Here are my predictions for this year (and my choices for the awards) :)
Best musical
"The Book of Mormon" - my prediction -------------Winner
"Catch Me if You Can"
"The Scottsboro Boys" - my choice
"Sister Act"
Best play
"Good People" (David Lindsay-Abaire) - my prediction
"Jerusalem" (Jez Butterworth)
"The Mother... With the Hat" (Stephen Adly Guirgis)
"War Horse" (Nick Stafford) - my choice -------------------Winner
Best revival of a musical
"Anything Goes" - my prediction / my choice ----------------Winner
"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Best revival of a play
"Arcadia"
"The Importance of Being Earnest"
"The Merchant of Venice"
"The Normal Heart" - my prediction / my choice -----------------Winner
Best book of a musical
"Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" (Alex Timbers)
"The Book of Mormon" (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone) - my prediction --------Winner
"The Scottsboro Boys" (David Thompson) - my choice
"Sister Act"(Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane)
Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theater
"The Book of Mormon" (music and lyrics: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone) - my prediction -------Winner
"The Scottsboro Boys" (music and lyrics: John Kander and Fred Ebb) - my choice
"Sister Act" (Music: Alan Menken; lyrics: Glenn Slater)
"Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" (music and lyrics: David Yazbek)
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
Brian Bedford, "The Importance of Being Earnest"
Bobby Cannavale, "The Mother... With the Hat"
Joe Mantello, "The Normal Heart"
Al Pacino, "The Merchant of Venice"
Mark Rylance, "Jerusalem" - my prediction / my choice ----------Winner!!
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play
Nina Arianda, "Born Yesterday" - my choice
Frances McDormand, "Good People" - my prediction ---------------Winner
Lily Rabe, "The Merchant of Venice"
Vanessa Redgrave, "Driving Miss Daisy"
Hannah Yelland, "Brief Encounter"
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical
Norbert Leo Butz, "Catch Me if You Can" -----------------------Winner
Josh Gad, "The Book of Mormon" - my prediction
Joshua Henry, "The Scottsboro Boys"
Andrew Rannells, "The Book of Mormon"
Tony Sheldon, "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" - my choice
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical
Sutton Foster, "Anything Goes" - my prediction ---------------Winner
Beth Leavel, "Baby It's You!"
Patina Miller, "Sister Act"
Donna Murphy, "The People in the Picture" - my choice
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play
Mackenzie Crook, "Jerusalem" - my choice
Billy Crudup, "Arcadia"
John Benjamin Hickey, "The Normal Heart" - my prediction ----------------Winner
Arian Moayed, "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo"
Yul Vázquez, "The Mother... With the Hat"
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play
Ellen Barkin, "The Normal Heart" - my prediction ----------------------Winner
Edie Falco, "The House of Blue Leaves"
Judith Light, "Lombardi" - my choice
Joanna Lumley, "La Bête"
Elizabeth Rodriguez, "The Mother... With the Hat"
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical
Colman Domingo, "The Scottsboro Boys"
Adam Godley, "Anything Goes"
John Larroquette, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" - my choice ---------Winner
Forrest McClendon, "The Scottsboro Boys"
Rory O'Malley, "The Book of Mormon" - my prediction
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical
Laura Benanti, "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" - my prediction / my choice
Tammy Blanchard, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Victoria Clark, "Sister Act"
Nikki M. James, "The Book of Mormon" ------------------Winner
Patti LuPone, "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown"
Best scenic design of a play
Todd Rosenthal, "The Mother... With the Hat"
Rae Smith, "War Horse" - my prediction / my choice ------------Winner
Ultz, "Jerusalem"
Mark Wendland, "The Merchant of Venice"
Best scenic design of a musical
Beowulf Boritt, "The Scottsboro Boys"
Derek McLane, "Anything Goes"
Scott Pask, "The Book of Mormon" - my prediction / my choice -------------Winner
Donyale Werle, "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson"
Best costume design of a play
Jess Goldstein, "The Merchant of Venice"
Desmond Heeley, "The Importance of Being Earnest" ------------Winner
Mark Thompson, "La Bête" - my prediction / my choice
Catherine Zuber, "Born Yesterday"
Best costume design of a musical
Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner, "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" - my prediction / my choice ------Winner
Martin Pakledinaz, "Anything Goes"
Ann Roth, "The Book of Mormon"
Catherine Zuber, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Best lighting design of a play
Paule Constable, "War Horse" - my prediction / my choice -------------------Winner
David Lander, "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo"
Kenneth Posner, "The Merchant of Venice"
Mimi Jordan Sherin, "Jerusalem"
Best lighting design of a musical
Ken Billington, "The Scottsboro Boys" - my prediction / my choice
Howell Binkley, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Peter Kaczorowski, "Anything Goes"
Brian MacDevitt, "The Book of Mormon" ------------------------Winner
Best sound design of a play
Acme Sound Partners & Cricket S. Myers, "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo"
Simon Baker, "Brief Encounter"
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, "Jerusalem"
Christopher Shutt, "War Horse" - my prediction / my choice -------------Winner
Best sound design of a musical
Peter Hylenski, "The Scottsboro Boys" - my prediction / my choice
Steve Canyon Kennedy, "Catch Me if You Can"
Brian Ronan, "Anything Goes"
Brian Ronan, "The Book of Mormon" ------------------Winner
Best direction of a play
Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, "War Horse" - my choice --------------Winner
Joel Grey & George C. Wolfe, "The Normal Heart" - my prediction
Anna D. Shapiro, "The Mother... With the Hat"
Daniel Sullivan, "The Merchant of Venice"
Best direction of a musical
Rob Ashford, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Kathleen Marshall, "Anything Goes"
Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, "The Book of Mormon" - my prediction -----------Winner
Susan Stroman, "The Scottsboro Boys" - my choice
Best choreography
Rob Ashford, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Kathleen Marshall, "Anything Goes" - my prediction / my choice ------------Winner
Casey Nicholaw, "The Book of Mormon"
Susan Stroman, "The Scottsboro Boys"
Best orchestrations
Doug Besterman, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Larry Hochman, "The Scottsboro Boys" - my prediction / my choice
Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus, "The Book of Mormon" ----------Winner
Marc Shaiman & Larry Blank, "Catch Me if You Can"
And as always, I welcome all opinions of how wrong I am (as I usually am - I let my emotions get too much in the way of my predictions...) Well, I guess we'll just have to see on Sunday night. :)
