The Lucille Lortel Awards, honoring outstanding achievement Off-Broadway, will return to an in-person celebration May 1 at 7 PM at NYU Skirball.
Deirdre O'Connell, who received the 2020 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show for her performance in Lucas Hnath's Dana H., will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. M. Butterfly Tony winner David Henry Hwang, a 2020 Lortel nominee for Outstanding Musical for Soft Power, will be inducted onto the Playwrights' Sidewalk in front of the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
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Eligibility for the annual awards ends March 31. Nominations will be announced April 7 at noon on Playbill.com.
It was previously announced that the Lortel Awards will no longer split performance awards into actor and actress categories, instead awarding performers in gender-neutral categories. In addition to the newly configured performance categories, the awards have added a category to recognize ensemble performances. Beginning with the 2022 ceremony, the five new categories are Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical, Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical, Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play, Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Play, and Outstanding Ensemble.
The Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by the Off-Broadway League and Lucille Lortel Theatre, with additional support provided by TDF. Writer-director Michael Heitzman will return to direct the awards for the 12th consecutive year.
Tickets will go on sale April 7 at Tickets.NYU.edu. Visit LortelAwards.org.
