2006 Lucille Lortel Awards! The winners are...

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 2:03am

The 2006 Lucille Lortel nominees and winners are listed below, with winners indicated in bold and with an asterisk.

Outstanding Play
*The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh
The Paris Letter by Jon Robin Baitz
Red Light Winter by Adam Rapp
The Ruby Sunrise by Rinne Groff

Outstanding Musical
Bernarda Alba, Words & Music by Michael John LaChiusa
Grey Gardens, Book by Doug Wright, Music by Scott Frankel, Lyrics by Michael Korie
See What I Wanna See, Words & Music by Michael John LaChiusa
*The Seven, by Will Power

Outstanding Revival
Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh
Celebration and The Room by Harold Pinter
Funnyhouse of a Negro by Adrienne Kennedy
Mrs. Warren’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw
*The Trip to Bountiful by Horton Foote

Outstanding Director
Billie Allen, Funnyhouse of a Negro
Scott Elliott, Abigail’s Party
Scott Ellis, The Little Dog Laughed
Wilson Milam, The Lieutenant of Inishmore
*Harris Yulin, The Trip to Bountiful

Outstanding Choreographer
Michael Berresse, [title of show]
Graciela Daniele, Bernarda Alba
*Bill T. Jones, The Seven

Outstanding Lead Actor
*Christopher Denham, Red Light Winter (tie)
Conor Donovan, Privilege
John Glover, The Paris Letter
Michael Stuhlbarg, Measure for Pleasure
*David Wilmot, The Lieutenant of Inishmore (tie)

Outstanding Lead Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Abigail’s Party
S. Epatha Merkerson, Birdie Blue
*Lois Smith, The Trip to Bountiful
Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed
Dianne Wiest, Third

Outstanding Featured Actor
*Charles Durning, Third
Domhnall Gleeson, The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Darren Goldstein, Abigail’s Party
Logan Marshall-Green, Dog Sees God
David Pittu, Celebration and The Room

Outstanding Featured Actress
Meghan Andrews, The Trip to Bountiful
Helena Carroll, Philadelphia, Here I Come!
Lisa Emery, Abigail’s Party
*Hallie Foote, The Trip to Bountiful
Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens

Outstanding Scenic Design
Beowulf Boritt, The Other Side
David Korins, Swimming in the Shallows
*Eugene Lee, The Ruby Sunrise
Derek McLane, Abigail’s Party
Allen Moyer, Grey Gardens

Outstanding Costume Design
*Eric Becker, Abigail’s Party
William Ivey Long, Grey Gardens
Deborah Newhall, The Ruby Sunrise
Martin Pakledinaz, The Trip to Bountiful
Anita Yavich, The Wooden Breeks

Outstanding Lighting Design
*Aaron Black, Funnyhouse of a Negro
Jane Cox, Apparition
John McKernon, The Trip to Bountiful
Stephen Strawbridge, Bernarda Alba
David Weiner, The Seven

Outstanding Sound Design
Scott Killian, A Picasso
Brian Ronan, Grey Gardens
Ken Travis, Abigail’s Party
Darron L. West, Apparition
*Darron L. West, The Seven

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Updated On: 5/2/06 at 02:03 AM

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 2:06am

Disappointing.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 2:06am

Did anyone see Lois Smith? Was she better than Christine Ebersole (who wasn't even nominated)?

And Michael Berresse not winning for choreography? Not to mention that [title of show] should have been nominated for and won Best Musical.

*sigh*

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 2:29am

I've never even heard of "seven"

---> surprised Christine Ebersole wasn't even nominated. People gave her a lot of credit.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 6:18am

Lois Smith gave a remarkable performance. It's unfair to compare her to Ebersole, because the roles are so completely different. However, it is a total travesty that Ebersole wasn't nominated.

If I had a ballot, I think I would've voted for Julie White---Her performance was hands-down the most fun I had at the theatre this season.

Posted: 5/2/06 at 6:52am

i'm sorry my dear GREY GARDENS didnt win.

[FeelingElectric]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 7:10am

I will go a step further, Gery Gardens got robbed.Hopefully, the Drama Desk will think more highly of it and it's wonderful cast.

Updated On: 5/2/06 at 07:10 AM

[dirty rotten guy]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 7:42am

The fact that Ebersole didnt even get nomination shows how big of a joke these awards are. Grey Gardens got totally robbed. However I have a good feeling Grey Gardens is going to bring back a bunch of awards from Drama Desk.

Updated On: 5/2/06 at 07:42 AM

[Corine2]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 9:12am

Ebersole was robbed.
She is incredible in Grey Gardens. Updated On: 5/2/06 at 09:12 AM

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 9:15am

Corine, honey, the Lucille Lortel Awards are for Off-Broadway theater. Felicia Fields wasn't eligible (duh).

[Corine2]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 9:20am

Whoops. I was thinking about how she was over looked at the Drama Desk. I don't function in the morning.

[Harpo]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 9:34am

I didn't see Grey Gardens (rats!) but I did see The Trip to Bountiful. It was magnificent and is one of my top three favorite productions in the past year. Lois Smith was perfection and the whole show left me in a daze. I was very moved by it. I could not have imagined better performances.

Updated On: 5/2/06 at 09:34 AM