Experts Predict Tony Winners at GoldDerby.com!
By: BWW News Desk Jun. 12, 2008
Melissa Bernardo (Entertainment Weekly), Martin Denton (NYTheatre.com), Robert Diamond (BroadwayWorld.com), Elysa Gardner (USA Today), Susan Haskins ("Theater Talk"), Leonard Jacobs (Back Stage), Brian Lipton (TheaterMania.com), Tom O'Neil In_the_heights_tonys (TheEnvelope.com), Michael Riedel (New York Post / "Theater Talk"), David Sheward (Back Stage), Paul Sheehan (TheEnvelope.com), Matt Windman (AM New York) and Linda Winer (Newsday) predict the winners of this years 2008 Tony Awards.
Here are the predictions:
BEST PLAY
"August: Osage County" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Riedel, Sheehan, Sheward, Windman, WinerBEST MUSICAL
"In The Heights" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheehan, Sheward, Windman, Winer
"Passing Strange" - HaskinsBEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
"In The Heights" - Denton, Diamond, Gardner, O'Neil, Sheward, Winer
"Passing Strange" - Bernardo, Winer
"Xanadu" - Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, Sheehan, WindmanBEST ORIGINAL SCORE
"In The Heights" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheehan, Sheward, Windman, Winer
"Passing Strange" - Gardner, Haskins, JacobsBEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
"Boeing-Boeing" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Jacobs, Lipton, Sheward, Windman, Winer
"The Homecoming" - Gardner
"Macbeth" - Haskins, O'Neil, Riedel, SheehanBEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
"South Pacific" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Riedel, Sheehan, Sheward, Windman, WinerBEST ACTOR IN A PLAY
mark Rylance, "Boeing-Boeing" - Jacobs, Windman
Rufus Sewell, "Rock 'n' Roll" - Gardner
Patrick Stewart, "Macbeth" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Lipton, O'Neil, Riedel, Sheehan, Sheward, Winer
Deanna Dunagan, "August: Osage County" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheehan, Sheward, WindmanBEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Lin-Manuel Miranda, "In The Heights" - Windman
Paulo Szot, " South Pacific" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Riedel, Sheward, WinerBEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Patti LuPone, "Gypsy" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Riedel, Sheward, Windman, WinerBEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Raúl Esparza, "The Homecoming" - Bernardo, Diamond, Gardner, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheehan, Winer
Conleth Hill, "The Seafarer" - Haskins
Jim Norton, "The Seafarer" - Denton, Jacobs, Sheward, WindmanBEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Mary McCormack, "Boeing-Boeing" - Sheward, Windman
Martha Plimpton, "Top Girls" - Bernardo, Gardner, Jacobs, Sheehan, Winer
Rondi Reed, "August: Osage County" - Diamond, Haskins, Lipton
Laurie Metcalfe, "November " - DentonBEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Christopher Fitzgerald, "Young Frankenstein" - Jacobs
Boyd Gaines, "Gypsy" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Haskins, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheehan, Sheward, Windman, Winer
Laura Benanti, "Gypsy" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheehan, Sheward, Windman, Winer
Olga Merediz, "In The Heights" - HaskinsBEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Anna D. Shapiro, "August: Osage County" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Jacobs, O'Neil, Sheehan, Sheward, Windman, Winer
Maria Aitken, "The 39 Steps" HaskinsBEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Bartlett Sher, "South Pacific" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, O'Neil, Sheehan, Sheward, Windman, WinerBEST CHOREOGRAPHY
"Cry-Baby" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil
"In The Heights" - Sheward, Windman, WinerBEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
"Les Liaisons Dangereuses" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman, WinerBEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
"Sunday in the Park with George" - Gardner, Sheward
"South Pacific" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Windman, WinerBEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
"August: Osage County" - Denton,
"The 39 Steps" - Bernardo, Diamond, Lipton, Sheward, Windman
"Macbeth" - Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, Winer BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
"Sunday in the Park with George" - Gardner, Winer
"In The Heights" - Windman
"South Pacific" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, ShewardBEST ORCHESTRATIONS
"In The Heights" - Diamond, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman, Winer
"Passing Strange" - Bernardo, Denton, Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, LiptonBEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
"August: Osage County" - Bernardo, Denton, Diamond, Haskins, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
"Les Liaisons Dangereuse" - Winer
"Macbeth" - Gardner, Jacobs, LiptonBEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
"Sunday in the Park with George" - Diamond, Gardner, Lipton, Winer
"South Pacific" - Bernardo, Denton, Haskins, Jacobs, O'Neil, Sheward, WindmanBEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
"Macbeth" - Haskins, Jacobs, Sheward, Windman, Winer
"Rock 'n' Roll" - Denton, Diamond, Gardner, Lipton
"The 39 Steps" - BernardoBEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
"In The Heights" - Denton, Windman
"South Pacific" - Bernardo, Diamond, Gardner, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, Sheward, Winer
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The Tony Awards will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS, Sunday, June 15th, 8:00 – 11:00 p.m. (ET/PT time delay). The 2008 Tony Awards are presented by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
The Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards are bestowed annually on theatre professionals for distinguished achievement. The Tony is one of the most coveted awards in the entertainment industry and the annual telecast is considered one of the most prestigious programs on television.
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