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- Network: CBS
- Aired: Sunday, June 15, 2008 8/7c
- Run time: Three hours
- Held at Radio City Music Hall
- Included live theater performances
- Host: Whoopi Goldberg
- Included hits from The Lion King and Rent
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Top Contenders
August: Osage County, a drama about a dysfunctional family from Oklahoma, won the New York Drama Critics Award and the Pulitzer Prize.In The Heights story revolves around the Upper Manhattan hispanic community and was nominated for thirteen Tony Awards.
Passing Strange, an autobiographical story of a young man (Stew) who is searching for his artistic identity, won the New York Drama Critics Award.
Nominations
In The Heights has the greatest number of nominations with thirteen and is followed by South Pacific and Sunday in the Park With George, with eleven and nine nominations respectively. Close contenders are August: Osage County, Gypsy and Passing Strange, each with seven nominations.
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Tony Award Winners 2008 Questions
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Best Play
- August: Osage County
Best Musical
Best Revival of a Musical
- South Pacific
Best Book of a Musical
- Passing Strange
Best Original Score
Best Revival of a Play
- Boeing-Boeing
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
- Mark Rylance in Boeing Boeing
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
- Deanna Dunagan in August:Osage County
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
- Rondi Reed for August:Osage County
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
- Laura Benanti in Gypsy
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
- Boyd Gaines in Gypsy
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
- Jim Norton in The Seafarer
Best Direction of a Musical
- Bartlet Sher in South Pacific
Best Direction of a Play
- Anna Shapiro for August: Osage County
Best Choreography
- Andy Blankenbuehler for South Pacific
Best Orchestrations
- Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman for In The Heights
Best Scenic Design of a Play
- Todd Rosenthal for August:Osage County
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
- Michael Yeargan for South Pacific
Best Costume Design of a Play
- Katrina Lindsay for Les Liasons Dangereuses
Best Costume Design of a Musical
- Catherin Zuber for South Pacific