Diverse year for Tonys

June 15, 2008 The spirit of the 62nd annual Tony Awards was captured perfectly early Sunday evening when Bartlett Sher of "South Pacific" was talking to reporters about winning the trophy for best director of a musical just as Lin-Manuel Miranda of "In the Heights" was accepting the prize for best score. The Sher-led revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic about race and war earned the most awards of any production with seven, perhaps indicating a weak season on Broadway for original work. A year ago, when I was at my home theater in my home town, the idea of standing here holding this, a year later ... this is absolutely a surreal experience.

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