Tony Awards - Chuck's Picks

At long last, it's time for yours truly to break down and list my picks for this year's Tony Awards.

I'll be live-blogging the awards tomorrow night, and there's still time to get into our "Pick the Tony Winners" competition - just send your entry in before the show starts Sunday night - and good luck!

Here are my wild guesses:

BEST PLAY: God of Carnage

BEST MUSICAL: Billy Elliot, The Musical In a season of not-so-overwhelming shows (which is not to say the nominees aren't good), this looks like the one that's going to run away with it.

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL: Billy Elliot, The Musical (See?)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE: Next to Normal But this one could be the sleeper hit.

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY: The Norman Conquests

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL: West Side Story I just like the title of this category: "Best Revival." Like they strolled down to the graveyard and picked a dead show to bring back to life.

BEST SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENT: Liza's at The Palace

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY: Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King Rush gets my vote in anything he does.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Hope Davis, God of Carnage

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: J. Robert Spencer, Next to Normal

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Alice Ripley, Next to Normal

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY: John Glover, Waiting for Godot

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit Gotta lean toward theatre royalty.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: Will Swenson, Hair

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Jennifer Damiano, Next to Normal

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY: Rob Howell, The Norman Conquests

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL: Ian MacNeil, Billy Elliot, The Musical

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY: Dale Ferguson, Exit the King

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL: Gregory Gale, Rock of Ages

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY: David Lander, 33 Variations

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL: Rick Fisher, Billy Elliot, The Musical

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY: Gregory Clarke, Equus

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL: Brian Ronan, Next to Normal

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY: Matthew Warchus, God of Carnage

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL: Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot, The Musical

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY: Peter Darling, Billy Elliot, The Musical

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS: Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt, Next to Normal