The Tony nominees for Best Actress in a Musical will be...

[chanel]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 10:42am

These are some very educated guesses.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/2012/07/the_best_actres.php

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 10:50am

N/m

Updated On: 7/31/12 at 10:50 AM

[Wynbish]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 10:51am

^ They're between Osnes and Finneran.

[wicked1492]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 10:58am

Can we take a break from the Tonys? Just a little break? I'm exhausted.

[OKBroadwayFan]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 11:37am

Let's see---predicting before the shows open---that is why we are all talking about Elena Rogers, Best Actress for Evita!

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 1:05pm

Hm...there's a good chance at least a couple of those shows won't make it to Broadway since that happens every year. There will likely be other musicals that open that still haven't been announced, and at least some casting changes are sure to shake things up. Not to mention none of the likely noms are even in shows that have opened.

Other than that, everything looks right.

[jv92]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 8:51pm

Is Chita playing the lead in EDWIN DROOD?

PS: Why aren't they bringing her in in THE VISIT instead?

PPS: Enough with the Tony Awards!

[binau]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 8:53pm

It would seem so perfect/prestigious for the Roundabout to open a new Kander and Ebb Musical with Chita starring.....wish that happened instead .

[jv92]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 8:55pm

The Roundabout doesn't know what the words perfect and prestigious mean, though, unless Sondheim calls them and suggests a production from overseas to bring over.

[Quiche2]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 8:56pm

Ummmmm yep. I hope the girl who plays Annie wins. I wanna see a twelve year old get a tony :3

[jv92]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 8:58pm

Hey, she could be great. Andrea McArdle was good thirty some-odd years ago. Then again, Dorothy Loudon was better. And with Finneran as Hannigan...well, enough said.

[musicaltheatreman2]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 9:03pm

my vote goes to Carolee Carmello for Scandalous. i have heard good things about her in this show!

[jv92]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 9:07pm

My vote goes to nothing Kathie Lee Gifford is involved with. Can't we, like, I dunno, SEE the people onstage in action BEFORE we pick who should win or even be nominated?

And I'm justing giving fair warning, God forbid Kathie Lee Gifford wins Best Score, you will not hear the end of it from me. Especially when she thanks "her lord and savior, Jesus Christ." (I'm shuttering at the thought.)



Updated On: 7/31/12 at 09:07 PM

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 9:23pm

"Is Chita playing the lead in EDWIN DROOD?"

Musto based his assumption on the fact that Cleo Laine was nominated as Best Actress for the same role in the original production. We don't know for sure what category she will be eligible for as we don't know how she will be billed and/or petitioned to be considered.

[donte7162004]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 10:03pm

....the Matilda girls. I've heard great things about this show.

[jv92]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 10:47pm

NOTHING OPENED YET! STOP PREDICTING!

[Calvin]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 10:53pm

See, when you start making a list of something and have to fill it with abstract "person who plays..." instead of actual tangible human beings -- perhaps it's time to look for another column idea for the week. Even so, I think Woman Who Plays Betty Boop is a shoo-in for the 2015 Best Actress in a Musical Tony.

Updated On: 7/31/12 at 10:53 PM

[jv92]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 10:58pm

"Liza's at the Palace...! 2" will win Best Special Event in seven years when that category gets reinstated, competing against Kathy Griffin's one-woman show, "Rewriting History: An Evening of Idiocy with Michele Bachmann."

Hey, those are pretty good ideas! Call a producer!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/31/12 at 11:05pm

I just don't get Michael Musto.

[TheHappyPhantom]

Posted: 8/1/12 at 12:20am

Let's not encourage Matilda and Annie, shall we?