2008 Tony Award Nominations: By Show

By: May. 13, 2008
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August: Osage County

Nominated for 7 Awards:
Best Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play: Deanna Dunagan
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play: Amy Morton
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play: Rondi Reed
Best Direction of a Play: Anna D. Shapiro
Best Scenic Design of a Play: Todd Rosenthal
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Ann G. Wrightson
   
Boeing-Boeing

Nominated for 6 Awards:
Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play: Mark Rylance
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play: Mary McCormack
Best Direction of a Play: Matthew Warchus
Best Costume Design of a Play: Rob Howell
Best Sound Design of a Play: Simon Baker
   
A Catered Affair

Nominated for 3 Awards:
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Tom Wopat
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Faith Prince
Best Orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick
   
Come Back, Little Sheba
Nominated for 1 Award:
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play: S. Epatha Merkerson

Cry-Baby

Nominated for 4 Awards:
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical: Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Music & Lyrics: David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger
Best Choreography: Rob Ashford
   
Cyrano de Bergerac

Nominated for 1 Award:
Best Costume Design of a Play: Gregory Gale
   
Grease

Nominated for 1 Award:
Best Revival of a Musical
   
Gypsy

Nominated for 7 Awards:
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Patti LuPone
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Boyd Gaines
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: Laura Benanti
Best Direction of a Musical: Arthur Laurents
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Martin Pakledinaz
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Dan Moses Schreier
   
The Homecoming

Nominated for 3 Awards:
Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play: Eve Best
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play: Raúl Esparza
   
In The Heights

Nominated for 13 Awards:
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical: Quiara Alegría Hudes
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Robin de Jesús
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: Olga Merediz
Best Direction of a Musical: Thomas Kail
Best Choreography: Andy Blankenbuehler
Best Orchestrations: Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Anna Louizos
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Paul Tazewell
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Howell Binkley
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Acme Sound Partners
   
Is He Dead?

Nominated for 1 Award:
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play: David Pittu
   
Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Nominated for 5 Awards:
Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play: Ben Daniels
Best Scenic Design of a Play: Scott Pask
Best Costume Design of a Play: Katrina Lindsay
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Donald Holder
   
The Little Mermaid

Nominated for 2 Awards:
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Natasha Katz
   
Macbeth

Nominated for 6 Awards:
Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play: Patrick Stewart
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play: Kate Fleetwood
Best Scenic Design of a Play: Anthony Ward
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Howard Harrison
Best Sound Design of a Play: Adam Cork
   
Mauritius

Nominated for 1 Award:
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play: Bobby Cannavale

The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein

Nominated for 3 Awards:
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Christopher Fitzgerald
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: Andrea Martin
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Robin Wagner
   
November

Nominated for 1 Award:
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play: Laurie Metcalf
   
Passing Strange

Nominated for 7 Awards:
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical: Stew
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald Lyrics: Stew
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Stew
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Daniel Breaker
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: de'Adre Aziza
Best Orchestrations: Stew & Heidi Rodewald
   
Rock 'n' Roll

Nominated for 4 Awards:
Best Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play: Rufus Sewell
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play: Sinead Cusack
Best Sound Design of a Play: Ian Dickson

Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific

Nominated for 11 Awards:
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Paulo Szot
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Kelli O'Hara
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Danny Burstein
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: Loretta Ables Sayre
Best Direction of a Musical: Bartlett Sher
Best Choreography: Christopher Gattelli
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Michael Yeargan
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Catherine Zuber
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Donald Holder
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Scott Lehrer
   
The Seafarer

Nominated for 4 Awards:
Best Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play: Conleth Hill
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play: Jim Norton
Best Direction of a Play: Conor McPherson
   
Sunday in the Park with George

Nominated for 9 Awards:
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Daniel Evans
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Jenna Russell
Best Direction of a Musical: Sam Buntrock
Best Orchestrations: Jason Carr
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: David Farley and Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network
Best Costume Design of a Musical: David Farley
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Ken Billington
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Sebastian Frost
   
The 39 Steps

Nominated for 6 Awards:
Best Play
Best Direction of a Play: Maria Aitken
Best Scenic Design of a Play: Peter McKintosh
Best Costume Design of a Play: Peter McKintosh
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Kevin Adams
Best Sound Design of a Play: Mic Pool
   
Thurgood

Nominated for 1 Award:
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play: Laurence Fishburne
   
Top Girls

Nominated for 1 Award:
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play: Martha Plimpton
   
Xanadu

Nominated for 4 Awards:
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical: Douglas Carter Beane
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Kerry Butler
Best Choreography: Dan Knechtges 


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