The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
esparza 333
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#1The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 7:30pm
For me it is
Best Featured Actor in a Musical because I actually have no idea who it is going to be.
Critics say Gaines
Posters say Breaker and Burstein
Gut tells me DeJesus
Though some say Boyd is the frontrunner but in that race there is no clear frontrunner in mind.
I am also anxious to find out about Best Featured Actress in a Musical because many actually think Olga will pull an upset.
What about you?
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Updated On: 6/11/08 at 07:30 PM
#2re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 8:01pm
None of them, really. The categories where I have favourites are the categories that appear to have foregone conclusions (Actress in a Musical, Musical Revival, that kinda thing). I know that nothing is definite until Sunday, but I really do feel it would be INCREDIBLY futile to get my hopes up on behalf of 'Sunday In The Park With George', at least in the two categories I've mentioned by name.
I guess the closest thing to a category I'll be waiting for is Featured Actor in a Play. I think the frontrunners are Norton and Esparza, and I reckon I'd be happy with either of those. Mind you, I'll be semi-disappointed if Raul wins this year, because I'm sure he won't have deserved it half as much as he did last year. :/
#3re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 8:04pmBest Play. I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to see who gets it.
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-Kad
#4re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 8:06pm
Featured actor in a play for me, shock. Thankfully it's pretty early on if I remember correctly. 
And of course the big ones, but who isn't eager for those?
#6re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 8:10pm
OK...
Benanti will ****ing win. (Who thinks the old woman from In the Heights will pull an upset? You and Susan Haskins?)
Gaines will ****ing win. (This Daniel Breaker crap started this afternoon on ATC.)
LuPone will ****ing win. (Again, this is Ebersole all over again. "Oh, Christine might lose. Oh, it might go to Audra. Oooh." Wrong.)
There will be no upsets in these categories.
Can we stop? I'm not being a Gypsy fanboy (OK, maybe a little). But it will win all three acting categories it is nominated in. Case closed. Done deal. Kaput and all that nonsense.
And I am looking forward to those three categories and the thirty seconds they devote to Stephen Sondheim's lifetime award.
I think I'm going to watch basketball durring most of the musical numbers, save for Sunday, Gypsy, South Pacific and Catered Affair.
Updated On: 6/11/08 at 08:10 PM
#7re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 9:05pm
I'm actually quite stoked for Best Revival of a Musical. While I think that South Pacific is lovely, I think the revival of SITPWG is brilliant and hoping SITPWG wins.
That being said, rooting for an upset ala Kelli O'Hara.
And you think of all of the things you've seen, and you wish that you could live in between ,and you're back again only different than before...
After the Sky.
-Into the Woods (Jack)
#8re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 9:07pmThat's nice, but LuPone will hunt you down. I think that's why Riedel has been shamlessly plugging her in every column he's written since Gypsy opened. Even HE'S affraid.
#9re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 9:08pmBest Musical, Best featured Actor and Actress in a musical, I think those awards should go to Christopher Fitzgerald, and Andrea Martin.
#10re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 9:09pmFeatured Actress in a Musical
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#11re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 9:09pm
It's no suprise that I'm retaining silly hope of a Jenna Russell win for actress. I will be waiting (and drinking!) nervously all night for the result.
"As we all should probably have learned by now, to be a Stephen Sondheim fan is to have one's heart broken at regular intervals" - Frank Rich
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Updated On: 6/11/08 at 09:09 PM
Dearest, how can this be so? You were dead, you know. - Candide
Oh my god, this show has everything! Half naked guys and girl on girl action! - [title of show]
(My avatar? Why, yes! That is Laura Benanti making out with a chick!)
#12re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 9:10pmCan't wait for the fully committed, fully in attendance Olga Merediz to walk home a winner.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#13re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 9:10pmBEST MUSICAL!!!
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#14re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 9:11pmBOO WBAF! BOO! I've never cried durring the Gypsy strip. Benanti made me cry. She should win.
#16re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 9:14pmBest Featured Actress in a Musical
#17re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 9:16pmLeading Actress in a Play
#18re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 9:27pm
I'm waiting for Best Musical (mostly because that is the only one I think I will see "live")
I wish I could see the whole telecast live, but we're in Vegas for a vacation, and are going to see the "The Beatles Love" show or whatever at 7 on Sunday, and will probably go to dinner afterwards.
But I am so excited for the Tonys this year, whether I see it or not. But I'll probably look up the entire thing on youtube if I really need to.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I?
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
iluvny04
Stand-by Joined: 7/17/03
#19re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 11:12pm
Benanti will ****ing win. (Who thinks the old woman from In the Heights will pull an upset? You and Susan Haskins?)
Gaines will ****ing win. (This Daniel Breaker crap started this afternoon on ATC.)
LuPone will ****ing win. (Again, this is Ebersole all over again. "Oh, Christine might lose. Oh, it might go to Audra. Oooh." Wrong.)
There will be no upsets in these categories.
Can we stop? I'm not being a Gypsy fanboy (OK, maybe a little). But it will win all three acting categories it is nominated in. Case closed. Done deal. Kaput and all that nonsense
No jv92, this is not like Christine and Audra at all, there is speculation even from pundits (take the latimes for example) that Patti may lose due to her divish behavior and sorry case not closed, and the deal is not done. An upset is likely and you can deny it all you want,but we know Patti's most recent history with the Tonys and the history of this role winning (only 2 ladies have won-Angela and Tyne. So as if now, Kelli has just a shot as Patti so don't you dare count her out. Even the pundits say Patti almost has it. Key word almost,which means there is still room for an upset. Go ahead tell me to stop, say its bull***,but me and everyone else are entitled to our opinions and we continue to voice them whether you like it or not.
#20re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 11:14pm
Patti has already won the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, and Drama League Awards.
An upset is not THAT likely.
#21re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 11:18pmSo excited that I posted twice?
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
#21re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 11:18pm
Can't wait for the fully committed, fully in attendance Olga Merediz to walk home a winner.
Me too. Can't wait.
Also looking forward to:
Leading actor in a musical (two of my favorites are up against each other)
Best choreography (I think Andy Blankenbuehler has it in the bag but apparently he has competition from Rob Ashford)
Featured actor in a play
BEst musical
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
#23re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 11:18pm
I will be waiting for Best Musical and Best Actress.
Any award could go either way. Which is something I like about this years award, nothing is really locked...not even Patti even if she has won all the awards.
We will just have to wait.
"Love the Art in Yourself. Not Yourself in the Art." -- Stanislavski
Ryan4
Stand-by Joined: 4/13/08
#24re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/11/08 at 11:49pm
Unless "In the Heights" wins both Book and Score, Best Musical will be a cliffhanger.
Other big ones where almost anything could happen are Featured Actress in a Play, Featured Actor in a Musical, Scenic Design of a Musical.
#25re: The Category You Will Be Waiting for on Tony Night
Posted: 6/12/08 at 12:47am
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