Wednesday, May 14, 2008

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“In the Heights,” a lively snapshot of Latino life in Upper Manhattan, received 13 Tony Award nominations yesterday, 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.”

Winners for the 62nd annual awards will be announced June 15 in a three-hour CBS telecast from Radio City Music Hall.



A complete list of nominees:

Play (and playwrights): “August: Osage County” (Tracy Letts), “Rock ’n’ Roll” (Tom Stoppard), “The Seafarer” (Conor McPherson), “The 39 Steps” (Patrick Barlow).

Musical: “Cry-Baby,” “In the Heights,” “Passing Strange,” “Xanadu.”

Book-Musical: “Cry-Baby” (Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan), “In the Heights” (Quiara Alegria Hudes), “Passing Strange” (Stew), “Xanadu” (Douglas Carter Beane).

Original Score (music and/or lyrics) “Cry-Baby” (music and lyrics: David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger), “In the Heights” (music and 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).

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Revival-Play: “Boeing-Boeing,” “The Homecoming,” “Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” “Macbeth.”

Revival-Musical: “Grease,” “Gypsy,” “South Pacific,” “Sunday in the Park With George.”

Actor-Play: Ben Daniels, “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”; Laurence Fishburne, “Thurgood”; Mark Rylance, “Boeing-Boeing”; Rufus Sewell, “Rock ’n’ Roll”; Patrick Stewart, “Macbeth.”

Actress-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.”

Actor-Musical: Daniel Evans, “Sunday in the Park With George”; Lin-Manuel Miranda, “In the Heights”; Stew, “Passing Strange”; Paulo Szot, “South Pacific”; Tom Wopat, “A Catered Affair.”

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Actress-Musical: Kerry Butler, “Xanadu”; Patti LuPone, “Gypsy”; Kelli O’Hara, “South Pacific”; Faith Prince, “A Catered Affair”; Jenna Russell, “Sunday in the Park With George.”

Featured Actor-Play: Bobby Cannavale, “Mauritius”; Raul Esparza, “The Homecoming”; Conleth Hill, “The Seafarer”; Jim Norton, “The Seafarer”; David Pittu, “Is He Dead?”

Featured Actress-Play: Sinead Cusack, “Rock ’n’ Roll”; Mary McCormack, “Boeing-Boeing”; Laurie Metcalf, “November”; Martha Plimpton, “Top Girls”; Rondi Reed, “August: Osage County.”

Featured Actor-Musical: Daniel Breaker, “Passing Strange”; Danny Burstein, “South Pacific”; Robin De Jesus, “In the Heights”; Christopher Fitzgerald, “Young Frankenstein”; Boyd Gaines, “Gypsy.”

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Featured Actress-Musical: Laura Benanti, “Gypsy”; de’Adre Aziza, “Passing Strange”; Andrea Martin, “Young Frankenstein”; Olga Merediz, “In the Heights”; Loretta Ables Sayre, “South Pacific.”

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

Direction-Musical: Sam Buntrock, “Sunday in the Park With George”; Thomas Kail, “In the Heights”; Arthur Laurents, “Gypsy”; Bartlett Sher, “South Pacific.”

Choreography: Rob Ashford, “Cry-Baby”; Andy Blankenbuehler, “In the Heights”; Christopher Gattelli, “South Pacific”; Dan Knechtges, “Xanadu.”

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Orchestrations: Jason Carr, “Sunday in the Park With George”; Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman, “In the Heights”; Stew and Heidi Rodewald; “Passing Strange”; Jonathan Tunick, “A Catered Affair.”

Scenic Design-Play: Peter McKintosh, “The 39 Steps”; Scott Pask, “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”; Todd Rosenthal, “August: Osage County”; Anthony Ward, “Macbeth.”

Scenic Design-Musical: David Farley and Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network, “Sunday in the Park With George”; Anna Louizos, “In the Heights”; Robin Wagner, “Young Frankenstein”; Michael Yeargan, “South Pacific.”

Costume Design-Play: Gregory Gale, “Cyrano de Bergerac”; Rob Howell, “Boeing-Boeing”; Katrina Lindsay, “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”; Peter McKintosh, “The 39 Steps.”

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Costume Design-Musical: David Farley, “Sunday in the Park With George”; Martin Pakledinaz, “Gypsy”; Paul Tazewell, “In the Heights”; Catherine Zuber, “South Pacific.”

Lighting Design-Play: Kevin Adams, “The 39 Steps”; Howard Harrison, “Macbeth”; Donald Holder, “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”; Ann G. Wrightson, “August: Osage County.”

Lighting Design-Musical: Ken Billington, “Sunday in the Park With George”; Howell Binkley, “In the Heights”; Donald Holder, “South Pacific,” Natasha Katz, “The Little Mermaid.”

Sound Design-Play: Simon Baker, “Boeing-Boeing”; Adam Cork, “Macbeth”; Ian Dickinson, “Rock ’n’ Roll”; Mic Pool, “The 39 Steps.”

Sound Design-Musical: Acme Sound Partners, “In the Heights”; Sebastian Frost, “Sunday in the Park With George”; Scott Lehrer, “South Pacific”; Dan Moses Schreier, “Gypsy

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