2008 Tony Award Winners: The 62nd Annual Tony Awards Complete List Of Winners

June 16th, 2008 by Castina

Tagged as: 2008 Tony Awards, Theater

The Cast of Rent performs at the 2008 Tony Awards.

Whoopi Goldberg was on-hand to deliver honors for Broadway’s biggest show’s on Sunday night. August: Osage County was named Best Play, winning five Tonys. In the Heights, a production about the Latino community in Upper Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood, won Best Musical, in addition to four other trophies.

Broadway’s The Little Mermaid
Here’s a complete list of the plays and musicals that took home prizes at the 62nd Annual Tony Awards.

Best Play

* “August: Osage County”

Best Musical

* “In the Heights”

Best Book of a Musical

* “Passing Strange” – Stew

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theater

* “In The Heights” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

Best Revival of a Play

* “Boeing-Boeing”

Best Revival of a Musical

* “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific” – Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, Andre Bishop, Bernard Gersten, Bob Boyett

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

* Mark Rylance – “Boeing-Boeing”

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

* Deanna Dunagan – “August: Osage County”

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

* Paulo Szot – “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific”

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

* Patti LuPone – “Gypsy”

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

* Jim Norton – “The Seafarer”

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

* Rondi Reed – “August: Osage County”

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

* Boyd Gaines – “Gypsy”

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

* Laura Benanti – “Gypsy”

Best Scenic Design of a Play

* Todd Rosenthal – “August: Osage County”

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

* Michael Yeargan – “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific”

Best Costume Design of a Play

* Katrina Lindsay – “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”

Best Costume Design of a Musical

* Catherine Zuber – “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific”

Best Lighting Design of a Play

* Kevin Adams – “The 39 Steps”

Host Whoopi Goldberg as Mary Poppins.

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

* Donald Holder – “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific”

Best Sound Design of a Play

* Mic Pool – “The 39 Steps”

Best Sound Design of a Musical

* Scott Lehrer – “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific”

Best Direction of a Play

* Anna D. Shapiro – “August: Osage County”

Best Direction of a Musical

* Bartlett Sher – “South Pacific”

Best Choreography

* Andy Blankenbuehler – “In The Heights”

Best Orchestrations

* Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman – “In The Heights”

Regional Theater Tony Award

* Chicago Shakespeare Theatre