Winners 2008

[Khoo Ee Hoon]

Best Musical: In the Heights
Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Musical: Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Musical: Paulo Szot, Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Revival of a Musical: Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre: Stephen Sondheim
Best Play:: August: Osage County
Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Play: Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Play: Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
Best Direction of a Play: Anna D. Shapiro, 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 Original Score: In The Heights, Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Direction of a Musical: Bartlett Sher, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
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 Scenic Design of a Musical: Michael Yeargan, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Scenic Design of a Play: Todd Rosenthal, August: Osage County
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Scott Lehrer, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Sound Design of a Play: Mic Pool, The 39 Steps
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Catherine Zuber, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Costume Design of a Play: Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Donald Holder, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Kevin Adams, The 39 Steps
Best Revival of a Play: Boeing-Boeing
Best Book of a Musical: Passing Strange, Stew
Best Choreography: Andy Blankenbuehler, In The Heights
Best Orchestrations: Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman, In the Heights

Special Tony Award
Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981), in recognition of his historic contribution to American musical theatre in the field of orchestrations, as represented on Broadway this season by Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific.

Regional Theatre Tony Award
Chicago Shakespeare Theater

The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. CBS has broadcast the annual event since 1978.