The 2008 Menier Chocolate Factory production opened on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre in previews on November 24, 2009 and officially on December 13, 2009, with the same creative team.

The same production opened in the US at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2008, moving to Broadway ( Lyceum Theatre ) after a sold-out run.

The show had its first revival on Broadway in 2008.

In 2008 / 2009, she performed the Broadway show Liza's at The Palace ...!

Mark McVey, Broadway & London Productions, 2008 Hollywood Bowl Concert, 25th Anniversary US Tour-Most Performances as Jean Valjean on Broadway

A stage version opened on Broadway in 2008.

In June 2008, Mulgrew appeared in Equus on Broadway, playing Hesther Saloman, a public official who is empathetic toward the play's central character.

Variety reported in October 2008 that Donner had met with Broadway entertainment attorney John Breglio, and is " confident things are moving in the right direction.

She is recognised on Broadway for her roles in The Coast of Utopia ( 2006 – 2007 ), Top Girls ( 2007 – 2008 ), Pal Joey ( 2008 – 2009 ) and Shining City ( 2006 – 2007 ).

In November 2008, she earned rave reviews as Gladys Bumps in the Roundabout Theatre Company production of the classical Rodgers and Hart musical Pal Joey on Broadway and garnered her third consecutive Tony nomination, this time for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

In 2008, an all-African-American production directed by Debbie Allen opened on Broadway.

In the summer of 2008 the group was reinvigorated when they produced Broadway the Big Picture.

Films shot in Bayonne include the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind, scenes of which were filmed at the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor, and the 2008 Mickey Rourke drama The Wrestler, which was partially filmed in at the Color & Cuts Salon and the former Dolphin Gym, both of which are on Broadway in Bayonne.

In 2008 the widening of Broadway begins allowing space for a median with 45 degree parking, to the disappointment of many the once tree-lined street ( Broadway ) has been cut bare.

On May 11, 2010, at the 20th anniversary of the Latino Commission in its annual gala " Cielo Latino " and in the company of Hollywood and Broadway stars including Miss Universe 2008 and 2009, NBC / Telemundo anchor woman Carmen Dominicci was installed as International Ambassador of the Latino Commission on AIDS.

** Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway, the final performance of the Broadway production filmed live in 2008, directed by Michael John Warren

She starred in the Broadway company of Avenue Q, beginning her run on September 29, 2008.

In April 2008, Fishburne returned to the stage in the Broadway production of Thurgood, a new play by George Stevens, Jr. Thurgood opened at the Booth Theatre on April 30, 2008.

Former Genesis session drummer Nick D ' Virgilio covered the band's 1974 concept double album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway as ' A Tribute to the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway ' in 2008.

* 1979 – Sean Costello, American singer and musician ( d. 2008 )

* 1988 – Mia Permanto, Finnish singer and radio host ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – Al Wilson, American singer ( b. 1939 )

* 1928 – Jerry Wallace, American singer ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – Freddy Breck, German schlager singer and news anchor ( b. 1942 )

* 2008 – Odetta, American singer ( b. 1930 )

* 2008 – Mikel Laboa, Basque singer and songwriter ( b. 1934 )

* 1928 – Bo Diddley, American singer and musician ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – Didith Reyes, Filipino singer ( b. 1948 )

In 2008, Marion Cotillard won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of legendary French singer Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose, the first French-language performance to be so honored.

* 2008 – Yegor Letov, Russian song writer and singer ( Grazhdanskaya Oborona ) ( b. 1964 )

* 1923 – Norman Smith ( record producer ), English singer and record producer ( d. 2008 )

He was also the featured singer at the Concert of Hope immediately preceding Pope Benedict XVI's Mass at Yankee Stadium in April 2008.

* 1968 – Daniel MacMaster, Canadian singer ( Bonham ) ( d. 2008 )

* 1927 – Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer ( d. 2008 )

* 1932 – Russ Hamilton, British singer ( d. 2008 )

* 1922 – Ernesto Bonino, Italian singer ( d. 2008 )

* 1917 – Henri Salvador, French singer ( d. 2008 )

* 1934 – Dottie Rambo, American singer ( The Rambos ) ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – Daniel MacMaster, Canadian singer ( Bonham ) ( b. 1968 )

* 1917 – Jo Stafford, American singer ( d. 2008 )

In April 2008, the New York Daily News reported on a possible long-term relationship between Clemens and country music singer Mindy McCready that began when she was 15 years old.

* 1988 – Ishmeet Singh, Indian singer ( d. 2008 )

* 1957 – Anca Parghel, Romanian singer and pianist ( d. 2008 )

* 1977 – Suzanne Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress ( d. 2008 )