Broadway-Bound Hamilton Garners Record-Breaking 12 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations

The nominations for the 30th annual Lucille Lortel Awards were announced on April 2. The Broadway-bound Hamilton garnered the most nods with 12, breaking the record of 11 set just last year. Between Riverside and Crazy was the most nominated play, with 6, including outstanding play. As previously reported, the ceremony, which honors the best of off-Broadway theater, will be held on May 10 at the NYU Skirball Center. Emmy nominees and Broadway alums Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Anna Chlumsky will host. Additionally, playwright Terrence McNally, composer Jeanine Tesori and general manager Nancy Nagel Gibbs will receive special honors.

The nominees for the 18 categories are as follows:

Outstanding Play
Between Riverside and Crazy
Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
The Invisible Hand
My Mañana Comes
The Nether

Outstanding Musical
The Fortress of Solitude
Hamilton
The Lightning Thief
Nevermore - The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
Pretty Filthy

Outstanding Revival
Fashions for Men
Indian Ink
Into the Woods
Sticks and Bones
The Wayside Motor Inn

Outstanding Solo Show
Every Brilliant Thing, Performed by Jonny Donahoe
Josephine and I, Performed by Cush Jumbo
Just Jim Dale, Performed by Jim Dale
The Lion, Performed by Benjamin Scheuer

Outstanding Director
Michael Greif, Our Lady of Kibeho
Thomas Kail, Hamilton
Austin Pendleton, Between Riverside and Crazy
Ken Rus Schmoll, The Invisible Hand
Ivo van Hove, Scenes From a Marriage

Outstanding Choreographer
Andy Blankenbuehler, Hamilton
Camille A. Brown, The Fortress of Solitude
Denis Jones, Piece of My Heart: The Bert Berns Story
Laura Krewski, Nevermore - The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
Lisa Shriver, Into the Woods

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
Usman Ally, The Invisible Hand
Carson Elrod, The Heir Apparent
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Between Riverside and Crazy
Owiso Odera, Our Lady of Kibeho
Bill Pullman, Sticks and Bones

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Grand Concourse
Anna Gunn, Sex With Strangers
Jan Maxwell, The City of Conversation
S. Epatha Merkerson, While I Yet Live
Tonya Pinkins, Rasheeda Speaking

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical
Adam Chanler-Berat, The Fortress of Solitude
Claybourne Elder, Allegro
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Leslie Odom Jr., Hamilton
Ben Steinfeld, Into the Woods

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical
Michelle Knight, Disenchanted
Jennifer Mudge, Into the Woods
Sally Murphy, The Threepenny Opera
Phillipa Soo, Hamilton
Lillias White, Texas in Paris

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Victor Almanzar, Between Riverside and Crazy
Jacob Ming-Trent, Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
Jesse Pennington, Bootycandy
Will Pullen, Punk Rock
Scott Shepherd, The Village Bike

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Sophia Anne Caruso, The Nether
Sun Mee Chomet, brownsville song (b-side for tray)
Liza Colón-Zayas, Between Riverside and Crazy
Beth Dixon, The City of Conversation
Deirdre O'Connell, By the Water

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Daveed Diggs, Hamilton
Andy Grotelueschen, Into the Woods
Brian d'Arcy James, Hamilton
Kevin Mambo, The Fortress of Solitude
Steve Rosen, Pretty Filthy

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Renée Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton
Luba Mason, Pretty Filthy
Lulu Picart, Disenchanted
Jessica Tyler Wright, Allegro
Emily Young, Into the Woods

Outstanding Scenic Design
Brett J. Banakis, Big Love
Laura Jellinek, The Nether
Derek McLane, Into the Woods
Walt Spangler, Between Riverside and Crazy
Jan Versweyveld, Scenes From a Marriage

Outstanding Costume Design
Candice Donnelly, Indian Ink
Bretta Gerecke, Nevermore
Clint Ramos, Bootycandy
Paul Tazewell, Hamilton
Anthony Ward, Josephine and I

Outstanding Lighting Design
Howell Binkley, Hamilton
David Lander, The Library
Tyler Micoleau, The Invisible Hand
Ben Stanton, The Nether
Japhy Weideman, Punk Rock

Outstanding Sound Design
Mikhail Fiksel, My Mañana Comes
Leah Gelpe, The Invisible Hand
Daniel Kluger and Brandon Wolcott, The Nether
Nevin Steinberg, Hamilton
Matt Tierney, Pocatello

SPECIAL AWARDS
Lifetime Achivement Award
Terence McNally

Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee
Jeanine Tesori

Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway Award
Nancy Nagel Gibbs

Nominations by Production
Hamilton - 12
Into the Woods - 7
Between Riverside and Crazy - 6
The Invisible Hand - 5
The Nether - 5
The Fortress of Solitude - 4
Nevermore - 3
Pretty Filthy - 3
Allegro - 2
Bootycandy - 2
The City of Conversation - 2
Disenchanted - 2
Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) - 2
Indian Ink - 2
Josephine and I - 2
My Mañana Comes - 2
Our Lady of Kibeho - 2
Punk Rock - 2
Scenes From a Marriage - 2
Sticks and Bones - 2
Big Love - 1
brownsville song (b-side for tray) - 1
By the Water - 1
Every Brilliant Thing - 1
Fashions for Men - 1
Grand Concourse - 1
The Heir Apparent - 1
Just Jim Dale - 1
The Library - 1
The Lightning Thief - 1
The Lion - 1
Piece of My Heart - 1
Pocatello - 1
Rasheeda Speaking - 1
Sex With Strangers - 1
Texas in Paris - 1
The Threepenny Opera - 1
The Village Bike - 1
The Wayside Motor Inn - 1
While I Yet Live - 1