The Off-Broadway League and Lucille Lortel Theatre's 37th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were handed out at NYU Skirball Center May 1 at 7 PM, and Kimberly Akimboand Oratorio for Living Things were the evening's big winners with three Lortel wins each.
Atlantic Theater Company's Kimberly Akimbo, slated to make the jump to Broadway this fall, took Outstanding Musical, along with Lead Performer in a Musical (Victoria Clark) and Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical (Bonnie Milligan). Ars Nova's Oratorio for Living Things took home honors for Outstanding Director (Lee Sunday Evans), Outstanding Ensemble, and Outstanding Sound Design (Nick Kourtides). Both went into the evening as the most nominated productions, with six nominations each.
As previously announced, Deirdre O'Connell was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's ceremony, and David Henry Hwang was inducted onto the Playwrights' Sidewalk.