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Tony Award Winners
22nd June
2008
The nominees and winners (denoted by *) from the 2008 Tony Awards
announced in New York City on Monday 16th June.
BEST MUSICAL
Cry-Baby
* In the Heights
Passing Strange
Xanadu
BEST PLAY
* August:
Osage County
Rock 'n' Roll
The Seafarer
The 39 Steps
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Grease
Gypsy
* South Pacific
Sunday in the Park With George
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
* Boeing-Boeing
The Homecoming
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Macbeth
BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Cry-Baby, Mark
O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan
In the Heights, Quiara Alegrķa Hudes
* Passing Strange, Stew
Xanadu, Douglas Carter Beane
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATER
Cry-Baby,
Music & Lyrics: David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger
* In the Heights, Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Little Mermaid, Music: Alan Menken; Lyrics: Howard Ashman and
Glenn Slater
Passing Strange, Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald; Lyrics: Stew
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
Stew, Passing Strange
* Paulo Szot, South Pacific
Tom Wopat, A Catered Affair
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 Seaferer
* Anna 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 ORCHESTRATIONS
Jason Carr,
Sunday in the Park With George
* Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman, In the Heights
Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Passing Strange
Jonathan Tunick, A Catered Affair
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Peter
McKintosh, The 39 Steps
Scott Pask, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
* Todd Rosenthal, August:
Osage County
Anthony Ward, Macbeth
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
David Farley
and Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network, Sunday in the Park
With George
Anna Louizos, In the Heights
Robin Wagner, Young Frankenstein
* Micheal Yeargan, South Pacific
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Gregory Gale,
Cyrano de Bergerac
Rob Howell, Boeing-Boeing
* Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
David Farley,
Sunday in the Park With George
Martin Pakledinaz, Gypsy
Paul Tazewell, In the Heights
* Catherine Zuber, South Pacific
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
* Kevin Adams,
The 39 Steps
Howard Harrison, Macbeth
Donald Holder, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Ann Wrightson, August:
Osage County
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Ken Billington,
Sunday in the Park With George
Howell Binkley, In the Heights
* Donald Holder, South Pacific
Natasha Katz, The Little Mermaid
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Simon
Baker, Boeing-Boeing
Adam Cork, Macbeth
Ian Dickson, Rock 'n' Roll
* Mic Pool, The 39 Steps
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Acme Sound
Partners, In the Heights
Sebastian Frost, Sunday in the Park With George
* Scott Lehrer, South Pacific
Dan Moses Schreier, Gypsy
SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATER
Stephen Sondheim
REGIONAL THEATER TONY AWARD
Chicago
Shakespeare Theater
SPECIAL TONY AWARD
Robert
Russell Bennett
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