TV TONYS 2008: Tony Winner for Best Actress in a Play Deanna Dunagan

Deanna Dunagan won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in 'August: Osage County'! She sat down to celebrate her win with BroadwayWorld.com's Eddie Varley and special Tony Night 2008 correspondent Laura Bell Bundy, star of the hit musical, Legally Blonde.

Dunagan's other Steppenwolf appearances include Wedding Band, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Song of Jacob Zulu, Inspecting Carol and Stepping Out. Other Chicago credits include: The Best Man and A Delicate Balance (Remy Bumppo); Ten Little Indians (Drury Lane Oakbrook); The Chalk Garden (Northlight); Bounce (Goodman); James Joyce's The Dead (Court Theatre); Was (American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern); The Glamour House (Victory Gardens); A Lie of the Mind (ATC); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Apple Tree) and Butley (Writers' Theatre). She is the recipient of two Jeff Awards and three After Dark Awards.

Direct from a sold-out engagement at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the Tony 2008 winner for Best Play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Tracy Letts (Bug, Killer Joe) August: Osage County began previews Tuesday, October 30 at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street). It now makes it's home next door at the Music Box Theatre.

"When their patriarch vanishes, the Weston clan must return to their three-story home in rural Oklahoma to get to the heart of the matter. With rich insight and brilliant humor, Letts paints a vivid portrait of a Midwestern family at a turning point," state press notes.

The performance schedule is as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 7:30PM, Saturdays at 8PM, Wednesdays & Saturdays at 2PM and Sundays at 3PM.

Tickets are priced at $26.50-$99.50 and are available at Telecharge.com or (212) 239-6200. Visit the official show website here: AugustOnBroadway.com

About the Tony Awards:Marking 62 years of excellence on Broadway, The Tony Awards were broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS, Sunday, June 15th 2008. The 2008 Tony Awards were presented by the League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing. www.tonyawards.com