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		Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan, for Cry-Baby O'Donnell won a Tony for the book of Hairspray (with Thomas Meehan). He is also a playwright, novelist, and essayist. Meet this nominee on Working in the Theatre. Meehan is a three time Tony winner, for the musical books of Hairspray (with Mark O’Donnell), The Producers (with Mel Brooks), and Annie. Meet this nominee on Working in the Theatre.
		Quiara Alegría Hudes, for In The Heights This is Hudes's first Tony nomination. She was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2007 for her play Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue. Meet this nominee on Working in the Theatre.
		Stew , for Passing Strange   Stew received four 2008 Tony Award nominations: Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score Written for the Theatre, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, and Best Orchestrations, all for Passing Strange. He is a singer, songwriter, and the founder of the rock band The Negro Problem. Meet this nominee on Working in the Theatre.
		Douglas Carter Beane, for Xanadu Beane received a 2007 Best Play Tony Award nomination as the author of The Little Dog Laughed. Meet this nominee on Downstage Center.
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		Music & Lyrics: David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger, for Cry-Baby This is Javerbaum's first Tony nomination. In addition to his work for the theatre, he is currently a writer for Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," having previously written for "The Late Show with David Letterman." Meet this nominee on Working in the Theatre. Schlesinger is a songwriter, composer, and record producer. He is a member of the bands Fountains of Wayne (Grammy nomination) and Ivy. His songs have appeared in numerous films, and he received an Oscar nomination for That Thing You Do!. This is his first Tony nomination.
		Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda , for In The Heights   Miranda conceived In The Heights while studying at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. He wrote the music and lyrics, and stars in the show as Usnavi. He has received 2008 Tony nominations for both Best Score and Best Actor for In The Heights.
		Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater, for The Little Mermaid Menken is a past Tony nominee for Beauty and the Beast. He has also written the music for Little Shop of Horrors and many films. Meet this nominee on Downstage Center. This is the late Howard Ashman's third Tony nomination. He was previously nominated for Smile and Beauty and the Beast. His other credits as a lyricist include Little Shop of Horrors. Slater has written the lyrics for the stage production of Sister Act, the forthcoming Leap of Faith, and the film Home on the Range, among others.
		Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald Lyrics: Stew, for Passing Strange Stew received four 2008 Tony Award nominations: Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score Written for the Theatre, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, and Best Orchestrations, all for Passing Strange. He is a singer, songwriter, and the founder of the rock band The Negro Problem. Meet this nominee on Working in the Theatre. A 2008 nominee (with Stew) for both Best Score and Best Orchestrations for Passing Strange, Rodewald is also a performer, arranger, producer and composer for the rock band The Negro Problem. Meet this nominee on Working in the Theatre.
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		Maria Aitken, for The 39 Steps The 39 Steps marks Aitken's Broadway directorial debut. She directs in both New York and London. As an actress, she has performed many leading roles on the West End.
		Conor McPherson, for The Seafarer McPherson has directed many productions of his own plays, as well as work by others, for the stage and television. He also received a Tony nomination as the author of The Seafarer.
		Anna D. Shapiro , for August: Osage County   August: Osage County marks Shapiro's Broadway directorial debut. She is an ensemble member at Steppenwolf, and the head of the graduate directing program at Northwestern University.
		Matthew Warchus, for Boeing-Boeing This is Warchus's third nomination. He was previously nominated for True West and Art. Meet this nominee on Working in the Theatre.
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		Sam Buntrock, for Sunday in the Park with George Sunday in the Park with George marks the London-based Sam Buntrock's Broadway directorial debut.
		Thomas Kail, for In The Heights This is Kail's first Tony nomination. He is the co-creator and director of the hip-hop improv group "Freestyle Love Supreme," and artistic director of Back House Productions, the resident theatre company of NYC’s The Drama Book Shop.
		Arthur Laurents, for Gypsy This is Laurents's fifth Tony nomination. He won a Tony for his direction of La Cage aux Folles, and was nominated in 1975 for direction of a previous Gypsy revival. He is the bookwriter of Gypsy. Meet this nominee on Working in the Theatre.
		Bartlett Sher , for South Pacific   This is Sher's third Tony nomination. He was previously nominated for Awake and Sing! and The Light in the Piazza. He is the artistic director of Seattle’s Intiman Theatre. Meet this nominee on Downstage Center and Working in the Theatre.
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		Rob Ashford, for Cry-Baby This is Ashford's fourth Tony nomination. He won for Best Choreography for Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002). He was also nominated for The Wedding Singer and Curtains. Meet this nominee on Working in the Theatre, Working in the Theatre 2, and Working at the Theatre 3.
		Andy Blankenbuehler , for In The Heights   This is Blankenbuehler's first Tony nomination. On Broadway, he has choreographed The Apple Tree, Man of La Mancha, and Saturday Night Fever.
		Christopher Gattelli, for South Pacific This is Gattelli's first Tony nomination. This season he also did the musical staging for Sunday in the Park with George and contributed choreography to The Ritz.
		Dan Knechtges, for Xanadu This is Knechtges's first Tony nomination. On Broadway he has also choreographed The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and last season's 110 in the Shade.
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		Jason Carr, for Sunday in the Park with George On Broadway, Carr previously composed incidental music for A Doll's House and Indiscretions.
		Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman , for In The Heights   This is Lacamoire's first Tony nomination. On Broadway, he has previously worked on Legally Blonde The Musical, High Fidelity, Wicked, and Avenue Q. Sherman is the composer for the second season of MTV's Gamekillers.
		Stew and Heidi Rodewald, for Passing Strange Stew received four 2008 Tony Award nominations: Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score Written for the Theatre, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, and Best Orchestrations, all for Passing Strange. He is a singer, songwriter, and the founder of the rock band The Negro Problem. Meet this nominee on Working in the Theatre. A 2008 nominee (with Stew) for both Best Score and Best Orchestrations for Passing Strange, Rodewald is also a performer, arranger, producer and composer for the rock band The Negro Problem. Meet this nominee on Working in the Theatre.
		Jonathan Tunick, for A Catered Affair This is Tunick's eighth Tony nomination. He was nominated in 2007 for both 110 in the Shade and Lovemusik. He won the first-ever Tony Award for Best Orchestrations, for Titanic (1997).
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		Peter McKintosh, for The 39 Steps McKintosh was nominated for both his costumes and scenic design for The 39 Steps. Although he has worked extensively in the UK, this is his Broadway debut.
		Scott Pask, for Les Liaisons Dangereuses Pask is a two-time past Tony winner, for The Coast of Utopia and The Pillowman. Meet this nominee on Working in the Theatre.
		Todd Rosenthal , for August: Osage County   This is Rosenthal's first Tony nomination. He is currently an assistant professor of design at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.
		Anthony Ward, for Macbeth Ward is a past Tony nominee for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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		David Farley and Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network, for Sunday in the Park with George Farley is nominated this year for both Best Costume Design of a Musical and Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Sunday in the Park with George. Bird designed the projections for Sunday in the Park with George. This is his first Tony nomination. The Knifedge Creative Network designed the projections for Sunday in the Park with George.
		Anna Louizos, for In The Heights Louizos was nominated for a Tony in 2007 for High Fidelity. On Broadway she also designed the scenery for Curtains. Meet this nominee on Working in the Theatre.
		Robin Wagner, for The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein This is Wagner's tenth Tony nomination. He has previously won for The Producers, City of Angels, and On the Twentieth Century. Meet this nominee on Career Guides.
		Michael Yeargan , for South Pacific   Yeargan is a two-time past Tony winner, for Awake and Sing! and The Light in the Piazza.
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		Gregory Gale, for Cyrano de Bergerac This is Gale's first Tony nomination. He has also designed the costumes for Broadway’s The Wedding Singer and Urinetown.
		Rob Howell, for Boeing-Boeing This is Howell's first Tony nomination. He also designed the costumes for The Graduate and Betrayal on Broadway.
		Katrina Lindsay , for Les Liaisons Dangereuses   This is Lindsay's first Tony nomination and her Broadway debut. She has designed numerous productions in the UK.
		Peter McKintosh, for The 39 Steps McKintosh was nominated for both his costumes and scenic design for The 39 Steps. Although he has worked extensively in the UK, this is his Broadway debut.
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		David Farley, for Sunday in the Park with George Farley is nominated this year for both Best Costume Design of a Musical and Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Sunday in the Park with George.
		Martin Pakledinaz, for Gypsy This is Pakledinaz's sixth Tony nomination. He previously won a Tony for Kiss Me, Kate and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Meet this nominee on Working in the Theatre.
		Paul Tazewell, for In The Heights Tazewell was previously nominated for Tony Awards for The Color Purple and Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk.
		Catherine Zuber , for South Pacific   This is Zuber's seventh Tony nomination. She has previously won for The Coast of Utopia, Awake and Sing!, and The Light in the Piazza. Meet this nominee on Working in the Theatre.
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		Kevin Adams , for The 39 Steps   Adams won a Tony Award in 2007 for his design of Spring Awakening. He also designed the lighting for this season's Passing Strange.
		Howard Harrison, for Macbeth Harrison was nominated in 2007 for his lighting design of Mary Poppins.
		Donald Holder, for Les Liaisons Dangereuses Holder is nominated this year for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for South Pacific and for Best Lighting Design of a Play for Les Liaisons Dangereuses. He is a five-time past Tony nominee. He won in 1998 for The Lion King. Meet this nominee on Working in the Theatre.
		Ann G. Wrightson, for August: Osage County This is Wrightson's first nonimation. On Broadway, she has previously designed the lighting for Souvenir.
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		Ken Billington, for Sunday in the Park with George This is Billington's eighth Tony nomination. He won for Best Lighting Design of a Musical in 1997 for Chicago. Meet this nominee on Downstage Center and Working in the Theatre.
		Howell Binkley, for In The Heights This is Binkley's third Tony nomination. He was previously nominated for Kiss of the Spider Woman and won in 2006 for Jersey Boys.
		Donald Holder , for South Pacific   Holder is nominated this year for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for South Pacific and for Best Lighting Design of a Play for Les Liaisons Dangereuses. He is a five-time past Tony nominee. He won in 1998 for The Lion King. Meet this nominee on Working in the Theatre.
		Natasha Katz, for The Little Mermaid This is Katz's seventh Tony nomination. She has previously won for the lighting design of Aida and The Coast of Utopia.
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		Simon Baker, for Boeing-Boeing Baker designed the sound for the Broadway production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 2005.
		Adam Cork, for Macbeth Cork composed the music and designed the sound for last season's Best Play nominee Frost/Nixon.
		Ian Dickinson, for Rock 'n' Roll This is Dickinson's Broadway debut. He has designed numerous London productions.
		Mic Pool , for The 39 Steps   On Broadway, Pool also designed the sound for Art.
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		Acme Sound Partners, for In The Heights Along with In The Heights, Acme Sound Partners also designed the sound for The Country Girl this season. The sound engineering partners are Tom Clark, Mark Menard, and Nevin Steinberg.
		Sebastian Frost, for Sunday in the Park with George Frost's previous Broadway credits include Kat and the Kings.
		Scott Lehrer , for South Pacific   On Broadway Lehrer has previously designed the sound for Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life, The Frogs, and The Caretaker.
		Dan Moses Schreier, for Gypsy Schreier also designed the sound for A Catered Affair this season.
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