KIMBERLY AKIMBO, ENGLISH Win Top Prizes at 2022 Lucille Lortel Awards
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Kimberly Akimbo and Oratorio For Living Things won three awards apiece May 1 at the 2022 Lucille Lortel Awards. The honors, celebrating the best of Off-Broadway in the 2021-2022 season, were handed out at the NYU Skirball Center in a return to in-person ceremonies.
Winning Outstanding Musical, along with Lead Performer in a Musical for Victoria Clark, and Featured Performer in a Musical for Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo positioned itself as one of the hottest tickets on Broadway for the fall season.
Taking home Outstanding Play was Sanaz Toossi’s English; additional big prize winners were Shannon Tyo (The Chinese Lady) for Lead Performer in a Play and Francis Benhamou (Prayer for the French Republic) for Featured Performer in a Play. Oratorio For Living Things scored Outstanding Ensemble, Director of a Play, and Sound Design.
As previously announced, special honorees this year included Deirdre O’Connell, who was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award by Heidi Schreck; and David Henry Hwang, who was inducted onto the famed Playwrights’ Sidewalk by Jeanine Tesori.
Outstanding Play
English
Produced by Atlantic Theater Company and Roundabout Theatre Company
Written by Sanaz Toossi
Outstanding Musical
Kimberly Akimbo
Produced by Atlantic Theater Company
Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, Music by Jeanine Tesori
Based on the Play by David Lindsay-Abaire
Outstanding Revival
TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992
Produced by Signature Theatre
Written by Anna Deavere Smith
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Outstanding Solo Show
Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop
Written and Performed by Kristina Wong
Outstanding Director
Lee Sunday Evans – Oratorio For Living Things
Outstanding Choreographer
Bill T. Jones – Black No More
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play
Shannon Tyo – The Chinese Lady
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play
Francis Benhamou – Prayer for the French Republic
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical
Victoria Clark – Kimberly Akimbo
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical
Bonnie Milligan – Kimberly Akimbo
Outstanding Ensemble
Oratorio For Living Things
Johnny Butler, Kirstyn Cae Ballard, Jane Cardona, Sean Donovan, Carla Duren, Clérida Eltimé, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Brian Flores, Odetta Hartman, Quentin Oliver Lee, Angel Lozada, Divya Maus, Barrie Lobo McLain, Ben Moss, John Murchison, Onyie Nwachukwu, Dito Van Reigersberg, Peter Wise
Outstanding Scenic Design
Adam Rigg – On Sugarland
Outstanding Costume Design
Gregory Gale – Fairycakes
Outstanding Lighting Design
Isabella Byrd – Sanctuary City
Outstanding Sound Design
Nick Kourtides – Oratorio For Living Things
Outstanding Projection Design
Shawn Duan – Letters of Suresh
