Tony Awards list of nominations

Tribune wire reports

Tribune staff reporter
May 13, 2008

 

"In the Heights," a lively snapshot of Latino life in Upper Manhattan, received 13 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, more than any other show.

A lush, lavish revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" took 11 nominations, followed by "Sunday in the Park With George" with nine. Three shows received seven nominations: "August: Osage County," ''Passing Strange" and the revival of "Gypsy."

"Heights" was nominated for best musical along with "Passing Strange," the story of one man's journey through sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll; "Cry-Baby," a raunchy '50s teenage romance based on the John Waters film; and "Xanadu," a spoof of the '80s disco movie musical.

"August: Osage County," already the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama, was nominated for best play along with Conor McPherson's "The Seafarer," Tom Stoppard's "Rock 'n' Roll" and "The 39 Steps" by Patrick Barlow.

Actor-play will provide some starry competition with Patrick Stewart, the title character in "Macbeth," going up against Laurence Fishburne in "Thurgood"; Mark Rylance, "Boeing-Boeing"; Ben Daniels, "Les Liaisons Dangereuses"; and Rufus Sewell, "Rock 'n' Roll."

"I am totally, completely shocked and amazed by all of this," said Fishburne, who portrays Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in the show. "More than that, I am grateful and truly blessed that every night I get to play one of the most compelling and extraordinary men from the 20th century."

Actress-play nominations went to women who play mother and daughter in "August: Osage County" -- Deanna Dunagan and Amy Morton; Eve Best in "The Homecoming"; Kate Fleetwood, as the murderous wife in "Macbeth"; and S. Epatha Merkerson in "Come Back, Little Sheba."

The two romantic leads in "South Pacific" -- Kelli O'Hara and Paulo Szot -- received nominations. In the actress-musical category, O'Hara will go against Patti LuPone, "Gypsy"; Faith Prince, "A Catered Affair"; Kerry Butler, "Xanadu"; and Jenna Russell, "Sunday in the Park With George."

Szot's competition will be Lin-Manuel Miranda, "In the Heights"; Daniel Evans, "Sunday in the Park With George"; Stew, "Passing Strange"; and Tom Wopat, "A Catered Affair."

A special lifetime achievement Tony Award will go to Stephen Sondheim with a special Tony awarded posthumously to orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett, who died in 1981. The regional theater Tony will go to the Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

The winners in 26 competitive categories will be announced June 15 in a three-hour CBS telecast from Radio City Music Hall.

Nominations for the 2008 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards:

Best Play

August: Osage County Author: Tracy Letts Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler, Jerry Frankel, Ostar Productions, Jennifer Manocherian, The Weinstein Company, Debra Black/Daryl Roth, Ronald & Marc Frankel/Barbara Freitag, Rick Steiner/Staton Bell Group, The Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Rock 'n' Roll Author: Tom Stoppard Producers: Bob Boyett & Sonia Friedman Productions, Ostar Productions, Roger Berlind, Tulchin/Bartner, Douglas G. Smith, Dancap Productions, Jam Theatricals, The Weinstein Company, Lincoln Center Theater, The Royal Court Theatre London

The Seafarer Author: Conor McPherson Producers: Ostar Productions, Bob Boyett, Roy Furman, Lawrence Horowitz, Jam Theatricals, Bill Rollnick/Nancy Ellison Rollnick, James D'Orta, Thomas S. Murphy, Ralph Guild/Jon Avnet, Philip Geier/Keough Partners, Eric Falkenstein/Max OnStage, The National Theatre of Great Britain

The 39 Steps Author: Patrick Barlow Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy, Bob Boyett, Harriet Newman Leve/Ron Nicynski, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley, Manocherian Golden Prods., Olympus Theatricals/Douglas Denoff, Marek J. Cantor/Pat Addiss, Huntington Theatre Company/Nicholas Martin/Michael Maso, Edward Snape for Fiery Angel Ltd.

Best Musical

Cry-Baby Producer: Adam Epstein, Allan S. Gordon, Élan V. McAllister, Brian Grazer, James P. MacGilvray, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Anne Caruso, Adam S. Gordon, Latitude Link, The Pelican Group, Philip Morgaman, Andrew Farber/Richard Mishaan

In The Heights Producers: Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, Jill Furman, Sander Jacobs, Goodman/Grossman, Peter Fine, Everett/Skipper

Passing Strange Producers: The Shubert Organization, Elizabeth Ireland McCann LLC, Bill Kenwright, Chase Mishkin, Barbara & Buddy Freitag, Broadway Across America, Emily Fisher Landau, Peter May, Boyett Ostar, Larry Hirschhorn, Janet Pailet/Steve Klein, Elie Hirschfeld/Jed Bernstein, Spring Sirkin/Ruth Hendel, Vasi Laurence/Pat Flicker Addiss, Wendy Federman/Jackie Barlia Florin, Joey Parnes, The Public Theater, The Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Xanadu Producers: Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel, Sarah Murchison/Dale Smith

Best Book of a Musical

Cry-Baby Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan

In The Heights Quiara Alegría Hudes

Passing Strange Stew

Xanadu Douglas Carter Beane

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

Cry-Baby Music & Lyrics: David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger

In The Heights Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda

The Little Mermaid Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater

Passing Strange Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald Lyrics: Stew

Best Revival of a Play

Boeing-Boeing Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Bob Boyett, Act Productions, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert G. Bartner, The Weinstein Company, Susan Gallin/Mary Lu Roffe, Broadway Across America, Tulchin/Jenkins/DSM, The Araca Group

The Homecoming Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, Ergo Entertainment, Barbara & Buddy Freitag, Michael Gardner, Herbert Goldsmith Productions, Terry E. Schnuck, Harold Thau, Michael Filerman/Lynne Peyser, Ronald Frankel/David Jaroslawicz, Love Bunny Entertainment

Les Liaisons Dangereuses Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy

Macbeth Producers: Duncan C. Weldon & Paul Elliott, Jeffrey Archer, Bill Ballard, Terri & Timothy Childs, Rodger Hess, David Mirvish, Adriana Mnuchin, Emanuel Azenberg, BAM, The Chichester Festival Theatre

Best Revival of a Musical

Grease Producers: Paul Nicholas and David Ian, Nederlander Presentations Inc., Terry Allen Kramer, Robert Stigwood

Gypsy Producers: Roger Berlind, The Routh-Frankel-Baruch-Viertel Group, Roy Furman, Debra Black, Ted Hartley, Roger Horchow, David Ian, Scott Rudin, Jack Viertel

Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten, Bob Boyett

Sunday in the Park with George Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy, Bob Boyett, Debra Black, Jam Theatricals, Stephanie P. McClelland, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley, Barbara Manocherian/Jennifer Manocherian, Ostar Productions, The Menier Chocolate Factory/David Babani

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing Rufus Sewell, Rock 'n' Roll Patrick Stewart, Macbeth

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Eve Best, The Homecoming Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County Kate Fleetwood, Macbeth S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba Amy Morton, August: Osage County

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park with George Lin-Manuel Miranda, In The Heights Stew, Passing Strange Paulo Szot, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific Tom Wopat, A Catered Affair

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Kerry Butler, Xanadu Patti LuPone, Gypsy Kelli O'Hara, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific Faith Prince, A Catered Affair Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park with George

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

Bobby Cannavale, Mauritius Raúl Esparza, The Homecoming Conleth Hill, The Seafarer Jim Norton, The Seafarer David Pittu, Is He Dead?

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

Sinead Cusack, Rock 'n' Roll Mary McCormack, Boeing-Boeing Laurie Metcalf, November Martha Plimpton, Top Girls Rondi Reed, August: Osage County

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

Daniel Breaker, Passing Strange Danny Burstein, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific Robin De Jesús, In The Heights Christopher Fitzgerald, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein Boyd Gaines, Gypsy

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

de'Adre Aziza, Passing Strange Laura Benanti, Gypsy Andrea Martin, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein Olga Merediz, In The Heights Loretta Ables Sayre, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps Scott Pask, Les Liaisons Dangereuses Todd Rosenthal, August: Osage County Anthony Ward, Macbeth

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

David Farley and Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network, Sunday in the Park with George Anna Louizos, In The Heights Robin Wagner, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein Michael Yeargan, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific

Best Costume Design of a Play

Gregory Gale, Cyrano de Bergerac Rob Howell, Boeing-Boeing Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps

Best Costume Design of a Musical

David Farley, Sunday in the Park with George Martin Pakledinaz, Gypsy Paul Tazewell, In The Heights Catherine Zuber, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Kevin Adams, The 39 Steps Howard Harrison, Macbeth Donald Holder, Les Liaisons Dangereuses Ann G. Wrightson, August: Osage County

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park with George Howell Binkley, In The Heights Donald Holder, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific Natasha Katz, The Little Mermaid

Best Sound Design of a Play

Simon Baker, Boeing-Boeing Adam Cork, Macbeth Ian Dickinson, Rock 'n' Roll Mic Pool, The 39 Steps

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Acme Sound Partners, In The Heights Sebastian Frost, Sunday in the Park with George Scott Lehrer, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific Dan Moses Schreier, Gypsy

Best Direction of a Play

Maria Aitken, The 39 Steps Conor McPherson, The Seafarer Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County Matthew Warchus, Boeing-Boeing

Best Direction of a Musical

Sam Buntrock, Sunday in the Park with George Thomas Kail, In The Heights Arthur Laurents, Gypsy Bartlett Sher, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific

Best Choreography

Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby Andy Blankenbuehler, In The Heights Christopher Gattelli, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific Dan Knechtges, Xanadu

Best Orchestrations

Jason Carr, Sunday in the Park with George Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman, In The Heights Stew & Heidi Rodewald, Passing Strange Jonathan Tunick, A Catered Affair

Tony Nominations by Production

In The Heights - 13 Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific - 11 Sunday in the Park with George - 9 August: Osage County - 7 Gypsy - 7 Passing Strange - 7 Boeing-Boeing - 6 Macbeth - 6 The 39 Steps - 6 Les Liaisons Dangereuses - 5 Cry-Baby - 4 Rock 'n' Roll - 4 The Seafarer - 4 Xanadu - 4 A Catered Affair - 3 The Homecoming - 3 The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein - 3 The Little Mermaid - 2 Come Back, Little Sheba - 1 Cyrano de Bergerac - 1 Grease - 1 Is He Dead? - 1 Mauritius - 1 November - 1 Thurgood - 1 Top Girls - 1

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