2004 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARD NOMINEES

OUTSTANDING PLAY
Bug by Tracy Letts
Frozen by Bryony Lavery
The Long Christmas Ride Home by Paula Vogel
Small Tragedy by Craig Lucas
Valhalla by Paul Rudnick

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL
Caroline, or Change, Book and Lyrics by Tony Kushner, Music by Jeanine Tesori
Johnny Guitar, Lyrics by Joel Higgins, Music by Martin Silvestri, Book by Nicholas van Hoogstraten
The Musical of Musicals - The Musical!, Music by Eric Rockwell, Lyrics by Joanne Bogart, Book by Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart

OUTSTANDING SOLO SHOW
I Am My Own Wife, starring Jefferson Mays, written by Doug Wright
Sarah Jones: bridge & tunnel, starring and written by Sarah Jones
Women on Fire, starring Judith Ivey, written by Irene O'Garden

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR
Christopher Ashley, Valhalla
Mark Brokaw, The Long Christmas Ride Home
Dexter Bullard, Bug
Doug Hughes, Frozen
Moises Kaufman, I Am My Own Wife

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Hope Clarke, Caroline, or Change
Daniel Pelzig, Valhalla
Mart¡n Santangelo, Noche Flamenca

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR
Peter Frechette, Valhalla
Brian F. O'Byrne, Frozen
Lee Pace, Small Tragedy
Michael Shannon, Bug
Richard Thomas, The Stendhal Syndrome

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS
Lisa Emery, Iron
Jayne Houdyshell, Well
Swoosie Kurtz, Frozen
Zilah Mendoza, Living Out
Tonya Pinkins, Caroline, or Change

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR
Rob Campbell, Small Tragedy
Daniel Eric Gold, Small Tragedy
Gordon MacDonald, Trumbo
Will McCormack, The Long Christmas Ride Home
Mark Rosenthal, The Moonlight Room

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS
Liza Coln-Zayas, Living Out
Kathryn Layng, The Moonlight Room
Laila Robins, Frozen
Anika Noni Rose, Caroline, or Change
Margaret Welsh, Big Bill

OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN
Scott Bradley, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
Tim Hatley, Humble Boy
Derek McLane, I Am My Own Wife
Ajene D. Washington, American Menu

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Linda Cho, The Two Noble Kinsmen
William Ivey Long, Valhalla
Paul Tazewell, Caroline, or Change
Kaye Voyce, Johnny Guitar
Catherine Zuber, The Beard of Avon

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Christopher Akerlind, Well
David Lander, I Am My Own Wife
Tyler Micoleau, Bug
Kenneth Posner, Valhalla
Clifton Taylor, Frozen

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN
John Gromada, Small Tragedy
Robert Kaplowitz,The Story
Brian Ronan, Bug
David Van Tieghem, The Long Christmas Ride Home

SPECIAL AWARDS
The Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence awarded to Kathleen Chalfant

The Outstanding Body of Work Award to The Public Theater.

The Unique Theatrical Experience Award to Noche Flamenca.

Tony Kushner inducted onto the Playwrights Sidewalk.