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The 2010 Lucille Lortel Awards were handed out at Terminal 5 on Sunday, May 2. The ceremony was hosted by Bryan Batt and Bebe Neuwirth.
Awards were presented in 14 competitive categories. The Scottsboro Boys won for Outstanding Musical and Susan Stroman was named Outstanding Choreographer; Horton Foote’s The Orphans’ Home Cycle was named Outstanding Play; and the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of The Glass Menagerie was named Outstanding Revival, with Judith Ivey, winning Outstanding Lead Actress. Colman Domingo took home the award for Outstanding Solo Show for A Boy and His Soul.
The Temperamentals‘ Michael Urie was named Outstanding Lead Actor; Mary Beth Hurt was named Outstanding Featured Actress for When the Rain Stops Falling; and Adam James won the award for Outstanding Featured Actor for The Pride.
In addition, producer Daryl Roth received the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award and Lincoln Center Theater was honored for its Outstanding Body of Work.
The evening’s presenters included Justin Bartha, Saffron Burrows, Charles Busch, J. Bernard Calloway, Keith Carradine, Hugh Dancy, Michael Esper, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Montego Glover, Julie Halston, Melissa Joan Hart, Patrick Heusinger, Tom Jones, Zoe Kazan, Chad Kimball, Anthony LaPaglia, Anthony Mackie, Aasif Mandvi, Terrence Mann, Stephanie March, S. Epatha Merkerson, Laurie Metcalf, Jennifer Morrison, Jack O’Brien, Lily Rabe, Monica Raymund, Jordan Roth, Ally Sheedy, Stask Sands, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Tamara Tunie, Michael Urie, and Kerry Washington
Saluting Off-Broadway were LaChanze, who sang “Waiting for Life” from Once on This Island; Seth Rudetsky; composer Alan Menken, who performed a medley from Little Shop of Horrors; the cast of Stomp; and Edward Watts, who sang “Try to Remember” from The Fantasticks.
A full list of nominees follows, with the winners highlighted in bold:
Outstanding Play
Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris
The Brother/Sister Plays by Tarell Alvin McCraney
The Orphans’ Home Cycle by Horton Foote
The Temperamentals by Jon Marans
When The Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell
Outstanding Musical
Click, Clack, Moo; Book by Billy Aronson, Lyrics by Kevin Del Aguila, Music by Brad Alexander
Everyday Rapture; Written by Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott
The Scottsboro Boys; Book by David Thompson, Lyrics and Music by John Kander and Fred Ebb
The Toxic Avenger; Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro, Music and Lyrics by David Bryan
Yank! A WWII Love Story; Music by Joseph Zellnik, Book and Lyrics by David Zellnik
Outstanding Solo Show
A Boy and His Soul; Written and performed by Colman Domingo
Let Me Down Easy; Written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith
Nightingale; Written and performed by Lynn Redgrave
The Lady With All the Answers; Written by David Rambo, Performed by Judith Ivey
Zero Hour; Written and performed by Jim Brochu
Outstanding Revival
A Lie of the Mind; The New Group
Candida; The Irish Repertory Theatre
Measure for Measure; Theatre for a New Audience
The Emperor Jones; The Irish Repertory Theatre
The Glass Menagerie; Roundabout Theatre Company
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
For more information, visit www.LortelAward.com.
