2016 Lucille Lortel Awards set for 5/1

3/23/2016 4:49pm


The Off-Broadway League has announced details for the 2016 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. The 31st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards will be handed out on Sun May 1 at NYU Skirball Center, beginning at 7:00 PM. Among the special honors to be presented this year, the Lifetime Achievement Award will be given to Signature Theatre Founding Artistic Director James Houghton. It was recently announced Mr. Houghton would be stepping down from Signature Theatre after 25 years.  Suzan-Lori Parks will be inducted onto the Playwrights’ Sidewalk in front of the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Members of the general public are welcome to view the 7:00 PM ceremony. The Off-Broadway League’s Lortel Awards Producing & Administration Committee (Terry Byrne, Denise Cooper, Margaret Cotter, Carol Fishman, George Forbes, Michael Page, Catherine Russell, Lindsey Sag, and Seth Shepsle) produces the Ceremony. Michael Heitzman returns to direct  for the seventh consecutive year. For more information, please visit www.LortelAwards.org. Press contact: Isabella Cunningham/ID PR (212/334-0333)...