Leslie Bibb, Jake Gyllenhaal, Christopher Lloyd, and More Celebrate Off-Broadway at Lucille Lortel Awards
The theater community celebrated Off-Broadway on May 5 at the annual Lucille Lortel Awards. The ceremony was hosted by Maura Tierney and Aasiv Mandvi at New York University’s Skirball Center. As previously reported, the Playwrights Horizons production of The Whale, the Second Stage Theatre premiere of Dogfight, and the Signature Theatre revival of The Piano Lesson took top honors. In the gallery below, TheaterMania brings you photos of the starry attendees and presenters, from Jake Gyllenhaal to Christopher Lloyd, as well as inside the winner’s circle, where stars like Shuler Hensley and Roslyn Ruff showed off their new awards.
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Shuler Hensley proudly receives a Lortel Award for his performance as a six-hundred-pound dying man in The Whale.(© David Gordon)
Roslyn Ruff received a Lortel Award for her performance as Berniece in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson.(© David Gordon)
Annie Funke is thrilled to have won the Outstanding Featured Actress award for her work in Nick Payne’s If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet.(© David Gordon)
Chuck Cooper proudly shows off his Outstanding Featured Actor award for his performance in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson.(© David Gordon)
Dogfight scribes Peter Duchan, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul smile alongside their award for Outstanding Musical.(© David Gordon)
Playwright Samuel D. Hunter shows off his award for The Whale, which was named Outstanding Play.(© David Gordon)
Signature Theatre Company Artistic Director James Houghton smiles alongside Piano Lesson director Ruben Santiago-Hudson and their award for Outstanding Revival.(© David Gordon)
Martin Moran received a Lortel Award for his Outstanding Solo Show, All the Rage.(© David Gordon)
Jessica Pabst was awarded a Lortel for her costume design in the drama The Whale.(© David Gordon)
Clint Ramos received an Outstanding Scenic Design Lortel Award for his work on the play Wild With Happy.(© David Gordon)
Leah Gelpe won a Lortel Award for Outstanding Sound Design in the drama Slowgirl.(© David Gordon)
Roundabout Theatre Company Artistic Director Todd Haimes received a Lifetime Achievement Award.(© David Gordon)
In costume, Bill Irwin, Nellie McKay, and David Shiner celebrate their Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience win for Old Hats.(© David Gordon)
Reasons to Be Happy stars Leslie Bibb (left) and Frederick Weller (right) pose alongside playwright Neil LaBute, who was inducted onto the Playwrights’ Sidewalk outside the Lucille Lortel Theatre.(© David Gordon)
Aasif Mandvi served as the evening’s cohost and was also a nominee for his performance in the drama Disgraced.(© David Gordon)
Lucky Guy star Maura Tierney also served as one of the evening’s cohost.(© David Gordon)
Jake Gyllenhaal served as a presenter and was nominated for his work in the play If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet.(© David Gordon)
Vanessa Redgrave was nominated for her work in the drama The Revisionist.(© David Gordon)
Christopher Lloyd, currently starring in Classic Stage Company’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle, presented the award for Best Revival.(© David Gordon)
Orphans star Ben Foster (joined here by House of Cards cast member Robin Wright) served as one of the evening’s presenters.(© David Gordon)
Broadway and off-Broadway veteran Cynthia Nixon also served as one of the evening’s presenters.(© David Gordon)
Pals John Slattery and Jennifer Westfeldt presented one of the evening’s awards together.(© David Gordon)
America Ferrera was nominated for her performance in the new drama Bethany.(© David Gordon)
Anna Chlumsky smiles for the camera before presenting an award.(© David Gordon)
Zosia Mamet, who recently starred in Really Really, was a presenter during the show.(© David Gordon)
Members of the Dogfight family: composer/lyricist Benj Pasek, cast members Deidre Friel and Lindsay Mendez, book writer Peter Duchan, composer/lyricist Justin Paul, and cast member Derek Klena.(© David Gordon)
Presenters David Morse and Rich Sommer will next be seen off-Broadway in The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin.(© David Gordon)
Talley’s Folly nominee Danny Burstein brought wife Rebecca Luker as his date for the evening.(© David Gordon)
Rebecca Naomi Jones was a nominee for her role in the musical Murder Ballad.(© David Gordon)
Sharon Washington and Colman Domingo celebrate their play, Wild With Happy.(© David Gordon)
Jeremy Jordan is excited to be one of the evening’s presenters.(© David Gordon)
Zach Grenier was one of the evening’s nominees, for his performance in Storefront Church.(© David Gordon)
Louisa Krause recently starred off-Broadway in The Flick.(© David Gordon)
Matthew James Thomas spent his night off from Broadway’s Pippin at the Lortel Awards.(© David Gordon)
Da’Vine Joy Randolph was nominated for her performance in the new play What Rhymes With America.(© David Gordon)
Falling nominee Daniel Everidge smiles alongside his girlfriend, actress Molly Hager.(© David Gordon)
Carson Elrod and Liv Rooth were the cast representatives for the Outstanding Revival nominee, All in the Timing.(© David Gordon)
Ari Brand and Mark Nelson are proud to represent their show, My Name is Asher Lev.(© David Gordon)
