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Article: Tony scale 'Heights': tuner tops with 13 noms; 'Osage' leads plays with 7.(62nd Annual Tony Award Nominations)( 62nd Tony Awards, In the Heights, August: Osage County)
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- Daily Variety
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- May 14, 2008
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Latino tuner "In the Heights" and Rodgers & Hammerstein revival "South Pacific" led the nominations for the 62nd Tony Awards, bagging 13 and 11 mentions, respectively, while the seven noms garnered by "August: Osage County" make Tracy Letts' dysfunctional family saga the play to beat.
Announced Tuesday morning by David Hyde Pierce and Sara Ramirez at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, the nominations highlights the increasing diversification of the Rialto, often favoring unconventional, small-scale fare over old-school spectacle.
Broadway behemoths in the traditional mold, notably Disney's "The Little Mermaid" and Mel Brooks' "Young ...
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