Live Updates: 41st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards Honoring Off-Broadway Excellence

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The nominating committee saw 98 Off-Broadway shows  this season, with 41 receiving nominations.

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The 41st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards – the only New York theatre award to exclusively honor Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway – will be presented at the annual ceremony tonight, May 3, 2026, at NYU Skirball beginning at 7:00pm.

The Lortel Awards are produced by the Off-Broadway League and the Lucille Lortel Theatre, with additional support provided by TDF. TodayTix Group is a Red Carpet sponsor, Studio Seaview is a Producing Sponsor, and AudienceView, Checks & Balances Payroll, Line-Up, and The Pekoe Group are Presenting Sponsors.

Notable first-time Lortel Award nominees include Sean Hayes (The Unknown), Dulé Hill (Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole), John Krasinski (Angry Alan), Amber Ruffin (BIGFOOT!), and Sia (Saturday Church.) Artists with multiple nominations include Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson (Mexodus) for Outstanding Musical and Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical, Darrell Grand Moultrie (GODDESS and Saturday Church) for Outstanding Choreographer and Isabella Byrd (Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. and Prince Faggot) for Outstanding Lighting Design. In total, the nominating committee saw 98 Off-Broadway shows this season, with 41 receiving nominations.

Special honorees this year include Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Mia Katigbak, performer and founder of the National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO); and legendary composer and lyricist William Finn , who will be posthumously inducted onto the famed Playwrights’ Sidewalk in front of the Lucille Lortel Theatre.

Tune in at 7pm ET for live updates from inside the ceremony. Winners will be marked; **Winner**

Cold War Choir Practice Produced by MCC Theater , Clubbed Thumb , and Page 73 Written by Ro Reddick

Kyoto Produced by Lincoln Center Theater , by arrangement with The Royal Shakespeare Company, Good Chance, Rachel Styne and Jessica Foung Written by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson

THE MONSTERS Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club Written by Ngozi Anyanwu

Mother Russia Produced by Signature Theatre Company Written by Lauren Yee

Prince Faggot Produced by Playwrights Horizons and Soho Rep Written by Jordan Tannahill

BIGFOOT! Produced by Benson Drive Productions, David Carter , Frankly Spoken Productions, The Shubert Organization, Robin Thede , Carson Gleberman , Sean Nyberg, Adam Riemer, Stark Sands , in association with Manhattan Theatre Club Book by Amber Ruffin and Kevin Sciretta , Lyrics by Amber Ruffin , Music by David Schmoll and Amber Ruffin

Mexodus Produced by Audible Theater and P3 Productions in association with Gabrielle Palitz , Gina Maria Leonetti, Todd B. Rubin, Willette and Manny Klausner , and QM Productions / The Movement Theatre Company, MTTM Theatrics / Barzach Productions Written by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson

My Joy Is Heavy Produced by New York Theatre Workshop Created by The Bengsons

Night Side Songs Produced by Lincoln Center Theater /LCT3 Words and Music by The Lazours

Saturday Church Produced by New York Theatre Workshop Book and Additional Lyrics by Damon Cardasis and James Ijames , Music by Sia, Additional Music by Honey Dijon

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Produced by Barbara Whitman , Aaron Glick , Timothy Bloom , James L. Nederlander , Nancy Nagel Gibbs , Debra Martin Chase , Rachel Sussman , Patrick Catullo , Ryan Solomon, by special arrangement with David Stone Written by Music and Lyrics by William Finn , Book by Rachel Sheinkin

Bus Stop Produced by Classic Stage Company , National Asian American Theatre Company, and Transport Group Written by William Inge

Gruesome Playground Injuries Produced by Seaview, Sue Wagner , John Johnson , Jillian Robbins , Adam Zell, Stella La Rue , Willette & Manny Klausner , Joan Rechnitz , Kyle Valentine , Bergère Cohen Productions, Steinfast & Moellenberg, Imaginespace, No Guarantees, Melissa Chamberlain & Michael McCartney , deRoy & Trezza, by special arrangement with the Lucille Lortel Theatre Written by Rajiv Joseph

Titus Andronicus Produced by Red Bull Theater Written by William Shakespeare

The Weir Produced by Irish Repertory Theatre Written by Conor McPherson

Hold Me in the Water Produced by Playwrights Horizons Written and Performed by Ryan J. Haddad

I'm Assuming You Know David Greenspan Produced by Atlantic Theater Company Written by Mona Pirnot Performed by David Greenspan

Nothing Can Take You From The Hand Of God Produced by Playwrights Horizons Written by Jen Tullock and Frank Winters Performed by Jen Tullock

Other Produced by LaChanze , Marc Platt , Marvin Krislov/ Adam Cohen , Anna Jenefsky, Bob Stachel/Aaron Yeshayahu Written and Performed by Ari'el Stachel

The Unknown Produced by Seaview, ATG Productions, Pam Hurst-Della Pietra & Stephen Della Pietra , Mickey Liddell & Pete Shilaimon , Tom Tuft, Craig Balsam /Ken Levitan, Julie Boardman , Creative Partners Productions , Front Row Productions, Lloyd Tichio Productions, MarketStall, New Ventures Entertainment, in association with Hayes Entertainment, Inc. Written by David Cale Performed by Sean Hayes

Knud Adams – Cold War Choir Practice Shayok Misha Chowdhury – Prince Faggot Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin – Kyoto David Mendizábal – Mexodus Keenan Tyler Oliphant – Practice

Edgar Godineaux and Jared Grimes – Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole Darrell Grand Moultrie – GODDESS Darrell Grand Moultrie – Saturday Church Tony Thomas – Mexodus Rickey Tripp – THE MONSTERS

Noah Galvin – The Reservoir Marin Ireland – Queens John Krasinski – Angry Alan Aigner Mizzelle – THE MONSTERS Okieriete Onaodowan – THE MONSTERS Susannah Perkins – Antigone (This Play I Read In High School) Kara Young – Gruesome Playground Injuries

Jorge Bosch – Kyoto Felicia Curry – Bowl EP Crystal Finn – Cold War Choir Practice David Greenspan – Prince Faggot Lizan Mitchell – Cold War Choir Practice Deirdre O'Connell – Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. David Turner – Mother Russia

Abigail Bengson – My Joy Is Heavy J. Harrison Ghee – Saturday Church Dulé Hill – Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole Ruthie Ann Miles – The Seat of Our Pants Brian Quijada – Mexodus Nygel D. Robinson – Mexodus Daniel J. Watts – Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole

Nick Rashad Burroughs – GODDESS Judy Kuhn – The Baker's Wife Erin Morton – Heathers The Musical Stephanie Jae Park – Monte Cristo Caleb Quezon – Saturday Church Natalie Walker – The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse Lynne Wintersteller – About Time

Initiative Olivia Rose Barresi, Brandon Burk, Greg Cuellar , Harrison Densmore, Carson Higgins , Andrea Lopez Alvarez, Jamie Sanders , Christopher Dylan White

Night Side Songs Robin de Jesús, Brooke Ishibashi , Jonathan Raviv , Kris Saint-Louis , Mary Testa

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Philippe Arroyo , Autumn Best , Leana Rae Concepcion , Justin Cooley , Lilli Cooper , Jason Kravits , Matt Manuel, Kevin McHale , Jasmine Amy Rogers

Miriam Buether – Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. Afsoon Pajoufar – Cold War Choir Practice Riw Rakkulchon – Mexodus Adam Rigg and Anton Volovsek – Bowl EP David Zinn – Prince Faggot

Montana Levi Blanco – Prince Faggot Enver Chakartash – TARTUFFE Qween Jean – Saturday Church Celeste Jennings – minor.ity Kaye Voyce – The Seat of Our Pants

Isabella Byrd – Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. Isabella Byrd – Prince Faggot Mextly Couzin – Mexodus Cha See – The Unknown Studio Luna /"> Luna – Marcel on the Train

Caroline Eng – The Unknown Mikhail Fiksel – Mexodus Ryan Gamblin – Bowl EP Drew Levy – The Weir Bray Poor – Eurydice

David Bengali – My Joy Is Heavy Stefania Bulbarella – Nothing Can Take You From The Hand Of God Akhila Krishnan – Kyoto Johnny Moreno – Mexodus John Narun – Bughouse

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