Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Tony Nominations Announced

TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS

The Tony Nominations were announced today. In honor, here is Triumph the insult dog on the red carpet of the Tony's two years ago:



PLAY
"August: Osage County"
"Rock 'n' Roll"
"The Seafarer"
"The 39 Steps"

MUSICAL
"Cry-Baby"
"In The Heights"
"Passing Strange"
"Xanadu"

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

ORIGINAL SCORE
"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

REVIVAL OF A PLAY
"Boeing-Boeing"
"The Homecoming"
"Les Liaisons Dangereuses"
"Macbeth"
REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
"Grease"
"Gypsy"
"Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific"
"Sunday in the Park with George"

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"

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"

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"

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"

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?"

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"

PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Daniel Breaker,"Passing Strange"
Danny Burstein,"Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific"
Robin De Jesês,"In The Heights"
Christopher Fitzgerald,"The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein"
Boyd Gaines,"Gypsy"

PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR 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"

DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Maria Aitken,"The 39 Steps"
Conor McPherson,"The Seafarer"
Anna D. Shapiro,"August: Osage County"
Matthew Warchus,"Boeing-Boeing"

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"

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"

CHOREOGRAPHY
Rob Ashford, "Cry-Baby"
Andy Blankenbuehler, "In The Heights"
Christopher Gattelli, "Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific"
Dan Knechtges, "Xanadu"

SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Peter McKintosh,"The 39 Steps"
Scott Pask,"Les Liaisons Dangereuses"
Todd Rosenthal,"August: Osage County"
Anthony Ward,"Macbeth"

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"

COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Gregory Gale,"Cyrano de Bergerac"
Rob Howell,"Boeing-Boeing"
Katrina Lindsay,"Les Liaisons Dangereuses"
Peter McKintosh,"The 39 Steps"

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"

LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Kevin Adams,"The 39 Steps"
Howard Harrison,"Macbeth"
Donald Holder,"Les Liaisons Dangereuses"
Ann G. Wrightson,"August: Osage County"

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"

SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Simon Baker, "Boeing-Boeing"
Adam Cork, "Macbeth"
Ian Dickinson, "Rock `n' Roll"
Mic Pool, "The 39 Steps"

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"

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Stephen Sondheim

REGIONAL THEATER AWARD
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

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.

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