Current Broadway offerings “Dear Evan Hansen,” “Oslo” and “Indecent” are in the running for major trophies at the 2017 Lucille Lortel Awards, the Off Broadway-centric honors that have nominated those titles for their initial Off Broadway stagings last year.
The leaders of this year’s pack of nominations, announced ahead of a ceremony in May, were “Sweeney Todd,” the small-scale revival that turns the Barrow Street Theater into a pie shop; and “Hadestown,” which was a buzzy hit at New York Theater Workshop. Both productions earned seven nominations.
“Dear Evan Hansen,” likely to prove a strong contender at this year’s Tony Awards, is in the running for outstanding musical alongside “Hadestown,” “Ride the Cyclone,” “The Total Bent” and the Broadway-bound “The Band’s Visit.” “Oslo” and “Indecent” — both Off Broadway successes that recently began previews on Broadway — compete in the outstanding play category, along with “Underground Railroad Game,” “Vietgone” and “The Wolves.”
Among the actors to earn nominations were Ben Platt and Rachel Bay Jones of “Dear Evan Hansen,” as well as Sutton Foster (“Sweet Charity”), “Daredevil” star Charlie Cox (“Incognito”), “Person of Interest” star Michael Emerson (“Wakey, Wakey”) and David Hyde Pierce (“A Life.”