Warbucks2 said: "Are these all the likely New Musical options (as far as we know right now)?
Hadestown
Jagged Little Pill
Tootsie
King Kong
Pretty Woman
The Prom
Moulin Rouge
If so, my prediction for nominees: Hadestown, Tootsie, Jagged Little Pill, King Kong and Moulin Rouge
As for winner among those, if the voters continue to vote as they did this year, rejecting the big budget spectacle musicals (ala Mean Girls, Frozen, My Fair Lady), then look for a Hadestown win."
From what I hear, Ain’t Too Proud is hoping to open in the spring of 2019. If it does, it will be a serious contender, I think. It officially opens tonight at the Kennedy Center, so we’ll get some idea of the critical response I’ll be watching for Peter Marks’ review in the WAPO
CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.