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FACTBOX: Winners of Broadway's 2008 Tony Awards

NEW YORK | Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:31am EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Tony Awards, Broadway's top theater honors, were announced on Sunday. Here is a full list of the 2008 winners:

Best Play

* "August: Osage County"

Best Musical

* "In the Heights"

Best Book of a Musical

* "Passing Strange" - Stew

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

* "In The Heights" - Lin-Manuel Miranda

Best Revival of a Play

* "Boeing-Boeing"

Best Revival of a Musical

* "Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific" - Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, Andre Bishop, Bernard Gersten, Bob Boyett

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

* Mark Rylance - "Boeing-Boeing"

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

* Deanna Dunagan - "August: Osage County"

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

* Paulo Szot - "Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific"

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

* Patti LuPone - "Gypsy"

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 Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

* Boyd Gaines - "Gypsy"

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

* Laura Benanti - "Gypsy"

Best Scenic Design of a Play

* Todd Rosenthal - "August: Osage County"

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

* Michael Yeargan - "Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific"

Best Costume Design of a Play

* Katrina Lindsay - "Les Liaisons Dangereuses"

Best Costume Design of a Musical

* Catherine Zuber - "Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific"

Best Lighting Design of a Play

* Kevin Adams - "The 39 Steps"

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

* Donald Holder - "Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific"

Best Sound Design of a Play

* Mic Pool - "The 39 Steps"

Best Sound Design of a Musical

* Scott Lehrer - "Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific"

Best Direction of a Play

* Anna D. Shapiro - "August: Osage County"

Best Direction of a Musical

* Bartlett Sher - "South Pacific"

Best Choreography

* Andy Blankenbuehler - "In The Heights"

Best Orchestrations

* Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman - "In The Heights"

Regional Theater Tony Award

* Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Special Tony Award

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

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater

* Stephen Sondheim

(Editing by John O'Callaghan)

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