Doubt, Hurlyburly & Intimate Apparel Top 2005 Lortel Noms

The League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers announced the nominees for the 20th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards today. Topping the list of honorees, with five nominees each, are Doubt now at Broadway's Walter Kerr, Hurlyburly which is transferring to 37 Arts next week and Intimate Apparel.

Two special awards will also be presented at the Lortel Award ceremony: Frances Sternhagen will receive the Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence and The Irish Repertory Theatre will be honored for Outstanding Body of Work.

The Lucille Lortel Awards will be presented on Monday, May 2 at Dodger Stages.

A complete list of 2005 Lucille Lortel Award nominees follows:

Outstanding Play
After Ashley by Gina Gionfriddo
Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
Going to St. Ives by Lee Blessing
Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage
Orson's Shadow by Austin Pendleton

Outstanding Musical
Altar Boyz
Junie B. Jones
Lone Star Love
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Outstanding Solo Show
Nine Parts of Desire
The Two and Only

Outstanding Revival
Counsellor-At-Law
Engaged
Finian's Rainbow
Hedda Gabler by
Hurlyburly

Outstanding Director Jo Bonney, Fat Pig
Scott Elliott, Hurlyburly
Doug Hughes, Doubt
James Lapine, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Daniel Sullivan, Intimate Apparel

Outstanding Choreographer
Christopher Gattelli, Altar Boyz
Devanand Janki, Junie B. Jones
Dan Knechtges, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Barry McNabb, Finian's Rainbow
Randy Skinner, Lone Star Love

Outstanding Lead Actor
Larry Bryggman, Romance
Ethan Hawke, Hurlyburly
Brían F. O'Byrne, Doubt
John Rubinstein, Counsellor-At-Law
Jeffrey Wright, This Is How It Goes

Outstanding Lead Actress
Ashlie Atkinson, Fat Pig
Viola Davis, Intimate Apparel
Cherry Jones, Doubt
Judy Kaye, Souvenir
Elizabeth Marvel, Hedda Gabler

Outstanding Featured Actor
Kevin Cahoon, The Foreigner
Dan Fogler, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Josh Hamilton, Hurlyburly
Logan Marshall-Green, The Distance From Here
Tyler Maynard, Altar Boyz

Outstanding Featured Actress
Jenn Harris, Modern Orthodox
Adriane Lenox, Doubt
Alison Pill, On the Mountain
Parker Posey, Hurlyburly
Jennifer Simard, Forbidden Broadway: SVU

Outstanding Scenic Design
Julian Crouch & Graeme Gilmour, Shockheaded Peter
Antje Ellermann, Nine Parts of Desire
Derek McLane, Intimate Apparel
Neil Patel, Between Us
Jan Versweyved, Hedda Gabler

Outstanding Costume Design
Alvin Colt, Forbidden Broadway: SVU
Anna Hannikainen, Slava's Snowshow
Kevin Pollard, Shockheaded Peter
Anita Yavich, Svejk
Catherine Zuber, Intimate Apparel

Outstanding Lighting Design
Christopher Akerlind, Belle Epoque
Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer, Dessa Rose
Jon Linstrum, Shockheaded Peter
James Vermeulen, Mr. Fox: A Rumination
David Weiner, Rodney's Wife

Outstanding Sound Design
Obadiah Eaves, Nine Parts of Desire
Scott Lehrer, Dessa Rose
Simon Matthews, Altar Boyz
Darron L. West, Hot 'n' Throbbing
Darron L. West, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot