Pundits' scorecard: Breakdown of Tonys predix
There's consensus among most Tonys gurus about the top races. Virtually all are picking "Spring Awakening" to win best musical, for example. But there's much mayhem over the race for best lead actress in a play where there's also much on the line: If Angela Lansbury wins again, she'll tie Julie Harris as the biggest winner in the Tony Awards' history.
More predix are coming soon. Meantime, here's the input of Melissa Bernardo (Entertainment Weekly), Martin Denton (NYTheatre.com), Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), Andrew Gans (Playbill), Elysa Gardner (USA Today), Susan Haskins (Theater Talk), Andy Humm (Gay U.S.A.), Charles McNulty (L.A. Times), Tom O'Neil (TheEnvelope.com), Patrick Pacheco (L.A. Times), Paul Sheehan (TheEnvelope.com), David Sheward (Back Stage), Linda Winer (Newsday)
Best Play
The Coast of Utopia - Denton, Dziemianowicz, Gans, Gardner, Humm, McNulty, O'Neil, Pacheco, Sheehan, Sheward, Winer
Frost/Nixon - Bernardo
The Little Dog Laughed
Radio Golf - Haskins
Best Musical
Curtains
Grey Gardens
Mary Poppins
Spring Awakening - Bernardo, Denton, Dziemianowicz, Gans, Gardner, Haskins, Humm, McNulty , O'Neil, Pacheco, Sheehan, Sheward, Winer
Best Revival of a Play
Inherit the Wind
Jouney's End - Bernardo, Denton, Dziemianowicz, Gans, Gardner, Haskins, Humm, McNulty, O'Neil, Sheehan, Sheward, Winer
Talk Radio - Gardner
Translations
Best Revival of a Musical
The Apple Tree
A Chorus Line - Dziemianowicz
Company - Bernardo, Denton, Gans, Gardner, Haskins, Humm, McNulty, O'Neil, Sheehan, Sheward, Winer
110 in the Shade - Pacheco
Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Play
Boyd Gaines, Journey's End
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon - Bernardo, Denton, Dziemianowicz, Gans, Gardner, Haskins, Humm, McNulty, O'Neil, Pacheco, Sheehan, Sheward, Winer
Brían F. O’Byrne, The Coast of Utopia
Christopher Plummer, Inherit the Wind
Liev Schreiber, Talk Radio
Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Play
Eve Best, A Moon for the Misbegotten - Dziemianowicz, McNulty, Sheward, Winer
Swoozie Kurtz, Heartbreak House
Angela Lansbury, Deuce - Denton, Haskins, O'Neil, Sheehan
Vanessa Redgrave, The Year of Magical Thinking
Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed - Bernardo, Gans, Gardner, Humm, Pacheco
Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Musical
Michael Cerveris, LoveMusik
Raúl Esparza, Company - Bernardo, Denton, Dziemianowicz, Gans, Gardner, Haskins, Humm, McNulty, O'Neil, Pacheco, Sheehan, Sheward, Winer
Jonathan Groff, Spring Awakening
Gavin Lee, Mary Poppins
David Hyde Pierce, Curtains
Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Musical
Laura Bell Bundy, Legally Blonde The Musical
Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens - Bernardo, Denton, Dziemianowicz, Gans, Gardner, Haskins, Humm, McNulty, O'Neil, Pacheco, Sheehan, Sheward, Winer
Audra McDonald, 110 in the Shade
Debra Monk, Curtains
Donna Murphy, LoveMusik
Best Performance By a Featured Actor in a Play
Anthony Chisholm, Radio Golf - Dziemianowicz, Gans, Humm, Pacheco
Billy Crudup, The Coast of Utopia - Bernardo, Denton, McNulty, O'Neil, Sheehan, Sheward, Winer
Ethan Hawke, The Coast of Utopia
John Earl Jelks, Radio Golf - Haskins
Stark Sands, Journey's End - Gardner
Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Play
Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia - Haskins, Humm, Winer
Xanthe Elbrick, Coram Boy
Dana Ivey, Butley
Jan Maxwell, Coram Boy
Martha Plimpton, The Coast of Utopia - Bernardo, Denton, Dziemianowicz, Gans, Gardner, McNulty, Pacheco, Sheehan, Sheward
Best Performance By a Featured Actor in a Musical
Brooks Ashmanskas, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Christian Borle, Legally Blonde The Musical
John Cullum, 110 in the Shade
John Gallagher, Jr., Spring Awakening - Bernardo, Dziemianowicz, Gans, Gardner, Haskins, Humm, McNulty, O'Neil, Pacheco, Sheehan, Sheward, Winer
David Pittu, LoveMusik - Denton
Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Musical
Charlotte d’Amboise, A Chorus Line
Rebecca Luker, Mary Poppins
Orfeh, Legally Blonde The Musical - Denton
Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens - Bernardo, Dziemianowicz, Gans, Gardner, Haskins, Humm, McNulty, O'Neil, Pacheco, Sheehan, Sheward, Winer
Karen Ziemba, Curtains
Best Direction of a Play
Michael Grandage, Frost/Nixon - Garnder
David Grindley, Journey's End
Jack O'Brien, The Coast of Utopia - Bernardo, Denton, Dziemianowicz, Gans, Haskins, Humm, McNulty, O'Neil, Pacheco, Sheehan, Sheward, Winer
Melly Still, Coram Boy
Best Direction of a Musical
John Doyle, Company
Scott Ellis, Curtains
Michael Greif, Grey Gardens
Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening - Bernardo, Denton, Dziemianowicz, Gans, Gardner, Haskins, Humm, McNulty, O'Neil, Pacheco, Sheehan, Sheward, Winer
Best Book of a Musical
Curtains, Rupert Holmes & Peter Stone
Grey Gardens, Doug Wright - Bernardo, Denton, Gardner, Humm, McNulty, O'Neil, Pacheco, Sheehan, Sheward
Legally Blonde The Musical, Heather Hach
Spring Awakening, Steven Sater - Dziemianowicz, Gans, Haskins, Winer
Best Original Score
Curtains
Grey Gardens
Legally Blonde The Musical
Spring Awakening - Bernardo, Denton, Dziemianowicz, Gans, Gardner, Haskins, Humm, McNulty, O'Neil, Pacheco, Sheehan, Sheward, Winer
Best Choreography
Rob Ashford, Curtains
Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear, Mary Poppins - Dziemianowicz, Humm, Pacheco, Sheward
Bill T. Jones, Spring Awakening - Bernardo, Denton, Gans, Gardner, Haskins, McNulty, O'Neil, Sheehan, Winer
Jerry Mitchell, Legally Blonde The Musical
How nice to see the win for Mary Louise Wilson.
Posted by: babypook | June 10, 2007 at 05:48 PM
i approvedit already for g sake.
Posted by: TED HARBERT, SR. | June 09, 2007 at 01:38 PM
iN 1956, MY CLIENTS AL STEELE AND JOAN CRAWFORD STEELE OF THE PEPSI COLA CO. SPONSORED THE TONYS ON CH. 5. WE HAD THREE STATIONARY B&W CAMERAS IN THE BALLROOM AT THE PLAZA HOTEL. SHOW WENT OK, BUT JOAN FELL ASLEEP AT TABLE#`1. IN 1957, WE BOUGHT SHOW AGAIN AND MOVED IT TO WCBS CH 2. AT 2:30/3 PM THAT SUNDAY, THE CBS TECHNICAL UNION [IBEW?] DEMANDED TRIPLE TIME OVERTIME STARTING AT 6 PM. DR. FRANK STANTON AND HUBBELL ROBINSON OF CBS WOULDN'T FOLD AND WE NEVER GOT ON THE AIR. AND I HAD FILMED A GREAT TWO MINUTE OPENING -- A MONTAGE OF ALL THE B'WAY THEATRE MARQUEES WHICH HAD GOT A RAVE IN VARIETY THE YEAR BEFORE. GOOD LUCK TOMORROW NIGHT,
Posted by: TED HARBERT, SR. | June 09, 2007 at 01:37 PM
I'd love to see Audra win her fifth (after catching 110 in the Shade last week, I firmly believe it's the strongest performance of the year), but I don't think it will happen. It's a pity 110 will likely be shut out this year -- it's a first-rate production of a second-rate musical. But THANK GOD Raul Esparza, arguably the most talented leading man on Broadway, will finally be recognized.
Posted by: Joshua | June 06, 2007 at 12:56 PM
Oh, Audra McDonald will win that fifth Tony. Just not this year! :) This one belongs to Ebersole.
Posted by: Harold | June 06, 2007 at 07:42 AM
Christine Ebersole? Sorry, looks like Audra McDonald is bringing home a historical FIFTH Tony!
I do hope that La Redgrave will prevail. Kudos to Duncan Sheik and the SPRING AWAKENING team.
Posted by: Kamal S | June 05, 2007 at 10:01 PM