2008 Tony Awards Winners – Complete List

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Without any ado, this is the complete list of 2008 Tony Awards Winners:

BEST MUSICAL Tony Award

WINNER – In the Heights

Cry-Baby
Passing Strange
Xanadu

BEST PLAY Tony Award

WINNER – August: Osage County

Rock ‘n’ Roll
The Seafarer
The 39 Steps

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL Tony Award

WINNER – South Pacific

Grease
Gypsy
Sunday in the Park With George

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY Tony Award

WINNER – Boeing-Boeing

The Homecoming
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Macbeth

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL Tony Award

WINNER – Passing Strange, Stew

Cry-Baby, Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan
In the Heights, Quiara Alegría Hudes
Xanadu, Douglas Carter Beane

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATER Tony Award

WINNER – In the Heights, Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Cry-Baby, Music & Lyrics: David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger
The Little Mermaid, Music: Alan Menken; Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater
Passing Strange, Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald; Lyrics: Stew

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY Tony Award

WINNER – Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing

Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
Rufus Sewell, Rock ‘n’ Roll
Patrick Stewart, Macbeth

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY Tony Award

WINNER – Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County

Eve Best, The Homecoming
Kate Fleetwood, Macbeth
S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba
Amy Morton, August: Osage County

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Tony Award

WINNER – Paulo Szot, South Pacific

Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park With George
Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights
Stew, Passing Strange
Tom Wopat, A Catered Affair

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Tony Award

WINNER – Patti LuPone, Gypsy

Kerry Butler, Xanadu
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 Tony Award

WINNER – Jim Norton, The Seafarer

Bobby Cannavale, Mauritius
Raul Esparza, The Homecoming
Conleth Hill, The Seafarer
David Pittu, Is He Dead?

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY Tony Award

WINNER – Rondi Reed, August: Osage County

Sinead Cusack, Rock ‘n’ Roll
Mary McCormack, Boeing-Boeing
Laurie Metcalf, November
Martha Plimpton, Top Girls

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Tony Award

WINNER – Boyd Gaines, Gypsy

Daniel Breaker, Passing Strange
Danny Burstein, South Pacific
Robin De Jesus, In the Heights
Christopher Fitzgerald, Young Frankenstein

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Tony Award

WINNER – Laura Benanti, Gypsy

de’Adre Aziza, Passing Strange
Andrea Martin, Young Frankenstein
Olga Merediz, In the Heights
Loretta Ables Sayre, South Pacific

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY Tony Award

WINNER – Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County

Maria Aitken, The 39 Steps
Conor McPherson, The Seaferer
Matthew Warchus, Boeing-Boeing

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL Tony Award

WINNER – Bartlett Sher, South Pacific

Sam Buntrock, Sunday in the Park With George
Thomas Kail, In the Heights
Arthur Laurents, Gypsy

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY Tony Award

WINNER – Andy Blankenbuehler, In the Heights

Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby
Christopher Gattelli, South Pacific
Dan Knechtges, Xanadu

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS Tony Award

WINNER – Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman, In the Heights

Jason Carr, Sunday in the Park With George
Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Passing Strange
Jonathan Tunick, A Catered Affair

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY Tony Award

WINNER – Todd Rosenthal, August: Osage County

Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps
Scott Pask, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Anthony Ward, Macbeth

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL Tony Award

WINNER – Micheal Yeargan, South Pacific

David Farley and Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network, Sunday in the Park With Geroge
Anna Louizos, In the Heights
Robin Wagner, Young Frankenstein

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY Tony Award

WINNER – Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Gregory Gale, Cyrano de Bergerac
Rob Howell, Boeing-Boeing
Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL Tony Award

WINNER – Catherine Zuber, South Pacific

David Farley, Sunday in the Park With George
Martin Pakledinaz, Gypsy
Paul Tazewell, In the Heights

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY Tony Award

WINNER – 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 Tony Award

WINNER – Donald Holder, South Pacific

Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park With George
Howell Binkley, In the Heights
Natasha Katz, The Little Mermaid

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY Tony Award

WINNER – Mic Pool, The 39 Steps

Simon Baker, Boeing-Boeing
Adam Cork, Macbeth
Ian Dickson, Rock ‘n’ Roll

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL Tony Award

WINNER – Scott Lehrer, South Pacific

Acme Sound Partners, In the Heights
Sebastian Frost, Sunday in the Park With George
Dan Moses Schreier, Gypsy

SPECIAL Tony Award FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATER

Stephen Sondheim

REGIONAL THEATER Tony Award

Chicago Shakespeare Theater

SPECIAL Tony Award

Robert Russell Bennett

Source: New York Times, Image Credit: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

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