2008 Tony Award Winners!

The 62nd Tony Awards winners were presented this evening (Sunday 15 Jun) at a ceremony hosted at Radio City Music Hall. The ceremony was hosted by Whoopi Goldberg.

South Pacific gained 7 Awards, inluding Best Revival of a musical, and was the most decorated production of the evening. August: Osage County gained 5 awards, including Best Play, followed by 'In Th Heights' with four awards, including 'Best Musical'.

Gypsy received three awards, all in the acting categories: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Patti LuPone; Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: (Boyd Gaines) and Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Laura Benanti).

'Sunday in the Park with George' was the biggest disappointment of the evening, the musical had been nominated for 9 awards, but walked away empty handed.

Total Nominations won by Production:
South Pacific - 7
August: Osage County - 5
In The Heights - 4
Gypsy - 3
Boeing-Boeing - 2
The 39 Steps - 2
Les Liaisons Dangereuses - 1
Passing Strange - 1
The Seafarer - 1

2008 Tony Winners by category
Winners are in red font

Best Musical:

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

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical :

• Kerry Butler,: Xanadu
• Patti LuPone: Gypsy
• Kelli O�Hara: South Pacific
• Faith Prince: A Catered Affair
• Jenna Russell: Sunday in the Park with George

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: South Pacific
• Tom Wopat: A Catered Affair

Best Revival of a Musical:

• Grease
• Gypsy
• South Pacific
• Sunday in the Park with George

Best Play:

• August: Osage County
• Rock �n� Roll
• The Seafarer
• The 39 Steps

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 Play

• Ben Daniels: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
• Laurence Fishburne: Thurgood
• Mark Rylance: Boeing-Boeing
• Rufus Sewell: Rock �n� Roll
• Patrick Stewart: Macbeth

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 Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical:

• Daniel Breaker: Passing Strange
• Danny Burstein: South Pacific
• Robin De Jes�s: In The Heights
• Christopher Fitzgerald: Young Frankenstein
• Boyd Gaines: Gypsy

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical:

• de�Adre Aziza: Passing Strange
• Laura Benanti: Gypsy
• Andrea Martin: Young Frankenstein
• Olga Merediz: In The Heights
• Loretta Ables Sayre: South Pacific

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics)
Written for the Theatre:

• Cry-Baby: Music & Lyrics by David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger
• In The Heights: Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
• The Little Mermaid: Musicby Alan Menken and, Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater
• Passing Strange: Music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Lyrics by Stew

Best Direction of a Musical:

• Sam Buntrock: Sunday in the Park with George
• Thomas Kail: In The Heights
• Arthur Laurents: Gypsy
• Bartlett Sher: South Pacific

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play:

• Bobby Cannavale: Mauritius
• Ra�l 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 Revival of a Play:

• Boeing-Boeing
• The Homecoming
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses
• Macbeth

Best Book of a Musical:

• Cry-Baby: Mark O�Donnell and Thomas Meehan
• In The Heights: Quiara Alegr�a Hudes
• Passing Strange: Stew
• Xanadu: Douglas Carter Beane

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: Young Frankenstein
• Michael Yeargan: 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: 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: South Pacific
• Natasha Katz: The Little Mermaid

Best Sound Design of a Play :

• Simon Baker: Boeing-Boeing
• Adam Cork: Macbeth
• Ian Dickson: 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: South Pacific
• Dan Moses Schreier: Gypsy

Best Choreography:

• Rob Ashford: Cry-Baby
• Andy Blankenbuehler: In The Heights
• Christopher Gattelli: 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