Tony Awards 2008

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The Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American theatre and are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York.

The 62nd Tony Awards ceremony was held on Sunday, June 15, 2008. CBS television broadcast the event from Radio City Music Hall in American Theatre, new york.

The Winners Are......

Best Play : August: Osage County by Tracy Letts

Best Musical : In The Heights
Best Revival Of A Play : Boeing Boeing by Marc Camoletti

Best Revival Of A Musical : Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play : Mark Rylance, Boeing Boeing
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play : Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical : Paulo Szot, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play : Jim Norton, The Seafarer

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play : Rondi Reed, August: Osage County

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical : Boyd Gaines, Gypsy
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical : Laura Benanti, Gypsy

Best Book of a Musical : Passing Strange, Stew

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre : In the Heights, Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Direction of a Play : Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County

Best Direction of a Musical : Bartlett Sher, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific

Best Choreography : Andy Blankenbuehler, In The Heights
Best Orchestrations : Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman, In the Heights
Best Scenic Design of a Play : Todd Rosenthal, August: Osage County
Best Scenic Design of a Musical : Michael Yeargan, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Costume Design of a Play : Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuse
Best Costume Design of a Musical : Catherine Zuber, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Lighting Design of a Play : Kevin Adams, The 39 Steps
Best Lighting Design of a Musical : Catherine Zuber, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Sound Design of a Play : Mic Pool, The 39 Steps
Best Sound Design of a Musical : Scott Lehrer, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific

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