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The Lucille Lortel Awards – the only New York theatre award to exclusively honor Off-Broadway – are set to celebrate four decades of recognizing Off-Broadway excellence with the annual ceremony scheduled for Sun May 4 at 7:00 PM at NYU Skirball. Special Award recipients for 2025 have also been announced. The Lortel Awards are produced by the Off-Broadway League and the Lucille Lortel Theatre, with additional support provided by by TDF. The event will be open to the public, with tickets available for purchase beginning Thurs April 3, at tickets.nyu.edu. The 2025 Special Award Recipients will got to Alice Childress (Playwrights’ Sidewalk), New Federal Theatre (Outstanding Body of Work) and Carol Fishman (Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway). Nominations will be announced on Wed April 2 with a Nominees Breakfast set for Wed Apr 23. The dates for the 2024-2025 Off-Broadway seasonrun from April 1, 2024 - March 31, 2025. he Off-Broadway League’s Lortel Awards Administration Committee is compised of Jeremy Adams, Alana Canty-Samuel, Tisa Chang, Carol Fishman, George Forbes, Kenneth Naanep, Ralph Peña, Catherine Russell, Michael Sag, Jonathan Whitton, Casey York and Jeffrey Shubart, (Chair) and the Lucille Lortel Theatre (George Forbes, Jeffrey Shubart, Nancy Hurvitz, Alana Canty-Samuel, Maura Le Viness, Karla Liriano, and Rascher Alcasid) produce the Ceremony. Michael Heitzman directs. Representatives of the Off-Broadway League, Actors’ Equity Association, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, United Scenic Artists, the Lucille Lortel Theatre, in addition to theatre journalists, academics and other Off-Broadway professionals, serve on the Voting Committee. For updates and news visit www.LortelAwards.org. Press contact: Chris Kanarick/Peak Publicity (646/352-2130)...