Tony Awards 2008

In the Heights won Best Musical and August: Osage County claimed Best Play, but South Pacific cleaned up at the 2008 Tony Awards, taking home seven prizes, including Best Revival of a Musical. (The original South Pacific grabbed nine Tonys back in 1950.)

Patti Lupone’s win for Leading Actress in a Musical for Gypsy created an interesting bit of Broadway history. She became the third actress so-honored for playing Madam Rose, joining Angela Lansbury (1975) and Tyne Daly (1990).

Here are the major winners:

MUSICAL –In the Heights

PLAY — August: Osage County

REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL — South Pacific

REVIVAL OF A PLAY — Boeing-Boeing

DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL — Bartlett Sher, South Pacific

DIRECTION OF A PLAY — Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County

PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL — Paulo Szot, South Pacific

PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL — Patti LuPone, Gypsy

PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY — Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing

PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY — Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County

Source: Variety