0:08- Opening Number: “Circle of Life” from The Lion King- Celebrating 10 Years on Broadway 8:43- Best Performance by a Featured Actress In a Play 12:04- Performance from Best Musical Nominee- “Cry-Baby” 18:49- Best Performance by a Featured Actor In a Play 22:35- Performance from Best Musical Nominee- “Passing Strange” 28:36- Best Direction of a Musical 31:47- Performance from Best Revival of a Musical Nominee- “Gypsy” 37:51- Special Tony Award- Robert Russell Bennett (for achievements in orchestration) 38:04- Regional Theatre Tony Award- Chicago Shakespeare Theatre 38:19- Best Orchestrations 38:30- Best Choreography 38:39- Best Book of a Musical 38:50- Best Revival of a Play 41:51- Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre 44:57- Performance from Best Revival of a Musical Nominee- South Pacific 51:18- Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical 54:34- Performance from Best Revival of a Musical Nominee- “Grease” 59:42- Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical 1:03:04- Performance by Sierra Boggess from “The Little Mermaid” 1:04:56- Performance by Faith Prince from “A Catered Affair” 1:06:31- Performance by Megan Mullally & Shuler Hensley from “The New Mel Brooks Musical: Young Frankenstein” 1:16:59- Best Direction of a Play 1:22:46- Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play 1:26:10- Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play 1:29:14- Performance from Best Musical Nominee: “In The Heights” 1:34:11- Best Lighting Design of a Play 1:34:20- Best Lighting Design of a Musical 1:34:31- Best Costume Design of a Play 1:34:43- Best Costume Design of a Musical 1:34:51- Best Sound Design of a Play 1:35:02- Best Sound Design of a Musical 1:35:11- Best Scenic Design of a Play 1:35:21- Best Scenic Design of a Musical 1:36:24- Best Play 1:39:45- Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Presented to Stephen Sondheim 1:42:49- Performance from Best Revival of a Musical Nominee: “Sunday in the Park with George” 1:47:41- Best Revival of a Musical 1:52:02- Performance from Best Musical Nominee: “Xanadu” 1:57:33- Performance by the Original Broadway Company of “Rent” 2:02:38- Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical 2:05:31- Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical 2:10:50- Best Musical
but you guys im just so emotional because of him winning best score at this one and in six months he's gonna win it for hamilton oh my goshhhhhhh and his performance does lin know how much i love him
tbh everytime lin came on screen i cried... and that little fist bump with vanessa made me squeal. oh my gosh his rap. im dying.and robin watching. oh my gosh. ugh. everything that has to do with ith makes me so emotional. and Olga is just so beautiful and laura is great and everything but i still wish Olga got the tony for best featured actress. i also wish Robin would have won. this tony awards seriously kills me. Kerry and Laura Osnes and Lin are probably the people i look up to most in the world so this just makes me so emotional ahhhhhhh
I don't know why the Lion King is performing (besides it being their tenth anniversary on broadway, I wonder if Aladdin will do that for next years Tony Awards it's not closing anytime soon) I wish Whoopi would host stuff again right Broadway kind of took a hit between 2007-2009 and it didn't help that the Grinch musical went on strike and were ordered to go back to work dammit Whoopi you had like god knows how many hours to pee one of these days Sutton Foster will play Mama Rose (every broadway baby plays her eventually) wow they don't normally relegate the best revival of a play tony to the pre-show ceremony Record breaker? well at least they didn't use that term in 2009 hooo get used to hearing LMM's name theatre wing because 8 years later...... I've been so used to seeing Mama Rose winning Tony Awards this is the first time I saw one of the daughters get it So did they use the winners of that NBC reality show for this production of Grease? Boyd Gaines hasn't been on stage in over a decade aw why didn't they do Under the Sea for Little Mermaid? well the live action film took something from the broadway show they used the Auntie Ursula thing George Wendt would play Edna again in a Rainbow Stage production of Hairspray in Winnipeg this would be Sondra Gillman's final tony awards appearance, she passed away in 2021 odd that they didn't show off the directors in the play category oh in a perfect world Trump would be someones caddy it's true Hal Prince did get his two years prior and now sadly those two and most of the people that Sondheim mentioned in his acceptance speech have passed I just noticed there's no In Memoriam this year man what are the odds that we had two shows that had a history with Olivia Newton John were up for Tony's in the same year (though I still believe that Xanadu only exists because someone made a bet that they couldn't get Gene Kelly into a pair of roller skates) well at least they managed to have a classic broadway moment from before the 2000s Rent because they closed that year too damn video quality I thought that was Darren Criss for a second (I'd ask why it hasn't gotten a revival but that would be up to the Larson estate) 2:00:05 the same year she sang Let It Go she let him go
Haha! Do you have nothing better to do? You're obviously just mad that Lion King is a much bigger musical than what ever show you're a fan of. If you want to look at facts, Lion King is the most successful show, and is one of the most popular. Please research! Haha! Then you'll see the only trash here is your opinion!
At that time, it had been 10 years since that show won Best Musical; it was still running in 2008; and is to this day. What? You're not convinced the host can't come up with an actual opening like that???
I love how you can hear Patti starting at 35:54 saying “Take a bow, take a bow!”
I LOVE PATTI, SHE IS SO AMAZING.
0:08- Opening Number: “Circle of Life” from The Lion King- Celebrating 10 Years on Broadway
8:43- Best Performance by a Featured Actress In a Play
12:04- Performance from Best Musical Nominee- “Cry-Baby”
18:49- Best Performance by a Featured Actor In a Play
22:35- Performance from Best Musical Nominee- “Passing Strange”
28:36- Best Direction of a Musical
31:47- Performance from Best Revival of a Musical Nominee- “Gypsy”
37:51- Special Tony Award- Robert Russell Bennett (for achievements in orchestration)
38:04- Regional Theatre Tony Award- Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
38:19- Best Orchestrations
38:30- Best Choreography
38:39- Best Book of a Musical
38:50- Best Revival of a Play
41:51- Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
44:57- Performance from Best Revival of a Musical Nominee- South Pacific
51:18- Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
54:34- Performance from Best Revival of a Musical Nominee- “Grease”
59:42- Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
1:03:04- Performance by Sierra Boggess from “The Little Mermaid”
1:04:56- Performance by Faith Prince from “A Catered Affair”
1:06:31- Performance by Megan Mullally & Shuler Hensley from “The New Mel Brooks Musical: Young Frankenstein”
1:16:59- Best Direction of a Play
1:22:46- Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
1:26:10- Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
1:29:14- Performance from Best Musical Nominee: “In The Heights”
1:34:11- Best Lighting Design of a Play
1:34:20- Best Lighting Design of a Musical
1:34:31- Best Costume Design of a Play
1:34:43- Best Costume Design of a Musical
1:34:51- Best Sound Design of a Play
1:35:02- Best Sound Design of a Musical
1:35:11- Best Scenic Design of a Play
1:35:21- Best Scenic Design of a Musical
1:36:24- Best Play
1:39:45- Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Presented to Stephen Sondheim
1:42:49- Performance from Best Revival of a Musical Nominee: “Sunday in the Park with George”
1:47:41- Best Revival of a Musical
1:52:02- Performance from Best Musical Nominee: “Xanadu”
1:57:33- Performance by the Original Broadway Company of “Rent”
2:02:38- Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
2:05:31- Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
2:10:50- Best Musical
This was the very first Tony Awards that I ever watched.
Alex Meyer I came here to say the same. This was what started everything for me.
Hearing SEASONS OF LOVE brought tears in my eyes...
SOUTH PACIFIC AND IN THE HEIGHTS AND GYPSY AND LITTLE MERMAID YASSSSSS
Goddamnit Patti you flawless goddess
Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for uploading all of these!
The Phantom skit blew me away!
Patti is a Broadway legend 😍🤗🎶
I have been wanting to see this for so long thank you so much
AAAH thank you so much! I've been looking for Boyd Gaines and Mark Rylance's speeches since I missed them during the actual telecast.
I never got to see Mark Rylance on stage, but I loved him in Bridge Of Spies, and I think his Oscar win for that was well-deserved.
Patti Patti Patti…where do I start! She’s just iconic
Miss PoochSmooch... thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you X
LIN IS ALSO MY FAVE THO + I WISH IN THE HEIGHTS WAS AS POPULAR THEN AS HAMILTON IS NOW BC BOTH ARE AMAZING SHDBDJJSHDBDJSPL
Sondheim's Lifetime Achievement is at 1:39:41
Earlier in 2008, I was in my high school's production of a Sondheim show: Into The Woods, to be exact.
this is amazing
but you guys im just so emotional because of him winning best score at this one and in six months he's gonna win it for hamilton oh my goshhhhhhh and his performance does lin know how much i love him
the only reason I looked this up XD
LAURA BENANTI IS AMAZING
4:20 (Whoopi Goldberg in Sebastian's Costume) You didn't see that coming (Quicksilver's Line from Age of Ultron).
you'd think you would have seen her as one of the Hyena's or something (I mean she was one of the Hyena's in the film)
los tremendos discursos que se manda Lin, tiene un don con las palabras, no puedo esperar a que gane todo con su proximo musical ❤
Lin is so cutteeeeee
I couldn’t remember what the year was that I started watching the Tony’s but I so vividly remember Whoopi Goldberg wearing a crab costume. 😂😂
Also, I didn’t know that XANADU was made into a musical 🤗 I appreciated the movie back then.
Fantastic hosting nothing crazy long just funny and quick, wish it was like this still. Love this show.
36:36 Whoopi's can sing!!!
tbh everytime lin came on screen i cried... and that little fist bump with vanessa made me squeal. oh my gosh his rap. im dying.and robin watching. oh my gosh. ugh. everything that has to do with ith makes me so emotional. and Olga is just so beautiful and laura is great and everything but i still wish Olga got the tony for best featured actress. i also wish Robin would have won. this tony awards seriously kills me. Kerry and Laura Osnes and Lin are probably the people i look up to most in the world so this just makes me so emotional ahhhhhhh
I don't know why the Lion King is performing (besides it being their tenth anniversary on broadway, I wonder if Aladdin will do that for next years Tony Awards it's not closing anytime soon)
I wish Whoopi would host stuff again
right Broadway kind of took a hit between 2007-2009 and it didn't help that the Grinch musical went on strike and were ordered to go back to work
dammit Whoopi you had like god knows how many hours to pee
one of these days Sutton Foster will play Mama Rose (every broadway baby plays her eventually)
wow they don't normally relegate the best revival of a play tony to the pre-show ceremony
Record breaker? well at least they didn't use that term in 2009
hooo get used to hearing LMM's name theatre wing because 8 years later......
I've been so used to seeing Mama Rose winning Tony Awards this is the first time I saw one of the daughters get it
So did they use the winners of that NBC reality show for this production of Grease?
Boyd Gaines hasn't been on stage in over a decade
aw why didn't they do Under the Sea for Little Mermaid? well the live action film took something from the broadway show they used the Auntie Ursula thing
George Wendt would play Edna again in a Rainbow Stage production of Hairspray in Winnipeg
this would be Sondra Gillman's final tony awards appearance, she passed away in 2021
odd that they didn't show off the directors in the play category
oh in a perfect world Trump would be someones caddy
it's true Hal Prince did get his two years prior and now sadly those two and most of the people that Sondheim mentioned in his acceptance speech have passed
I just noticed there's no In Memoriam this year
man what are the odds that we had two shows that had a history with Olivia Newton John were up for Tony's in the same year (though I still believe that Xanadu only exists because someone made a bet that they couldn't get Gene Kelly into a pair of roller skates)
well at least they managed to have a classic broadway moment from before the 2000s
Rent because they closed that year too damn video quality I thought that was Darren Criss for a second (I'd ask why it hasn't gotten a revival but that would be up to the Larson estate)
2:00:05 the same year she sang Let It Go she let him go
I loved that years Tony's but what was wrong with the LIGHTING IN THEATER IT WAS SO DARK AND DREARY
31:55 ❤️❤️
ALEC BALDWIN R U SERIOUS HE SAID THE NAME OF THE SCOTTISH PLAY WHAT THE HELL
1:47:02 The one and only Glenn Close!
Thank you for posting but the video is way off
3:13 FAVE PERFORMANCE BC OF MY FETUS QUEEN SIERRA BOGGESS *PTERODACTYL NOISES*
Where can man watch tony awards in a decent quality?
Watching it in 240p is so hard because of the poor audio quality :(
wow that's alot of performances that year but to be fair Rent was closing
What time does Patti LuPone perform? I want to let a friend know what time to give me a phone call.
1:56:47, oh,Woopy,you'll see in 7 years...Just wait for it.
@ 1:03:12 my queen
1:08:16 lol hes thinking about getting it deeper inside lmao must be why he never clapped
Where's Best Revival of a Play????
relegated to the pre-ceremony this year
Sierra Boggess❤
2:09:20 Tiktok saw this and said 'let's make this a filter'
What is name this music? 2:09:20
One by A Chorus Line
1:59:52Rent, Idina Menzel
Wow Why is no one talking about that Young Frankenstein presentation?! It was great
Kerry butler, Daniel Breaker, Lin Manuel Miranda, all at 1:09:39
@1:20:30
2:08:37 goddess 🤚🏻
1:39:42
God the tweeny LMM fans are annoying
y do ppl like LMM?
What was that ridiculous opening? Is no one writing real music anymore? Can't anyone sing? This is total crap.
Haha! Do you have nothing better to do? You're obviously just mad that Lion King is a much bigger musical than what ever show you're a fan of. If you want to look at facts, Lion King is the most successful show, and is one of the most popular. Please research! Haha! Then you'll see the only trash here is your opinion!
At that time, it had been 10 years since that show won Best Musical; it was still running in 2008; and is to this day.
What? You're not convinced the host can't come up with an actual opening like that???