The experts and their Tony predictions......

[joe5]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 9:30am

http://www.goldderby.com/awardshows/events/tony-award-nominations-2013.html

Updated On: 5/24/13 at 09:30 AM

[dreaming]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 9:33am

All I see are the nominations, which have been out for weeks. Where are there picks for wins?

[LYLS3637]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 9:36am

*their

[joe5]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 9:57am

dreaming , click on the left side !
thx ,lyl

[dreaming]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:07am

That page is tough to navigate. I did find it. Some categories left me scratching my head. Only 3 'experts' think Kinky Boots will take it, while the editors are very evenly divided, with Kinky having an ever so slight edge. (Oddly, the editors tip both book and score to Kinky.)

I can't believe that the 'experts' are so divided on best direction of a musical. Diane Paulus has won every single award leading up to the Tonys-this is her year.

And the only category where there was 100% agreement-featured actress in a musical. (Andrea Martin-duh.)

Leading Actress was pretty much on Patina's side with a few people saying Osnes. Featured Actor in a musical was interesting, although Terrence Mann seems to have an edge over Gabriel Ebert. (Leading Actor was really interesting between Billy Porter and Bertie Carvel...could there very possibly be a tie???)

[tazber]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:15am

Matilda was a clean sweep for best musical by both the experts and the editors (yay!)

Billy Porter seems to have the edge over Carvel (boo!)

The expert from Gay USA (never heard of it) chose Lila Crawford. So I guess he didn't get the memo that she wasn't even nominated.

[dreaming]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:18am

Matilda was not a clean sweep. The editors were divided over that category more than any other. It's a very tight race to be sure.

That guy from Gay USA thinks Annie will get best revival so I question his judgment.

[tazber]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:21am

They all had Matilda as their number one choice.

Am I reading it wrong?
Link

[tazber]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:22am

And the editor's rankings

[dreaming]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:26am

Uh, did you just read the top line? There are 3 lines, and the following 'experts' picked Kinky Boots:

Tom O'Neill
Paul Sheehan
David Sheward
Wayman Wong

Yes, a majority picked Matilda-but that is not a clean sweep. (The editors, if you just whittle it down to them, tilt towards Kinky Boots.)

[joe5]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:26am

taz , you are reading it correctly . clean sweep.............


Updated On: 5/24/13 at 10:26 AM

[dreaming]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:28am

I took 'a clean sweep' to mean that every single person picked it. (Which only happened in one category insofar as I could see.)

[joe5]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:29am

Yes, Best Musical ! By the experts and editors , and all but two users .



Updated On: 5/24/13 at 10:29 AM

[tazber]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:33am

Below each expert/editor's name is the list of nominated musicals with line #1 being what they think will win.

They all listed Matilda in the #1 (aka winning) slot.

Updated On: 5/24/13 at 10:33 AM

[dreaming]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:33am

joe-read again. There was only one category I saw where every single person picked one show/person and that was best featured actress in a musical. There were people as I listed who said otherwise for best musical. (I think, unfortunately, that Matilda will win and am willing to concede as much. However, I read the chart three times and saw a few people who thought otherwise.)

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:34am

All six picked Matilda as their #1, so that's a clean sweep. They all picked Billy Porter, too.

I agree, though, this website is horrible to navigate through.

[tazber]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:36am

Besty,

Musto and the guy from Playbill picked Carvel as their #1 choice, not Porter.

[broadway guy]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:37am

Oh So NOW you people listen to what these experts say???? but months ago when i gave you people this site you called it stupid. WHATEVER WHATEVER I DO WHAT I WANT.

[dreaming]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:38am

Ok. I defer. I think the person who designed this page needs to be fired. I was rerouted to the nominations page. This site really sucks.

[tazber]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:43am

It is very hard to read.

I would be curious to see their predictions for score, book, and choreography.

Updated On: 5/24/13 at 10:43 AM

[joe5]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:44am

dreaming , I agree it's a little tough to navigate . But your being a little too harsh.

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:45am

Okay, obviously I can't even figure out what I'm looking at. I give up on this site. It sucks.

[Pammylicious]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:47am

And why are there so many folks picking winners that weren't even nominated?

[Kad]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:50am

Because they're experts.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 10:55am

Erin Dilly has one previous Tony nomination: Best Actress in a Musical ("Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," 2005).

Stop picking on Erin Dilly, experts!