Category Archives: Awards

‘Hamilton’ Sweeps 2015 Lucille Lortel Awards

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s founding-fathers musical took 10 awards, including best musical, at the Off-Broadway awards on Sunday night.

Honors from journalists based outside New York City go mostly but not exclusively to shows on Broadway.

Phillipa Soo, Josh Grisetti, Julie Halston and Brad Oscar will receive this year’s Actors’ Equity citations.

Twelve newcomers will be awarded for their debut performances on Broadway and Off-Broadway.

Sixteen finalists from high schools all over the country gathered in New York to deliver, and connect with, the late playwright’s words.

Guirgis’s Pulitzer winner took the play prize, while Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’ was named best musical.

Program includes a retreat in upstate New York and an award to a female playwright from the Great Plains Theatre Conference.

New prize program with Center Theatre Group will also set aside funds for local world-premiere production.

The female-empowerment organization announces the winner of its inaugural playwriting competition, to be staged at an event in June.

The director/playwright and longtime leader of McCarter Theatre will receive the award at a ceremony on May 16.