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Associated Press

Tony Awards make a nod to the past and future
Broadway looked to the future -- and to its past -- at the 2008 Tony Awards with ''In the Heights,'' the best musical winner, and ''August: Osage County,'' the best play, sharing the spotlight with a nearly 60-year-old ''South Pacific.''.

Memorable quotes from Tony winners and presenters
Quotes from Tony Award winners and presenters at the 62nd annual Tonys Sunday at Radio City Music Hall.

Stars stay classy in glam gowns at Tony Awards
NEW YORK (AP) -- It was a fashion disaster-free night at Sunday's Tony Awards, even though one actress lost her Chanel the night before.

`In the Heights' takes best - musical Tony
NEW YORK (AP) -- ''In the Heights,'' a joyous celebration of Latino life in the upper reaches of Manhattan, was named best musical at Sunday night's Tony Awards, while ''August: Osage County,'' Tracy Letts' scabrous tale of a dysfunctional Oklahoma family, took best play.

List of winners of the 2008 Tony Awards
Complete list of winners for the 62nd annual Tony Awards:.

Back Stage

Vincent River reviewed by Karl Levett
From its opening question, "What happened to your eye?," Philip Ridley's 85-minute intermissionless two-hander bristles with authenticity.

Variety

'Heights,' 'August' top Tony Awards
'South Pacific' takes home seven statues

Tony winners react backstage
'August,' 'Pacific,' 'Boeing' triumph

Review: Some Kind of Bliss
It has more style than substance, but Samuel Adamson's "Some Kind of Bliss," arriving from London via 59E59's Brits Off Broadway festival, is still an hour's worth of fun. Credit goes largely to British thesp Lucy Briers, for whom Adamson wrote this cracked tale ...

USA Today

Best of Broadway front and center at Tonys

Bloomberg.com

`South Pacific,' `Heights,' `Osage County' Win Broadway's Top Tony Awards
Family dramas set in the northern reaches of Manhattan and Oklahoma took Broadway's top honors last night, as ``In the Heights'' and ``August: Osage County'' were named the season's best musical and play at the 2008 Tony Awards.

Backstage at Tony Awards: Blinding Lights, Loose Lips, `Surreal' Feelings `
`South Pacific'' director Bartlett Sher stood in front of a wide-screen television last night at the Rainbow Room, watching his cast perform on the Tony Awards telecast across the street at Radio City Music Hall.

Wall Street Journal

'Heights' Wins Best Musical
"In the Heights," a joyous celebration of Latino life in the upper reaches of Manhattan, was named best musical at the Tony Awards