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Published: May 14, 2008 12:00 AM
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Tony nominations in key categories

Musical: "In the Heights," "Passing Strange," "Cry-Baby," "Xanadu."

Play: "August: Osage County," "The Seafarer," "Rock 'n' Roll," "The 39 Steps."

Actor in a play: Patrick Stewart, "Macbeth"; Laurence Fishburne, "Thurgood"; Mark Rylance, "Boeing-Boeing"; Ben Daniels, "Les Liaisons Dangereuses"; Rufus Sewell, "Rock 'n' Roll."

Actress in a play: Deanna Dunagan, "August: Osage County"; Amy Morton, "August: Osage County"; Eve Best, "The Homecoming"; Kate Fleetwood, "Macbeth"; S. Epatha Merkerson, "Come Back, Little Sheba."

Actress in a musical: Kelli O'Hara, "South Pacific"; Patti LuPone, "Gypsy"; Faith Prince, "A Catered Affair"; Kerry Butler, "Xanadu"; Jenna Russell, "Sunday in the Park With George."

Actor in a musical: Paulo Szot, "South Pacific"; Lin-Manuel Miranda, "In the Heights"; Daniel Evans, "Sunday in the Park With George"; Stew, "Passing Strange"; Tom Wopat, "A Catered Affair."

Original Score (music and/or lyrics): "Cry-Baby" (Music & Lyrics: David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger), "In the Heights" (Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda), "The Little Mermaid" (Music: Alan Menken, Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater), "Passing Strange" (Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Lyrics: Stew).

Revival-Play: "Boeing-Boeing," "The Homecoming," "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," "Macbeth."

Revival-Musical: "Grease," "Gypsy," "South Pacific," "Sunday in the Park With George."

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