Photo Coverage: 2008 LORTEL AWARDS Stage Presentation

By: Walter McBride May. 08, 2008

The League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers presented the 23rd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway on Monday night, May 5, 2008 at the Union Square Theatre. Among the presenters were Jeff Bowen & Hunter Bell ([title of show]), Christopher Gattelli, Joanna Gleason, AR Gurney, Cheyenne Jackson, John Kelly, Paul Libin, and S. Epatha Merkerson, Martha Plimpton, Laila Robins, Anika Noni Rose, Tamara Tunie. Julie White served as Mistress of Ceremonies. Cast members from Adding Machine, Jump, Next to Normal, Passing Strange, The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (or the Friends of Dr. Rushower), and Wanda's World performed.
The 2007-2008 Lucille Lortel Awards nominating/voting committee is appointed by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres & Producers, the Lucille Lortel Foundation, Actors' Equity Association, Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers, and also includes journalists, educators, and other Off-Broadway theatre professionals.

Awarded since 1986, the Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by the League by special arrangement with the Lucille Lortel Foundation. Additional support is provided by Theatre Development Fund. Support also provided by Ketel One Vodka and Pepper Bridge Winery.

Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

2008 Lucille Lortel

Woon-Young Lee ( JUMP )

Iris Bahr ( Outstanding Solo Show )

Michael Bottari, Ronald Case, and Jessica Jahn ( Outstanding Costume Design )

David Cromer ( Best Director ) and Martha Plimpton

David Cromer ( Best Director )

James Royce Edwards

James Royce Edwards and Sandi Rosa ( WANDA'S WORLD )

Elizabeth Franz ( THE PIANO TEACHER ) and Tamara Tunie

Elizabeth Franz

Elizabeth Franz ( THE PIANO TEACHER ) and Tamara Tunie

Francis Jue

Lynn Cohen ( Outstanding Revival )

Paul Libin

Theodore Mann

S. Epatha Merkerson

Anika Noni Rose

Martha Plimpton

( Primary Stages - Outstanding Body of Work ) Casey Childs and Andrew Leynse

Andrew Leynse

Peter Pucci

Tom Kitt and Aaron Tveit ( NEXT TO NORMAL )

Alice Ripley and Brian d'Arcy James ( NEXT TO NORMAL )

Aaron Tveit, and Alice Ripley, and Brian d'Arcy James ( NEXT TO NORMAL )

Aaron Tveit and Alice Ripley ( NEXT TO NORMAL )

Laila Robins

Bobby Steggert ( The Slug Beavers of Kayrol Island )

Stew

Daniel Breaker

Stew and Daniel Breaker ( Passing Strange )

Stew

Stew and Daniel Breaker ( Passing Strange )

Tamara Tunie

Joel Hatch and Amy Warren ( THE ADDING MACHINE )

Julie White

2008 Lucille Lortel

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