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BROADWAY DIVAS SUPERLATIVES: And the Tony Goes to...

Here in this house, we love and respect the play nominees just as much as the musical ones. That being said, it's like pulling teeth to get appropriate video clips.

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'Evanston Salt Costs Climbing,' Arbery's Excellent Play is a Must-See

This is another Will Arbery work that is a must-see.

(L to R): Ken Leung and Jeb Kreager in Evanston Salt Costs Climbing (courtesy of Monique Carboni) In the microcosm is the macrocosm. This is especially so in the setting Will Arbery presents in Evanston Salt Costs Climbing, the sardonic, metaphysical-realistic 95-minute play acutely directed by Danya Taymor, currently at the Signature Theatre presented by The New Group. A key theme of Arbery’s…

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The nominations for 34th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards are:

Outstanding Play

Mlima’s Tale Produced by The Public Theater Written by Lynn Nottage

Pass Over Produced by Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 Written by Antoinette Nwandu

Slave Play Produced by New York Theatre Workshop Written by Jeremy O. Harris

Sugar In Our Wounds Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club Written by Donja R. Love

What The Constitution Means To Me Produced by New York Theatre Workshop Written by Heidi Schreck

Outstanding Musical

Be More Chill Produced by Gerald Goehring, Michael F. Mitri, Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Marc David Levine, Marlene and Gary Cohen, 42nd.club, The Baruch Frankel Viertel Group, Alisa and Charlie Thorne, Jenny Niederhoffer, Chris Blasting/Simpson & Longthorne, Brad Blume/Gemini Theatrical, Jonathan Demar/Kim Vasquez, Ben Holtzman and Sammy Lopez, Koenigsberg/Federman/Adler, Ashlee Latimer and Jenna Ushkowitz, Jenn Maley and Cori Stolbun, Robert and Joan Rechnitz, Fred and Randi Sternfeld, YesBroadway Productions, in association with Two River Theater Music and Lyrics by Joe Iconis, Book by Joe Tracz

Girl from the North Country Produced by The Public Theater Book by Conor McPherson, Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan

Midnight at The Never Get Produced by The York Theatre Company by arrangement with Visceral Entertainment and Mark Cortale Productions, Nathaniel Granor, Jeff G. Peters, Daryl Roth, Megan Savage Book, Music, and Lyrics by Mark Sonnenblick, Co-Conceived by Sam Bolen

Miss You Like Hell Produced by The Public Theater Book and Lyrics by Quiara Alegría Hudes, Music and Lyrics by Erin McKeown

Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future Produced by Ars Nova Written by Andrew R. Butler

  Outstanding Revival

Carmen Jones Produced by Classic Stage Company, Alan D. and Barbara Marks, Eric Falkenstein, and Covent Garden Productions Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, with Music by Georges Bizet

Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine Produced by Signature Theatre Written by Lynn Nottage

Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish Produced by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Paul & Rodica Burg, UJA-Federation of New York, Stanley & Marion Bergman Family Charitable Fund, The David Berg Foundation, Paul & Peggy Bernstein, Mark & Audrey Mlotek, Mark E. Seitelman Law Offices, in association with Esti & Barry Brahver and Sheila Nevins Book by Joseph Stein, Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, Translation by Shraga Friedman

Happy Birthday, Wanda June Produced by Wheelhouse Theater Company Written by Kurt Vonnegut

The Shadow of a Gunman Produced by Irish Repertory Theatre Written by Sean O’Casey

Outstanding Solo Show

Feeding the Dragon Produced by Primary Stages in association with Jamie deRoy and Hartford Stage Written and Performed by Sharon Washington

Fleabag Produced by Annapurna Theatre, Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, Skye Optican, Kevin Emrick, David Luff & Patrick Myles, Barbara Broccoli, Patrick Catullo, Diana DiMenna, Daryl Roth, Eric Schnall, Jayne Baron Sherman, DryWrite, Soho Theatre Written and Performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Girls & Boys Produced by Audible and The Royal Court Theatre Written by Dennis Kelly Performed by Carey Mulligan

Mike Birbiglia’s The New One Produced by Joseph Birbiglia, Mike Lavoie, and Rebecca Crigler Written and Performed by Mike Birbiglia, Additional Writing by Jennifer Hope Stein

My Life On a Diet Produced by Julian Schlossberg, Morris S. Levy, Rodger Hess, Harold Newman, Jim Fantaci, Andrew Tobias, and Ronald Glazer/Sabrina Hutt Written by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna Performed by Renée Taylor

Outstanding Director

Lileana Blain-Cruz, Marys Seacole Jo Bonney, Mlima’s Tale John Doyle, Carmen Jones Lee Sunday Evans, Dance Nation Joel Grey, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish

Outstanding Choreographer

Lee Sunday Evans, Dance Nation Raja Feather Kelly, If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka Rick and Jeff Kuperman, Alice By Heart Lorin Latarro, Merrily We Roll Along Susan Stroman, The Beast in the Jungle

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play

Juan Castano, Transfers Russell Harvard, I Was Most Alive with You Jon Michael Hill, Pass Over Sahr Ngaujah, Mlima’s Tale Tom Sturridge, Sea Wall/A Life

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play

Ako, God Said This Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Marys Seacole Marin Ireland, Blue Ridge Zainab Jah, Boesman and Lena Charlayne Woodard, “Daddy”

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Ato Blankson-Wood, Slave Play Marchánt Davis, Ain’t No Mo’ Gabriel Ebert, Pass Over John Procaccino, Downstairs Matt Walker, The Play That Goes Wrong

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Our Lady of 121st Street Stephanie Berry, Sugar In Our Wounds Blair Brown, Mary Page Marlowe Crystal Lucas-Perry, Ain’t No Mo’ Danielle Skraastad, Hurricane Diane

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical

Sam Bolen, Midnight at The Never Get Andrew R. Butler, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future Jeremy Cohen, Midnight at The Never Get Clifton Duncan, Carmen Jones Steven Skybell, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical

Kate Baldwin, Superhero Gizel Jiménez, Miss You Like Hell Anika Noni Rose, Carmen Jones Stacey Sargeant, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future Mare Winningham, Girl from the North Country

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

John Edwards, Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller Sydney James Harcourt, Girl from the North Country Bryce Pinkham, Superhero George Salazar, Be More Chill Heath Saunders, Alice By Heart

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Jackie Hoffman, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish Stephanie Hsu, Be More Chill Luba Mason, Girl from the North Country Soara-Joye Ross, Carmen Jones Alysha Umphress, Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller

Outstanding Scenic Design

Wilson Chin, Pass Over Charlie Corcoran, The Shadow of a Gunman Nigel Hook, The Play That Goes Wrong Laura Jellinek, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future Arnulfo Maldonado, Sugar In Our Wounds

Outstanding Costume Design

Dede Ayite, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Montana Levi Blanco, The House That Will Not Stand Jennifer Moeller, Mlima’s Tale Kaye Voyce, Marys Seacole Paloma Young, Alice By Heart

Outstanding Lighting Design

Amith Chandrashaker, Boesman and Lena Lap Chi Chu, Mlima’s Tale Bradley King, Apologia Barbara Samuels, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future Yi Zhao, The House That Will Not Stand

Outstanding Sound Design

Matt Hubbs, Boesman and Lena Dan Moses Schreier, Carmen Jones Jane Shaw, I Was Most Alive with You Mikaal Sulaiman, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future Isobel Waller-Bridge, Fleabag

Outstanding Projection Design

Katherine Freer, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Luke Halls, Girls & Boys Alex Basco Koch, Be More Chill Alex Basco Koch, Fireflies Tal Yarden, Superhero

SPECIAL AWARD Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience On Beckett Produced by Irish Repertory Theatre Exploring the Works of Samuel Beckett, Conceived by Bill Irwin

HONORARY AWARDS Outstanding Body of Work Telsey + Company

Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee María Irene Fornés

Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway Award Terry Byrne

  The awards will be held May 5th at NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts

Shows That Received More Than One Nomination

Carmen Jones 6 Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future 6 Mlima’s Tale 5 Be More Chill 4 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF IN YIDDISH 4 Girl from the North Country 4 Pass Over 4 Alice By Heart 3 Boesman and Lena 3 Marys Seacole 3 Midnight at The Never Get 3 Sugar In Our Wounds 3 Superhero 3 Ain’t No Mo’ 2 By the Way, Meet Vera Stark 2 Dance Nation 2 FLEABAG 2 G irls & Boys 2 I Was Most Alive with You 2 M iss You Like Hell 2 Shadow of a Gunman 2 Slave Play 2 Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller 2 The House That Will Not Stand 2 THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG 2

Lucille Lortel Award Nominations 2019 Off-Broadway: Carmen Jones, Rags Parkland, Mlima’s Tale Lead The nominations for 34th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards are: Outstanding Play Mlima's Tale Produced by The Public Theater…