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The 2008 Tony Awards Sunday, June 15th 8/7c CBS
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August: Osage County
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August: Osage County
When their patriarch vanishes, the Weston clan must return to their three-story home in rural Oklahoma to get to the heart of the matter. more >

Nominated for 7 Awards:
Best Play Winner SpeechAuthor: Tracy Letts
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a PlayDeanna Dunagan Winner Speech
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a PlayAmy Morton
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a PlayRondi Reed Winner Speech
Best Direction of a PlayAnna D. Shapiro Winner Speech
Best Scenic Design of a PlayTodd Rosenthal Winner Speech
Best Lighting Design of a PlayAnn G. Wrightson
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Boeing-Boeing
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Boeing-Boeing
An architect living in Paris (Bradley Whitford) has been successfully juggling three flight attendant fiancées, with his housekeeper (Christine Baranski) reluctantly playing romantic air-traffic controller. more >

Nominated for 6 Awards:
Best Revival of a Play Winner Speech
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a PlayMark Rylance Winner Speech
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a PlayMary McCormack
Best Direction of a PlayMatthew Warchus
Best Costume Design of a PlayRob Howell
Best Sound Design of a PlaySimon Baker
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A Catered Affair
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A Catered Affair
Faith Prince, Tom Wopat, and Harvey Fierstein lead the cast of this musical set in the Bronx in the 1950s. more >

Nominated for 3 Awards:
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a MusicalTom Wopat
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a MusicalFaith Prince
Best OrchestrationsJonathan Tunick
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Come Back, Little Sheba
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Come Back, Little Sheba
Lola is a faded beauty queen trapped in a lonely marriage to Doc, a recovering alcoholic on the brink of relapse. more >

Nominated for 1 Award:
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a PlayS. Epatha Merkerson
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Cry-Baby
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Cry-Baby
Baltimore, 1954. Everyone likes Ike, nobody likes communism, and Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker is the coolest boy in town. more >

Nominated for 4 Awards:
Best Musical
Best Book of a MusicalMark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the TheatreMusic & Lyrics: David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger
Best ChoreographyRob Ashford
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Cyrano de Bergerac
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Cyrano de Bergerac
Kevin Kline starred as Cyrano De Bergerac in Edmond Rostand's classic tale of romance and tragedy, based on a true story. more >

Nominated for 1 Award:
Best Costume Design of a PlayGregory Gale
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Grease
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Grease
Grease is a rock 'n' roll high school musical about growing up, cruising with friends, and going steady. more >

Nominated for 1 Award:
Best Revival of a Musical
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Gypsy
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Gypsy
Mama Rose (Patti LuPone) is a woman with a mission: to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway, by way of vaudeville. more >

Nominated for 7 Awards:
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a MusicalPatti LuPone Winner Speech
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a MusicalBoyd Gaines Winner Speech
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a MusicalLaura Benanti Winner Speech
Best Direction of a MusicalArthur Laurents
Best Costume Design of a MusicalMartin Pakledinaz
Best Sound Design of a MusicalDan Moses Schreier
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The Homecoming
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The Homecoming
Harold Pinter's sexually provocative play is a tale of lust, betrayal and seduction. more >

Nominated for 3 Awards:
Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a PlayEve Best
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a PlayRaúl Esparza
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In The Heights
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In The Heights
In The Heights is a New York musical about a vibrant and tight-knit community at the top of the island of Manhattan. more >

Nominated for 13 Awards:
Best Musical Winner Speech
Best Book of a MusicalQuiara Alegría Hudes
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the TheatreMusic & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda Winner Speech
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a MusicalLin-Manuel Miranda
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a MusicalRobin De Jesús
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a MusicalOlga Merediz
Best Direction of a MusicalThomas Kail
Best ChoreographyAndy Blankenbuehler Winner Speech
Best OrchestrationsAlex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman Winner Speech
Best Scenic Design of a MusicalAnna Louizos
Best Costume Design of a MusicalPaul Tazewell
Best Lighting Design of a MusicalHowell Binkley
Best Sound Design of a MusicalAcme Sound Partners
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Is He Dead?
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Is He Dead?
Is He Dead? is a newly discovered comedy by Mark Twain about a struggling artist who stages his own death to drive up the price of his paintings. more >

Nominated for 1 Award:
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a PlayDavid Pittu
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses
The battle of the sexes springs to life in Christopher Hampton's play about long-time friends and occasional lovers Vicomte de Valmont and Marquise de Merteuil. more >

Nominated for 5 Awards:
Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a PlayBen Daniels
Best Scenic Design of a PlayScott Pask
Best Costume Design of a PlayKatrina Lindsay Winner Speech
Best Lighting Design of a PlayDonald Holder
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The Little Mermaid
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The Little Mermaid
In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, a beautiful young mermaid named Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. more >

Nominated for 2 Awards:
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the TheatreMusic: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater
Best Lighting Design of a MusicalNatasha Katz
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Macbeth
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Macbeth
Macbeth (Patrick Stewart) is a man utterly determined to obtain the Scottish royal crown. more >

Nominated for 6 Awards:
Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a PlayPatrick Stewart
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a PlayKate Fleetwood
Best Scenic Design of a PlayAnthony Ward
Best Lighting Design of a PlayHoward Harrison
Best Sound Design of a PlayAdam Cork
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Mauritius
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Mauritius
In Theresa Rebeck's play, Jackie and Mary are half-sisters whose mother's death leaves them in possession of a rare stamp collection. more >

Nominated for 1 Award:
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a PlayBobby Cannavale
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The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
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The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
Young Frankenstein is a re-imagining of the classic Mary Shelley novel.  more >

Nominated for 3 Awards:
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a MusicalChristopher Fitzgerald
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a MusicalAndrea Martin
Best Scenic Design of a MusicalRobin Wagner
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November
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November
David Mamet's play is set just days before a major presidential election. more >

Nominated for 1 Award:
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a PlayLaurie Metcalf
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Passing Strange
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Passing Strange
Passing Strange is the tale of a young, black bohemian on a journey of escape and exploration. more >

Nominated for 7 Awards:
Best Musical
Best Book of a MusicalStew Winner Speech
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the TheatreMusic: Stew and Heidi Rodewald
Lyrics: Stew
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a MusicalStew
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a MusicalDaniel Breaker
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musicalde'Adre Aziza
Best OrchestrationsStew and Heidi Rodewald
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Rock 'n' Roll
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Rock 'n' Roll
Tom Stoppard's play spans the years 1968 through 1990 as seen from the double perspective of Prague, where a rock 'n' roll band comes to symbolize resistance to the Communist regime. more >

Nominated for 4 Awards:
Best PlayAuthor: Tom Stoppard
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a PlayRufus Sewell
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a PlaySinead Cusack
Best Sound Design of a PlayIan Dickinson
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The Seafarer
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The Seafarer
Conor McPherson's play about the sea, Ireland, and the power of myth is set on Christmas Eve. more >

Nominated for 4 Awards:
Best PlayAuthor: Conor McPherson
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a PlayConleth Hill
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a PlayJim Norton Winner Speech
Best Direction of a PlayConor McPherson
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South Pacific
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South Pacific
Set on a tropical island during World War II, South Pacific tells the romantic story of two couples - US Navy nurse Nellie Forbush and French plantation owner Emile de Becque. more >

Nominated for 11 Awards:
Best Revival of a Musical Winner Speech
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a MusicalPaulo Szot Winner Speech
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a MusicalKelli O'Hara
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a MusicalDanny Burstein
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a MusicalLoretta Ables Sayre
Best Direction of a MusicalBartlett Sher Winner Speech
Best ChoreographyChristopher Gattelli
Best Scenic Design of a MusicalMichael Yeargan Winner Speech
Best Costume Design of a MusicalCatherine Zuber Winner Speech
Best Lighting Design of a MusicalDonald Holder Winner Speech
Best Sound Design of a MusicalScott Lehrer Winner Speech
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Sunday in the Park with George
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Sunday in the Park with George
The Georges Seurat painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" is the inspiration for this musical fantasy which celebrates the art of creation and the creation of art. more >

Nominated for 9 Awards:
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a MusicalDaniel Evans
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a MusicalJenna Russell
Best Direction of a MusicalSam Buntrock
Best OrchestrationsJason Carr
Best Scenic Design of a MusicalDavid Farley and Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network
Best Costume Design of a MusicalDavid Farley
Best Lighting Design of a MusicalKen Billington
Best Sound Design of a MusicalSebastian Frost
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The 39 Steps
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The 39 Steps
Patrick Barlow’s comic adaptation of John Buchan’s classic spy thriller The 39 Steps revolves around an innocent man who learns too much about a dangerous spy ring. more >

Nominated for 6 Awards:
Best PlayAuthor: Patrick Barlow
Best Direction of a PlayMaria Aitken
Best Scenic Design of a PlayPeter McKintosh
Best Costume Design of a PlayPeter McKintosh
Best Lighting Design of a PlayKevin Adams Winner Speech
Best Sound Design of a PlayMic Pool Winner Speech
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Thurgood
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Thurgood
Laurence Fishburne stars in a one-man show that tells the remarkable and triumphant story of Thurgood Marshall, who rose from a childhood in the back streets of Baltimore to the Supreme Court of the United States. more >

Nominated for 1 Award:
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a PlayLaurence Fishburne
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Top Girls
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Top Girls
Set at the Top Girls Employment Agency in London in the early 1980s, Caryl Churchill's play tells the story of Marlene, an ambitious career woman who has just been appointed head of the firm. more >

Nominated for 1 Award:
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a PlayMartha Plimpton
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