THE 2003 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARD NOMINEES



OUTSTANDING PLAY
Dublin Carol
by Conor McPherson
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme by Frank McGuinness
Our Lady of 121st Street by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Take Me Out by Richard Greenberg

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL
Avenue Q,
music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, book by Jeff Whitty
Hank Williams: Lost Highway, by Randal Myler and Mark Harelik
Radiant Baby book by Stuart Ross, music by Debra Barsha, lyrics by Ira Gasman, Stuart Ross, and Debra Barsha
Zanna, Don't! book, music, and lyrics by Tim Acito, Additional Book and Lyrics by Alexander Dinelaris

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL
Burn This,
by Lanford Wilson
Comedians by Trevor Griffiths
Don Juan by Moliere, translated by Christopher Hampton
Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR
Jo Bonney for Fifth of July
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Our Lady of 121st Street
Joe Mantello for Take Me Out
Nicholas Martin for Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
Jason Moore for Avenue Q

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Ronald K. Brown, for Crowns
Martha Clarke, for Vienna: Lusthaus (revisited)
Devanand Janki for Zanna Don't!
Ken Roberson for Avenue Q
Fatima Robinson for Radiant Baby

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR
Charles Busch in Shanghai Moon
Jim Dale in Comedians
Edward Norton in Burn This
Jason Petty in Hank Williams: Lost Highway
Daniel Sunjata in Take Me Out

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS
Tovah Feldshuh in Golda's Balcony
S. Epatha Merkerson in Fucking A
Kate Mulgrew in Tea at Five
Pamela Payton-Wright in Fifth of July
Parker Posey in Fifth of July

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR
Walter Bobbie in Polish Joke
Mos Def in Fucking A
Ron Cephas Jones in Our Lady of 121st Street
Denis O'Hare in Take Me Out
Justin Theroux in Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS
Anika Larsen in Zanna, Don't!
Jan Maxwell in My Old Lady
Nancy Opel in Polish Joke
Portia in Our Lady of 121st Street
Daphne Rubin-Vega in Fucking A

OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN
Christopher Akerlind for Don Juan
John Lee Beatty for My Old Lady
Alexander Dodge for Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
Anna Louizos for Avenue Q
Mark Wendland for The World Over

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Michael Bottari and Ronald Case for Shanghai Moon
Susan Hilferty for My Life With Albertine
Paul Tazewell for Boston Marriage
Catherine Zuber for Far Away

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Christopher Akerlind for Don Juan
Howell Binkley for Radiant Baby
Donald Holder for Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
James F. Ingalls for My Life With Albertine
James Vermeulen for Fifth of July

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN
Paul Arditti for Far Away
Mark Bennett for Golda's Balcony
Brett Jarvis for Avenue Q
Jerry Yager for Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme

UNIQUE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE goes to The Exonated
EDITH OLIVER AWARD FOR SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE goes to Marian Seldes
OUTSTANDING BODY OF WORK goes to The Vineyard Theatre