In memoriam. Nearly one week after revealing her 7-month-old son Adriel’s death, Anny Francisco posted an emotional throwback photo with the little one.
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Kimberly Akimbo, Assassins, Prayer for the French Republic and The Chinese Lady were among the Off Broadway productions receiving multiple nominations for this year’s Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off Broadway, announced today.
Among the innovations in this year’s 37th Annual Lortel Awards are the first non-gendered performance categories, and the first-ever Lortel for Outstanding Ensemble. In the new Ensemble category, the inaugural nominees are the casts of English, Oratorio For Living Things, and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.
Kimberly Akimbo and Oratorio For Living Things scored the most nominations, with six each, while Black No More and On Sugarland received five. Assassins, Prayer for the French Republic and The Chinese Lady each have four nominations.
The awards will be handed out on Sunday, May 1, at NYU Skirball in Manhattan. The Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by the Off-Broadway League and Lucille Lortel Theatre, with additional support provided by TDF. As previously announced, special honorees this year include Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Deirdre O’Connell and Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee, David Henry Hwang.
The complete list of nominations follows.
2022 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS NOMINATIONS
Outstanding PlayCoal Country Produced by Audible and The Public Theater Written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
English Produced by Atlantic Theater Company and Roundabout Theatre Company Written by Sanaz Toossi
Letters of Suresh Produced by Second Stage Theater Written by Rajiv Joseph
On Sugarland Produced by New York Theatre Workshop Written by Aleshea Harris
Prayer for the French Republic Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club Written by Joshua Harmon
Outstanding MusicalBlack No More Produced by The New
In memoriam. Nearly one week after revealing her 7-month-old son Adriel’s death, Anny Francisco posted an emotional throwback photo with the little one.
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