Tony Award noms announced

'In The Heights' leads the pack with 13 nominations, followed by 'South Pacific'

By Perrie Samotin

Metromix
May 13, 2008

Tony Award noms announced
Front-runner 'In the Heights'
The nominees for the 62nd annual Tony Awards were announced this morning by past winners David Hyde Pierce ("Curtains") and Sara Ramirez ("Spamalot"). While there weren't a ton of shockers, there were a couple of the requisite surprise snubs, and it looks like June 15th's ceremony will be one hell of a show, with tight races in several of the categories (leading actress in a musical, perhaps?). The complete list of nominees:

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

Best Musical
"Cry-Baby"
"In the Heights"
"Passing Strange"
"Xanadu"

Best Revival of a Play
"Boeing-Boeing"
"The Homecoming"
"Les Liaisons Dangereueses"
"Macbeth"

Best Revival of a Musical
"Grease"
"Gypsy"
"Rodgers and 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 and 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 and 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 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 Book of a Musical
"Cry-Baby," Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan
"In the Heights," Quiara Alegria Hudes
"Passing Strange," Stew
"Xanadu," Douglas Carter Beane

Best Original Score
"Cry-Baby," Music & Lyrics: David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger
"In The Heights," Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
"The Little Mermaid," Music: Alan Menken and Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater
"Passing Strange," Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald Lyrics: Stew

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"

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"

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Stephen Sondheim

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."

The 62nd annual Tony Awards will be broadcast on June 15 at 8 p.m. on CBS

Photo: Joan Marcus

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