Nominations for the 40th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards – the only New York theatre award to exclusively honor Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway – were announced today by Francis Jue, star of Broadway’s Yellow Face, and Krysta Rodriguez, currently appearing in Smash on Broadway. The 2025 Awards will be presented at the annual ceremony scheduled for Sunday, May 4, 2025, at NYU Skirball beginning at 7:00pm. The event is open to the public, with tickets available for purchase at tickets.nyu.edu or at the NYU Skirball box office Tuesday – Saturday 12pm–6pm. The Lortel Awards are produced by the Off-Broadway League and the Lucille Lortel Theatre, with additional support provided by TDF.
Drag: The Musical and Signature Theatre Company’s Three Houses received the most musical nominations with a total of six each including Outstanding Musical, while Our Class also received six nominations, including Outstanding Revival. New York Theatre Workshop and Tectonic Theater Project’s Here There Are Blueberries, Roundabout Theatre Company’s Liberation by Bess Wohl, and Sumo, produced by Ma-Yi Theater Company and The Public Theater, each received five nominations, including for Outstanding Play. The 2024 – 2025 Off-Broadway season featured 70 eligible productions, 32 of which were recognized with a nomination in at least one category.
As previously announced, special honorees this year include Playwrights’ Sidewalk inductee Alice Childress, Outstanding Body of Work recipient New Federal Theatre, and the Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway will be presented to Carol Fishman.
The Off-Broadway League’s Lortel Awards Administration Committee (Jeremy Adams, Alana Canty-Samuel, Tisa Chang, Carol Fishman, George Forbes, Kenneth Naanep, Ralph Peña, Catherine Russell, Michael Sag, Jonathan Whitton, Casey York, and Jeffrey Shubart, Chair) and the Lucille Lortel Theatre (George Forbes, Jeffrey Shubart, Nancy Hurvitz, Alana Canty-Samuel, Maura Le Viness, Karla Liriano, and Rascher Alcasid) produce the Lortel Awards Ceremony. Acclaimed writer/director Michael Heitzman directs the Lortel Awards. Representatives of the Off-Broadway League, the Lucille Lortel Theatre, Actors’ Equity Association, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, United Scenic Artists, in addition to theatre journalists, academics and other Off-Broadway professionals, serve on the Voting Committee.
2025 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS NOMINATIONS Outstanding Play Here There Are Blueberries
Liberation
Sumo
The Antiquities
We Had a World
Outstanding Musical Drag: The Musical
Medea: Re-Versed
The Big Gay Jamboree
Three Houses
We Live in Cairo
Outstanding Revival Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave
Ghosts
Hold on to Me Darling
Our Class
Wine in the Wilderness
Outstanding Solo Show 300 Paintings
A Knock on the Roof
Vanya
Outstanding Director Igor Golyak – Our Class
Outstanding Choreographer Connor Gallagher – The Big Gay Jamboree
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play Adam Driver – Hold on to Me Darling
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play Betsy Aidem – Liberation
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical Marla Mindelle – The Big Gay Jamboree
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical Jujubee – Drag: The Musical
Outstanding Ensemble Here There Are Blueberries
Our Class
We Live in Cairo
Outstanding Scenic Design dots – Three Houses
Outstanding Costume Design Oana Botez – Orlando
Outstanding Lighting Design Stacey Derosier – Grangeville
Outstanding Sound Design Nick Kourtides – Travels
Outstanding Projection Design David Bengali – Here There Are Blueberries
HONORARY AWARDS Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee: Alice Childress
Outstanding Body of Work: New Federal Theatre
Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway: Carol Fishman
NOMINATIONS BY SHOW Drag: The Musical 6
Our Class 6
Three Houses 6
Here There Are Blueberries 5
Liberation 5
Sumo 5
The Big Gay Jamboree 5
Medea: Re-Versed 4
Table 17 4
Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave 3
Ghosts 3
Hold on to Me Darling 3
We Live in Cairo 3
All of Me 2
Grangeville 2
The Antiquities 2
The Lonely Few 2
Vanya 2
Wine in the Wilderness 2
300 Paintings 1
A Knock on the Roof 1
All Nighter 1
Babe 1
Distant Thunder 1
Jordans 1
Orlando 1
Sally & Tom 1
Scarlett Dreams 1
Staff Meal 1
The Beastiary 1
Travels 1
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