75th Annual Tony Nominations — Page 9

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/10/theater/tony-awards-voters-broadway.html

The takeaways:

Unsurprisingly, The Lehman Trilogy, Company, and A Strange Loop are all favored to win.

Best Actor and Actress in a Musical are tight, between Jaquel Spivey/Myles Frost, and Sharon D. Clarke/Joaquina Kalukango.

Deirdre O'Connell has an edge in Best Actress in a Play.

Best Play Revival is up in the air.

 

ElephantLoveMedley said: "Interesting that Deirdre has such an edge in a race that I thought would be in the bag for Mary-Louise. Guess we'll see what happens in two days!"

I think the big thing working in O'Connell's favor is that Parker just won last year, and while the Tonys have at times awarded actors in featured categories or a split between featured and leading in back-to-back years (Judith Light, Laurie Metcalf, etc.), it's been over 60 years since someone won in the lead categories in back-to-back years (and that was Gwen Verdon, who actually tied one of those two years).  So history would definitely be on O'Connell's side here, but I certainly wouldn't be surprised if either one of them takes it.