Bebe Neuwirth and Eric Bogosian to Co-Host Lucille Lortel Awards on 5/7

The 22nd annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway will presented on May 7 at New World Stages, hosted by Bebe Neuwirth and Eric Bogosian. The eligibility cutoff for the 2007 awards is March 31, and nominations will be announced April 3.

In addition to awards for this season's productions, Christopher Durang will be honored with a star on the Playwrights' Sidewalk outside the Lucille Lortel Theatre on Christopher Street, and the Actors' Fund of America will be presented with a special award in honor of its 125 years of service.

The Lucille Lortel Awards nominating committee is appointed by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres & Producers, the Lucille Lortel Foundation, Actors' Equity Association and Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers and also includes journalists, educators and other off-Broadway theater professionals.

A limited number of tickets for the awards ceremony will go on sale to the public through the New World Stages box office beginning April 3.