오프브로드웨이 공연을 대상으로 하는 루실로텔상(Lucille Lortel Awards) 시상식이 5월 1일 뉴욕대 스쿼볼센터에서 열렸다. 이 상은 배우 겸 예술감독이자 연극 프로듀서였던 루셀 로텔(1900-1999)의 이름을 따서 제정됐다. 

 

 

37TH ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED

 

Outstanding Musical recipient “Kimberly Akimbo” ties with “Oratorio For Living Things” for most awards with three each; Outstanding Play goes to Sanaz Toossi’s “English.”

 

New York, NY (May 1, 2022) – The 2022 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were handed out this evening to recipients in 16 categories, with two honorary awards also bestowed.

 

Returning to a live, in-person ceremony for the first time in three years, the Awards were distributed in a ceremony at NYU Skirball hosted by three pairs of stars from stage and screen: Jared Grimes (Broadway’s “Funny Girl”) & Jeff Hiller (HBO’s “Somebody Somewhere”), Krysta Rodriguez & Jelani Alladin (“Hercules”), and Jennifer Simard & Christopher Sieber (“Company.”) The Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by the Off-Broadway League and Lucille Lortel Theatre, with additional support provided by TDF.

 

The inaugural Outstanding Ensemble award was presented to the cast of Ars Nova’s Oratorio For LivingThings. Both Performer in a Musical awards were presented to Kimberly Akimbo – Lead to Victoria Clark and Featured to Bonnie Milligan. The Atlantic Theater Company production with Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and Music by Jeanine Tesori, also received the award for Outstanding Musical. Sanaz Toossi’s English, a co-production of Atlantic Theater Company and Roundabout Theatre Company, took

home the award for Outstanding Play.

 

Special honorees this year included Deirdre O’Connell, who was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award by Heidi Schreck; and David Henry Hwang, who was inducted onto the famed Playwrights’ Sidewalk by Jeanine Tesori.

 

The Off-Broadway League’s Lucille Lortel Awards Administration Committee (Jeremy Adams, Tisa Chang, Carol Fishman, George Forbes, Danielle Karliner Naish, Ralph Peña, Catherine Russell, Lindsey Sag, and Casey York) and the Lucille Lortel Theatre (George Forbes, Jeffrey Shubart, Nancy Hurvitz, Alana CantySamuel, Maura Le Viness, and Karla Liriano) produce the Lortel Awards Ceremony. Acclaimed writer/director Michael Heitzman returns to direct the Lortel Awards for the twelfth consecutive year.

 

Representatives of the Off-Broadway League, Actors’ Equity Association, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, United Scenic Artists, the Lucille Lortel Theatre, in addition to theatre journalists, academics and other Off-Broadway professionals, serve on the Voting Committee.

 

37th Annual Lucille Lortel Award Winners 

 

Outstanding Play
English
Produced by Atlantic Theater Company and Roundabout Theatre Company
Written by Sanaz Toossi

Outstanding Musical
Kimberly Akimbo
Produced by Atlantic Theater Company
Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, Music by Jeanine Tesori,
Based on the Play by David Lindsay-Abaire

Outstanding Revival
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Produced by Signature Theatre
Written by Anna Deavere Smith

Outstanding Solo Show
Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop
Written and Performed by Kristina Wong

Outstanding Director
Lee Sunday Evans, Oratorio For Living Things

Outstanding Choreographer
Bill T. Jones, Black No More

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play
Shannon Tyo, The Chinese Lady

Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play
Francis Benhamou, Prayer for the French Republic

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical
Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo

Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical
Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo

Outstanding Ensemble
Oratorio For Living Things; Johnny Butler, Kirstyn Cae Ballard, Jane Cardona, Sean Donovan, Carla Duren, Clérida Eltimé, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Brian Flores, Odetta Hartman, Quentin Oliver Lee, Angel Lozada, Divya Maus, Barrie Lobo McLain, Ben Moss, John Murchison, Onyie Nwachukwu, Dito Van Reigersberg, and Peter Wise

Outstanding Scenic Design
Adam Rigg, On Sugarland

Outstanding Costume Design
Gregory Gale, Fairycakes

Outstanding Lighting Design
Isabella Byrd, Sanctuary City

Outstanding Sound Design
Nick Kourtides, Oratorio For Living Things

Outstanding Projection Design
Shawn Duan, Letters of Suresh

Lifetime Achievement Award
Deirdre O’Connell

Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee
David Henry Hwang