2008 Tony Award Nominations Announced!
By: BWW News Desk May. 13, 2008
Tonight, at the 2008 Tony Awards, South Pacific lead the pack with 7 wins, followed by August: Osage County with 5, In the Heights with 4, Gypsy with 3, Boeing-Boeing and 39 Steps with 2, and Les Liasons Dangereuses, Passing Strange and The Seafarer with 1. A complete list of the awards are below. Winners are denoted with * Best Play
** August: Osage County Author: Tracy Letts
Rock 'n' Roll Author: Tom Stoppard
The Seafarer Author: Conor McPherson
The 39 Steps Author: Patrick BarlowBest Musical
Cry-Baby
** In The Heights
Passing Strange
Xanadu Best Book of a Musical
Cry-Baby Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan
In The Heights Quiara Alegría Hudes
** Passing Strange Stew
Xanadu Douglas Carter Beane Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
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 Revival of a Play
** Boeing-Boeing
The Homecoming
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Macbeth Best Revival of a Musical
Grease
Gypsy
** Rodgers & Hammerstein's 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
Stew Passing Strange
** Paulo Szot Rodgers & Hammerstein's 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 Rodgers & Hammerstein's 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
Raúl 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 Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Robin de Jesús In The Heights
Christopher Fitzgerald The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
** Boyd Gaines Gypsy Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
de'Adre Aziza Passing Strange
** Laura Benanti Gypsy
Andrea Martin The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
Olga Merediz In The Heights
Loretta Ables Sayre Rodgers & Hammerstein's 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 Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific Best Choreography
Rob Ashford Cry-Baby
** Andy Blankenbuehler Andy BlankenbuehlerIn The Heights
Christopher Gattelli Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Dan Knechtges Xanadu Best Orchestrations
Jason Carr Sunday in the Park with George
** Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman In The Heights
Stew & 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 The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
** Michael Yeargan Rodgers & Hammerstein's 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 Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific Best Lighting Design of a Play
** Kevin Adams The 39 Steps
Howard Harrison Macbeth
Donald Holder Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Ann G. 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 Rodgers & Hammerstein's 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 Rodgers & Hammerstein's
** August: Osage County Author: Tracy Letts
Rock 'n' Roll Author: Tom Stoppard
The Seafarer Author: Conor McPherson
The 39 Steps Author: Patrick BarlowBest Musical
Cry-Baby
** In The Heights
Passing Strange
Xanadu Best Book of a Musical
Cry-Baby Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan
In The Heights Quiara Alegría Hudes
** Passing Strange Stew
Xanadu Douglas Carter Beane Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
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
** Boeing-Boeing
The Homecoming
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Macbeth Best Revival of a Musical
Grease
Gypsy
** Rodgers & Hammerstein's 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
Daniel Evans Sunday in the Park with George
Lin-Manuel Miranda In The Heights
Stew Passing Strange
** Paulo Szot Rodgers & Hammerstein's 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 Rodgers & Hammerstein's 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
Raúl 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 Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Robin de Jesús In The Heights
Christopher Fitzgerald The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
** Boyd Gaines Gypsy Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
de'Adre Aziza Passing Strange
** Laura Benanti Gypsy
Andrea Martin The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
Olga Merediz In The Heights
Loretta Ables Sayre Rodgers & Hammerstein's 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 Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific Best Choreography
Rob Ashford Cry-Baby
** Andy Blankenbuehler Andy BlankenbuehlerIn The Heights
Christopher Gattelli Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Dan Knechtges Xanadu Best Orchestrations
Jason Carr Sunday in the Park with George
** Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman In The Heights
Stew & 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 The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
** Michael Yeargan Rodgers & Hammerstein's 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 Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific Best Lighting Design of a Play
** Kevin Adams The 39 Steps
Howard Harrison Macbeth
Donald Holder Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Ann G. 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 Rodgers & Hammerstein's 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 Rodgers & Hammerstein's
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