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2008 Tony Awards Nominations


Broadway Announces 2008 Tony Award Nominees


Select A Ticket, 5/14/2008

SelectATicket.com, your source for Broadway Tickets, would like to share the list of 2008 Tony Award nominees with our patrons.

Best Play

Best Musical

Best Book of a Musical

  • Cry-Baby
  • In The Heights
  • Passing Strange
  • Xanadu

Best Original Score

Best Revival of a Play

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, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s 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, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s 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
  • Raul 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, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s South Pacific
  • Robin De Jesus, In The Heights
  • Christopher Fitzgerald, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
  • Boyd Gaines, Gypsy

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

  • de‘Adre Aziza, Passing Strange
  • Laura Benanti, Gypsy
  • Andrea Martin, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
  • Olga Merediz, In The Heights
  • Loretta Ables Sayre, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s 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 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, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
  • Michael Yeargan, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s 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, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s 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, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s South Pacific
  • Natasha Katz, The Little Mermaid

Best Sound Design of a Play

  • Simon Baker, Boeing-Boeing
  • Adam Cork, Macbeth
  • Ian Dickinson, 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, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s South Pacific
  • Dan Moses Schreier, Gypsy

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, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s South Pacific

Best Choreography

  • Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby
  • Andy Blankenbuehler, In The Heights
  • Christopher Gattelli, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s 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
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