2004-2005 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations Announced
The May 2 ceremony will include performances by the nominees for Outstanding Musical and will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Awards. Special honors to be bestowed include the Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence to Frances Sternhagen and the award for Outstanding Body of Work to the Irish Repertory Theatre.
A limited number of tickets for the awards ceremony are available at $65; they will be on sale as of Tuesday, April 5 at the Dodger Stages box office or by calling 212-239-6200. A complete list of the nominees follows:
Outstanding Play
After Ashley, by Gina Gionfriddo
Doubt, by John Patrick Shanley
Going to St. Ives, by Lee Blessing
Intimate Apparel, by Lynn Nottage
Orson’s Shadow, by Austin Pendleton
Outstanding Musical
Altar Boyz, book by Kevin Del Aguila, music and lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker, conceived by Ken Davenport & Marc Kessler
Junie B. Jones, book and lyrics by Marcy Heisler, music by Zina Goldrich
Lone Star Love, conceived and adapted by John L. Haber, music and lyrics by Jack Herrick
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, music and lyrics by William Finn, book by Rachel Sheinkin, conceived by Rebecca Feldman
Outstanding Solo Show
Nine Parts of Desire, Heather Raffo
The Two and Only, Jay Johnson
Outstanding Revival
Counsellor-At-Law, by Elmer Rice
Engaged, by W.S. Gilbert
Finian’s Rainbow, book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, music by Burton Lane, ylrics by E.Y. Harburg
Hedda Gabler, by Henrik Ibsen, translation by Christopher Hampton
Hurlyburly, by David Rabe
Outstanding Director
Jo Bonney, Fat Pig
Scott Elliott, Hurlyburly
Doug Hughes, Doubt
James Lapine, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Daniel Sullivan, Intimate Apparel
Outstanding Choreographer
Christopher Gattelli, Altar Boyz
Devanand Janki, Junie B. Jones
Dan Knechtges, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Barry McNabb, Finian’s Rainbow
Randy Skinner, Lone Star Love
Outstanding Lead Actor
Larry Bryggman, Romance
Ethan Hawke, Hurlyburly
Brían F. O’Byrne, Doubt
John Rubinstein, Counsellor-At-Law
Jeffrey Wright, This Is How It Goes
Outstanding Lead Actress
Ashlie Atkinson, Fat Pig
Viola Davis, Intimate Apparel
Cherry Jones, Doubt
Judy Kaye, Souvenir
Elizabeth Marvel, Hedda Gabler
Outstanding Featured Actor
Kevin Cahoon, The Foreigner
Dan Fogler, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Josh Hamilton, Hurlyburly
Logan Marshall-Green, The Distance From Here
Tyler Maynard, Altar Boyz
Outstanding Featured Actress
Jenn Harris, Modern Orthodox
Adriane Lenox, Doubt
Alison Pill, On the Mountain
Parker Posey, Hurlyburly
Jennifer Simard, Forbidden Broadway: SVU
Outstanding Scenic Design
Julian Crouch & Graeme Gilmour, Shockheaded Peter
Antje Ellermann, Nine Parts of Desire
Derek McLane, Intimate Apparel
Neil Patel, Between Us
Jan Versweyved, Hedda Gabler
Outstanding Costume Design
Alvin Colt, Forbidden Broadway: SVU
Anna Hannikainen, Slava’s Snowshow
Kevin Pollard, Shockheaded Peter
Anita Yavich, Svejk
Catherine Zuber, Intimate Apparel
Outstanding Lighting Design
Christopher Akerlind, Belle Epoque
Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer, Dessa Rose
Jon Linstrum, Shockheaded Peter
James Vermeulen, Mr. Fox: A Rumination
David Weiner, Rodney’s Wife
Outstanding Sound Design
Obadiah Eaves, Nine Parts of Desire
Scott Lehrer, Dessa Rose
Simon Matthews, Altar Boyz
Darron L. West, Hot ‘n’ Throbbing
Darron L. West, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot