The 2017 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off- Broadway were handed out on Sunday night at the NYU Skirball Center in a ceremonyhosted 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.
Congratulations to all the winners.
Outstanding Play
Oslo
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater Written by J.T. Rogers
Outstanding Musical
The Band’s Visit
Produced by Atlantic Theater Company
Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek, Book by Itamar Moses, Based on the screenplay by Eran Kolirin
Outstanding Revival
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Produced by Rachel Edwards, Jenny Gersten, Seaview Productions, Nate Koch, Fiona Rudin, Barrow Street Theatre, Jean Doumanian, Rebecca Gold, and Tooting Arts Club
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Hugh Wheeler, Adaptation by Christopher Bond
Outstanding Solo Show
Notes From The Field
Produced by Second Stage Theatre and American Repertory Theater Created, Written, and Performed by Anna Deavere Smith
Outstanding Director
Bartlett Sher, Oslo
Outstanding Choreographer
David Dorfman, Indecent
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
Joe Morton, Turn Me Loose
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play
Jennifer Ehle, Oslo
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical
Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical
Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Michael Aronov, Oslo
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Randy Graff, The Babylon Line
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Joel Perez, Sweet Charity
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen
Outstanding Scenic Design
Laura Jellinek, A Life
Outstanding Costume Design
Susan Hilferty, Love, Love, Love
Outstanding Lighting Design
Mark Barton, Signature Plays: Edward Albee’s The Sandbox, María Irene Fornés’ Drowning, Adrienne Kennedy’s Funnyhouse of a Negro
Outstanding Sound Design
Mikhail Fiksel, A Life
Outstanding Projection Design
Jared Mezzocchi, Vietgone
HONORARY AWARDS
Lifetime Achievement Award
William Ivey Long
Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee
Lynn Nottage
Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway Award
Harold Wolpert
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.
Backstage Pass with Lia Chang 