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2008 Tony Awards

Winners and nominees from the Tony Awards.

Broadway Awards Database

2008 Tony Awards

Note: Award winners appear on a red background.

CategoryNomineeShow
Best Book of a MusicalMark O'Donnell, Thomas MeehanCry-Baby
Best Book of a MusicalQuiara Alegria HudesIn The Heights
Best Book of a MusicalStewPassing Strange
Best Book of a MusicalDouglas Carter BeaneXanaduproduction took place the previous year
Best ChoreographyRob AshfordCry-Baby
Best ChoreographyAndy BlankenbuehlerIn The Heights
Best ChoreographyChristopher GattelliRodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best ChoreographyDan KnechtgesXanaduproduction took place the previous year
Best Costume Design of a MusicalMartin PakledinazGypsy
Best Costume Design of a MusicalPaul TazewellIn The Heights
Best Costume Design of a MusicalCatherine ZuberRodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Costume Design of a MusicalDavid FarleySunday in the Park with George
Best Costume Design of a PlayRob HowellBoeing-Boeing
Best Costume Design of a PlayGregory GaleCyrano de Bergerac
Best Costume Design of a PlayKatrina LindsayLes Liaisons Dangereuses
Best Costume Design of a PlayPeter McKintoshThe 39 Steps
Best Direction of a MusicalArthur LaurentsGypsy
Best Direction of a MusicalThomas KailIn The Heights
Best Direction of a MusicalBartlett SherRodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Direction of a MusicalSam BuntrockSunday in the Park with George
Best Direction of a PlayAnna D. ShapiroAugust: Osage Countyproduction took place the previous year
Best Direction of a PlayMatthew WarchusBoeing-Boeing
Best Direction of a PlayMaria AitkenThe 39 Steps
Best Direction of a PlayConor McPhersonThe Seafarerproduction took place the previous year
Best Lighting Design of a MusicalHowell BinkleyIn The Heights
Best Lighting Design of a MusicalDonald HolderRodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Lighting Design of a MusicalKen BillingtonSunday in the Park with George
Best Lighting Design of a MusicalNatasha KatzThe Little Mermaid
Best Lighting Design of a PlayAnn G. WrightsonAugust: Osage Countyproduction took place the previous year
Best Lighting Design of a PlayDonald HolderLes Liaisons Dangereuses
Best Lighting Design of a PlayHoward HarrisonMacbeth
Best Lighting Design of a PlayKevin AdamsThe 39 Steps
Best MusicalAdam S. Gordon, Elan V. McAllister, Richard Mishaan, Andrew Farber, Philip Morgaman, The Pelican Group, Latitude Link, Anne Caruso, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, James P. MacGilvray, Allan S. Gordon, Adam Epstein, Brian GrazerCry-Babyproducer
Best MusicalEverett/Skipper, Peter Fine, Walt Grossman, Robyn Goodman, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman, Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollumIn The Heightsproducer
Best MusicalElie Hirschfeld, Jed Bernstein, Spring Sirkin, Ruth Hendel, Vasi Laurence, Pat Flicker Addiss, Wendy Federman, Joey Parnes, The Public Theater, The Berkeley RepertoryTheatre, Jackie Barlia Florin, Janet Pailet, Steve Klein, Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Bill Kenwright, Chase Mishkin, Barbara & Buddy Freitag, The Shubert Organization, Broadway Across America, Emily Fisher Landau, Peter May, Boyett Ostar, Larry Hirschhorn, Buddy FreitagPassing Strangeproducer
Best MusicalRobert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith, B. Swibel, Sara Murchison, Dale SmithXanaduproducer, production took place the previous year
Best OrchestrationsJonathan TunickA Catered Affair
Best OrchestrationsAlex Lacamoire, Bill ShermanIn The Heights
Best OrchestrationsStew, Heidi RodewaldPassing Strange
Best OrchestrationsJason CarrSunday in the Park with George
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the TheatreDavid Javerbaum, Adam SchlesingerCry-Baby
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the TheatreLin-Manuel MirandaIn The Heights
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the TheatreStew, Heidi RodewaldPassing Strange
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the TheatreGlenn Slater, Howard Ashman, Alan MenkenThe Little Mermaid
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a MusicalBoyd GainesGypsy
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a MusicalRobin De JesusIn The Heights
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a MusicalDaniel BreakerPassing Strange
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a MusicalDanny BursteinRodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a MusicalChristopher FitzgeraldThe New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankensteinproduction took place the previous year
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a PlayDavid PittuIs He Dead?production took place the previous year
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a PlayBobby CannavaleMauritiusproduction took place the previous year
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a PlayRaul EsparzaThe Homecomingproduction took place the previous year
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a PlayJim NortonThe Seafarerproduction took place the previous year
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a PlayConleth HillThe Seafarerproduction took place the previous year
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a MusicalTom WopatA Catered Affair
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a MusicalLin-Manuel MirandaIn The Heights
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a MusicalStewPassing Strange
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a MusicalPaulo SzotRodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a MusicalDaniel EvansSunday in the Park with George
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a PlayMark RylanceBoeing-Boeing
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a PlayBen DanielsLes Liaisons Dangereuses
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a PlayPatrick StewartMacbeth
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a PlayRufus SewellRock 'n' Rollproduction took place the previous year
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a PlayLaurence FishburneThurgood
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a MusicalLaura BenantiGypsy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a MusicalOlga MeredizIn The Heights
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musicalde'Adre AzizaPassing Strange
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a MusicalLoretta Ables SayreRodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a MusicalAndrea MartinThe New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankensteinproduction took place the previous year
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a PlayRondi ReedAugust: Osage Countyproduction took place the previous year
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a PlayMary McCormackBoeing-Boeing
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a PlayLaurie MetcalfNovember
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a PlaySinead CusackRock 'n' Rollproduction took place the previous year
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a PlayMartha PlimptonTop Girls
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a MusicalFaith PrinceA Catered Affair
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a MusicalPatti LuPoneGypsy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a MusicalKelli O'HaraRodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a MusicalJenna RussellSunday in the Park with George
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a MusicalKerry ButlerXanaduproduction took place the previous year
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a PlayDeanna DunaganAugust: Osage Countyproduction took place the previous year
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a PlayAmy MortonAugust: Osage Countyproduction took place the previous year
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a PlayS. Epatha MerkersonCome Back, Little Sheba
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a PlayKate FleetwoodMacbeth
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a PlayEve BestThe Homecomingproduction took place the previous year
Best PlayThe Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Staton Bell Group, Rick Steiner, Barbara Freitag, Jerry Frankel, Ronald & Marc Frankel, Daryl Roth, Debra Black, Jennifer Manocherian, Ostar Productions, Steve Traxler, Jean Doumanian, Jeffrey Richards, Tracy Letts, The Weinstein CompanyAugust: Osage Countyproducer, production took place the previous year
Best PlayLincoln Center Theater, The Royal Court Theatre London, The Weinstein Company, Jam Theatricals, Dancap Productions, Douglas G. Smith, Roger Berlind, Ostar Productions, Sonia Friedman Productions, Tulchin/Bartner, Bob Boyett, Tom StoppardRock 'n' Rollproducer, production took place the previous year
Best PlayRoundabout Theatre Company, Julia C. Levy, Bob Boyett, Harriet Newman Leve, Ron Nicynski, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley, Manocherian Golden Prods., Olympus Theatricals, Douglas Denoff, Marek J. Cantor, Pat Addiss, Huntington Theatre Company, Edward Snape for Fiery Angel Ltd., Bonnie Comley, Patrick BarlowThe 39 Stepsproducer
Best PlayThe National Theatre of Great Britain, Max OnStage, Ostar Productions, Bob Boyett, Roy Furman, Lawrence Horowitz, Jam Theatricals, Bill Rollnick, Nancy Ellison Rollnick, James D'Orta, Thomas S. Murphy, Ralph Guild, Jon Avnet, Philip Geier, Keough Partners, Eric Falkenstein, Conor McPhersonThe Seafarerproducer, production took place the previous year
Best Revival of a MusicalRoy Furman, Robert Stigwood, Paul Nicholas, Terry Allen Kramer, David Ian, Nederlander Presentations Inc.Greaseproducer
Best Revival of a MusicalDavid Ian, Jack Viertel, Scott Rudin, Roger Horchow, Ted Hartley, Debra Black, The Routh-Frankel-Baruch-Viertel Group, Roger BerlindGypsyproducer
Best Revival of a MusicalLincoln Center Theater, Bob BoyettRodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacificproducer
Best Revival of a MusicalBonnie Comley, The Menier Chocolate Factory, Bob Boyett, Ostar Productions, Jennifer Manocherian, Barbara Manocherian, Stephanie P. McClelland, Jam Theatricals, Debra Black, Julia C. Levy, Roundabout Theatre Company, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie ComleySunday in the Park with George
Best Revival of a PlayTulchin/Jenkins/DSM, The Araca Group, Broadway Across America, Susan Gallin/Mary Lu Roffe, The Weinstein Company, Robert G. Bartner, Matthew Byam Shaw, Act Productions, Robert G. Bartner, Bob Boyett, Sonia Friedman ProductionsBoeing-Boeingproducer
Best Revival of a PlayRoundabout Theatre Company, Julia C. LevyLes Liaisons Dangereusesproducer
Best Revival of a PlayEmanuel Azenberg, Adriana Mnuchin, David Mirvish, Rodger Hess, Terri & Timothy Childs, Bill Ballard, Jeffrey Archer, Paul Elliott, BAM, The Chichester Festival Theatre, Duncan C. WeldonMacbethproducer
Best Revival of a PlayDavid Jaroslawicz, Ronald Frankel, Lynne Peyser, Michael Filerman, Harold Thau, Terry E. Schnuck, Herbert Goldsmith Productions, Buddy Freitag, Barbara Freitag, Ergo Entertainment, Jam Theatricals, Jerry Frankel, Jeffrey Richards, Love Bunny EntertainmentThe Homecomingproducer, production took place the previous year
Best Scenic Design of a MusicalAnna LouizosIn The Heights
Best Scenic Design of a MusicalMichael YearganRodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Scenic Design of a MusicalMichael YearganRodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Scenic Design of a MusicalTimothy Bird, The Knifedge Creative Network, David FarleySunday in the Park with George
Best Scenic Design of a MusicalRobin WagnerThe New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankensteinproduction took place the previous year
Best Scenic Design of a PlayTodd RosenthalAugust: Osage County
Best Scenic Design of a PlayScott PaskLes Liaisons Dangereuses
Best Scenic Design of a PlayAnthony WardMacbeth
Best Scenic Design of a PlayPeter McKintoshThe 39 Steps
Best Sound Design of a MusicalDan Moses SchreierGypsy
Best Sound Design of a MusicalAcme Sound PartnersIn The Heights
Best Sound Design of a MusicalScott LehrerRodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Sound Design of a MusicalSebastian FrostSunday in the Park with George
Best Sound Design of a PlaySimon BakerBoeing-Boeing
Best Sound Design of a PlayAdam CorkMacbeth
Best Sound Design of a PlayIan DickinsonRock 'n' Rollproduction took place the previous year
Best Sound Design of a PlayMic PoolThe 39 Steps
Regional Theater Tony AwardChicago Shakespeare Theater, Chicago, IL
Special Tony AwardRobert Russell Bennett(1894-1981), in recognition of his historic contribution to American musical theatre in the field of orchestrations, as represented on Broadway this season by Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific.
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the TheatreStephen Sondheim

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