‘August: Osage County’ wins best play, best actress Tonys
Sunday, June 15th, 2008
Chicago’s theater community never shone so brightly on Broadway as it did Sunday night when Steppenwolf Theatre’s production of “August: Osage County” was awarded the Tony Award for best play.
Accepting the award was its Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts, who began his acceptance speech by acknowledging the massive crowd of actors and behind-the-scenes persons who [...]
‘August: Osage County’ takes best-play Tony
Sunday, June 15th, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) — “August: Osage County,” Tracy Letts’ scabrous tale of a dysfunctional Oklahoma family, was named best play Sunday at the 2008 Tony Awards ceremony, picking up two acting prizes as well as an award for direction.
Thanking the show’s producers, Letts said: “They did an amazing thing. They decided to produce an American [...]
