead Actor nominee for his work in Black Nativity.
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S. Epatha Merkerson, who starred this season in the Broadway revival of Come Back, Little Sheba, presented the award for Outstanding Revival to Theatre for a New Audience's production of Adrienne Kennedy's Ohio State Murders.
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The dreamy Anika Noni Rose, currently headlining Broadway's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, presented the Best Musical award to Adding Machine.
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Cheyenne Jackson, who will temporarily leave Xanadu this summer to play Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees, gave out the Best Featured Actress award to 10 Million Miles co-star Mare Winningham -- currently performing in the Old Globe's The Glass Menagerie.
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The show also included numbers for the five nominated musicals. Passing Strange star and writer Stew performed Work the Wound (with co-star Daniel Breaker).
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James Royce Edwards -- currently in Trinity Rep's Paris by Night -- and Sandie Rosa changed out of their grown-up duds to sing "Not Everyone Eats Cheese" from the children's musical Wanda's World.
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Finally, Alice Ripley and Brian d'Arcy James -- on his night off from Conor McPherson's Port Authority at the Atlantic -- tore into "You Don't Know" from Next to Normal.
For TheaterMania's news story on the Lucille Lortel Awards, click here.
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