May 13, 2008 2008 Tony Awards Nominees Announced May 13
Tony Award winning actor David Hyde Pierce (Curtains) and Tony Award winning actress Sara Ramirez (Spamalot, Grey's Anatomy) announced the 2008 Tony Award nominations live at 8:30 AM on May 13 from the New York Public Library for Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
The exciting list of nominees for Best Musical are Cry-Baby, In the Heights, Passing Strange and Xanadu.
The list for Best Play includes August:Osage County, Rock'n'Roll, The Seafarer and The 39 Steps .
Musical nominee In the Heights, a show that got its start at Off-Broadway's 37 Arts, received a whopping 14 nominations. South Pacific also collected a large array totaling in at 11, while Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Sunday in the Park With George pulled in 9.
Tracy Letts' August: Osage County, the revival of Gypsy and new musical Passing Strange all received 7.
The full list of 2008 Tony Award nominations are:
Best Play August: Osage County
Rock 'n' Roll
The Seafarer
The 39 Steps
Best Musical Cry-Baby
In the Heights
Passing Strange
Xanadu
Best Revival of a Play Boeing-Boeing
The Homecoming
Les Liaisons Dangereueses
Macbeth
Best Revival of a Musical Grease
Gypsy
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, 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, 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, South Pacific
Robin De Jesús, In The Heights
Christopher Fitzgerald, Young Frankenstein
Boyd Gaines, Gypsy
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
de'Adre Aziza, Passing Strange
Laura Benanti, Gypsy
Andrea Martin, Young Frankenstein
Olga Merediz, In The Heights
Loretta Ables Sayre, 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, South Pacific
Best Choreography
Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby
Andy Blankenbuehler, In The Heights
Christopher Gattelli, 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 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 and Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater Passing Strange, Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald Lyrics: Stew
Best Book of a Musical Cry-Baby, Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan In the Heights, Quiara Alegria Hudes Passing Strange, Stew Xanadu, Douglas Carter Beane
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, Young Frankenstein
Michael Yeargan, 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, 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, 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, South Pacific
Dan Moses Schreier, Gypsy
Regional Theatre Tony Award
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Stephen Sondheim
Special Tony Award
Robert 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.
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