I've always found it interesting to compare Tony winner for separate years and compare them. For instance, the Ebersole vs. LuPone battle always thrills me mentally.
Let's call this the Last Five Year Tonys. Pick your favorite Tony winner in each category and post them in this thread. I will calculate the winners and post them by the end of July.
Go ahead! Make your choices; it will definitely be harder than you think!
BEST MUSICAL Billy Elliot In the Heights Spring Awakening Jersey Boys Spamalot
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL Hair South Pacific Company The Pajama Game La Cage Aux Folles
BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot Bartlett Sher, South Pacific Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening Mike Nichols, Spamalot
BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL David Alvarez, Kiril Kulish and Trent Kowalik, Billy Elliot Paulo Szot, South Pacific David Hyde Pierce, Curtains John Lloyd Young, Jersey Boys Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Alice Ripley, Next to Normal Patti LuPone, Gypsy Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens LaChanze, The Color Purple Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot Boyd Gaines, Gypsy John Gallagher Jr, Spring Awakening Christian Hoff, Jersey Boys Dan Fogler, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Karen Olivo, West Side Story Laura Benanti, Gypsy Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens Beth Leavel, The Drowsy Chaperone Sara Ramirez, Spamalot
BEST BOOK Billy Elliot Passing Strange Spring Awakening The Drowsy Chaperone The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
BEST SCORE Next to Normal In the Heights Spring Awakening The Drowsy Chaperone The Light in the Piazza
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY Billy Elliot In the Heights Spring Awakening The Pajama Game La Cage Aux Folles
BEST PLAY God of Carnage August: Osage County The Coast of Utopia The History Boys Doubt
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY The Norman Conquests Boeing-Boeing Journey?s End Awake and Sing! Glengarry Glen Ross
BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY Matthew Warchus, God of Carnage Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County Jack O?Brien, The Coast of Utopia Nichola Hytner, The History Boys
BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing Frank Langella, Frost/ Nixon Richard Griffiths, The History Boys Bill Irwin, Who?s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?
BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed Cynthia Nixon, Rabbit Hole Cherry Jones, Doubt
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY Roger Robinson, Joe Turner?s Come and Gone Jim Norton, The Seafarer Billy Crudup, The Coast of Utopia Ian McDiarmid, Faith Healer Liev Schrieber, Glengarry Glen Ross
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit Rondi Reed, August: Osage County Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia Frances de la Tour, The History Boys Adriane Lenox, Doubt
BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL Bartlett Sher, South Pacific
BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens
BEST BOOK The Drowsy Chaperone
BEST SCORE The Light in the Piazza
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY Billy Elliot
BEST PLAY August: Osage County
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY Journey?s End
BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY Jack O?Brien, The Coast of Utopia
BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY Bill Irwin, Who?s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?
BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY Billy Crudup, The Coast of Utopia
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY Rondi Reed, August: Osage County
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Musicals only (I have little knowledge when it comes to plays)
BEST MUSICAL Spring Awakening
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL Hair
BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL John Doyle, Sweeney Todd
BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Patti LuPone, Gypsy
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL John Gallagher Jr, Spring Awakening
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Laura Benanti, Gypsy
BEST BOOK Spring Awakening
BEST SCORE Spring Awakening
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY Billy Elliot
"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas." -Danmeg's 10 year old son.
BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL Bartlett Sher, South Pacific
BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Alice Ripley, Next to Normal Patti LuPone, Gypsy Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza A 4-way tie of everyone but LaChanze. I can't pick here, it's way too hard.
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Boyd Gaines, Gypsy
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Laura Benanti, Gypsy
BEST BOOK The Drowsy Chaperone (Spelling Bee as a close second)
BEST SCORE Next to Normal
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY Billy Elliot
BEST PLAY August: Osage County
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY The Norman Conquests
BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY Frank Langella, Frost/ Nixon
BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Cherry Jones, Doubt
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY Billy Crudup, The Coast of Utopia
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY Adriane Lenox, Doubt
BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening
BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Patti LuPone, Gypsy
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL John Gallagher Jr, Spring Awakening
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Karen Olivo, West Side Story
BEST BOOK Spring Awakening
BEST SCORE The Light in the Piazza
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY In the Heights
BEST PLAY August: Osage County
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY Boeing-Boeing
BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY Roger Robinson, Joe Turner?s Come and Gone
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit
"You have two kinds of shows on Broadway – revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles. You get your tickets for The Lion King a year in advance, and essentially a family... pass on to their children the idea that that's what the theater is – a spectacular musical you see once a year, a stage version of a movie. It has nothing to do with theater at all. It has to do with seeing what is familiar.... I don't think the theatre will die per se, but it's never going to be what it was.... It's a tourist attraction." Stephen Sondheim
BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL Bartlett Sher, South Pacific
BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL John Lloyd Young, Jersey Boys
BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Patti LuPone, Gypsy
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL John Gallagher Jr, Spring Awakening
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Laura Benanti, Gypsy
BEST BOOK The Drowsy Chaperone
BEST SCORE Next to Normal
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY Billy Elliot
BEST PLAY August: Osage County
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY The Norman Conquests
BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY Bill Irwin, Who?s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?
BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY Jim Norton, The Seafarer
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY Rondi Reed, August: Osage County
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