2008 / Actor (Musical)
Paulo Szot, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park with George
Lin-Manuel Miranda, In The Heights
Stew, Passing Strange
Tom Wopat, A Catered Affair
2008 / Actor (Play)
Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
Rufus Sewell, Rock 'n' Roll
Patrick Stewart, Macbeth
2008 / Actress (Musical)
Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Kerry Butler, Xanadu
Kelli O'Hara, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Faith Prince, A Catered Affair
Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park with George
2008 / Actress (Play)
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
Eve Best, The Homecoming
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
Kate Fleetwood, Macbeth
S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba
Amy Morton, August: Osage County
2008 / Actor (Featured Role – Musical)
Boyd Gaines, Gypsy
Daniel Breaker, Passing Strange
Danny Burstein, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Robin De Jesus, In The Heights
Christopher Fitzgerald, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
2008 / Actor (Featured Role – Play)
Jim Norton, The Seafarer
Bobby Cannavale, Mauritius
Raul Esparza, The Homecoming
Conleth Hill, The Seafarer
David Pittu, Is He Dead?
2008 / Actress (Featured Role – Musical)
Laura Benanti, Gypsy
de'Adre Aziza, Passing Strange
Andrea Martin, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
Olga Merediz, In The Heights
Loretta Ables Sayre, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
2008 / Actress (Featured Role – Play)
Rondi Reed, August: Osage County
Sinead Cusack, Rock 'n' Roll
Mary McCormack, Boeing-Boeing
Laurie Metcalf, November
Martha Plimpton, Top Girls
2008 / Book (Musical)
Stew, Passing Strange
Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, Cry-Baby
Quiara Alegria Hudes, In The Heights
Douglas Carter Beane, Xanadu
2008 / Choreographer
Andy Blankenbuehler, In The Heights
Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby
Christopher Gattelli, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Dan Knechtges, Xanadu
2008 / Costume Design (Musical)
Catherine Zuber, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
David Farley, Sunday in the Park with George
Martin Pakledinaz, Gypsy
Paul Tazewell, In The Heights
2008 / Costume Design (Play)
Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Gregory Gale, Cyrano de Bergerac
Rob Howell, Boeing-Boeing
Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps
2008 / Director (Musical)
Bartlett Sher, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Sam Buntrock, Sunday in the Park with George
Thomas Kail, In The Heights
Arthur Laurents, Gypsy
2008 / Director (Play)
Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
Maria Aitken, The 39 Steps
Conor McPherson, The Seafarer
Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
Matthew Warchus, Boeing-Boeing
2008 / Lighting Design (Musical)
Donald Holder, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park with George
Howell Binkley, In The Heights
Natasha Katz, The Little Mermaid
2008 / Lighting Design (Play)
Kevin Adams, The 39 Steps
Howard Harrison, Macbeth
Donald Holder, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Ann G. Wrightson, August: Osage County
2008 / Musical
In The Heights. Producers: Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, Jill Furman, Sander Jacobs, Goodman/Grossman, Peter Fine, Everett/Skipper
Cry-Baby. Producers: Adam Epstein, Allan S. Gordon, Élan V. McAllister, Brian Grazer, James P. MacGilvray, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Anne Caruso, Adam S. Gordon, Latitude Link, The Pelican Group, Philip Morgaman, Andrew Farber/Richard Mishaan
Passing Strange. Producers: The Shubert Organization, Elizabeth Ireland McCann LLC, Bill Kenwright, Chase Mishkin, Barbara & Buddy Freitag, Broadway Across America, Emily Fisher Landau, Peter May, Boyett Ostar, Larry Hirschhorn, Janet Pailet/Steve Klein, Elie Hirschfeld/Jed Bernstein, Spring Sirkin/Ruth Hendel, Vasi Laurence/Pat Flicker Addiss, Wendy Federman/Jackie Barlia Florin, Joey Parnes, The Public Theater, The Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Xanadu. Producers: Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel, Sarah Murchison/Dale Smith
2008 / Orchestrations
Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman, In The Heights
Jason Carr, Sunday in the Park with George
Stew & Heidi Rodewald,Passing Strange
Jonathan Tunick, A Catered Affair
2008 / Original Musical Score
In The Heights
Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Cry-Baby
Music & Lyrics: David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger
The Little Mermaid
Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater
Passing Strange
Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald
Lyrics: Stew
2008 / Play
August: Osage County. Author: Tracy Letts; Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler, Jerry Frankel, Ostar Productions, Jennifer Manocherian, The Weinstein Company, Debra Black/Daryl Roth, Ronald & Marc Frankel/Barbara Freitag, Rick Steiner/Staton Bell Group, The Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Rock 'n' Roll. Author: Tom Stoppard; Producers: Bob Boyett & Sonia Friedman Productions, Ostar Productions, Roger Berlind, Tulchin/Bartner, Douglas G. Smith, Dancap Productions, Jam Theatricals, The Weinstein Company, Lincoln Center Theater, The Royal Court Theatre London
The Seafarer. Author: Conor McPherson; Producers: Ostar Productions, Bob Boyett, Roy Furman, Lawrence Horowitz, Jam Theatricals, Bill Rollnick/Nancy Ellison Rollnick, James D'Orta, Thomas S. Murphy, Ralph Guild/Jon Avnet, Philip Geier/Keough Partners, Eric Falkenstein/Max OnStage, The National Theatre of Great Britain
The 39 Steps. Author: Patrick Barlow; Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy, Bob Boyett, Harriet Newman Leve/Ron Nicynski, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley, Manocherian Golden Prods., Olympus Theatricals/Douglas Denoff, Marek J. Cantor/Pat Addiss, Huntington Theatre Company/Nicholas Martin/Michael Maso, Edward Snape for Fiery Angel Ltd.
2008 / Revival (Musical)
Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific. Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten, Bob Boyett
Grease. Producers: Paul Nicholas and David Ian, Nederlander Presentations Inc., Terry Allen Kramer, Robert Stigwood
Gypsy. Producers: Roger Berlind, The Routh-Frankel-Baruch-Viertel Group, Roy Furman, Debra Black, Ted Hartley, Roger Horchow, David Ian, Scott Rudin, Jack Viertel
Sunday in the Park with George. Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy, Bob Boyett, Debra Black, Jam Theatricals, Stephanie P. McClelland, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley, Barbara Manocherian/Jennifer Manocherian, Ostar Productions, The Menier Chocolate Factory/David Babani
2008 / Revival (Play)
Boeing-Boeing. Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Bob Boyett, Act Productions, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert G. Bartner, The Weinstein Company, Susan Gallin/Mary Lu Roffe, Broadway Across America, Tulchin/Jenkins/DSM, The Araca Group
The Homecoming. Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, Ergo Entertainment, Barbara & Buddy Freitag, Michael Gardner, Herbert Goldsmith Productions, Terry E. Schnuck, Harold Thau, Michael Filerman/Lynne Peyser, Ronald Frankel/David Jaroslawicz, Love Bunny Entertainment
Les Liaisons Dangereuses.Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy
Macbeth. Producers: Duncan C. Weldon & Paul Elliott, Jeffrey Archer, Bill Ballard, Terri & Timothy Childs, Rodger Hess, David Mirvish, Adriana Mnuchin, Emanuel Azenberg, BAM, The Chichester Festival Theatre
2008 / Scenic Design (Musical)
Michael Yeargan, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
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
2008 / Scenic Design (Play)
Todd Rosenthal, August: Osage County
Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps
Scott Pask, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Anthony Ward, Macbeth
2008 / Sound Design (Musical)
Scott Lehrer, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Acme Sound Partners, In The Heights
Sebastian Frost, Sunday in the Park with George
Dan Moses Schreier, Gypsy
2008 / Sound Design (Play)
Mic Pool, The 39 Steps
Simon Baker, Boeing-Boeing
Adam Cork, Macbeth