Adding Machine Wins Four Lortel Awards, Including Best Musical

Adding Machine was the big winner at the 23rd annual Lucille Lortel Awards, which honor outstanding achievement off-Broadway, taking home prizes in four of the 14 competitive categories. The 2007-08 awards were presented on May 5 at the Union Square Theatre. A complete list of winners follows:

Outstanding Play:
Betrayed
By George Packer; produced by Culture Project

Outstanding Musical
Adding Machine
Original Music by Joshua Schmidt, Libretto by Jason Loewith and Joshua Schmidt; produced by Scott Morfee, Tom Wirtshafter, and Margaret Cotter

Outstanding Solo Show
Dai enough
Written and Performed by Iris Bahr; produced by Bernie Kukoff, Jonathan Pollard, Jon Cutler in association with Highbrow Entertainment

Outstanding Revival
Ohio State Murders
By Adrienne Kennedy; produced by Theatre for a New Audience

Outstanding Director
David Cromer, Adding Machine

Outstanding Choreographer
Peter Pucci, Queens Boulevard the musical

Outstanding Lead Actor
Joel Hatch, Adding Machine

Outstanding Lead Actress
Elizabeth Franz, The Piano Teacher

Outstanding Featured Actor
Francis Jue, Yellow Face

Outstanding Featured Actress
Mare Winningham, 10 Million Miles

Outstanding Scenic Design
Jim Findlay and Jeff Sugg, The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island or the Friends of Dr. Rushower

Outstanding Costume Design
Michael Bottari & Ronald Case, and Jessica Jahn, Die Mommie Die!

Outstanding Lighting Design
Keith Parham, Adding Machine

Outstanding Sound Design
Jorge Cousineau, Opus

Sopecial Awards were presented to Theodore Mann Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence, Primary Stages Outstanding Body of Work and Horizon, produced by New York Theatre Workshop Unique Theatrical Experience.