20th Anniversary Lucille Lortel Awards, hosted by Vilanch and Halston, will be presented on May 2nd
By: BWW News Desk Apr. 18, 2005
Written by Maya CantuBruce Vilanch and Julie Halston will host the 20th annual Lucille Lortel Awards on Monday, May 2nd at Dodgers Stages at 7 PM. The ceremony will be presented by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers, and will be followed by an after-party at Ruth's Chris Steak House.The Lucille Lortel Awards, which have been honoring outstanding off-Broadway achievement since 1985, will feature a plethora of performances. The famed awards ceremony will celebrate its twentieth anniversary with performances from nominated musicals, Altar Boyz, Junie B. Jones, Lone Star Love and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. In addition, new short works by such acclaimed writers and composers as Charles Busch, Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis, and Anna Devere Smith will be presented. There will be a Forbidden Broadway musical tribute performed by the cast, and Charles Ludlam, the avant-garde head of the Ridiculous Theatre Company who died of AIDS in 1987, will be inducted onto the Playwrights Sidewalk that famously sits outside the Lucille Lortel theatre.
Vilanch and Halston are currently co-stars in Hairspray; he plays Edna, while she portrays numerous comic roles including Prudy Pingleton. Vilanch has been playing the big, blonde and beautiful housewife for over a year now, having starred in the musical's national tour. He is one of the most successful comedy writers in the business. He has won 6 Emmys for his 15 Academy Awards scripts, and has also written for the Tonys, Emmys and Grammys. A wise-cracking regular on Hollywood Squares for four seasons, he has also toured a one-man "bio comedy" around the country and is the subject of the documentary Get Bruce!Halston's Broadway credits include the recent Roundabout revival of Twentieth Century, the 2003 revival of Gypsy (in which she played Miss Cratchit and Electra), the 2001 Roundabout revival of The Women and the 2000 Roundabout revival of The Man Who Came to Dinner. Off-Broadway, she has appeared in White Chocolate, The Butter and Egg Man, The Vagina Monologues, and as a founding member of Charles Busch's company, The Lady in Question and Red Scare on Sunset (for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award). She is known to TV audiences as Bitsy Von Muffling on Sex and the City.
The Lucille Lortel Award's nominating/voting committee is appointed by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres & Producers,
the Lucille Lortel Foundation and Actors Equity Association, Society of
Stage Directors & Choreographers, as well as journalists, educators and other off-Broadway theatre professionals. The awards are produced annually by the League in association with the Lucille Lortel foundation, and additional support is provided by the Theatre Development Fund. Sponsors include Ruth's Chris Steak House, Ketel One Vodka, Geyser Peak Wines, HX Magazine, Discover Card, Glaceau, TheMenEvent.com and HotNYCDeals.Dodgers Stages is located at 340 W. 50th St., and Ruth's Chris Steak House at 148 W. 51st St.The list of Lucille Lortel Award nominees is as followed:
Outstanding Play
After Ashley
By Gina Gionfriddo
Producer: Vineyard Theatre
Doubt
By John Patrick Shanley
Producer: Manhattan Theatre Club
Going to St. Ives
By Lee Blessing
Producer: Primary Stages
Intimate Apparel
By Lynn Nottage
Producer: Roundabout Theatre Company
Orson's Shadow
By Austin Pendleton
Producer: PlanetEarth Partners and Scott Morfee
Outstanding Musical
Altar Boyz
Book by Kevin Del Aguila, Music & Lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker, Conceived by Ken Davenport & Marc Kessler
Producer: Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket
Junie B. Jones
Book and Lyrics by Marcy Heisler, Music by Zina Goldrich
Producer: TheatreworksUSA
Lone Star Love
Conceived and Adapted by John L. Haber, Music and Lyrics by Jack Herrick
Producer: Amas Musical Theatre
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music and Lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin, Conceived by Rebecca Feldman
Producer: Second Stage Theatre
Outstanding Solo Show
Nine Parts of Desire
Starring and Written by Heather Raffo
Produced by Manhattan Ensemble Theater
The Two and Only
Starring and Written by Jay Johnson
Produced by Atlantic Theater Company in association with Roger Alan Gindi, Stewart F. Lane & Bonnie Conley, Dan Whitten, Herbert Goldsmith Productions, WetRock Entertainment
Outstanding Revival
Counsellor-At-Law
By Elmer Rice
Produced by Peccadillo Theater Company
Engaged
By W. S. Gilbert
Produced by Theatre for A New Audience
Finian's Rainbow
Book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, Music by Burton Lane, Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg Produced by Irish Repertory Theatre
Hedda Gabler
By Henrik Ibsen, Translation by Christopher Hampton
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop
Hurlyburly
By David Rabe
Produced by The New Group
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. OByrne, 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 BeeT
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, Slavas Snowshow
Kevin Pollard, Shockheaded Peter
Anita Yavich, vejk
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 Play
After Ashley
By Gina Gionfriddo
Producer: Vineyard Theatre
Doubt
By John Patrick Shanley
Producer: Manhattan Theatre Club
Going to St. Ives
By Lee Blessing
Producer: Primary Stages
Intimate Apparel
By Lynn Nottage
Producer: Roundabout Theatre Company
Orson's Shadow
By Austin Pendleton
Producer: PlanetEarth Partners and Scott Morfee
Outstanding Musical
Altar Boyz
Book by Kevin Del Aguila, Music & Lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker, Conceived by Ken Davenport & Marc Kessler
Producer: Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket
Junie B. Jones
Book and Lyrics by Marcy Heisler, Music by Zina Goldrich
Producer: TheatreworksUSA
Lone Star Love
Conceived and Adapted by John L. Haber, Music and Lyrics by Jack Herrick
Producer: Amas Musical Theatre
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music and Lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin, Conceived by Rebecca Feldman
Producer: Second Stage Theatre
Outstanding Solo Show
Nine Parts of Desire
Starring and Written by Heather Raffo
Produced by Manhattan Ensemble Theater
The Two and Only
Starring and Written by Jay Johnson
Produced by Atlantic Theater Company in association with Roger Alan Gindi, Stewart F. Lane & Bonnie Conley, Dan Whitten, Herbert Goldsmith Productions, WetRock Entertainment
Outstanding Revival
Counsellor-At-Law
By Elmer Rice
Produced by Peccadillo Theater Company
Engaged
By W. S. Gilbert
Produced by Theatre for A New Audience
Finian's Rainbow
Book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, Music by Burton Lane, Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg Produced by Irish Repertory Theatre
Hedda Gabler
By Henrik Ibsen, Translation by Christopher Hampton
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop
Hurlyburly
By David Rabe
Produced by The New Group
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. OByrne, 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 BeeT
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, Slavas Snowshow
Kevin Pollard, Shockheaded Peter
Anita Yavich, vejk
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
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