Mel's Picks for the Tony Awards

Our reigning champion Mel Larch is here to put her crown on the line! Here are her picks for the Tony Awards.

She writes:

Let's see if the blind squirrel finds the winning nuts two years in a row!

Best Play
War Horse (Author: Nick Stafford)

Best Musical
The Book of Mormon

Best Book of a Musical
The Book of Mormon (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone)

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
(Shocker of the night will be if this award goes to The Scottsboro Boys - meaning the "traditionalists" dominated the voting block and decided to give one last nod to the team of Kander & Ebb. But I've been listening to my pick for weeks, absolutely LOVE it, and it WILL win!)
The Book of Mormon (Music & Lyrics: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone)

Best Revival of a Play
The Normal Heart

Best Revival of a Musical
Anything Goes

Best Performance an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (very tough category this year)
Mark Rylance, Jerusalem

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Frances McDormand, Good People

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
(Norbert Leo Butz deserves an award for the quirkiest name on Broadway, but my pick for this Tony is)
Josh Gad, The Book of Mormon

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sutton Foster, Anything Goes

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Billy Crudup, Arcadia

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Another very tough category. I'd like to see Joanna Lumley win because she's one of my faves. However, my pick is)
Edie Falco, The House of Blue Leaves

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
(Would love to see Rory O'Malley from The Book of Mormon win, but my official guess is)
John Larroquette, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
(Again, I'd love to see The Book of Mormon take this category but I think this one will go to)
Laura Benanti - Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Best Direction of a Play
Joel Grey & George C. Wolfe--The Normal Heart

Best Direction of a Musical
Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker - The Book of Mormon

Best Choreography
Kathleen Marshall - Anything Goes

Best Orchestrations
Larry Hochman & Stephen Oremus - The Book of Mormon

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Rae Smith, War Horse

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Scott Pask - The Book of Mormon

Best Costume Design of a Play
Desmond Heeley--The Importance of Being Earnest

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner - Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Paule Constable-War Horse

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Brian MacDevitt - The Book of Mormon

Best Sound Design of a Play
Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers - Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Brian Ronan - The Book of Mormon