Experts Predict Tony Winners at GoldDerby.com!

Melissa Bernardo (Entertainment Weekly), Martin Denton (NYTheatre.com), Robert Diamond (BroadwayWorld.com), Elysa Gardner (USA Today), Susan Haskins ("Theater Talk"), Leonard Jacobs (Back Stage), Brian Lipton (TheaterMania.com), Tom O'Neil In_the_heights_tonys (TheEnvelope.com), Michael Riedel (New York Post / "Theater Talk"), David Sheward (Back Stage), Paul Sheehan (TheEnvelope.com), Matt Windman (AM New York) and Linda Winer (Newsday) predict the winners of this years 2008 Tony Awards. 

Here are the predictions:

BEST PLAY
"August: Osage County" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Riedel, Sheehan, Sheward, Windman, Winer

BEST MUSICAL
"In The Heights" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheehan, Sheward, Windman, Winer
"Passing Strange" - Haskins

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
"In The Heights" - Denton, Diamond, Gardner, O'Neil, Sheward, Winer
"Passing Strange" - Bernardo, Winer
"Xanadu" - Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, Sheehan, Windman

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
"In The Heights" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheehan, Sheward, Windman, Winer
"Passing Strange" - Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
"Boeing-Boeing" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Jacobs, Lipton, Sheward, Windman, Winer
"The Homecoming" - Gardner
"Macbeth" - Haskins, O'Neil, Riedel, Sheehan

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
"South Pacific" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Riedel, Sheehan, Sheward, Windman, Winer

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY
mark Rylance, "Boeing-Boeing" - Jacobs, Windman
Rufus Sewell, "Rock 'n' Roll" - Gardner
Patrick Stewart, "Macbeth" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Lipton, O'Neil, Riedel, Sheehan, Sheward, Winer

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Deanna Dunagan, "August: Osage County" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheehan, Sheward, Windman

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Lin-Manuel Miranda, "In The Heights" - Windman
Paulo Szot, " South Pacific" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Riedel, Sheward, Winer

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Patti LuPone, "Gypsy" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Riedel, Sheward, Windman, Winer

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Raúl Esparza, "The Homecoming" - Bernardo, Diamond, Gardner, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheehan, Winer
Conleth Hill, "The Seafarer" - Haskins
Jim Norton, "The Seafarer" - Denton, Jacobs, Sheward, Windman

BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Mary McCormack, "Boeing-Boeing" - Sheward, Windman
Martha Plimpton, "Top Girls" - Bernardo, Gardner, Jacobs, Sheehan, Winer
Rondi Reed, "August: Osage County" - Diamond, Haskins, Lipton
Laurie Metcalfe, "November " - Denton

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Christopher Fitzgerald, "Young Frankenstein" - Jacobs
Boyd Gaines, "Gypsy" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Haskins, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheehan, Sheward, Windman, Winer

BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Laura Benanti, "Gypsy" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheehan, Sheward, Windman, Winer
Olga Merediz, "In The Heights" - Haskins

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Anna D. Shapiro, "August: Osage County" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Jacobs, O'Neil, Sheehan, Sheward, Windman, Winer
Maria Aitken, "The 39 Steps" Haskins

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Bartlett Sher, "South Pacific" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, O'Neil, Sheehan, Sheward, Windman, Winer

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
"Cry-Baby" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil
"In The Heights" - Sheward, Windman, Winer

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
"Les Liaisons Dangereuses" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman, Winer

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
"Sunday in the Park with George" - Gardner, Sheward
"South Pacific" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Windman, Winer

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
"August: Osage County" - Denton,
"The 39 Steps" - Bernardo, Diamond, Lipton, Sheward, Windman
"Macbeth" - Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, Winer

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
"Sunday in the Park with George" - Gardner, Winer
"In The Heights" - Windman
"South Pacific" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
"In The Heights" -  Diamond, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman, Winer
"Passing Strange" - Bernardo, Denton, Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
"August: Osage County" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Haskins, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
"Les Liaisons Dangereuse" - Winer
"Macbeth" - Gardner, Jacobs, Lipton

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
"Sunday in the Park with George" - Diamond, Gardner, Lipton, Winer
"South Pacific" - Bernardo, Denton, Haskins, Jacobs, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
"Macbeth" - Haskins, Jacobs, Sheward, Windman, Winer
"Rock 'n' Roll" - Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Lipton
"The 39 Steps" - Bernardo

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
"In The Heights" - Denton, Windman
"South Pacific" - Bernardo, Diamond, Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, Sheward, Winer

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