Photo Coverage: Go Inside Off-Broadway's Big Night at the Lucille Lortel Awards!
The 2017 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were handed out last night to recipients in 19 categories, with three honorary awards also bestowed. The Lortel Awards were distributed in a ceremony at NYU Skirball Center hosted by actor and comedian Taran Killam. This year's event was once again a benefit for The Actors Fund.
Award presenters this year included some of the biggest and brightest stars from stage and screen, including: Christy Altomare, Stephanie J. Block, Alex Brightman, Rachel Brosnahan, Bobby Cannavale, Sophia Anne Caruso, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Bobby Conte-Thornton, Nick Cordero, Corey Cott, Laura Dreyfuss, Mike Faist, Gideon Glick, Ari Graynor, Lena Hall, Corey Hawkins, Jayne Houdyshell, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Andy Karl, Keegan-Michael Key, Judith Light, Debi Mazar, Michael McKean, Terrence McNally, Tedra Millan, Jennifer Morrison, Eva Noblezada, Okieriete Onaodowan, Laura Osnes, Annette O'Toole, Annie Parisse, Steve Pasquale, Matthew Perry, Michael Potts, Gayle Rankin, Condola Rashad, Krysta Rodriguez, Cory Michael Smith, Phillipa Soo, Lucas Steele, Sarah Steele, George Takei, Aaron Tveit, and Finn Wittrock.
The Off-Broadway League's Lortel Awards Producing & Administration Committee (Pamela Adams, Terry Byrne, Margaret Cotter, Carol Fishman, George Forbes, Danielle Karliner Naish, Michael Page, Catherine Russell, Lindsey Sag and Seth Shepsle) produces the Lortel Awards ceremony. Acclaimed writer/director Michael Heitzman returned to direct the Lortel Awards for the eighth consecutive year. The Lucille Lortel Awards is produced by special arrangement with the Lucille Lortel Foundation. Additional support is provided by Theatre Development Fund.
Representatives of the Off-Broadway League, Actors' Equity Association, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, the Lucille Lortel Foundation, in addition to theatre journalists and academics and other Off-Broadway professionals, serve on the Voting Committee.
Click here for a full list of winners.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Taran Killam
Cobie Smulders
Phillipa Soo
Stephanie J. Block
Jennifer Morrison
Nathan Lee Graham
Eva Noblezada
Eva Noblezada
Randy Graff
William Ivey Long
Jasmine Cephas Jones
Jasmine Cephas Jones
Michael Potts
Sophia Anne Caruso
Sophia Anne Caruso
Stephanie J. Block
Judith Ligh
Judith Light
Phillipa Soo and Steven Pasquale
Charlie Cox
Carrie Preston and Michael Emerson
Michael Emerson
Carrie Preston
Joel Perez
Will Davis
Max Vernon
Max Vernon
Max Vernon and Nathan Lee Graham
Lena Hall
Lena Hall
Jayne Houdyshell
Keegan-Michael Key
Keegan-Michael Key and Elisa Pugliese
Okieriete Onaodowan
Annie Parisse
Paul Sparks
Annie Parisse
Taran Killam
Ari Graynor
Ari Graynor and Blue Man Group
Nick Cordero
Bobby Conte Thornton
Bobby Conte Thornton and Nick Cordero
Bobby Conte Thornton and Nick Cordero
Asmeret Ghebremichael
Alex Brightman
Alex Brightman
Cory Michael Smith
Condola Rashad
Paula Vogel
Matthew Maher
Anne Kauffman
George Takei
Andy Karl
Ben Platt
Steven Levenson
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Steven Levenson and Ben Platt
Rachel Brosnahan
Rachel Brosnahan
Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders
Aaron Tveit
Gideon Glick and Sarah Steele
Mike Faist
Mike Faist
Rachel Bay Jones
Rachel Bay Jones
Corey Hawkins
Finn Wittrock
Finn Wittrock
Krysta Rodriguez
Corey Cott
Corey Cott
Jennifer Morrison and Matthew Perry
Jennifer Morrison
Jennifer Morrison
Joe Morton
Sutton Foster
Sutton Foster
Debi Mazar
Joshua Bergasse
Jo Lampert
Jo Lampert
Lynn Nottage
Lucas Steele
Lucas Steele
Robert Cuccioli
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