Tony Awards 2008
August 10, 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
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