Brantley and Isherwood's Tony Picks

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)

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?

no musical revival?

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

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

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.

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

Her performance still gives me chills just thinking about it.

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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.

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

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.

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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.

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?

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

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