Way Too Early 2019 Tony Predictions thread — Page 25

I see almost everyone in this thread agreeing that Santino Fontana will get the Tony for Best Actor in a Musical, but is there anyone you guys think could give him a serious run for his money? I've heard pretty universally good things about his performance and the Tony voters just eat up drag roles, but I haven't been following other shows with male leads as closely so I could be missing some talented people.

Fredrich Yeager said: "I see almost everyone in this thread agreeing that Santino Fontana will get the Tony for Best Actor in a Musical, but is there anyone you guys think could give him a serious run for his money? I've heard pretty universally good things about his performance and the Tony voters just eat up drag roles, but I haven't been following other shows with male leads as closely so I could be missing some talented people."

Damon Dunno is really the one to look out for. Id say its between him and Santino. Santino and Book seem like the perfect way to honor Tootsie, but the love for Oklahoma may be too strong and push Damon over the edge. I could see it happening, I don't think that race is as definitive as it was a couple months ago.

I have Santino, Damon, Chase, Brooks and Baskins for the nominations.

If they really love ''Hadestown'', maybe Carvey can get Baskins' spot.

I think Reeve Carney definitely deserves a nomination. After reading lukewarm responses to his performance, I was surprised at how much I loved him as Orpheus. For me, he was the emotional heart of the show. Also, as I was watching it, I was thinking how well he captured the wide-eyed innocence that was completely missing from Aaron Tveit's characterization of Christian in Moulin Rouge.

I definitely think it could be close in votes that we get 6 best lead actor nominees. With the trend of the best musical nominee basically getting whatever acting nominations possible I see Reeve getting in. But I think it’s definetly Santino, Brooks, Damon and Will Chase and either (or possibly both) Derrick and Reeve. I actually think this category is the most up in the air acting category just because there are 3 people (Santino, Brooks and Damon) that could win without me being that shocked.

I'm sure it's somewhere in this thread, but I think one of the most interesting races will be Fish VS. Chavkin for direction. For my money, it's the latter all the way but I could see it going the other way. (And I don't think anyone else in the race comes close.)

I think Best Actor in a Play has become the most interesting category for me. If it were up to me, I would nominate:

Cranston

Daniels

Considine

Pope

Urie

If I had been told at the curtain call for their respective shows that Pope and Urie likely won't be remembered come nomination time, I would've said you were crazy. I've seen all nominated performances, except for Adam Driver. As of now I'm predicting:

Cranston

Daniels

Miller

Driver

Considine

and it breaks my heart that Pope and Urie are likely out of the picture. In other years, I would've thought Lucas Hedges, Nathan Lane, Ethan Hawke, Tracy Letts, and Daniel Radcliffe were deserving of a nomination.

Updated On: 4/16/19 at 03:43 PM

HeyMrMusic said: "Yeah, Best Actor in a Play is an insanely stacked category, but that means we will possibly see more than five nominated. The more, the merrier. So many deserving performances this year."

Every year I have trouble narrowing things down, and insist that there must be extra nominees in some categories... but this year I really believe it. It would be a damn shame if Urie and/or Pope didn’t get a nomination for their truly leading performances. (Personally I’d nominate both of them over Daniels, but that’ll never happen.)

We do have several openings still to come, which certainly could help narrow down if someone doesn’t get raves, but man. What a ridiculously stacked list of exceptional actors. Come April 30th, this is easily the category I’m most excited about.

Ali if she gets nominated will the first person in a wheelchair to get nominated. She is not even playing a person in a wheelchair. She is breaking boundaries and stereotypes

Am I going to have to start emotionally preparing myself for Chavkin losing again?

Updated On: 4/20/19 at 01:43 PM