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Tony Winners
2008
 
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Total Awards:


South Pacific: 7
August: Osage County: 5
In the Heights: 4
Gypsy: 3
The 39 Steps: 2
Boeing-Boeing: 2
Les Liaisons Dangereuses: 1
Passing Strange: 1
The Seafarer: 1


Best Musical
In the Heights
Best Play
August: Osage County, by Tracy Letts
Best Revival of Musical
South Pacific
Best Revival of a Play
Boeing-Boeing
Best Actress in a Musical
Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Best Actor in a Musical
Paulo Szot, South Pacific
Best Actress in a Play
Best Actor in a Play
Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Laura Benanti, Gypsy
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Boyd Gaines, Gypsy
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Rondi Reed, August: Osage County
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Jim Norton, The Seafarer
Best Director of a Musical
Bartlett Sher, South Pacific
Best Director of a Play
Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
Best Original Score
Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights
Best Book of a Musical
Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Passing Strange
Best Choreography
Andy Blankenbuehler, In the Heights
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Michael Yeargan, South Pacific
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Todd Rosenthal, August: Osage County
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Scott Lehrer, South Pacific
Best Sound Design of a Play
Mic Pool, The 39 Steps
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Catherine Zuber, South Pacific
Best Costume Design of a Play
Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Donald Holder, South Pacific
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Kevin Adams, The 39 Steps
Best Orchestrations
Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman, In the Heights
   

Tony Nominations
2008

 

the highlights:


Best Play
The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow
August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard
The Seafarer by Conor McPherson

Best Musical
Cry-Baby
In the Heights
Passing Strange
Xanadu

Best Revival of a Play
Boeing-Boeing
The Homecoming
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Macbeth

Best Revival of a Musical
Grease
Gypsy
South Pacific
Sunday in the Park with George

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
Rufus Sewell, Rock 'n' Roll
Patrick Stewart, Macbeth

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Eve Best, The Homecoming
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
Kate Fleetwood, Macbeth
S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba
Amy Morton, August: Osage County

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park with George
Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Kerry Butler, Xanadu
Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Kelli O'Hara, South Pacific
Faith Prince, A Catered Affair
Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park with George

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Bobby Cannavale, Mauritius
Raul Esparza, The Homecoming
Conleth Hill, The Seafarer
Jim Norton, The Seafarer
David Pittu, Is He Dead?

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Sinead Cusack, Rock 'n' Roll
Mary McCormack, Boeing-Boeing
Laurie Metcalf, November
Martha Plimpton, Top Girls
Rondi Reed, August: Osage County

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Daniel Breaker, Passing Strange
Danny Burstein, South Pacific
Robin De Jesus, In the Heights
Christopher Fitzgerald, Young Frankenstein
Boyd Gaines, Gypsy

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
de'Adre Aziza, Passing Strange
Laura Benanti, Gypsy
Andrea Martin, Young Frankenstein
Olga Merediz, In the Heights
Loretta Ables Sayre, South Pacific

Best Direction of a Play
Maria Aitken, The 39 Steps
Conor McPherson, The Seafarer
Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
Matthew Warchus, Boeing-Boeing

Best Direction of a Musical
Sam Buntrock, Sunday in the Park with George
Thomas Kail, In the Heights
Arthur Laurents, Gypsy
Bartlett Sher, South Pacific

Best Choreography
Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby
Andy Blankenbuehler, In the Heights
Christopher Gattelli, South Pacific
Dan Knechtges, Xanadu

Best Book of a Musical
Cry-Baby - Thomas Meehan & Mark O'Donnell
In the Heights - Quiara Alegria Hudes
Passing Strange - Stew
Xanadu - Douglas Carter Beane

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Cry-Baby - Music and Lyrics by David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger
In the Heights - Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Little Mermaid - Music by Alan Menkin; Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater
Passing Strange - Music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald; Lyrics by Stew

 

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and the results show

is on June 15, 2008


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Tony Nominations
by Production

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In the Heights - 13
South Pacific - 11
Sunday in the Park with George - 9
August: Osage County - 7
Gypsy - 7
Passing Strange - 7
Boeing-Boeing - 6
Macbeth - 6
The 39 Steps - 6
Les Liaisons Dangereuses - 5
Cry-Baby - 4
Rock 'n' Roll - 4
The Seafarer - 4
Xanadu - 4
A Catered Affair - 3
The Homecoming - 3
Young Frankenstein - 3
The Little Mermaid - 2
Come Back, Little Sheba - 1
Cyrano de Bergerac - 1
Grease - 1
Is He Dead? - 1
Mauritius - 1
November - 1
Thurgood - 1
Top Girls - 1

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editor: May/June 2008

 

 

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