- 2008 in theater
The year
2008 intheater involves the following significant events.Events
Awards
:Play:Best Play: "":Best Revival of a Play: "
Boeing Boeing ":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 Featured Actor in a Play:Jim Norton , "The Seafarer ":Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play:Rondi Reed , "August: Osage County":Musical:Best Musical: "
In the Heights ":Best Revival of a Musical: "Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific":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 Musical:Boyd Gaines , "Gypsy":Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical:Laura Benanti , "Gypsy"Drama Desk Award :Plays:Outstanding New Play: "":Outstanding Revival of a Play: "
Boeing Boeing ":Outstanding Director of a Play:Anna D. Shapiro , "August: Osage County":Outstanding Actor in a Play:Mark Rylance , "Boeing Boeing":Outstanding Actress in a Play:Deanna Dunagan , "August: Osage County":Musicals:Outstanding Musical: "
Passing Strange ":Outstanding Revival of a Musical: "Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific":Outstanding Director of a Musical:Bartlett Sher , "Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific":Outstanding Actor in a Musical:Paulo Szot , "Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific":Outstanding Actress in a Musical:Patti LuPone , "Gypsy "
=New York Drama Critics' Circle Award=:Best Play: "",
Tracy Letts :Best Musical: "Passing Strange ", Stew and Heidi RodewaldPulitzer Prize for Drama ::
Tracy Letts , ""Notable Deaths
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