In a return to a live in-person ceremony for the first time in three years, winners were announced tonight (Sunday, May 1) for the 37th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. The event was hosted at the NYU Skirball Center by three pairs of stars from the stage and screen: Jared Grimes (Broadway’s Funny Girl) and Jeff Hiller (HBO’s Somebody Somewhere); Krysta Rodriguez and Jelani Alladin (Hercules); and Jennifer Simard and Christopher Sieber (Company).
Outstanding Play: English, written by Sanaz Toossi, produced by Atlantic Theater Company and Roundabout Theatre Company;
Outstanding Musical: Kimberly Akimbo, book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, music by Jeanine Tesori, based on the play by David Lindsay-Abaire, produced by Atlantic Theater Company;
Lifetime Achievement: Deirdre O’Connell;
Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee: David Henry Hwang.