2008 Tony Awards
On Sunday, June 15, 2008 the curtain rose on the Great White Way when the 62nd Annual Tony Awards brought the best of Broadway to the national stage. From on-screen legends to bright up-and-comers, stars from the hottest shows of the year performed live at the historic Radio City Music Hall.
AUGUST: Osage County
Wins 5 Tony Awards including Best Play!
Meet the Westons. A vanished father. A pill-popping mother. Three sisters harboring shady little secrets.
When the large Weston family unexpectedly reunites after dad disappears, their Oklahoman family homestead explodes in a maelstrom of repressed truths an d unsettling secrets. Mix in Violet, the drugged-up, scathingly acidic matriarch, and you've got a major new Broadway play that unflinchingly, and uproariously, exposes the dark side of the Midwestern American family.
AUGUST: Osage County has audiences riveted and critics raving. This thrilling new play by Tracy Letts has been hailed by The New York Times as "hugely entertaining! A ripsnorter full of blistering, funny dialogue, acid-etched characters and scenes of no-holds-barred emotional combat." Soon London and the rest of America gets to meet the Westons when the show hits the West-end this fall and the nation tour begin in August 2009.
Learn more at: augustonbroadway.com
IN THE HEIGHTS
Leads new musicals with 4 Tony Awards including Best New Musical!
Experience an exhilarating journey into one of Manhattan's most vibrant communities, where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. Welcome to In The Heights, a new musical that feels like home. With an amazing cast, incredible dancing and a gripping tale of hope and self-discovery, In The Heights is Broadway's hottest hit! The New York Times calls it, "A musical about chasing your dreams and finding your true home, with enough energy to light up the George Washington Bridge. A SINGULAR NEW SENSATION!"
Learn more at: intheheightsthemusical.com
SOUTH PACIFIC
Winner of 7 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival!
The landmark musical's first Broadway revival ever! The curtain rang down on Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific in 1954 after five years of extraordinary acclaim and countless accolades, including nine Tony Awards® and a Pulitzer Prize. Considered by many the finest musical ever written, the songs include "Some Enchanted Evening," "Younger than Springtime," "Bali Ha'i," "Nothing like a Dame" and "A Wonderful Guy." Bartlett Sher directs the new production at Lincoln Center with two-time past Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara as Nellie Forbush and acclaimed Brazilian baritone Paulo Szot in his Broadway debut as Emile De Becque.
Learn more at: lct.org
