Nominations for this year's Lucille Lortel Awards, recognizing the best in Off-Broadway theatre, will be revealed by Francis Jue and Krysta Rodriguez April 2 at 3 PM ET, with a streaming announcement on Playbill. Come back to this page beginning at 3 PM to watch.
Winners will be named at the annual ceremony May 4 at NYU Skirball. Tickets are available at Tickets.NYU.edu and at the NYU Skirball box office.
Rodriguez is currently starring as Tracy in the stage musical adaptation of TV's Smash, currently in previews and headed for an April 10 opening night at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway. She's also been seen on the Main Stem in The Collaboration, Into the Woods, Spring Awakening, First Date, The Addams Family, In the Heights, A Chorus Line, and Good Vibrations.
Francis Jue was most recently seen on Broadway as Hyh and others in the Broadway debut of David Henry Hwang's Yellow Face, a filmed performance of which will air on PBS' Great Performances beginning May 16. His earlier Broadway performances include Pacific Overtures, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and M. Butterfly. Jue was himself nominated for a Lortel in 2022 as part of the ensemble of Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.
The Lortels, produced by the Off-Broadway League and Lucille Lortel Theatre with additional support by TDF, recognize the best in Off-Broadway theatre and are voted on by representatives of the theatrical unions, the Off-Broadway League, theatre journalists, academics, and other Off-Broadway professionals. This year's honor will consider Off-Broadway productions from the 2024-2025 season.