Brantley and Isherwood's Tony Picks

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 8:39am

From the Tony Awards section of tomorrow's times. Typed in the order of WILL WIN, SHOULD WIN, SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED

Brantley -

Play: August, Rock n Roll, Black Watch
Musical: In the Heights, Passing Strange, Slug Bearers
Play Revival: Macbeth, BoeingBoeing, Top Girls
Musical Revival: South Pacific x 2, Hair in Central Park
Actor in a Play: Patrick Stewart x 2, Kevin Kline
Actress in a Play: Deanna Dunagan, Eve Best, Elizabeth Marvel
Actor in a Musical: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daniel Evans, Cheyenne Jackson
Actress in a Musical: Patti LuPone, Patti LuPone and Kelli O'Hara, Alice Ripley
Featured Actor Play: Jim Norton x 2, Jay O. Sanders (Midsummer)
Featured Actress Play: Rondi Reed, Sinead Cusack, Marisa Tomei
Featured Actor Musical: Boyd Ganes x 2, Michael Berressee (Nanette)
Featured Actress Musical: Laura Benanti x 2, Mare Winningham (10 Million Miles)
Director of a Play: Anna D. Shapiro, Matthew Warchus, Trevor Nunn
Director Musical: Bart Sher x 2, Bob McGrath (Slug Bearers)
Book of a Musical: Stew x 2, Ben Katchor (Slug Bearers)
Original Score: In the Heights, Passing Strange, Patty Griffin (10 Million)

Isherwood:

Best Play: August x 2
Musical: Passing Strange x 2
Play Revival: Boeing, Macbeth, Cyrano
Musical Revival: South Pacific x 2
Actor Play: Mark Rylance, Patrick Stewart, Kevin Kline
Actress Play: Deanna Dunagan, Dunagan or Amy Morton, Elizabeth Marvel
Actor Musical: Paulo Szot, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Cheyenne Jackson
Actress Musical: Patti LuPone, Kelli O'Hara
F. Actor Play: Raul Esparza, Jim Norton, James Frain or Gareth Saxe
F. Actress Play: Mary McCormakc, Rondi Reed, Mary Beth Hurt
F. Actor Musical: Boyd Ganes, Daniel Breaker, Coleman Domingo
F. Actress Musical: Laura Benanti x 2, Jackie Hoffman or Mary Testa
Director Play: Anna D. Shapiro x 2, David Leveaux
Director Musical: Bart Sher x 2, Annie Dorsen
Book of a Musical: Stew x 2, Josh Schmidt and Jason Loewith (Adding Machine)
Original Score: Lin-Manuel, Stew & Heidi, Schmidt and Loewith (Adding Machine)

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 8:56am

Link?

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 8:59am

Seems like Lead Actor in a Musical is the most up-in-the-air category. I'm not sure I understand Brantley's picks. Most of his "should have been nominated" were off-Broadway?

[Testing1232]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 9:05am

Definitely looks like "PS" vs "ITH"-

Man, if "ITH" doesnt win, would kill for "Xanadu" to win, instead of "PS" !!!

[sanda]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 9:22am

no musical revival?

[jv92]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 9:26am

They really don't have much faith in Szot, huh? I think he's the frontrunner.

[SirNotAppearing]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 9:56am

They explained that the "should have been nominated" could include Off-B'way.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 10:11am

I don't understand the logic behind Off-Broadway included in "Should Have Been Nominated."

It seems pretty stupid to me.

[folkyboy]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 10:14am

i love that they are giving my boy Cheyenne some love :)

[joe5]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 10:28am

Happy to see some PS love from both of them. It really doesn't matter who wins to me. I wish no bad feelings towards anyother show. joe
Music is a freighttrain, inwhich God travels. Updated On: 5/31/08 at 10:28 AM

[wickedfan]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 10:36am

Sanda-they both believe that South Pacific will and should win. Interestingly enough, though both think that Patti will win, neither think that Patti should win hands down. Isherwood would prefer it to go to Kelli O'Hara, and Brantley would like a tie between LuPone and O'Hara. Considering Brantley got a chocolate hat out of all this, it's interesting that he wouldn't be a little more biased.

[bestinshow2]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 11:32am

Brantley -

Play: August, Rock n Roll, ....

WORD.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 11:38am

I do agree that Sinead Cusack should win for Featured Actress.

Her performance still gives me chills just thinking about it.

[jewishboy]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 1:57pm

Yeah, I agree with Brantley on his views on the play categories, I hope his "will wins" are wrong when the Tonys are awarded.

My fav is,

Eve Best SHOULD WIN for best actress in a play.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 2:00pm

Interesting that both picked Elizabeth Marvel for the Leading Actress category when she was eligible for featured. I agree with them, Marlene is a leading role.
What I like is that there are certain categories that are up in the air like Best Musical, Best Score, Best Leading Actor in a Musical, and Featured Actor in a Play.
I guess Brantley is making a point about Off-Broadway shows being deserving of Tony awards. I remember last year he mentioned that Donna Murphy should have been nominated for her turn in FOLLIES.

[MarkK]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 2:04pm

Glad to see Brantley and Isherwood agreed that Cheyenne and Elizabeth Marvel were snubs. It's a shame that both were robbed a nomination this year due to politics.

And now that I've seen PS twice, (which I really liked) Stew's "Acting" nomination still confuses the hell out of me.

[jewishboy]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 2:05pm

Ray, if memory serves me right it was Isherwood who voted for Murphy, but Brantley said Chenoweth should have been nominated.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 2:07pm

You're probably right, Jewishboy, and that actually makes sense.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 4:42pm

I cannot agree more with Brantley in regards to Sinead Cusack. She gave one of the most beautiful performances of the year. I'll never get that "...what you love me with..." speech out of my mind.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 5:13pm

Ayyy...

What do they know?

They are only crtics, not voters.

[barcelona20]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 5:29pm

They know a lot Curtainpull. Unlike the Tony voters, they actually see every show. And their conclusion is correct. PS is the best musical of the year.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 5:33pm

They both predicted Eve Best would win Best Leading Actress in a Play and Raul Esparza would win Best Leading Actor in a Musical last year, and neither happened.

barcelona20, they're not predicting what the actual best musical of the year is. They are predicting who will WIN the Best Musical Award.

There's a difference.

[barcelona20]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 5:48pm

Foster, you obviously didn't read the article.

They picked what shows/actors "will" win (meaning how the Tony voters will vote), and then picked what shows/actors "should" win (meaning what they would pick).

PS was their pick. Make sense now?

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 5:54pm

I did read the article, sweetie pie. But you were replying initially to CPD, who was referring to their WILL WIN predictions.

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 5/31/08 at 7:47pm

Wow, Brantley didn't think AUGUST deserved anything. Huh.