2008 Tony Winners

2008 American Theatre Wing Tony Awards, June 15, 2008

I did a little Manhattan party-hopping last night, starting at Sarah B's (Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment) and ending the celebration with the company of South Pacific at O'Neal's. A neighbor in my building plays in the SP orchestra and extended the invitation to join her.

No, I didn't get to meet Paulo. :-(

Here are the results. Winners are noted with a *.

BEST MUSICAL

Cry-Baby

* In the Heights

Passing Strange

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

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Macbeth

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

Cry-Baby, Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan

In the Heights, Quiara Alegría Hudes

* Passing Strange, Stew

Xanadu, Douglas Carter Beane

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATER

Cry-Baby, Music & Lyrics: David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger

* In the Heights, Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda

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

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, 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, 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, South Pacific

Robin De Jesus, 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 DIRECTION OF A PLAY

Maria Aitken, The 39 Steps

Conor McPherson, The Seaferer

* 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, South Pacific

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 and Bill Sherman, In the Heights

Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Passing Strange

Jonathan Tunick, A Catered Affair

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 Geroge

Anna Louizos, In the Heights

Robin Wagner, Young Frankenstein

* Micheal 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

SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATER

Stephen Sondheim

REGIONAL THEATER TONY AWARD

Chicago Shakespeare Theater

SPECIAL TONY AWARD

Robert Russell Bennett