Riedel's Tony Pix

Play: August: Osage County
Revival: Boeing-Boeing

Musical: Passing Strange
Score: Passing Strange
Book: Xanadu
Revival of a Musical: South Pacific

Best Actor in a Play: Mark Rylance
Best Actress in a Play: Dunagan has the edge, but a tie between her and Morton is possible. "If Morton pulls off an upset, I bet she leans over to Dunagan and hisses: "I told you to eat that f - - - ing fish, bitch."

Actor in a Musical: Paulo Szot
Actress in a Musical: "Patti LuPone, now and forever."

Featured Actors: David Pittu/Danny Burstein
Featured Actresses: Mary McCormack/Laura Benanti

http://www.nypost.com/seven/06132008/entertainment/theater/county_ing_on_a_tony_115254.htm?page=1

Interesting, Both NYPost and NYTimes are some what in agreement about predix. Should be lots of fun to watch.

Passing Strange will win!

While I also believe Passing Strange will win, I much prefer the Tony to go to In The Heights.

Glad you liked the show Dolly.

...now it's a real horse race. Yay!

I hope he is wrong re Best Musical.

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"Passing Strange is bland yet pretentious and overrated. Passing Strange isnt "art". Neither is ITH."

Hahaha that is just funny. When was the last time you wrote a musical based on your life experiences and put it up for an audience to see? What is so great about about both of these musicals two very different approaches to musical theater, but they are musical theater none the less. If you don't consider to of the best musicals to come around in a while art, then what is art?

As much as I want Xanadu to win, and how much I expect ITH to actually win...I dunno, something tells me that Passing Strange may pull an upset.

I went to see PS again a couple of weeks ago, and I was laughing and crying the whole time, and there was a much stronger integration of book and score than any of the other nominees.

I think realistically, as it comes down between PS and ITH, there's no way they'll win both Best Musical and Best Score - I think voters will try to split the difference and give the vote they don't give to Musical to Best Score.

Though that said, could Xanadu pull ahead if PS and ITH cancel each other out? Should be an interesting night, and it's great there is no real frontrunner, but a lot of great choices.

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and my favorite line:

* Cubby Bernstein may have wracked up several hundred thousand hits on YouTube, but "Xanadu," the show he's hawking, doesn't seem to be getting much traction at the box office. "Have you noticed that since Cubby debuted, the grosses have actually gone down?"

Ha! you reap what you sow!

With the exception of Featured Actor in a Musical (I'm pulling for Breaker), I'd be completely happy if Riedel's predictions came true.

I HOPE Mary McCormack wins! She is amazing in Boeing!

I still don't understand Passing Strange. I was bored to tears, and felt Stew was painful to watch, and the score wasn't anything special. But hey to each his own. I am hoping In the Heights wins or Xanadu.

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