Complete List Of 2008 Tony Nominees

It's official.
Here are the nominations for the 2008 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. The winners will be announced on June 15th at Radio City Music Hall on CBS starting at 8pm EST. In the meantime, all the nominees can bask in the glory of being singled out for recognition during a Broadway season that was particularly praiseworthy. As always, there are some surprises, but on the whole, a broad representation to celebrate the best of Broadway. Here is your complete list of nominees:

› Best Play August: Osage County by Tracy Letts Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard The Seafarer by Conor McPherson The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow	› Best Musical Cry-Baby In The Heights Passing Strange Xanadu	› Best Book of a Musical Cry-Baby by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan In The Heights by Quiara Alegría Hudes Passing Strange by Stew Xanadu by Douglas Carter Beane
› Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre 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 Revival of a Play Boeing-Boeing The Homecoming Les Liaisons Dangereuses Macbeth	› Best Revival of a Musical Grease Gypsy Rodgers & Hammerstein's 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 Raúl 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 Jesús, 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 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, 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
Regional Theatre Tony Award: Chicago Shakespeare Theater Special Tony Award: Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981), in recognition of his historic contribution to American musical theatre in the field of orchestrations, as represented on Broadway this season by Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific. Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre: Stephen Sondheim Tony Nominations by Production: In The Heights: 13 Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific: 11 Sunday in the Park with George: 9 August: Osage County: 7 Gypsy: 7 Passing Strange: 7 Boeing-Boeing: 6 Macbeth: 6 The 39 Steps: 6 Les Liaisons Dangereuses: 5 Cry-Baby: 4 Rock 'n' Roll: 4 The Seafarer: 4 Xanadu: 4 A Catered Affair: 3 The Homecoming: 3 The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein: 3 The Little Mermaid: 2 Come Back, Little Sheba: 1 Cyrano de Bergerac: 1 Grease: 1 Is He Dead?: 1 Mauritius: 1 November: 1 Thurgood: 1 Top Girls: 1

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