Justin Bartha, Hugh Dancy, Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, et al. to Present at Lortel Awards

Justin Bartha, Saffron Burrows, Charles Busch, Keith Carradine, Hugh Dancy, Michael Esper, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Julie Halston, Patrick Heusinger, Tom Jones, Zoe Kazan, Anthony LaPaglia, Anthony Mackie, Aasif Mandvi, Stephanie March, Laurie Metcalf, Jennifer Morrison, Rosie Perez, Lily Rabe, Ally Sheedy, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Tamara Tunie, Michael Urie, and Kerry Washington will be among the presenters at the 2010 Lucille Lortel Awards, honoring excellence in Off-Broadway theater, to be held at Terminal 5 in New York City, on May 2, at 8pm.

As previously announced, Bryan Batt and Bebe Neuwirth will co-host the ceremony, while performers will include LaChanze and Seth Rudetsky. In addition, composer Alan Menken will perform a medley from Little Shop of Horrors, the cast of Stomp will perform a segment from their show, and there will be a performance of "Try to Remember" from The Fantasticks.

The theme of the ceremony is “Off-Broadway Comes Home” and the show will be directed by Michael Heitzman with musical direction by David Holcenberg. The Lortel Awards are a benefit for The Actors Fund.

As previously reported, producer Daryl Roth will be given the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award at the ceremony. For TheaterMania’s previous story on the nominations, click here.

For more information, visit www.LortelAward.com.