Way too early 2017 Tony predictions — Page 19

Butter Broadway, count me in the middle of that! Thinking it will be Noblezada and Altomare!

Butter Broadway said: "Why not? He's not good? I can't imagine Groban is giving a better performance than him.



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You obviously haven't seen great comet. Groban is fantastic!

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "As we've seen within the past two years, both lead acting in a musical categories were filled with nominees from productions that were nominated for Best Musical and/or Best Revival. So if The Great Comet does well on nomination morning, Denee Benton could likely go along for the ride. If Miss Saigon gets the third slot for Best Revival of a Musical (which I'm currently predicting), Eva Noblezada could go along for the ride as well. As for Christy Altomare, we shall see how Anastasia will end up being received by critics.



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You've already made this point on like 5 threads. We get it.

HenryTDobson said: "Jeffrey Karasarides said: "As we've seen within the past two years, both lead acting in a musical categories were filled with nominees from productions that were nominated for Best Musical and/or Best Revival. So if The Great Comet does well on nomination morning, Denee Benton could likely go along for the ride. If Miss Saigon gets the third slot for Best Revival of a Musical (which I'm currently predicting), Eva Noblezada could go along for the ride as well. As for Christy Altomare, we shall see how Anastasia will end up being received by critics."

You've already made this point on like 5 threads. We get it."

Well, I apologize for beating this dead horse.

icecreambenjamin said: "Do you think that the Tonys may give an honorary award to Sunday in the Park with George? I haven't heard of this happening before, but I honestly haven't heard of a production dropping out of the running either."

I mean, they certainly could in theory- the Tonys can give honorary awards to any person or production they like. But why would they for this particularly production? I was less enamored of it than many, to be fair, but I don't think there's anything about it is exemplary enough to merit a special award. It's a good production of an excellent musical, which isn't that unusual.

When was the last time there was a 3-way race for Best Musical?

BroadwayConcierge said: "Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe 2005 was the most competitive season in recent history (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Light in the Piazza, Spamalot, and Spelling Bee)."

I believe you're correct, 2005 was an extremely suspenseful season.

BobbyD3 said: "I know this puts me in the minority but I actually didn't enjoy Brittain Ashford at all in Great Comet. I thought it was tragically underplayed and her voice affectation is over-the-top the point of total distraction. "

I agree with you, and I adore Comet. Nothing about her acting stood out to me at all, and I didn't like Sonya Alone - seems like they could have skipped 90% of it and not been any worse off

disneybroadwayfan22 said: "Do you guys think Madison Ferris will be nominated for Featured Actress in a Play?



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I believe that production will receive zero nominations.

If they can stay open that long.

Hello, Dolly! seems like the obvious winner- although from the reports a lot of it is taken from the original.

Is A Bronx Tale that dance-heavy? I guess it could get in based on the weakness of the category, but I keep forgetting it's even playing. I'm biased because I love the show, but I really wouldn't be surprised to see Comet included- it isn't a giant dance show, but there's tons of movement and it has a showstopper in the middle of Act 2. Other shows have been nominated for less.

At this point, my predictions for Best Choreography are:

Warren Carlyle-Hello, Dolly!
Kelly Devine-Come From Away
Peggy Hickey-Anastasia
Denis Jones-Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical
Sam Pinkleton-Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812

Does anyone think it's possible for Indecent to sneak in?