62nd Tony Awards
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| 62nd Tony Awards | |||
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| Date | June 15, 2008 | ||
| Venue | Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY | ||
| Host | Whoopi Goldberg | ||
| Network | CBS | ||
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The 62nd Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards will take place on Sunday, June 15, 2008. CBS television will broadcast the event, which will take place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City as it has since the 51st Awards (1997). This event will recognize the Broadway shows playing during the 2007 – 2008 season. The host will be Whoopi Goldberg.[1]
The cut-off date for eligibility in the 2007–08 season was May 7, 2008. The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced eligibility rules for many of the award categories.[2][3] Two new categories will debut during this ceremony: Best Sound Design of a Musical and Best Sound Design of a Play.[4]
The Tony Award nominations announcement was made on May 13, 2008 by David Hyde Pierce and Sara Ramirez. In the Heights, which premiered Off-Broadway, garnered the most nominations of any show with 13. Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific received 11, the second most of any revival to date (one of these was in the new "sound design" category). The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama August: Osage County earned seven nominations. The revival of Sunday in the Park With George took nine nominations, the revival of Gypsy received seven, as did the new musical Passing Strange.
The "Visa Signature Tonys Preview Concert" was taped at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 11 and will be broadcast on CBS television affiliates in June. The concert features performances from 10 Tony-eligible musicals as well as interviews with Tony nominees.[5]
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[edit] The ceremony
[edit] Presenters
The initial list of presenters was announced on June 2, 2008.[6]Additional presenters were announced on June 5.[7] [8]
[edit] Performances
Performers from the cast of The Lion King will open the ceremony with "Circle of Life", to celebrate that show's 10th anniversary; also performing will be the cast of Rent, to celebrate the musical's lengthy run, which is scheduled to end later in 2008. Other performances are to be announced.
The following musicals or performers performs:
- The Lion King ("Circle of Life") -- (performers TBA)
- Rent (act & performers TBA)
[edit] Nominations tally
| Production | Nomination(s) | Win(s) |
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| A Catered Affair | 3 | |
| August: Osage County | 7 | |
| Boeing Boeing | 6 | |
| Come Back, Little Sheba | 1 | |
| Cry-Baby | 4 | |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | 1 | |
| Grease | 1 | |
| Gypsy | 7 | |
| In the Heights | 13 | |
| Is He Dead? | 1 | |
| Les Liaisons dangereuses | 5 | |
| Macbeth | 6 | |
| Mauritius | 1 | |
| November | 1 | |
| Passing Strange | 7 | |
| Rock 'n' Roll | 4 | |
| Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific | 11 | |
| Sunday in the Park With George | 9 | |
| The 39 Steps | 6 | |
| The Homecoming | 3 | |
| The Little Mermaid | 2 | |
| The Seafarer | 4 | |
| Thurgood | 1 | |
| Top Girls | 1 | |
| Xanadu | 4 | |
| The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein | 3 |
[edit] Winners and nominees
(winners are indicated by "*")
[edit] Production
- August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
- Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard
- The Seafarer by Conor McPherson
- The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow
- Boeing Boeing by Marc Camoletti
- The Homecoming by Harold Pinter
- Les Liaisons dangereuses by Christopher Hampton
- Macbeth by Shakespeare
[edit] Performance
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
[edit] Craft
- Cry-Baby, Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan
- In the Heights, Quiara Alegria Hudes
- Passing Strange, Stew
- Xanadu, Douglas Carter Beane
Best Original Score 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 and Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater
- Passing Strange, Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald Lyrics: Stew
- Maria Aitken, The 39 Steps
- Conor McPherson, The Seafarer
- Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
- Matthew Warchus, Boeing-Boeing
- Sam Buntrock, Sunday in the Park with George
- Thomas Kail, In The Heights
- Arthur Laurents, Gypsy
- Bartlett Sher, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
- Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby
- Andy Blankenbuehler, In The Heights
- Christopher Gattelli, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
- Dan Knechtges, Xanadu
- Jason Carr, Sunday in the Park with George
- Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman, In the Heights
- Stew (musician) & Heidi Rodewald, Passing Strange
- Jonathan Tunick, A Catered Affair
- 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
- 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
Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play
- Simon Baker, Boeing-Boeing
- Adam Cork, Macbeth
- Ian Dickson, Rock 'n' Roll
- Mic Pool, The 39 Steps
Tony Award for 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
[edit] Special Tony Awards
Special Tony Award
- Robert Russell Bennett (for achievements in orchestration)
Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
[edit] References
- ^ Gans, Andrew (2008-05-08). Whoopi Goldberg Will Host 2008 Tony Awards. Playbill. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
- ^ "Tony Committee Announces More Eligibility for 2008; Morton and Dunagan in Best Actress Slot", January 22, 2008 (Playbill)
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "Tony Rulings: Glory Days Not Eligible for Nomination But Gypsy's Laurents Is", May 8, 2008 (Playbill)
- ^ tonyawards. American Theatre Wing (2007-09-19). Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
- ^ playbill article
- ^ Playbill June 2, 2008
- ^ Pierce, Connick, Tomlin and More Added To Tony Presenters, BroadwayWorld.com, June 5, 2008
- ^ The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards - Official Website by IBM
- ^ 2007-2008 Tony Nominations Announced; In the Heights Earns 13 Noms, Playbill, May 13, 2008
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- The official website of the Tony Awards
- concert article
- Hip Hop vs. Roller Disco Which will the 2008 Tony voters pick?
