Click on a show title for more information about the production. When you click on an artist's name, you will get his or her complete Broadway credits from Internet Broadway Database. | | 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.
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| | 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.
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| | 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.
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| | 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.
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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.
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| | 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.
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