2008 Tony Awards Winners – Complete List
June 16th, 2008
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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