Tony Award 2008

Tony Award 2008
	; Moderator 2008: Whoopi Goldberg
date	June 15, 2008
Loan location	Radio City Music Hall , NYC
Country	United States
Awarded by	American Theater Wing and The Broadway League
First awarded	1947
website	www.tonyawards.com

The awarding of the Tony Awards 2008 took place on 15. June 2008 in the Radio City Music Hall in New York City instead. It was the 62nd Annual American Theater Wing's Tony Awards . In the year of the award, plays / musicals from the previous season are always awarded, in this case from 2007/2008. Whoopi Goldberg moderated .

Winners and nominees

Plays

Most of the Tonys	August: Osage County (5 Tonys)
Most of the nominations	August: Osage County (7 nominations)

category	Award winners	Play	Nominations
Best play	Author: Tracy Letts Producers: Jeffrey Richards , Jean Doumanian , Steve Traxler , Jerry Frankel , Ostar Productions , Jennifer Manocherian , The Weinstein Company , Debra Black / Daryl Roth , Ronald & Marc Frankel / Barbara Freitag , Rick Steiner / Staton Bell Group , The Steppenwolf Theater Company	August: Osage County	Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard The Seafarer by Conor McPherson The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow
Best revival of a play		Boeing-Boeing	The Homecoming Les Liaisons Dangereuses Macbeth
Best Actor	Mark Rylance	Boeing-Boeing	Ben Daniels for Les Liaisons Dangereuses Laurence Fishburne for Thurgood Rufus Sewell for Rock 'n' Roll Patrick Stewart for Macbeth
Best main actress	Deanna Dunagan	August: Osage County	Eve Best for The Homecoming, Kate Fleetwood for Macbeth S. Epatha Merkerson for Come Back, Little Sheba Amy Morton for August: Osage County
Best supporting actor	Jim Norton	The Seafarer	Bobby Cannavale for Mauritius Raúl Esparza for The Homecoming Conleth Hill for The Seafarer David Pittu for Is He Dead?
The best supporting actress	Rondi Reed	August: Osage County	Sinéad Cusack for Rock 'n' Roll Mary McCormack for Boeing-Boeing Laurie Metcalf for November Martha Plimpton for Top Girls
Best theater direction	Anna D. Shapiro	August: Osage County	Maria Aitken for The 39 Steps Conor McPherson for The Seafarer Matthew Warchus for Boeing-Boeing
Best stage design	Todd Rosenthal	August: Osage County	Peter McKintosh for The 39 Steps Scott Pask for Les Liaisons Dangereuses Anthony Ward for Macbeth
Best costumes	Katrina Lindsay	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	Gregory Gale for Cyrano de Bergerac Rob Howell for Boeing-Boeing Peter McKintosh for The 39 Steps
Best lighting design	Kevin Adams	The 39 steps	Howard Harrison for Macbeth Donald Holder for Les Liaisons Dangereuses Ann G. Wrightson for August: Osage County
Best sound design	Mic pool	The 39 steps	Simon Baker for Boeing-Boeing Adam Cork for Macbeth Ian Dickinson for Rock 'n' Roll
Special Tony Award	Stephen Sondheim (life's work)
Special Tony Award	Robert Russell Bennett
Regional Theater Tony Award	Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago

Musicals

Most Tonys (musical)	South Pacific (7 Tonys)
Most nominations (musical)	In the Heights (13 nominations)

category	Award winners	musical	Nominations
Best musical		In the heights	Cry-Baby Passing Strange Xanadu
Best musical libretto	Stew	Passing strange	Douglas Carter Beane for Xanadu Quiara Alegria Hudes for In the Heights Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan for Cry-Baby
Best original music	Music & Text: Lin-Manuel Miranda	In the heights	Music & Text: David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger for Cry-Baby Music & Text: Alan Menken , Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater for The Little Mermaid Music & Text: Stew and Heidi Rodewald for Passing Strange
Best revival of a musical		South Pacific	Grease Gypsy Sunday in the Park with George
Best Actor	Paulo Szot	South Pacific	Daniel Evans for Sunday in the Park with George Lin-Manuel Miranda for In the Heights Stew for Passing Strange Tom Wopat for A Catered Affair
Best main actress	Patti LuPone	Gypsy	Kerry Butler for Xanadu Kelli O'Hara for South Pacific Faith Prince for A Catered Affair Jenna Russell for Sunday in the Park with George
Best supporting actor	Boyd Gaines	Gypsy	Daniel Breaker for Passing Strange Danny Burstein for South Pacific Robin De Jesus for In the Heights Christopher Fitzgerald for Frankenstein Junior
The best supporting actress	Laura Benanti	Gypsy	De'Adre Aziza for Passing Strange Andrea Martin for Frankenstein Junior Olga Merediz for In the Heights Loretta Ables Sayre for South Pacific
Best musical director	Bartlett Sher	South Pacific	Sam Buntrock for Sunday in the Park with George Thomas Kail for In the Heights Arthur Laurents for Gypsy
Best choreography	Andy Blankenbuehler	In the heights	Rob Ashford for cry-baby Christopher Gattelli for South Pacific Dan Knechtges for Xanadu
Best orchestration	Alex Lacamoire Bill Sherman	In the heights	Jason Carr for Sunday in the Park with George Stew and Heidi Rodewald for Passing Strange Jonathan Tunick for A Catered Affair
Best stage design	Michael Yeargan	South Pacific	David Farley , Timothy Bird and The Knifedge Creative Network for Sunday in the Park with George Anna Louizos for In the Heights Robin Wagner for Frankenstein Junior
Best costumes	Catherine Zuber	South Pacific	David Farley for Sunday in the Park with George Martin Pakledinaz for Gypsy Paul Tazewell for In the Heights
Best lighting design	Donald Holder	South Pacific	Ken Billington for Sunday in the Park with George Howell Binkley for In the Heights Natasha Katz for The Little Mermaid
Best sound design	Scott teacher	South Pacific	Acme Sound Partners for In the Heights Sebastian Frost for Sunday in the Park with George Dan Moses Schreier for Gypsy