Lucille Lortel Awards 2020 Winners announced – Virtually!

The Lucille Lortel Awards 2020, honouring Off-Broadway productions were celebrated were announced 3 May 2020. The awards for the abridged season which ran from 2019-20 saw host Mario Cantone (broadcasting from his New York City apartment) with benefits going to the Actors Fund and its efforts to help those impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Mario CantoneThis year’s awards showcased a field of 101 eligible productions (55 plays, 19 musicals, and 19 revivals), 41 shows were recognized with a total of 95 nominations. Leading the winners for the evening with three wins each was the Signature Theatre production of Dave Malloy’s musical Octet and the Playwrights Horizons production of Will Arbery’s play Heroes of the Fourth Turning—both world premieres—taking home outstanding musical and outstanding play, respectively. Playwrights’ production of A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson, the Vineyard’s production of Dana H. by Lucas Hnath, and The Public Theater’s revival of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange each took home two awards. This was an awards ceremony was like no other with the other hosts taking part from their respective isolation locations. Those hosts included Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Condola Rashad, Jelani Alladin, Daryl Roth, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Watch the Lucille Lortel Awards 2020 here. THE LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS 2020 – THE WINNERS *Please note: all nominees are listed with the award recipient in BOLD. Outstanding Play BLKS Produced by MCC Theater Written by Aziza Barnes Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven Produced by Atlantic Theater Company and LAByrinth Theater  Company Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis Heroes of the Fourth Turning Produced by Playwrights Horizons Written by Will Arbery Is This A Room Produced by Vineyard Theatre Conceived by Tina Satter Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie Produced by Ars Nova Created by The Mad Ones and Phillip James Brannon, Brad Heberlee, Carmen M. Herlihy, January LaVoy Outstanding Musical A Strange Loop Produced by Playwrights Horizons in association with Page 73 Productions Book, Music, and Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson In The Green Produced by Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 Book, Music, and Lyrics by Grace McLean Octet Produced by Signature Theatre Book, Music, and Lyrics by Dave Malloy Soft Power Produced by The Public Theater and Center Theatre Group Play and Lyrics by David Henry Hwang, Music and Additional Lyrics by Jeanine Tesori The Secret Life of Bees Produced by Atlantic Theater Company Book by Lynn Nottage, Music by Duncan Sheik, Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead Based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd Outstanding Revival A Bright Room Called Day Produced by The Public Theater Written by Tony Kushner Fires in the Mirror Produced by Signature Theatre Written by Anna Deavere Smith Performed by Michael Benjamin Washington for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Produced by The Public Theater Written by Ntozake ShangeLittle Shop of Horrors Produced by Tom Kirdahy, Robert Ahrens, Hunter Arnold, Mickey Liddell, Caiola Productions, Curt Cronin, John Joseph, DDM Productions, DeSantis-Baugh Productions, Elizabeth Dewberry & Ali Ahmet Kocabiyik, Wendy Federman, Roy Furman, Deborah Green, Kayla Greenspan, Marguerite Hoffman, Sally Cade Holmes, Latitude Link, Seriff Productions, Silva Theatrical Group, Eric Gelb/Oliver RothBook and Lyrics by Howard Ashman, Music by Alan Menken MAC BETH Produced by Red Bull Theater Written by William Shakespeare, Adapted by Erica Schmidt Outstanding Solo ShowBella Bella Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club Written and Performed by Harvey Fierstein Dana H. Produced by Vineyard Theatre, Goodman Theatre, and Center Theatre Group Written by Lucas Hnath Performed by Deirdre O’Connell the way she spoke Produced by AudibleWritten by Isaac Gómez Performed by Kate del Castillo We’re Only Alive for A Short Amount of Time Produced by The Public Theater and Goodman Theatre Written and Performed by David Cale, Lyrics by David Cale, Music by David Cale and Matthew Dean Marsh Where We Stand Produced by WP Theater in association with Baltimore Center Stage Written and Performed by Donnetta Lavinia Grays Outstanding DirectorStephen Brackett, A Strange Loop Tina Satter, Is This A Room Danya Taymor, Heroes of the Fourth Turning Annie Tippe, Octet Les Waters, Dana H. Outstanding Choreographer Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Camille A. Brown, Toni Stone Raja Feather Kelly, A Strange Loop Sam Pinkleton, Soft Power Travis Wall, The Wrong ManOutstanding Lead Actor in a Play Charles Busch, The Confession of Lily Dare Edmund Donovan, Greater Clements Raúl Esparza, Seared Hamish Linklater, The Pain of My Belligerence Aaron Yoo, The Headlands Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play Liza Colón-Zayas, Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven Emily Davis, Is This A Room April Matthis, Toni Stone Zoë Winters, Heroes of the Fourth Turning Kara Young, All the Natalie Portmans Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Christopher Borg, The Confession of Lily Dare Marc Bovino, Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie Garcia, Continuity Francis Jue, Cambodian Rock Band Ken Narasaki, Greater Clements Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Okwui Okpokwasili, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Estelle Parsons, A Bright Room Called Day Michele Pawk, Heroes of the Fourth Turning Stephanie Wright Thompson, Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie Alexandria Wailes, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical Jonathan Groff, Little Shop of Horrors Joshua Henry, The Wrong Man Francis Jue, Soft Power Larry Owens, A Strange Loop Conrad Ricamora, Soft Power Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical Eisa Davis, The Secret Life of Bees LaChanze, The Secret Life of Bees Beth Malone, The Unsinkable Molly Brown Janelle McDermoth, We’re Gonna Die Grace McLean, In The Green Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical-**TIE** Christian Borle, Little Shop of Horrors Alex Gibson, Octet Gus Halper, Sing Street Jay Armstrong Johnson, Scotland, PA John-Andrew Morrison, A Strange Loop Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Ashley Pérez Flanagan, In The Green Ari Groover, Little Shop of Horrors L Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop Ciara Renée, The Wrong Man Kuhoo Verma, Octet Outstanding Scenic Design You-Shin Chen and Laura Jellinek, Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie Yu-Hsuan Chen, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord Tim Mackabee, Seared James Noone, London Assurance Clint Ramos, Soft Power Outstanding Costume Design-**TIE** Dede Ayite, BLKS Montana Levi Blanco, A Strange Loop Oana Botez, In The Green Toni-Leslie James, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Rachel Townsend and Jessica Jahn, The Confession of Lily Dare Outstanding Lighting Design Isabella Byrd, Heroes of the Fourth Turning Alan C. Edwards, Fires in the Mirror Tyler Micoleau, Socrates Barbara Samuels, In The Green Jen Schriever, Power Strip Outstanding Sound Design Justin Ellington, Heroes of the Fourth Turning Mikhail Fiksel, Dana H. Lee Kinney and Sanae Yamada, Is This A Room Hidenori Nakajo, Octet Nicholas Pope, In The Green Outstanding Projection Design Stephan Mazurek, Mojada Lisa Renkel and POSSIBLE, Emojiland the Musical Ruey Horng Sun, The Headlands Hannah Wasileski, Anatomy of a Suicide Hannah Wasileski, Fires in the Mirror HONORARY AWARDS Lifetime Achievement Award Tim SanfordPlaywrights’ Sidewalk Inductee Anna Deavere Smith LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS WEBSITE More Broadway News