Broadway’s biggest night of the year is almost here. The 2008 Tony Awards, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall this Sunday, June 15th. Lots of awards are up for grabs and stage and screen stars like Alec Baldwin, Glenn Close, John Lithgow and Brooke Shields will be among the presenters. Tune into the three-hour event on CBS from 8-11 pm EST to see who the winners are.
The 2008 Tony Award nominees:
Best Musical
IN THE HEIGHTS
PASSING STRANGE
CRY-BABY
XANADU
Best Play
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
ROCK ’N’ ROLL
THE SEAFARER
THE 39 STEPS
Best Revival of a Musical
GREASE
GYPSY
SOUTH PACIFIC
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
Best Revival of a Play
BOEING-BOEING
THE HOMECOMING
MACBETH
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Lin-Manuel Miranda, IN THE HEIGHTS
Stew, PASSING STRANGE
Paulo Szot, SOUTH PACIFIC
Tom Wopat, A CATERED AFFAIR
Daniel Evans, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Kerry Butler, XANADU
Patti LuPone, GYPSY
Faith Prince, A CATERED AFFAIR
Kelli O'Hara, SOUTH PACIFIC
Jenna Russell, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Laurence Fishburne, THURGOOD
Ben Daniels, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
Rufus Sewell, ROCK ’N’ ROLL
Mark Rylance, BOEING-BOEING
Patrick Stewart, MACBETH
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Deanna Dunagan, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Amy Morton, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Eve Best, THE HOMECOMING
Kate Fleetwood, MACBETH
S. Epatha Merkerson, COME BACK , LITTLE SHEBA
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Daniel Breaker, PASSING STRANGE
Robin De Jesus, IN THE HEIGHTS
Christopher Fitzgerald, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Danny Burstein, SOUTH PACIFIC
Boyd Gaines, GYPSY
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
de’Adre Aziza, PASSING STRANGE
Olga Merediz, IN THE HEIGHTS
Andrea Martin, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Laura Benanti, GYPSY
Loretta Ables Sayre, SOUTH PACIFIC
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Raul Esparza, THE HOMECOMING
Bobby Cannavale, MAURITIUS
Conleth Hill, THE SEAFARER
Jim Norton, THE SEAFARER
David Pittu, IS HE DEAD?
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Rondi Reed, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Sinead Cusack, ROCK ’N’ ROLL
Mary McCormack, BOEING-BOEING
Laurie Metcalf, NOVEMBER
Martha Plimpton, TOP GIRLS
Best Direction of a Musical
Thomas Kail, IN THE HEIGHTS
Arthur Laurents, GYPSY
Bartlett Sher, SOUTH PACIFIC
Sam Buntrock, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
Best Direction of a Play
Anna D. Shapiro, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Conor McPherson, THE SEAFARER
Maria Aitken, THE 39 STEPS
Matthew Warchus, BOEING-BOEING
Best Choreography
Rob Ashford, CRY-BABY
Andy Blankenbuehler, IN THE HEIGHTS
Dan Knechtges, XANADU
Christopher Gattelli, SOUTH PACIFIC
Best Orchestrations
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 Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Music & Lyrics: David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger, CRY-BABY
Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda, IN THE HEIGHTS
Music: Alan Mencken; Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater, THE LITTLE MERMAID
Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald; Lyrics: Stew, PASSING STRANGE
Best Book of a Musical
Stew, PASSING STRANGE
Douglas Carter Beane, XANADU
Quiara Alegria Hudes, IN THE HEIGHTS
Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan, CRY-BABY
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
David Farley and Timothy Bird, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
Anna Louizos, IN THE HEIGHTS
Robin Wagner, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Michael Yeargan, SOUTH PACIFIC
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 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 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 Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
Howell Binkley, IN THE HEIGHTS
Natasha Katz, THE LITTLE MERMAID
Donald Holder, 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 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
Best Sound Design of a Play
Simon Baker, BOEING-BOEING
Adam Cork, MACBETH
Ian Dickinson, ROCK ’N’ ROLL
Mic Pool, THE 39 STEPS
Regional Theatre Tony Award
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Stephen Sondheim
Special Tony Award
Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981)
By: Kirk Wingerson
