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New York City Broadway Theater Guide

2008 Tony Award


Best Play

Winner
August: Osage County
by Tracy Letts

Nominees
The 39 Steps
by Patrick Barlow
Rock 'n Roll by Tom Stoppard
The Seafarer by Conor McPherson

Best Musical

Winner
In the Heights

Nominees
Cry Baby

Passing Strange
Xanadu

Best Revival | Play

Winner
Boeing-Boeing

Nominees
The Homecoming

Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Macbeth

Best Revival | Musical

Winner
South Pacific

Nominees
Grease

Gypsy
Sunday in the Park with George

Best Performance | Leading Actor | Play

Winner
Mark Rylance  Boeing-Boeing

Nominees
Ben Daniels  Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Laurence Fishburne  Thurgood
Rufus Sewell  Rock 'n Roll
Patrick Stewart  Macbeth

Best Performance | Leading Actress | Play

Winner
Deanna Dunagan  August: Osage County

Nominees
Eve Best  The Homecoming
Kate Fleetwood  Macbeth
S Epatha Merkerson  Come Back, Little Sheba
Amy Morton  August: Osage County

Best Performance | Leading Actor | Musical

Winner
Paulo Szot  South Pacific

Nominees
Daniel Evans  Sunday in the Park with George
Lin-Manuel Miranda  In the Heights
Stew  Passing Strange
Tom Wopat  A Catered Affair

Best Performance | Leading Actress | Musical

Winner
Patti LuPone  Gypsy

Nominees
Kerry Butler  Xanadu
Kelly O'Hara  South Pacific
Faith Prince  A Catered Affair
Jenna Russell  Sunday in the Park with George

Best Performance | Featured Actor | Play

Winner
Jim Norton  The Seafarer

Nominees
Bobby Cannavale  Mauritius
Raul Esparza  The Homecoming
Conleth Hill  The Seafarer
David Pittu  Is He Dead?

Best Performance | Featured Actress | Play

Winner
Rondi Reed  August: Osage County

Nominees
Sinead Cusack  Rock 'n Roll
Mary McCormack  Boeing-Boeing
Laurie Metcalf  November
Martha Plimpton  Top Girls

Best Performance | Featured Actor | Musical

Winner
Boyd Gaines  Gypsy

Nominees
Daniel Breaker  Passing Strange
Danny Burstein  South Pacific
Robin De Jesus  In the Heights
Christopher Fitzgerald  Young Frankenstein

Best Performance | Featured Actress | Musical

Winner
Laura Benanti  Gypsy

Nominees
de'Adre Aziza  Passing Strange
Andrea Martin  Young Frankenstein
Olga Merediz  In the Heights
Loretta Ables Sayre  South Pacific

Best Direction | Play

Winner
Anna D Shapiro  August: Osage County

Nominees
Maria Aitken  The 39 Steps
Conor McPherson  The Seafarer
Matthew Warchus  Boeing-Boeing

Best Direction | Musical

Winner
Bartlett Sher  South Pacific

Nominees
Sam Buntrock  Sunday in the Park with George
Thomas Kall  In the Heights
Arthur Laurents  Gypsy

Best Choreography

Winner
Andy Blankenbuehler  In the Heights

Nominees
Rob Ashford  Cry-Baby
Christopher Gattelli  South Pacific
Dan Knechtges  Xanadu

Best Book of a Musical

Winner
Stew  Passing Strange

Nominees
Douglas Carter Beane  Xanadu
Quira Alegria Hudes  In the Heights
Mark O'Donnell & Thomas Meehan  Cry-Baby

Best Score

Winner
Lin-Manuel Miranda music & lyrics  In the Heights

Nominees
David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger music & lyrics  Cry-Baby
Alan Menken music Howard Ashman & Glenn Slater lyrics  The Little Mermaid
Stew & Heidi Rodewald music Stew lyrics  Passing Strange

Best Orchestrations

Winner
Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman  In the Heights

Nominees
Jason Carr  Sunday in the Park with George
Stew & Heidi Rodewald  Passing Strange
Jonathan Tunick  A Catered Affair

Best Costume Design | Play

Winner
Katrina Lindsay  Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Nominees
Gregory Gale  Cyrano de Bergerac
Rob Howell  Boeing-Boeing
Peter McKintosh  The 39 Steps

Best Costume Design | Musical

Winner
Catherine Zuber  South Pacific

Nominees
David Farley  Sunday in the Park with George
Martin Pakledinaz  Gypsy
Paul Tazewell  In the Heights

Best Lighting Design | Play

Winner
Ken Adams  The 39 Steps

Nominees
Howard Harrison  Macbeth
Donald Holder  Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Ann G Wrightson  August: Osage County

Best Lighting Design | Musical

Winner
Donald Holder  South Pacific

Nominees
Ken Billington  Sunday in the Park with George
Howell Binkley  In the Heights
Natasha Katz  The Little Mermaid

Best Scenic Design | Play

Winner
Todd Rosenthal  August: Osage County

Nominees
Peter McKintosh  The 39 Steps
Scott Pask  Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Anthony Ward  Macbeth

Best Scenic Design | Musical

Winner
Michael Yeargan  South Pacific

Nominees
David Farley, Timothy Bird & The Knifeedge Creative Network  Sunday in the Park with George
Anna Louizos  In the Heights
Robin Wagner  Young Frankenstein

Best Sound Design | Play

Winner
Mic Pool  The 39 Steps

Nominees
Simon Baker  Boeing-Boeing
Adam Cork  MacBeth
Ian Dickinson  Rock 'n Roll

Best Sound Design | Musical

Winner
Scott Lehrer  South Pacific

Nominees
Acme Sound Partners  In the Heights
Sebastian Frost  Sunday in the Park with George
Dan Moses Schreiber  Gypsy

Regional Theater

Winner
Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Lifetime Achievement in Theater

Winners
Stephen Sondheim

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