Official Tony Award 2009 Predictions Thread — Page 9

Revival is a tough one but Rush is winning Best Actor. Also I think Hair will win Best Lighting. Judging by the clips at least.

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I'm going to get on my ridiculous little soapbox here for Josefina Scaglione. What a marvelous performance she gave and how badly the theatre needs a young leading lady of her calibur! I think she ought to win Actress in a Musical.

even though Rush will obviously win best actor in a play, can anyone give a good prediction for the other four actors in that category?

My Wish List:

Best Musical- 9 to 5

Best Revival of a Musical- Hair or West Side Story

Best Actor- Gavin Creel

Best Actress- Josefina Scaglione

Best Featured Actor- Will Swenson

Best Featured Actress- Karen Olivo! <

Will Stephanie J. Block be considered lead or featured? I think she should be considered lead. As much as I loved 9 to 5, I'm on team N2N.

I don't think so. This production revolves around Tony and Maria.

Not tony has ever been nominated, period.

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Given that they're under title, I guess we'll have to wait and see if they're petitioned and what happens.

It just seems that given that the story itself is still the same old story and historically the "kids" have been considered Featured, they'll have a lot of justifying to do.

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Rush has a lot of competition:
Dan Radcliff
James Gandolfinni
Brian Denehy
Rupert Everett
Ernie Hudson
Matthew Broderick
Nathan Lane
Bill Irwin
Thomas Sadowski
and others.

I think Hair will take revival no matter what.

I wouldn't be so sure about Hadyn getting the Tony, I wasn't necessarily moved by her performance, I was more moved with Olivo's Anita.

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N2N isn't a lock for score. It'll be neck and neck between N2N and 925

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There aren't really any major locks at this point.

Best Musical - Billy Elliot is the closest we have to a lock, but 9 to 5 and N2N could slip in there as a HUGE upset.
Best Actress - Allison Janney's still battling it out with Ripley.
Best Actor - I'm still skeptical if the Tony voters will really want to reward the Billys. It could easily swing to Creel or James.
Best Featured Actress - Gwynne might have been considered a lock a while ago, but now it's become the craziest race of the year. You've got her, Karen Olivo who's universally beloved but I wouldn't call her a lock, Stephanie Block and Megan Hilty who are trying to squeeze through one doorway Three Stooges-style, and Martha Plimpton, who is majorly hurt by the reviews for her show.
Best Score - If N2N's taking anything besides Actress, it's this. But it's still playing catch-up to 9 to 5 and Billy Elliot.
Best Revival - Hair is neck-and-neck with WSS. I give Hair a slight edge.

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