The two award outcomes I would be happy with would be
Kinky Boots for "Best Musical" and
Matilda for "Best Score".
I'd be ecstatic if
Matilda won both (and I think it should), but since "Best Musical" seems to be very open-ended in terms of criteria for voting, "
It made me feel good" is just as valid as any other reason for winning. It certainly seems to be a widely shared feeling.
I think the "Best Actor" category could go either way in spite of any quantitative arguments ("
Billy is on stage more", etc.). It's possible that either actor could win based on the body of their work, instead of just this role (it's happened before). It's also possible that the inclusion of Stark Sands in the category might divide the KB votes enough that Carvel wins.
I think "Best Book of a Musical" should definitely go to
Matilda. When Fierstein chose to re-shift the film's original focus of saving the business to the relationship between Charlie and Lola, he ended up creating a book that's
very trite. The message about two men being able to accept each other is good, but it no longer requires the same amount of emphasis today that it did in the last century. "
We're the same, Charlie boy, you and me" is something many people already understand.
"Best Featured Actress" I hope will go to Angela Martin, so no rivalry issues there. Same for "Best Direction" (I hope Paullus will win)
In the "Choreography" and "Orchestrations" categories, I think other shows are frontrunners. (...and that banjo in "
Take What You Got" and all the ELO runs are "critical errors" for me.)
I think
Matilda deserves to win for "Scenic Design". I mean, c'mon... Even if you hated the show, that set is really creatively designed to the point that it's almost another character in the show.
"Costumes" and "Lighting Design" aren't categories where I would automatically put
Kinky Boots and
Matilda as the top two, so I don't find a rivalry there, either.
Updated On: 6/4/13 at 12:47 AM
