Diep Tran, writing for Playbill:
The 2025 Lucille Lortel Award nominations were announced April 2. The nominations were read by Francis Jue (Yellow Face) and Krysta Rodriguez (Smash). Leading the nominations were Drag: The Musical and Dave Malloy’s Three Houses, which received the most musical nominations with a total of six each, including Outstanding Musical.
The Best Musical nominees include the currently running Drag: The Musical; Luis Quintero’s Medea: Re-Versed; Marla Mindelle, Jonathan Parks-Ramage, and Philip Drennen’s The Big Gay Jamboree; Dave Malloy’s Three Houses; and the Lazours’ We Live in Cairo.
The 2024–25 Off-Broadway season featured 70 eligible productions, 32 of which were recognized with a nomination in at least one category.
Outstanding Musical
Drag: The Musical — book, music, and lyrics by Tomas Costanza, Justin Andrew Honard, and Ashley Gordon
Outstanding Choreographer
Spencer Liff, Drag: The Musical
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical
Alaska Thunderfuck, Drag: The Musical
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical
Jujubee, Drag: The Musical
Eddie Korbich, Drag: The Musical
Outstanding Costume Design
Marco Marco, Drag: The Musical
This year’s Lortels are considering Off-Broadway productions that opened between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025. The awards are voted on by representatives of the theatrical unions, the Off-Broadway League, theatre journalists, academics, and other Off-Broadway professionals. There were 70 eligible productions in the season.
