2007 Lucille Lortel Nominations Announced

Outstanding Play

The Busy World Is Hushed
Written by Keith Bunin
Produced by Playwrights Horizons

Dying City
Written by Christopher Shinn
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater

Indian Blood
Written by A.R. Gurney
Produced by Primary Stages

Stuff Happens
Written by David Hare
Produced by The Public Theater


Outstanding Musical

Gutenberg! The Musical!
Written by Scott Brown and Anthony King
Produced by Trevor Brown, Ron Kastner, Terry Allen Kramer, Joseph Smith, in association with Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

In the Heights
Book by Quiara Alegría Hudes, Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Produced by Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, and Jill Furman

Spring Awakening
Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater, Music by Duncan Sheik
Produced by Atlantic Theater Company, in association with Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman

Striking 12
Book, Music and Lyrics by Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin, and Valerie Vigoda
Produced by Nancy Nagel Gibbs and Greg Schaffert, in association with Mark Johannes and Amy Danis


Outstanding Solo Show

¡El Conquistador!
Written by Thaddeus Phillips and Tatiana Mallarino in collaboration with Victor Mallarino
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop
Performed by Thaddeus Phillips

No Child…
Written and Performed by Nilaja Sun
Produced by Scott Morfee, Tom Wirtshafter and Epic Theatre Center

Wrecks
Written by Neil LaBute
Produced by The Public Theater
Performed by Ed Harris


Outstanding Revival

King Hedley II
By August Wilson
Produced by Signature Theatre Company

Landscape of the Body
By John Guare
Produced by Signature Theatre Company

Two Trains Running
By August Wilson
Produced by Signature Theatre Company

The Voysey Inheritance
By Harley Granville-Barker, Adapted by David Mamet
Produced by Atlantic Theater Company


Outstanding Director

Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening
PJ Paparelli, columbinus
Derrick Sanders, King Hedley II
Daniel Sullivan, Stuff Happens
David Warren, The Voysey Inheritance


Outstanding Choreographer

Hinton Battle, Evil Dead the Musical
Andy Blankenbuehler, In the Heights
Devanand Janki, Henry and Mudge
Bill T. Jones, Spring Awakening


Outstanding Lead Actor

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Goes Boating
Russell Hornsby, King Hedley II
Peter Francis James, Stuff Happens
Lee Pace, Guardians
Michael Stuhlbarg, The Voysey Inheritance


Outstanding Lead Actress

Rebecca Brooksher, Dying City
Jill Clayburgh, The Busy World Is Hushed
Patricia Heaton, The Scene
Gloria Reuben, Stuff Happens
Laila Robins, Sore Throats


Outstanding Featured Actor

Arthur French, Two Trains Running
David Greenspan, Some Men
Ron Cephas Jones, Two Trains Running
Robert Sella, Stuff Happens
Harris Yulin, Frank's Home


Outstanding Featured Actress

Anna Camp, The Scene
Mamie Gummer, The Water's Edge
Nina Hellman, The Internationalist
Michele Ragusa, Adrift in Macao
Sherie Rene Scott, Landscape of the Body


Outstanding Scenic Design

David Korins, Jack Goes Boating
Eugene Lee, The Hairy Ape
Anna Louizos, In the Heights
Derek McLane, The Voysey Inheritance
Allen Moyer, The Busy World is Hushed


Outstanding Costume Design

Gregory Gale, The Milliner
Gregory Gale, The Voysey Inheritance
Susan Hilferty, Spring Awakening
Willa Kim, Adrift in Macao
Valerie Marcus Ramshur, Victoria Martin: Math Team Queen


Outstanding Lighting Design

Kevin Adams, Some Men
Kevin Adams, Spring Awakening
Christopher Akerlind, KAOS
Jeff Croiter, The Internationalist
Japhy Weideman, Jack Goes Boating

Outstanding Sound Design

John Collins, Faust
Martin Desjardins, columbinus
Robert Kaplowitz, The Internationalist
Brian Ronan, Spring Awakening
Eric Shim, Essential Self-Defense


MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS:

Six nominations
Spring Awakening

Five nominations
Stuff Happens
The Voysey Inheritance

Three nominations
The Busy World Is Hushed
In the Heights
The Internationalist
Jack Goes Boating
King Hedley II
Two Trains Running

Two nominations
Kevin Adams
Adrift in Macao
columbinus
Dying City
Gregory Gale
Landscape of the Body
The Scene
Some Men


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A few quibbles:

No nominations for The Clean House.

No nomination for Tony Shalhoub, who was leagues better than Patricia Heaton.

I echo your frustration about THE CLEAN HOUSE's snubs, Yankee. Vanessa Aspillaga's performance in particular was a complete tour de force. I'm sad that she wasn't recognized. Roles like that unfortunately don't come around too often for a performer as unique as Ms. Aspillaga.

I am however thrilled to see THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE and SPRING AWAKENING recognized, particularly Bill T. Jones' nomination for Best Choreography.

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Updated On: 4/2/07 at 09:30 PM

The acting categories mix plays and musicals.

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Glad to see "Spring Awakening" up for so many, but not a single acting nod? At least for John Gallagher jr?

The fact that all of the nominated people were leagues better than them.

Thrilled THE BUSY WORLD IS HUSHED was nominated, ditto Clayburgh. But I'm sorry Hamish Linklater was passed by.

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I agree that THE CLEAN HOUSE is MUCH better than DYING CITY. The only reason to see DYING CITY, in my opinion, is for the performances. The play drags like hell.

I saw THE BUSY WORLD IS HUSHED and THE CLEAN HOUSE, and while I'm glad Jill Clayburgh did receive a nomination, I feel like it should have been for THE CLEAN HOUSE. But again, I'm just thrilled she's getting recognition for her big return to New York theatre. I hope to see her in four more shows this year. She certainly got to show off her versatility last year.

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