AwardsDates Set for 2020 Lucille Lortel Awards; Tim Sanford to Receive Lifetime Achievement AwardThe Playwrights Horizons outgoing artistic director will be among the evening's special honorees, along with Anna Deavere Smith.
Also announced: Playwright, performer, educator, and author Anna Deavere Smith (Notes From the Field, Fires in the Mirror) will be inducted into the Playwrights’ Sidewalk.
The Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by the Off-Broadway League and the Lucille Lortel Theatre Foundation. Additional support is provided by TDF. Nominees from the 2019–2020 season will be revealed April 2.
As previously announced, Adam Greenfield, currently the associate artistic director of Playwrights, will succeed Sanford.
Patti LuPone, Gabby Beans, Susan Stroman, André Bishop, and more are featured in this special look back, along with clips from War Horse, The Light in the Piazza, South Pacific, and more.
The new work from playwright Liana Sonenclar follows a high school track star forced to confront some tricky feelings when she reconnects with a former teammate.
