Your initial Tony Winner reactions...

[LaCageAuxFollesFan2]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 9:59am

Okay we know the Nominees now, but WHO WILL WIN?!?! My initial reactions after hearing the nominees are below:

Best Play
WILL WIN: The Coast of Utopia
SHOULD WIN: The Coast of Utopia


Best Musical
WILL WIN: CURTAINS
SHOULD WIN: None of the Nominated shows

Best Book of a Musical
WILL WIN: Grey Gardens
SHOULD WIN: Grey Gardens

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
SHOULD WIN: CURTAINS
WILL WIN: Spring Awakening
Music: Duncan Sheik
Lyrics: Steven Sater

Best Revival of a Play
SHOULD WIN: TRANSLATIONS
WILL WIN: Journey's End
Producers: Boyett Ostar Productions, Stephanie P. McClelland, Bill Rollnick, James D'Orta, Philip Geier

Best Revival of a Musical
SHOULD WIN: COMPANY
WILL WIN: A Chorus Line
Producer: Vienna Waits Productions

Best Special Theatrical Event
SHOULD WIN: Kiki & Herb
WILL WIN: Kiki & Herb Alive on Broadway
Producers: David J. Foster, Jared Geller, Ruth Hendel, Jonathan Reinis, Inc., Billy Zavelson, Jamie Cesa, Anne Strickland Squadron, Jennifer Manocherian, Gary Allen, Melvin Honowitz

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
SHOULD & WILL WIN: Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
SHOULD & WILL WIN: Eve Best, A Moon for the Misbegotten

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
SHOULD WIN: Michael Cerveris, LoveMusik
WILL WIN: Raul Esparza, Company

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
SHOULD WIN: Donna Murphy, LoveMusik
WILL WIN: Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
SHOULD & WILL WIN: Billy Crudup, The Coast of Utopia

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
SHOULD & WILL WIN: Martha Plimpton, The Coast of Utopia

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
SHOULD & WILL WIN: David Pittu, LoveMusik

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
SHOULD WIN: The not nominated Barbara Walsh
WILL WIN: Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens

Best Scenic Design of a Play
SHOULD & WILL WIN: Bob Crowley & Scott Pask, The Coast of Utopia

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
SHOULD & WILL WIN: Bob Crowley, Mary Poppins

Best Costume Design of a Play
SHOULD & WILL WIN: Catherine Zuber, The Coast of Utopia

Best Costume Design of a Musical
SHOULD WIN: The not nominated LOVEMUSIK
WILL WIN: William Ivey Long, Grey Gardens

Best Lighting Design of a Play
SHOULD & WILL WIN: Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner and Natasha Katz, The Coast of Utopia

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
SHOULD: The not nominated LOVEMUSIK
WILL WIN: Kevin Adams, Spring Awakening

Best Direction of a Play
SHOULD & WILL WIN: Jack O'Brien, The Coast of Utopia

Best Direction of a Musical
SHOULD & WILL WIN: Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening

Best Choreography
SHOULD WIN: The not nominated PIRATE QUEEN
WILL WIN: Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear, Mary Poppins

Best Orchestrations
SHOULD & WILL WIN: Jonathan Tunick, LoveMusik

Updated On: 5/15/07 at 09:59 AM

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 10:46am

My initial reaction is fu*k this sh*t. Pirate Queen has no redeeming qualities at all? Not even Stephanie's performance? I'm heart broken.
Updated On: 5/15/07 at 10:46 AM

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 10:49am

Let us get to next year already.

[jlnyc]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 11:43am

Where's Kristin Chenoweth?

[Weez]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:10pm

Initial reaction: WHERE IS THE BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL NOMINATION FOR 'COMPANY'? THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST TWO!

Yes, complete with capital letters. I was slightly appalled. ^_^

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:16pm

LaCageAuxFollesFan, LaCageAuxFollesFan2:

From the opinions that you have posted on the shows of this season in other threads, this list looks more like who you personally would like to win than who you actually think is going to win.

[jasobres]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:20pm

This Tony Awards has snubfest written all over it!!!

[jasobres]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:20pm

This Tony Awards has snubfest written all over it!!!

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:20pm

I was going to say the same thing.

[ahmelie]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:25pm

Best Play
Will Win: The Coast of Utopia
Should Win: Radio Golf

Best Musical
Will Win: Spring Awakening
Should Win: Grey Gardens

Best Book of a Musical
Will Win: Grey Gardens
Should Win:

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Will Win: Spring Awakening
Should Win: Grey Gardens

Best Revival of a Play
Will Win: Inherit the Wind
Should Win: Inherit the Wind

Best Revival of a Musical
Will Win: 110 in the Shade
Should Win: 110 in the Shade

Best Special Theatrical Event
Will Win: Kiki & Herb Alive on Broadway
Should Win: Kiki...

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Will Win: Liev Schreiber
Should Win: Liev Schreiber

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Will Win: Eve Best
Should Win: Julie White

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Will Win: Raul Esparza
Should Win: Michael Cerveris

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Will Win: Christine Ebersole
Should Win: Ebersole

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Will Win: Billy Crudup
Should Win: Billy Crudup

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Should Win: Jennifer Ehle
Will Win: Jennifer Ehle

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Will Win: John Cullum
Should Win: John Cullum

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Will Win: Mary Louise Wilson
Should Win: MLW

Best Direction of a Play
Will Win: Jack O'Brien
Should Win: Michael Grandage

Best Direction of a Musical
Will Win: Michael Greif
Should Win: Michael Greif

Best Choreography
Will Win: Rob Ashford
Should Win: Jerry Mitchell


Best Orchestrations
Will Win: Jonathan Tunick
Should Win: Jonathan Tunick

ETA: Curtains to SA.

Updated On: 5/15/07 at 12:25 PM

[tazber]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:26pm

They were pretty much what I expected. Not what I would have chosen, but par for the course for the Tony nominators.
I also knew right away that SA is going to win best musical.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:27pm

People are seriously predicting CURTAINS to win Best Musical?

[LaCageAuxFollesFan2]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 1:57pm

No, those are seriously who I think will win. I'll edit the post to show who I think should win, but my original post is who I, right after the nominations were made, thought would take home the prize.

[Piercemn]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 2:00pm

The only two that I really care about are Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson. I thought they were both Brilliant! I am sad that neither John McMartin, Bob Stillman or Matt Cavenaugh were nominated. I loved Grey Gardens.

I saw Mary Poppins twice in London and I think it's a terrific production, and it wouldn't upset me if it won Best Musical, but I'm rooting for the Beales.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 2:16pm

These are just my initial impressions, and not final predictions:

Best Play
Should and will win: The Coast of Utopia

Best Musical
Will win: Mary Poppins
Should win: Grey Gardens

Best Book of a Musical
Should and Will win: Grey Gardens

Best Original Score
Will win: Spring Awakening
Should win: Grey Gardens

Best Revival of a Play
Should and Will win: Journey's End

Best Revival of a Musical
Will win: A Chorus Line
Should win: 110 in the Shade

Best Special Theatrical Event
Should and Will win: Jay Johnson: The Two and Only

Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Play
Should and Will win: Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon

Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Play
Will win: Angela Lansbury, Deuce
Should win: Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed

Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Musical
Will win: David Hyde Pierce, Curtains
Should win: Raul Esparza, Company

Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Musical
Should and Will win: Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens

Best Performance By a Featured Actor in a Play
Should and Will win: Billy Crudup, The Coast of Utopia

Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Play
Should win: Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia
Will win: Martha Plimpton, The Coast of Utopia

Best Performance By a Featured Actor in a Musical
Should and Will win: John Gallagher Jr., Spring Awakening

Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Musical
Should and Will Win: Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens

Best Direction of a Play
Should and Will win: Jack O'Brien, The Coast of Utopia

Best Direction of a Musical
Will win: Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening
Should win: Michael Greif, Grey Gardens

Best Choreography
Will win: Mary Poppins
Should win: Curtains

Best Orchestrations
Should and Will win: Jonathan Tunick, LoveMusik

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Should and Will win: Bob Crowley & Scott Pask, The Coast of Utopia

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Should and Will win: Bob Crowley, Mary Poppins

Best Costume Design of a Play
Should and Will win: Catherine Zuber, The Coast of Utopia

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Should win: Grey Gardens
Will win: Mary Poppins

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Should and Will win: Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner, and Natasha Katz, The Coast of Utopia

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Will win: Kevin Adams, Spring Awakening
Should win: Peter Kaczorowski, Grey Gardens

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 2:38pm

I thought the noms were to be announced tommorrow.

That's my major reaction.

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 2:39pm

Also...I realize and agree that Pirate Queen does not deserve a best musical nom (as much as I liked it) it's not up to par with Mis or Saigon, HOWEVER: costumes? Lighting? Choreography? It definately deserved that. Lestat even got a costume nom last year, which were amazing, but so are PQ's people!

Also slightly bummed at no Les Mis noms but it should have been a MAJOR revival not just a come back.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 2:40pm

LaCage: If none of the nominated musicals deserve to win, then what does?

[LaCageAuxFollesFan2]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 3:27pm

In my opinion, if there was ever a year to not give an award for BEST MUSICAL, this would be it. There is not one show out there that moved me to the point of being awestruck. 110 & STAIRWAY came closest to being, IMO my favorite musicals of the year...but, BEST NEW MUSICAL...I just dont think any of them deserve an Award naming it THE BEST! If I had to pick the best of a crappy group, then I guess it's CURTAINS imo that deserves it! But even then, I have awful reservations about that.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 3:28pm

Oh, I disagree.

GREY GARDENS is close to perfection, SPRING AWAKENING is pretty damn good, and even MARY POPPINS has it's merits.

[LaCageAuxFollesFan2]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 3:34pm

It's fun and fine to disagre...but Grey Gardens nearly put me to sleep, I couldn't stomach Spring Awakening for one minute longer, and yes, Mary Poppins had its merits, but I perfered Curtains merits to MP's.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 3:36pm

You should watch the GREY GARDENS' documentaries, listen to the score, and see the show again.

It's the most exquisitely crafted show since PIAZZA, at least.

[FosseForever3]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 4:00pm

I really DON'T think A Chorus Line is going win Best Revival. At all. (shudder)

I also don't think Mary Poppins is going to beat out Grey Gardens, or even Spring Awakening, which seems to be everyone's new omg-its-the-best-show-ever. They'll be getting it right this year by making GG Best Musical 2007 :)

[donna_darko_23]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 4:15pm

A Chorus Line could pull a Pajama Game and steal the win from Company. That would be sad.

I agree with jlnyc, what about Cheno? She got snubbed. The show overall didn't get amazing reviews, but the critics all raved about her performance. She was great in the production.

[My Strongest Suit]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 4:15pm

i just hope spring awakening doesn't win. i'm sick of all the hype and it really wasn't that amazing. i wouldn't be sad if mary poppins wins, it certainly has the wow factor.