She asked:
Would you consider posting predictions of the outcome before next Sunday?What an excellent suggestion - I wish I'd thought of it!
I'll make my predictions this week (although that might be the kiss of death for any show). Readers, feel free to play along - send in your comments with your predictions. There's no prize, other than the admiration of your peers - and it should be fun to play along when I'm live-blogging the show next Sunday.
The complete list of nominees is right here. So what shows will win?
Me, me, me first! - Denise LaCara
ReplyDeleteBest Play
August: Osage County
Best Musical – Toss up between
In The Heights
Passing Strange
I’ll give it to In the Heights because I like it more, but Passing Strange is the critics darling.
Best Book of a Musical
Passing Strange
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
In The Heights
Best Revival of a Play
Boeing-Boeing
Best Revival of a Musical
Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Patrick Stewart, Macbeth
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Lin-Manuel Miranda, In The Heights
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Jim Norton, The Seafarer
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Rondi Reed, August Osage County
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Boyd Gains, Gypsy
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Laura Benanti, Gypsy
Best Scenic Design of a Play
August: Osage County
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Sunday in the Park with George
Best Costume Design of a Play
Boeing-Boeing
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gypsy
Best Lighting Design of a Play
August Osage County
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Sunday in the Park with George
Best Sound Design of a Play
The 39 Steps
Best Sound Design of a Musical
In the Heights
Best Direction of a Play
Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
Best Direction of a Musical
Bartlett Sher, South Pacific
Best Choreography
Andy Blankenbuehler, In The Heights
Best Orchestrations
Stew & Heidi Rodewald, Passing Strange
Denise, since it was your idea it's only fair that you go first! Excellent choices, too!
ReplyDeleteBest Play - August: Osage County (only because I lived near Osage, WV in law school)
ReplyDeleteBest Musical - Cry-Baby (when we were in NYC in April, Cry-Baby was all the rage. We'll see if that translates to a Tony)
Best Book of a Musical - Cry-Baby (consistency, if nothing else)
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre -
Cry-Baby
Best Revival of a Play - Macbeth (I don't bet against the Bard)
Best Revival of a Musical - Gypsy (Patti LuPone will pull this to a few Tonys; Grease was universally panned which means, of course, it probably will win; my second choice would have been Sunday w/ George)
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play - Patrick Stewart, Macbeth (I would never vote against Captain Picard)
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play - Kate Fleetwood, Macbeth (don't know any of these, but I like Fleetwood Mac, so that's as good of a reason as any)
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical - Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park with George (Tom Wopat is the single most overrated performer in Broadway's history.)
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical - Patti LuPone, Gypsy (see above)
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play - Bobby Cannavale, Mauritius (I don't have a clue)
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play - Rondi Reed, August: Osage County (ditto)
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical - Christopher Fitzgerald, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein (he was hysterical as Igor - which had to be daunting following a legend like Mary Feldman in that role)
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical - Andrea Martin, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein (absolutely hysterical, and I can't vote against anyone that was in My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
The rest are a guess, at best:
Best Scenic Design of a Play - Macbeth
Best Scenic Design of a Musical -
Young Frankenstein
Best Costume Design of a Play - Boeing-Boeing
Best Costume Design of a Musical -
Sunday in the Park with George
Best Lighting Design of a Play -
The 39 Steps
Best Lighting Design of a Musical Sunday in the Park with George
Best Sound Design of a Play - Rock 'n' Roll
Best Sound Design of a Musical -
Gypsy
Best Direction of a Play -
Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
Best Direction of a Musical -
Sam Buntrock, Sunday in the Park with George
Best Choreography - Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby
Best Orchestrations - Jonathan Tunick, A Catered Affair
Mark, Great choices - and I love the commentary!
ReplyDeleteBoy, Marka and I hardly overlap at all. This should be interesting.
ReplyDeleteDenise,
ReplyDeleteWhile your choices were born of a love of the theater and an appreciation for the artists, mine are pure conjecture, ripe for ridicule. :o)
My guess is that you'll win, Chuck will be close behind, and the chicken that picks NFL games will beat me by a wide margin.