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The 62nd Annual Tony Awards

Title: The 62nd Annual Tony Awards [videorecording] / [Produced by] The American Theatre Wing and White Cherry Entertainment ; executive producers, Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss ; director, Glenn Weiss ; writer, Dave Boone.
Publication: New York, ©2008.

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Description

1 videodisc (DVD) (136 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Tony Awards

Alternative Title

2008 Tony Awards

Subject

Genre/Form

Television.

Note

Credits at end of disc.
The synchronization on this disc is off for about five minutes, starting at 110:59 and lasting until 115:55.
The presentation of the first seven awards, along with the regional theater award, took place before the telecast began. It was webcast at tonyawards.com.
Opening number: the cast of The lion king observes the show's tenth anniversary on Broadway.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Managing producer, Elizabeth I. McCann ; coordinating producer, Joey Parnes ; music director, Elliot Lawrence.

Performer (note)

Host: Whoopi Goldberg.
Award recipients: Featured actress in a play, Rondi Reed / August: Osage County -- featured actor in a play, Jim Norton / The seafarer -- best direction of a musical, Bartlett Sher / South Pacific -- best score, Lin-Manuel Miranda / In the Heights -- featured actress in a musical, Laura Benanti / Gypsy -- featured actor in a musical, Boyd Gaines / Gypsy -- lifetime achievement in the theatre, Stephen Sondheim (accepted by Mandy Patinkin) -- best direction of a play, Anna D. Shapiro / August: Osage County -- leading actor in a play, Mark Rylance / Boeing-Boeing -- leading actress in a play, Deanna Dunagan / August: Osage County -- best play, August: Osage County (accepted by Tracy Letts) -- best musical revival, South Pacific (accepted by André Bishop) -- leading actor in a musical, Paulo Szot / South Pacific -- leading actress in a musical, Patti LuPone / Gypsy -- best musical, In the Heights (accepted by Jill Furman).
Performers: James Snyder, Elizabeth Stanley, Stew, Heidi Rodewald, de'Adre Aziza, Daniel Breaker, Patti LuPone, Danny Burstein, Kelli O'Hara, Paulo Szot, Max Crumm, Laura Osnes, Sierra Boggess, Faith Prince, Megan Mullally, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Robin De Jesus, Andréa Burns, Karen Olivo, Daniel Evans, Jenna Russell, Kerry Butler, Cheyenne Jackson, Tony Roberts, and the original cast of Rent.
Remarks: Sondra Gilman and Douglas Leeds.
Presenters: Laurence Fishburne, John Waters, Laura Linney, Adam Duritz, John Lithgow, Jack Klugman, Julie Chen, Duncan Sheik, Harry Connick Jr., Kristin Chenoweth, Barry Bostwick, Brooke Shields, Marisa Tomei, Gabriel Byrne, Mary-Louise Parker, Alec Baldwin, Daniel Radcliffe, Richard Griffiths, Mandy Patinkin, Glenn Close, Lily Tomlin, Liza Minnelli, and David Hyde Pierce.

Event (note)

Videotaped by the CBS Television Network at Radio City Music Hall, New York, N.Y., June 15, 2008.

Contents

Performances: Circle of life (The lion king) -- A little upset (Cry-Baby) -- Keys (Passing strange) -- Everything's coming up roses (Gypsy) -- Medley (South Pacific) -- Medley (Grease) -- Part of your world (The little mermaid) -- Married (A catered affair) -- Deep love (Young Frankenstein) -- 96,000 (In the Heights) -- Move on (Sunday in the park with George) -- Don't walk away (Xanadu ) -- La Vie Boheme/Seasons of love (Rent).

Call Number

NCOX 2380

OCLC

1066241117

Title

The 62nd Annual Tony Awards [videorecording] / [Produced by] The American Theatre Wing and White Cherry Entertainment ; executive producers, Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss ; director, Glenn Weiss ; writer, Dave Boone.

Imprint

Series

Tony Awards

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Managing producer, Elizabeth I. McCann ; coordinating producer, Joey Parnes ; music director, Elliot Lawrence.

Cast

Host: Whoopi Goldberg.

Award recipients: Featured actress in a play, Rondi Reed / August: Osage County -- featured actor in a play, Jim Norton / The seafarer -- best direction of a musical, Bartlett Sher / South Pacific -- best score, Lin-Manuel Miranda / In the Heights -- featured actress in a musical, Laura Benanti / Gypsy -- featured actor in a musical, Boyd Gaines / Gypsy -- lifetime achievement in the theatre, Stephen Sondheim (accepted by Mandy Patinkin) -- best direction of a play, Anna D. Shapiro / August: Osage County -- leading actor in a play, Mark Rylance / Boeing-Boeing -- leading actress in a play, Deanna Dunagan / August: Osage County -- best play, August: Osage County (accepted by Tracy Letts) -- best musical revival, South Pacific (accepted by André Bishop) -- leading actor in a musical, Paulo Szot / South Pacific -- leading actress in a musical, Patti LuPone / Gypsy -- best musical, In the Heights (accepted by Jill Furman).

Performers: James Snyder, Elizabeth Stanley, Stew, Heidi Rodewald, de'Adre Aziza, Daniel Breaker, Patti LuPone, Danny Burstein, Kelli O'Hara, Paulo Szot, Max Crumm, Laura Osnes, Sierra Boggess, Faith Prince, Megan Mullally, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Robin De Jesus, Andréa Burns, Karen Olivo, Daniel Evans, Jenna Russell, Kerry Butler, Cheyenne Jackson, Tony Roberts, and the original cast of Rent.

Remarks: Sondra Gilman and Douglas Leeds.

Presenters: Laurence Fishburne, John Waters, Laura Linney, Adam Duritz, John Lithgow, Jack Klugman, Julie Chen, Duncan Sheik, Harry Connick Jr., Kristin Chenoweth, Barry Bostwick, Brooke Shields, Marisa Tomei, Gabriel Byrne, Mary-Louise Parker, Alec Baldwin, Daniel Radcliffe, Richard Griffiths, Mandy Patinkin, Glenn Close, Lily Tomlin, Liza Minnelli, and David Hyde Pierce.

Event

Videotaped by the CBS Television Network at Radio City Music Hall, New York, N.Y., June 15, 2008.

Local Note

Gift of the American Theatre Wing.

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Local Subject

Broadway theater -- Awards.

Added Author

Kirshner, Ricky, producer.

Weiss, Glenn, 1961- producer.

Weiss, Glenn, 1961- director.

Boone, David, writer.

McCann, Elizabeth I. (Elizabeth Ireland), 1931- producer.

Parnes, Joey, producer.

Lawrence, Elliot, 1925-2021, conductor.

Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- host.

Reed, Rondi, recipient.

Norton, Jim, recipient.

Sher, Bartlett, recipient.

Miranda, Lin-Manuel, 1980- recipient.

Benanti, Laura, recipient.

Gaines, Boyd, recipient.

Patinkin, Mandy, speaker.

Shapiro, Anna D., recipient.

Rylance, Mark, recipient.

Dunagan, Deanna, recipient.

Letts, Tracy, 1965- speaker.

Bishop, André, speaker.

Szot, Paulo, recipient.

LuPone, Patti, recipient.

Furman, Jill, speaker.

Snyder, James, performer.

Stanley, Elizabeth (Actress), performer.

Stew, 1961- performer.

Rodewald, Heidi, performer.

Aziza, de'Adre, performer.

Breaker, Daniel, performer.

LuPone, Patti, performer.

Burstein, Danny, performer.

O'Hara, Kelli, performer.

Szot, Paulo, performer.

Crumm, Max, 1985- performer.

Osnes, Laura, 1985- performer.

Boggess, Sierra, performer.

Prince, Faith, performer.

Mullally, Megan, performer.

Miranda, Lin-Manuel, 1980- performer.

Jackson, Christopher (Vocalist), performer.

De Jesus, Robin, performer.

Burns, Andréa, 1971- performer.

Olivo, Karen, performer.

Evans, Daniel, 1973- performer.

Russell, Jenna, performer.

Butler, Kerry, performer.

Jackson, Cheyenne, performer.

Roberts, Tony, 1939- performer.

Gilman, Sondra, speaker.

Leeds, Douglas B., speaker.

Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- presenter.

Waters, John, 1946- speaker.

Linney, Laura, presenter.

Duritz, Adam F., speaker.

Lithgow, John, 1945- presenter.

Klugman, Jack, speaker.

Chen, Julie, 1970- speaker.

Sheik, Duncan, 1969- presenter.

Connick, Harry, Jr., 1967- speaker.

Chenoweth, Kristin, presenter.

Bostwick, Barry, speaker.

Shields, Brooke, 1965- presenter.

Tomei, Marisa, speaker.

Byrne, Gabriel, 1950- presenter.

Parker, Mary-Louise, presenter.

Baldwin, Alec, 1958- presenter.

Radcliffe, Daniel, 1989- presenter.

Griffiths, Richard, 1947-2013, presenter.

Close, Glenn, 1947- presenter.

Tomlin, Lily, speaker.

Minnelli, Liza, presenter.

Pierce, David Hyde, presenter.

CBS Television Network.

White Cherry Entertainment, producer.

American Theatre Wing, producer.

American Theatre Wing, donor.

Research Call Number

NCOX 2380

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