2008 Tony Award Nominations (June 15 CBS)

[NotaGeek]

Nominations for the 2008 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards -- Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing

Best Play
August: Osage County
Author: Tracy Letts

Rock 'n' Roll
Author: Tom Stoppard

The Seafarer
Author: Conor McPherson

The 39 Steps
Author: Patrick Barlow

Best Musical
Cry-Baby
In The Heights
Passing Strange
Xanadu

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 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
Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Bob Boyett, Act Productions, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert G. Bartner, The Weinstein Company, Susan Gallin/Mary Lu Roffe, Broadway Across America, Tulchin/Jenkins/DSM, The Araca Group

The Homecoming
Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, Ergo Entertainment, Barbara & Buddy Freitag, Michael Gardner, Herbert Goldsmith Productions, Terry E. Schnuck, Harold Thau, Michael Filerman/Lynne Peyser, Ronald Frankel/David Jaroslawicz, Love Bunny Entertainment

Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy

Macbeth
Producers: Duncan C. Weldon & Paul Elliott, Jeffrey Archer, Bill Ballard, Terri & Timothy Childs, Rodger Hess, David Mirvish, Adriana Mnuchin, Emanuel Azenberg, BAM, The Chichester Festival Theatre

Best Revival of a Musical
Grease
Producers: Paul Nicholas and David Ian, Nederlander Presentations Inc., Terry Allen Kramer, Robert Stigwood

Gypsy
Producers: Roger Berlind, The Routh-Frankel-Baruch-Viertel Group, Roy Furman, Debra Black, Ted Hartley, Roger Horchow, David Ian, Scott Rudin, Jack Viertel

Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, Andr� Bishop, Bernard Gersten, Bob Boyett

Sunday in the Park with George
Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy, Bob Boyett, Debra Black, Jam Theatricals, Stephanie P. McClelland, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley, Barbara Manocherian/Jennifer Manocherian, Ostar Productions, The Menier Chocolate Factory/David Babani

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 Jes�s, 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

[JanetMegan]

Thanks for posting, I have always been a huge theater nut and have been way out of the loop lately. How great is it to see Patti LuPone nominated for Gypsy!!

[DisneyWizard]

How did I miss this post? I have all of my picks for this year. There are only two shows up there that I haven't seen and I'm confident in my selections.

How on earth did Stew get nominated?

[NotaGeek]

How did I miss this post? I have all of my picks for this year. There are only two shows up there that I haven't seen and I'm confident in my selections.

How on earth did Stew get nominated?

So will you be sharing your picks? You're not a fan of Passing Strange? I have only heard a couple of songs, I hate living so far from Theatrical Civilization.

[DisneyWizard]

So will you be sharing your picks? You're not a fan of Passing Strange? I have only heard a couple of songs, I hate living so far from Theatrical Civilization.

I'll share them when we get a little closer. I'm going to try to see the remaining shows that I still haven't seen (which may or may not happen).

I'll share if you do.

[NotaGeek]

I'll share them when we get a little closer. I'm going to try to see the remaining shows that I still haven't seen (which may or may not happen).

I'll share if you do.

Did you see Patty LuPone in Gypsy? OH dear GOD I wish I could get to NYC ... she's one of my top 5 favorites.

[DisneyWizard]

Did you see Patty LuPone in Gypsy? OH dear GOD I wish I could get to NYC ... she's one of my top 5 favorites.

Yeah I saw it a while ago. I'm sure it will do well this season. It'll be her or Faith Prince, I think.

[NotaGeek]

Yeah I saw it a while ago. I'm sure it will do well this season. It'll be her or Faith Prince, I think.

You might be my Broadway Hero.

[DisneyWizard]

You might be my Broadway Hero.

And I totally went to a Broadway piano bar last night with my friends, singing our hearts out until way too early in the morning.

[NotaGeek]

3 more days folks!!

[NotaGeek]

MUSICAL
In the Heights

PLAY
August: Osage County

REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
South Pacific

REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Boeing-Boeing

DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Bartlett Sher, South Pacific

DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County

PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Paulo Szot, South Pacific

PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Patti LuPone, Gypsy

PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing

PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County

PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Boyd Gaines, Gypsy

PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Laura Benanti, Gypsy

PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Jim Norton, The Seafarer

PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Rondi Reed, August: Osage County

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

ORCHESTRATIONS
Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman, In the Heights

CHOREOGRAPHY
Andy Blankenbuehler, In the Heights

BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Stew, Passing Strange

COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Catherine Zuber, South Pacific

COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses

SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Michael Yeargan, South Pacific

SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Todd Rosenthal, August: Osage County

SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Scott Lehrer, South Pacific

SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Mic Pool, The 39 Steps

LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Donald Holder, South Pacific

LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Kevin Adams, The 39 Steps

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Stephen Sondheim

REGIONAL THEATER AWARD
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre