How About Some VERY Preliminary Tony Predictions: 2011

Just picking nominees

BEST NEW MUSICAL
Book of Mormon
Catch Me If You Can
Sister Act
Priscilla Queen of the Desert(or Scottsboro Boys if it returns)

BEST NEW PLAY
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
War Horse
The M*****er the the Hat
Good People

BEST MUSISCAL REVIVAL
Anything Goes
How to Succeed...
Oklahoma!(if it transfers)

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Tveit definitley deserves a nomination for Catch Me. I think that Norbert deserves to win. He is what makes that show. I hope it also wins Best Musical. Kerry Butler will win featured actress. Too amazing.

I would want either Patrick Page or Tom Wopat to win for Featured Actor. Patrick really deserves a Tony for carrying such a terrible show, and for having to put up with giving GREAT performances in not so good shows (Spider-Man, The Grinch, The Lion King), but Tom gives such a great performance. His "Fifty Checks" is fun and touching.

It may be a bit obvious, but I want Catch Me If You Can to win most of the categories, because it's the best show this season. Plain and simple. :)

Clearly this is without any real knowledge since most shows aren't open, but will play along.

BEST MUSICAL

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

Possibles: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson or People in the Picture could take it away from Sister Act

LEADING ACTRESS MUSICAL

Patina Miller, Sister Act
Donna Murphy, The People in the Picture*
Sutton Foster, Anything Goes
Sherie Rene Scott, Women on the Verge of Nervous Breakdown

FEATURED LEADING ACTRESS MUSICAL

Laura Benanti, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown*
Kerry Butler, Catch Me If You Can
Laura Osnes, Anything Goes
Patti LuPone, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Kate Shindle or Karen Mason, Wonderland

LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Aaron Tveit, Catch Me If You Can
Tony Sheldon, Priscilla*
John Cullum, The Scottsboro Boys
Daniel Radcliffe, How To Succeed
Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can

FEATURED LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Will Swenson, Priscilla
Joel Grey, Anything Goes*
E. Clayton Cornelius, Wonderland
Nick Adams, Priscilla


BEST SCORE

The Scottsboro Boys
Catch Me If You Can*
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
The People in the Picture

BEST BOOK

The Scottsboro Boys*
The People in the Pictre
Catch Me If You Can
The Book of Mormon

I'll go ahead and predict the winners. I don't think I need to see the shows to make my informed decision here:

Best Musical
Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark

Best Actor
Reeve Carney

Best Actress
Jennifer Damiano

Best Supporting Actor (musical)
Patrick Page

Best Supporting Actress (musical)
Natalie Mendoza

Best Direction (musical)
Julie Taymor

Best Book
Spiderman: TOTD

Best Score:
Spiderman: TOTD

Best Scenic Design
Spiderman: TOTD

Best Orchestrations
Spiderman: TOTD

Best Costume Design
Spiderman: TOTD

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Prolly should be --

LEADING ACTRESS

Patty LuPone
Bernedette Peters
Kristen Chenowith
Sutten Foster
Julie Taymore

Honorery mention for Elaine Strich for being old

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So, I guess the plays being performed this season have no actors in them?

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What's a play?

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

Revival of a Musical
Anything Goes
How To Succeed...

Actress--Musical
Sutton Foster, Anything Goes
Donna Murphy, The People In The Picture
Patina Miller, Sister Act
Jennifer Damiano, Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark
Janet Decal, Wonderland

Actor--Musical
Benjamin Walker, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Josh Gad, The Book of Mormon
Aaron Tveit, Catch Me If You Can
Daniel Radcilffe, How To Succeed...
Tony Sheldon, Priscilla

Featured Actress--Musical
Laura Osnes, Anything Goes
Kerry Butler, Catch Me If You Can
Rose Hemingway, How To Succeed...
(Mother Superior), Sister Act
Laura Benanti, Women on the Verge...

Featured Actor--Musical
Joel Grey, Anything Goes
Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can
Chistopher Hanke, How To Succeed...
John Cullum, The Scottsboro Boys
Patrick Page, Spiderman

Director--Musical
Jack O'Brien, Catch Me If You Can
Simon Phillips, Priscilla
Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys
Julie Taymor, Spiderman

Score
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
The Book of Mormon
Catch Me If You Can
The Scottsboro Boys

Book
The Book of Mormon
Catch Me If You Can
Priscilla
The Scottsboro Boys

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



Best Play
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Good People
Jeruselum
War Horse

Best Revival of a Play
Driving Miss Daisy
The House of Blue Leaves
The Merchant of Venice
That Championship Season

Actress--Play
Vanessa Redgrave, Driving Miss Daisy
Frances McDormand, Good People
Edie Falco, The House of Blue Leaves
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The House of Blue Leaves
Lily Rabe, The Merchant of Venice

Actor--Play
Robin Williams, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
James Earl Jones, Driving Miss Daisy
Ben Stiller, The House of Blue Leaves
Mary Rylance, Jeruselum
Al Pacino, The Merchant of Venice

Featured Actress--Play
Becky Ann Baker, Good People
Estelle Parsons, Good People
Dana Ivey, The Importance of Being Earnest
Judith Light, Lombardi
Annabella Sciorra, The Mother****er with the Hat

Featured Actor--Play
Boyd Gaines, Driving Miss Daisy
mos, A Free Man of Color
(Billy), The House of Blue Leaves
Bobby Cannavale, The Mother****er with the Hat
Brian Cox, That Championship Season

Director--Play
Moises Kaufman, Bengal Tiger and the Baghdad Zoo
David Cromer, The House of Blue Leaves
Gregory Mosher, That Championship Season
Mariane Elliot and Tom Morris, War Horse

Updated On: 12/18/10 at 03:57 PM

vodkastinger, our play actor nominations are VERY similar.

I thought about Joshua Henry but is he in the leading category? If so, I figured they'd give it to John first.

And totally forgot about Priscilla in musical, I definitely think it'll get a nomination, meaning for me bumping out Sister Act.

I'll be damned if The Scottsboro Boys doesn't win Best Score, unless they give John Kander some sort of Lifetime Achievement Award this season. They should do both, but knowing the idiocy of the Tony Awards, they'll do ether.

If people don't think that Spiderman is not going to be nominated for best score, then they don't know how corrupt the Tonys are. The powers that be will NOT miss a chance to have U2 on the broadcast and there is no way in hell that this "score" if you can call that tuneless mess a score will NOT be ignored. Spiderman will get nominated for everything INCLUDING Best Musical, Director and all the all the technical awards (which it DOES deserve) Even Reeve Carney may get a nod although he has virtually no presence and a weak voice.