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In the Heights Tops Tonys

Posted Jun 16, 08 5:22 AM CDT in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Last night’s Tony Awards featured an eclectic mix of new shows and revivals, an acceptance-speech rap from a first-time writer, and performances from a variety of musicals young and old. The winners:

  • Best Musical: In the Heights
  • Best Play: August: Osage County
  • Best Revival of a Musical: South Pacific
  • Best Revival of a Play: Boeing-Boeing

  • Best Book of a Musical: Passing Strange (Stew)
  • Best Original Score: In the Heights (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
  • Best Lead Actor in a Play: Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
  • Best Lead Actress in a Play: Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
  • Best Lead Actor in a Musical: Paulo Szot, South Pacific
  • Best Lead Actress in a Musical: Patti Lupone, Gypsy
  • Best Direction of a Play: Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
  • Best Direction of a Musical: Bartlett Sher, South Pacific

Sources New York Times, New York Times

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Lin-Manuel Miranda, center, is hoisted up on stage after "In The Heights" won the award for best musical during the 62nd Annual Tony Awards in New York, Sunday, June 15, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
Actress Patti LuPone poses backstage with the Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Tony for "Gypsy" at the 62nd Annual Tony Awards in New York, Sunday, June 15, 2008.   (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
Actors Daniel Evans, right, and Jenna Russell from the musical "Sunday in the Park with George" perform at the 62nd Annual Tony Awards in New York, Sunday, June 15, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
The original cast of "Rent" appears on stage at the 62nd Annual Tony Awards in New York, Sunday, June 15, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
Cast of the musical "In The Heights" perform during the 62nd Annual Tony Awards in New York yesterday.   (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
Author Tracy Letts poses backstage with his award for the Best Play Tony for "August: Osage County" at the 62nd Annual Tony Awards in New York, Sunday, June 15, 2008.   (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
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