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Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!

Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!

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#1Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 3:29pm

In the wake of the committee's final rulings and the upcoming nominations, let's compare who we think will make the final cut.

Best Musical
The Book of Mormon
Catch Me If You Can
Priscilla
Sister Act
Wild Card: The Scottsboro Boys
Prediction: Barring the biggest upset in recent memory, The Book of Mormon will win easily.

Best Play
Good People
Jerusalem
The MF With the Hat
War Horse
Wild Card: Bengal Tiger
Prediction: War Horse seems the conventional choice, but I have a feeling Jerusalem will take it.

Best Musical Revival
Anything Goes
How to Succeed...
Prediction: Anything Goes, easily.

Best Play Revival
Driving Miss Daisy
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Merchant of Venice
The Normal Heart
Wild Card: Born Yesterday
Prediction: The Normal Heart seems to have the momentum at the moment.

Best Actor - Musical
Norbert Leo Butz
Josh Gad
Daniel Radcliffe
Andrew Rannells
Tony Sheldon
Wild Cards: Colin Donnell; Aaron Tveit
Prediction: I feel like one of the Mormon men will take it, and I'd give the edge to Rannells.

Best Actor - Play
Brian Bedford
Bobby Cannavale
Joe Mantello
Al Pacino
Mark Ryalnce (for Jerusalem)
Wild Cards: James Earl Jones; Robin Williams; Jeffrey Wright
Prediction: Mantello will narrowly beat Rylance.

Best Actress - Musical
Sutton Foster
Beth Leavel
Patina Miller
Donna Murphy
Sherie Rene Scott
Wild Card: Are there any?
Prediction: Foster will take home her second Tony

Best Actress - Play
Nina Arianda
Frances McDormand
Lily Rabe
Vanessa Redgrave
Kathleen Turner
Wild Card: Hannah Yelland
Prediction: McDormand is giving the performance of her career, but I think voters will anoint the young, hot Arianda.

Best Featured Actor - Musical
Adam Godley
Joel Grey
John Larroquette
Rory O'Malley
Tom Wopat
Wild Card: Nick Adams
Prediction: Mormon will score another win with O'Malley taking this award.

Best Featured Actor - Play
Mackenzie Crook
Tate Donovan
John Benjamin Hickey
Jim Parsons
Yul Vasquez
Wild Card: Robert Sean Leonard
Prediction: Hickey will take home his first Tony.

Best Featured Actress - Musical
Laura Benanti
Victoria Clark
Nikki M. James
Marla Mindelle
Laura Osnes
Wild Cards: Tammy Blanchard; Patti Lupone
Prediction: James will narrowly beat Benanti.

Best Featured Actress - Play
Ellen Barkin
Edie Falco
Geraldine Hughes
Judith Light
Elizabeth Rodriguez
Wild Card: Lia Williams
Prediction: Too close to call - either Barkin or Falco will take it.

Best Director - Musical
Rob Ashford
Kathleen Marshall
Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker
Jerry Zaks
Wild Card: Susan Stroman
Prediction: Mormon scores here.

Best Director - Play
Brian Bedford
Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris
Joel Grey and George C. Wolfe
Ian Rickson
Wild Card: Daniel Sullivan
Prediction: War Horse will win on spectacle alone.


"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

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#2Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 3:32pm

It may be more wishful thinking than a prediction, but I could see LuPone getting a nomination. Her courtroom scene (and number) are pretty much all I've retained from that show--though I thought Benanti was wonderful. Updated On: 4/29/11 at 03:32 PM

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#2Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 3:35pm

LuPone being nomianted for OCC and DD gives me hope--but I feel like she might be edged out here. (Also, and correct me if I'm wrong, but those awards nominate more performers per category).


"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Updated On: 4/29/11 at 03:35 PM

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#3Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 3:40pm

I want to make a "Dream Nominations" thread.

In fact, I'll do that now. Ha!


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#4Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 3:47pm

Does Rose Hemmingway have any chance in Featured? I rather see LuPone nominated.

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bjh2114
#5Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 3:48pm

Mine are similar to yours, AC, but I have a few ones that are different. I will post them tomorrow after I've thought about them more. The only one of yours that I think is a blatant foul is Rob Ashford for direction. I think Stro gets nominated for direction but not choreography, and Ashford gets nominated for choreography but not direction. His direction was pretty widely criticized as being the weakest part of the show.

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doodlenyc
#6Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 3:51pm

I dont get why Marla Mindelle is being considered for featured. She was good, but not award worthy.


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#7Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 3:59pm

I think they should have petitioned for Hemingway to be Leading. She could have easily taken either Leavel or Scott's spots.

BJH--good point, re: Ashford.

Doodle--at the performance I attended, Mindelle's song brought the house down, and she's been singled out in several reviews. I think she has a better shot than someone like LuPone, even though I would much prefer to see LuPone or Tammy Blanchard nominated.


"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

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#8Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 4:30pm

These are my final predictions, with a few of my personal tastes thrown in there.

Best Musical
THE BOOK OF MORMON
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
SISTER ACT
PRICILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT
(Wild Card: THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS)
(Winner: MORMON)

Best Musical Revival
ANYTHING GOES
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
(Winner: ANYTHING GOES)

Actress in a Musical
Sutton Foster, ANYTHING GOES
Beth Leavel, BABY, IT’S YOU
Patina Miller, SISTER ACT
Donna Murphy, THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE
Sherie Rene Scott, WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
(Winner: Foster)

Actor in a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
Josh Gad, THE BOOK OF MORMON
Daniel Radcliffe, HOW TO SUCCEED
Andrew Rannells, THE BOOK OF MORMON
Tony Sheldon, PRICILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT
(Wild Card: Aaron Tveit, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN)
(Winner: Radcliffe or Rannells)

Featured Actress in a Musical
Laura Benanti, WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
Kerry Butler, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
Victoria Clark, SISTER ACT
Nikki M. James, THE BOOK OF MORMON
Laura Osnes, ANYTHING GOES
(Wild Card: Patti LuPone, WOMEN ON THE VERGE)
(Winner: James)

Featured Actor in a Musical
Chester Gregory, SISTER ACT
Joel Grey, ANYTHING GOES
John Larroquette, HOW TO SUCCEED
Rory O'Malley, THE BOOK OF MORMON
Tom Wopat, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
(Wild Card: Any of the ANYTHING GOES men)
(Winner: O'Malley)

Best Director of a Musical
Kathleen Marshall, ANYTHING GOES
Casey Nicholaw & Trey Parker, THE BOOK OF MORMON
Susan Stroman, THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
Jerry Zaks, SISTER ACT
(Wild Card: Rob Ashford, HOW TO SUCCEED)
(Winner: Nicholaw & Parker)

Best Book of a Musical
BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON (Alex Timbers)
THE BOOK OF MORMON (Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone)
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS (David Thompson)
SISTER ACT (Bill & Cheri Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane)
(Winner: MORMON)

Best Score of a Musical
THE BOOK OF MORMON (Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone)
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (Marc Shaiman & Scott Whitman)
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS (John Kander & Fred Ebb)
SISTER ACT (Alan Menken & Glenn Slater)
(Wild Card: WOMEN ON THE VERGE)
(Winner: MORMON)

Best Orchestrations
THE BOOK OF MORMON
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
(Winner: WOMEN ON THE VERGE)

Best Chorography in a Musical
Rob Ashford, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
Kathleen Marshall, ANYTHING GOES
Jerry Mitchell, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
Casey Nicholaw, THE BOOK OF MORMON
(Winner: Marshall)


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Updated On: 4/29/11 at 04:30 PM

Christoph
#9Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 4:31pm

I don't see Joel Grey copping a nomination. I thought he was fine, but not nomination-worthy and I don't think anyone has been pushing him for this. Sadly, I think that they should have pushed Colin Donnell in Featured instead of Best Actor. That decision took him from a relatively sure nomination to no chance in hell. I don't get all of the Rannells love for Mormon. I would love to see Tveit up for Best Actor, but it is looking like he will get shafted again since all of the love seems to be going to Butz. And would the nominating committees please stop acting like La Lupone needs a nomination every time she sets foot on a stage despite the quality of the performance? If anyone else had recreated the performance she gave in Women, no one would be talking it up for a nomination.

Also, I hope this is not one of those years where Book of Mormon wins in EVERY category it gets a nomination. That happened with The Producers and it got old quick, and within a year people were already touting it as being overrated. I agreed with MOST of its wins, but one show dominating everything makes for a boring night.

uptowndowntown
#10Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 4:33pm

Best Musical:
The Book of Mormon - winner
Scottsboro Boys
Sister Act
Catch Me if You Can

Play:
Jerusalem
Good People - winner
Motherfuc*er with hat
War Horse

Musical Revival:
Anything goes - winner

Play Revival:
Driving Miss Daisy
The Normal Heart - winner
The Importance of Being Earnest - (possible winner)
Merchant of Venice

Actor - Musical
N. Leo Butz
Josh Gad
Tony Sheldon - winner
Daniel Radcliffe
A. Rannells

Actress - Musical
S. Foster - winner
Patina Miller
Donna Murphy
Sherie Rene Scott
Beth Leavel

Actor - Play
Mark Rylance - winner (jerusalem)
Joe Mantello
Al Pacino
Cannavalle
B. Bedford or J.E.Jones

Actress - Play
Nina Arianda
Frances McDormand - winner
Vanessa Redgrave
Lily Rabe
Cherry Jones

Featured Actor - Play
MacKenzie Crook
J.B. Hickey - winner
Yul Vazquez - (possible winner)
Jim Parsons
Lee Pace or Tate Donovan

Featured Actress
Ellen Barkin
Judith Light
Elizabeth Rodriguez
Edie Falco
Estelle Parsons
Too close to call - a four-way battle between Barkin, Falco, Rodriguez and Light.

Best Director Musical:
Mormon or Anything Goes

Best Director Play
War Horse or Normal Heart

Choreography
Mormon or Anything Goes

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#11Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 4:37pm

So many categories are hard to call this year, but here are my thoughts . . .

BEST MUSICAL
The Book of Mormon
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
The Scottsboro Boys
Sister Act

BEST PLAY
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Good People
Jerusalem
War Horse
(Alternate: The Motherf**ker with the Hat)

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Anything Goes
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Born Yesterday
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Merchant of Venice
The Normal Heart
(Alternate: Arcadia)

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
The Book of Mormon – Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson – Alex Timbers
The Scottsboro Boys – David Thompson
Sister Act – Douglas Carter Beane, Bill Steinkellner & Cheryl Steinkellner

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Book of Mormon – Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone
Catch Me If You Can – Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman
The Scottsboro Boys – John Kander & Fred Ebb
Sister Act – Alan Menken & Glenn Slater
(Alternate: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson - Michael Friedman)

BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Colin Donnell – Anything Goes
Josh Gad – The Book of Mormon
Daniel Radcliffe – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Andrew Rannells – The Book of Mormon
Tony Sheldon – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
(Alternate: Norbert Leo Butz - Catch Me If You Can)

BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Brian Bedford – The Importance of Being Earnest
Bobby Cannavale – The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Joe Mantello – The Normal Heart
Al Pacino – The Merchant of Venice
Mark Rylance – Jerusalem
(Alternates: Mark Rylance - La Bete, Robin Williams - Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo)

BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Sutton Foster – Anything Goes
Beth Leavel – Baby, It’s You!
Donna Murphy – The People in the Picture
Patina Miller – Sister Act
Sherie Rene Scott – Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Nina Arianda – Born Yesterday
Frances McDormand – Good People
Lily Rabe – The Merchant of Venice
Vanessa Redgrave – Driving Miss Daisy
Hannah Yelland – Brief Encounter
(Alternate: Kathleen Turner - High)

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Nick Adams – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Adam Godley – Anything Goes
Joel Grey – Anything Goes
John Larroquette – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Rory O’Malley – The Book of Mormon
(Alternate: Tom Wopat – Catch Me If You Can)

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Mackenzie Crook – Jerusalem
Tate Donovan – Good People
John Benjamin Hickey – The Normal Heart
Arian Moayed – Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Lee Pace – The Normal Heart
(Alternate: Yul Vasquez – The Motherf**ker with the Hat)

BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Laura Benanti – Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Victoria Clark – Sister Act
Nikki M. James – The Book of Mormon
Laura Osnes – Anything Goes
Patti LuPone – Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
(Alternates: Tammy Blanchard - How to Succeed, Rose Hemingway - How to Succeed)

BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Ellen Barkin – The Normal Heart
Edie Falco – The House of Blue Leaves
Reneé Elise Goldsberry – Good People
Judith Light – Lombardi
Estelle Parsons – Good People
(Alternates: Becky Ann Baker - Good People, Elizabeth Rodriguez - The Motherf**ker with the Hat)

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Scott Pask – The Book of Mormon
Brian Thomson – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Donyale Werle – Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Klara Zieglerova – Sister Act
(Alternate: Michael Yeargan – Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown)

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
John Lee Beatty – Good People
Todd Rosenthal – The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Rae Smith – War Horse
Ultz – Jerusalem
(Alternate: John Lee Beatty - Born Yesterday, Derek McLane - Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Lez Brotherston – Sister Act
Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Martin Pakledinaz – Anything Goes
Ann Roth – The Book of Mormon
(Alternate: Catherine Zuber – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Desmond Heeley – The Importance of Being Earnest
Ann Hould-Ward – A Free Man of Color
Rae Smith – War Horse
Catherinze Zuber – Born Yesterday
(Alternate: Gregory Gale - Arcadia)

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Natasha Katz – Sister Act
Brian MacDevitt – The Book of Mormon
Nick Schlieper – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Justin Townsend – Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Paule Costable – War Horse
David Lander – Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Malcolm Rippeth – Brief Encounter
Mimi Jordan Sherin - Jerusalem

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Mick Potter – Sister Act
Brian Ronan – Anything Goes
Brian Ronan – The Book of Mormon
Jon Weston – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Acme Sound Partners & Cricket S. Myers – Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Simon Baker – Brief Encounter
Ian Dickinson – Jerusalem
Christopher Shutt – War Horse

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Doug Besterman – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Doug Besterman – Sister Act
Larry Blank & Marc Shaiman – Catch Me If You Can
Larry Hochman & Stephen Oremus – The Book of Mormon

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Rob Ashford – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Kathleen Marshall – Anything Goes
Casey Nicholaw – The Book of Mormon
Susan Stroman – The Scottsboro Boys

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Rob Ashford – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Kathleen Marshall – Anything Goes
Casey Nicholaw & Trey Parker – The Book of Mormon
Susan Stroman – The Scottsboro Boys
(Alternate: Jerry Zaks – Sister Act)

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Marianne Elliott & Tom Morris – War Horse
Joel Grey & George C. Wolfe – The Normal Heart
Ian Rickson – Jerusalem
Daniel Sullivan – Good People
(Alternate: Moises Kaufman - Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Emma Rice - Brief Encounter)

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#12Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 4:43pm

Mindelle got rousing applause the night I saw it too, so did Butler the next day when I saw Catch, but neither is a great actress, at least in these roles.

LuPone was terrific in Women on the Verge. She and Benanti kept that sucker going, with occasional help from a sleepy Scott. I think she wont get a nomination, though, because she is LuPone. I'm wondering when else did she get a nomination for just stepping on the stage?


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#13Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 4:53pm

LuPone's chances are hurt, I think, by ambivalent reviews and the fact that the show has been closed for nearly four months. I feel like Benanti will get the nomination (and Scott will be nominated for Actress merely out of necessity). LuPone could very well be nominated, but I think that someone like Mindelle has a better chance right now. Her show is running, she was singled out in a number of reviews as being one of the production's best aspects, and she has a great "I want" song that stops the show.


"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

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#14Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 4:58pm

I guess I just wasnt as impressed with Mindelle except her vocals. I preferred Sara Bolt as an actress.
And I'm not saying LuPone should be nominated as I havent seen everyone's perfs. I just dont think Mindelle or Butler deserve one over her...but you're right about her chances due to the show closing.


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#15Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 5:09pm

I just hope that you all are wrong and Patina takes home her FIRST Tony. I think it's more exciting when great up and coming performers have a shot at something that somewhat of a vet already has accomplished. Sutton is Sutton, and she's great, but her performance in Anything Goes is not as good as Patina's in Sister Act in my opinion.

Hopefully Rory O'Malley will win, too. I can't even decide on who I would like to see win best leading actor....too many to choose from.

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#16Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 5:15pm

I totally agree with you that Mindelle isn't deserving of a nomination. My predictions reflect who I think will actually be nominated on Tuesday and not my personal tastes.

As for Sutton vs. Patina--as much as I would love to see Patina win (and I DO think SHE gives a Tony-worthy performance), she doesn't seem to have the heat that Sutton does. I didn't care for Sutton's Reno, but a lot of people (especially Mr Brantley, with his love letter review) did.


"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

TheColorOfFlame
#17Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 5:20pm

I predict that Tveit will be nominated, shutting out one of the MORMON boys.


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#18Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 6:19pm

http://www.goldderby.com/theater/news/1441/experts-predict-tony-award-nominations.html

They seem to think SCOTTSBORO will get that final slot over CATCH ME.

Broadway_Boy2
#19Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 6:22pm

Here are the predictions of a dozen Tonys experts from Back Stage, Playbill, Entertainment Weekly, NY Daily News, etc. --

http://www.goldderby.com/theater/news/1441/experts-predict-tony-award-nominations.html


CLICK HERE

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#20Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 6:24pm

I really have a feeling that Driving Miss Daisy will be nominated over Born Yesterday. It might not have gotten the best reviews, but it ran a long time and made money, and it has great touring potential. Isn't a tour already in the works?


"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

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#21Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 6:48pm

Hyperbole aside, Christoph, which of LuPone's Tony nominations did you object to?

1976 Best Featured Actress in a Musical - The Robber Bridegroom
1980 Best Actress in a Musical - Evita
1988 Best Actress in a Musical - Anything Goes
2006 Best Actress in a Musical - Sweeney Todd
2008 Best Actress in a Musical - Gypsy

PortalGamer
#22Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 7:14pm

I just cannot see why the tony would go to foster she in my opinion does not deserve it. I think that the amazing daniel radliffe will win . I just cannot see what katherline marshal was doing.

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#23Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 7:49pm

Read Sutton Foster's reviews. Read the reviews of the production. Then ask your question again.


"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

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#24Final Tony nomination predictions - post them here!
Posted: 4/29/11 at 9:36pm

Best Play
Good People
Jerusalem
The Mother****er with the Hat
War Horse

Best Revival of a Play
Born Yesterday
The House of Blue Leaves
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Normal Heart

Actor in a Play
Bobby Cannavale, The Mother****er withe Hat
Joe Mantello, The Normal Heart
Seth Numrich, War Horse
Al Pacino, The Merchant of Venice
Mark Rylance, Jerusalem

Actress in a Play
Nina Ardania, Born Yesterday
Frances McDormand, Good People
Lily Rabe, The Merchant of Venice
Vanessa Redgrave, Driving Miss Daisy
Kathleen Turner, High

Featured Actor in a Play
Mackenzie Crook, Jerusalem
Tate Donovan, Good People
John Benjamin Hickey, The Normal Heart
Arian Moayed, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Yul Vasquez, The Mother****er with the Hat

Featured Actress in a Play
Ellen Barkin, The Normal Heart
Edie Falco, The House of Blue Leaves
Judith Light, Lombardi
Estelle Parsons, Good People
Lia Williams, Arcadia

Director of a Play
Brian Bedford, The Importance of Being Earnest
Marianne Elliot and Tom Morris, War Horse
Joey Grey and George C. Wolfe, The Normal Heart
Anna D. Shapiro, The Mother****er with the Hat

Best Musical
The Book of Mormon
Catch Me If You Can
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
The Scottsboro Boys

Best Revival of a Musical
Anything Goes
How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Best Actor in a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can
Josh Gad, The Book of Mormon
Daniel Radcliffe, How to Succeed...
Andrew Rannells, The Book of Mormon
Tony Sheldon, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Best Actress in a Musical
Sutton Foster, Anything Goes
Patina Miller, Sister Act
Donna Murphy, The People in the Picture
Sherie Rene Scott, Women on the Verge...

Featured Actor in a Musical
Nick Adams, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Joel Grey, Anything Goes
John Laroquette, How to Succeed...
Rory O'Malley, The Book of Mormon
Tom Wopat, Catch Me If You Can

Featured Actress in a Musical
Laura Benanti, Women on the Verge...
Kerry Butler, Catch Me If You Can
Victoria Clark, Sister Act
Nikki M. James, The Book of Mormon
Laura Osnes, Anything Goes

Director of a Musical
Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes
Trey Parker & Casey Nicholaw, The Book of Mormon
Simon Phillips, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys

Best Score
The Book of Mormon
Catch Me If You Can
The Scottsboro Boys
Sister Act

Book of a Musical
The Book of Mormon
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
The Scottsboro Boys
Sister Act

Choreography
Anything Goes
The Book of Mormon
Catch Me If You Can
How to Succeed...

Scenic Design of a Play
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Born Yesterday
Jerusalem
The Mother****er with the Hat

Lighting Design of a Play
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
The House of Blue Leaves
Jerusalem
War Horse

Costume Design of a Play
Born Yesterday
A Free Man of Color
The Merchant of Venice
War Horse

Sound Design of a Play
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Brief Encounter
The Merchant of Venice
War Horse

Scenic Design of a Musical
Anything Goes
The Book of Mormon
Prisilla, Queen of the Desert
Sister Act

Lighting Design of a Musical
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
The Book of Mormon
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Sister Act

Costume Design of a Musical
The Book of Mormon
Catch Me If You Can
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Sister Act

Sound Design of a Musical
Anything Goes
The Book of Mormon
How to Succeed...
Sister Act

Play Totals
6 noms- War Horse
5 noms each- The Mother****er with the Hat, The Normal Heart
4 noms each- Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Born Yesterday, Good People, Jerusalem, The Merchant of Venice
3 noms each- The House of Blue Leaves, The Importance of Being Earnest
1 nom each- Arcadia, Brief Encounter, Driving Miss Daisy, A Free Man of Color, High, Lombardi

Musical Totals
14 noms- The Book of Mormon
9 noms each- Anything Goes, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
8 noms- Sister Act
7 noms- Catch Me If You Can
6 noms- How to Succeed...
5 noms- The Scottsboro Boys
2 noms- Women on the Verge...
1 nom each- Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, The People in the Picture
Updated On: 4/29/11 at 09:36 PM


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