2008 Drama Desk Awards
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
The Drama Desk, a group of 150 theater critics and reporters, announced the awards on May 18, 2008.
| Outstanding Play | Tracy Letts, August: Osage County |
| Outstanding Musical | Passing Strange |
| Outstanding Musical Revival | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Play Revival | Boeing-Boeing |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Conleth Hill, The Seafarer |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Linda Lavin, The New Century |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Paulo Szot, South Pacific |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Patti LuPone, Gypsy |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Boyd Gaines, Gypsy |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Laura Benanti, Gypsy |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Bartlett Sher, South Pacific |
| Outstanding Choreography | Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Douglas Carter Beane, Xanadu |
| Outstanding Music | Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Passing Strange |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Stew, Passing Strange |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Jason Carr, Sunday in the Park with George |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Play | Scott Pask, Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Musical | Michael Yeargan, South Pacific |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Danereuses |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Kevin Adams, The 39 Steps |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Scott Lehrer, South Pacific |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | The 39 Steps |
| Outstanding Ensemble Performances | Cast of The Dining Roomand cast of The Homecoming |
| Special Awards | Edward Albee |
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