Jun 15, 2008
"In The Heights" won four Tony Awards in 2008 including Best Musical, but it was the revival of "South Pacific" which won the most Tony Awards - seven. The revival of "Gypsy" won three Tonys.
"August: Osage County" dominated the play categories winning five Tonys including Best Play.
Whoopi Goldberg was the host of the 62nd Annual Tony Awards.
Who Won Tony Awards in 2008?
| Tony Award: Best Musical | |
| In The Heights |  
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| Other Nominees: Cry-Baby; Passing Strange; Xanadu | |
| Tony Award: Best Play | |
| August: Osage County | 
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| Other Nominees: Rock 'n' Roll; The Seafarer; The 39 Steps | |
| Tony Award: Best Book of a Musical | |
| Passing Strange | 
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| Stew | |
| Other Nominees: Cry-Baby; In The Heights; Xanadu | |
| Tony Award: Best Original Score | |
| In The Heights |
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| Other Nominees: Cry-Baby; The Little Mermaid; Passing Strange | |
| Tony Award: Best Revival of a Musical | |
| South Pacific | 
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| Other Nominees: Grease; Gypsy; Sunday in the Park With George | |
| Tony Award: Best Revival of a Play | |
| Boeing-Boeing | 
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| Other Nominees: The Homecoming; Les Liaisons Dangereuses; Macbeth | |
| Tony Award: Best Leading Actor in a Musical | |
| Paulo Szot (South Pacific) |
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| Other Nominees: Daniel Evans (Sunday In the Park With George); Lin-Manuel Miranda (In The Heights); Stew (Passing Strange); Tom Wopat (A Catered Affair) | |
| Tony Award: Best Leading Actor in a Play | |
| Mark Rylance (Boeing-Boeing) |
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| Other Nominees: Ben Daniels (Les Liaisons Dangereuses); Laurence Fishburne (Thurgood); Rufus Sewell (Rock 'n' Roll); Patrick Stewart (Macbeth) | |
| Tony Award: Best Leading Actress in a Musical | |
| Patti Lupone (Gypsy) | |
| Other Nominees: Kerry Butler (Xanadu); Kelli O'Hara (South Pacific); Faith Prince (A Catered Affair); Jenna Russell (Sunday in the Park With George) | |
| Tony Award: Best Leading Actress in a Play | |
| Deanna Dunagan (August: Osage County) |
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| Other Nominees: Eve Best (The Homecoming); Kate Fleetwood (Macbeth); S Epatha Merkerson (Come Back Little Sheba); Amy Morton (August: Osage County) | |
| Tony Award: Best Featured Actor in a Play | |
| Jim Norton (The Seafarer) | 
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| Other Nominees: Bobby Cannavale (Mauritius); Raul Esparza (The Homecoming); Conleth Hill (The Seafarer); David Pittu (Is He Dead?) | |
| Tony Award: Best Featured Actor in a Musical | |
| Boyd Gaines (Gypsy) | |
| Other Nominees: Daniel Breaker (Passing Strange); Danny Burstein (South Pacific); Robin De Jesus (In The Heights); Christopher Fitzgerald (Young Frankenstein) | |
| Tony Award: Best Featured Actress in a Musical | |
| Laura Benanti (Gypsy) | |
| Other Nominees: de'Adre Aziza (Passing Strange); Andrea Martin (Young Frankenstein); Olga Merediz (In The Heights); Loretta Ables Sayre (South Pacifici) | |
| Tony Award: Best Featured Actress in a Play | |
| Rondi Reed (August: Osage County) |
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| Other Nominees: Sinead Cusack (Rock 'n' Roll); Mary McCormack (Boeing-Boeing); Laurie Metcalf (November); Martha Plimpton (Top Girls) | |
| Tony Award: Best Direction of a Musical | |
| Bartlett Sher (South Pacific) |
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| Other Nominees: Sam Buntrock (Sunday In the Park With George); Thomas Kail (In The Heights); Arthur Laurents (Gypsy) | |
| Tony Award: Best Direction of a Play | |
| Anna D Shapiro (August: Osage County) |
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| Other Nominees: Maria Aitken (The 39 Steps); Conor McPherson (The Seafarer); Matthew Warchus (Boeing-Boeing) | |
| Tony Award: Best Choreography | |
| Andy Blankenbuehler (In The Heights) |
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| Other Nominees: Cry-Baby; South Pacific; Xanadu | |
| Tony Award: Best Orchestrations | |
| Alex Lacamoire (In The Heights) |
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| Bill Sherman | |
| Other Nominees: Sunday In The Park With George; Passing Strange; A Catered Affair | |
| Tony Award: Best Scenic Design of a Musical | |
| Michael Yeargan (South Pacific) |
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| Other Nominees: Sunday In The Park With George; In The Heights; Young Frankenstein | |
| Tony Award: Best Scenic Design of a Play | |
| Todd Rosenthal (August: Osage County) |
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| Other Nominees: The 39 Steps; Les Lisaisons Dangereuses; Macbeth | |
| Tony Award: Best Costume Design of a Musical | |
| Catherine Zuber (South Pacific) |
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| Other Nominees: Sunday In The Park With George; Gypsy; In The Heights | |
| Tony Award: Best Costume Design of a Play | |
| Katrina Lindsay (Les Liaisons Dangereuses) | |
| Other Nominees: Cyrano de Bergerac; Boeing-Boeing; The 39 Steps | |
| Tony Award: Best Lighting Design of a Musical | |
| Donald Holder (South Pacific) |
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| Other Nominees: Sunday In The Park With George; In The Heights; The Little Mermaid | |
| Tony Award: Best Lighting Design of a Play | |
| Kevin Adams (The 39 Steps) | 
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| Other Nominees: Macbeth; Les Lisaisons Dangereuses; August: Osage County | |
| Tony Award: Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Scott Lehrer (South Pacific) |
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| Other Nominees: In The Heights; Sunday In The Park With George; Gypsy | |
| Tony Award: Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Mic Pool (The 39 Steps) |
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| Other Nominees: Boeing-Boeing; Macbeth; Rock 'n' Roll | |
| Special Tony Award | |
| Robert Russell Bennett | |
| Special Tony Award: Lifetime Achievement | |
| Stephen Sondheim | |
| Tony Award: Regional Theatre | |
| Chicago Shakespeare Theater | |
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