Personally I want to see NPH get upset. Nothing against him, I just think it would be interesting to see/read the next day since everyones got him pegged.
I don't understand the logic between the '3rd, 4th' only options. If we look the votes for NPH, for example, even the 2nd option would be a heavy upset.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
You know...I felt really blah about this season overall, but I'm incredibly excited about the Tony's this year; it's a first time in a long time where there are so many categories that are too close to call!
"I don't understand the logic between the '3rd, 4th' only options. If we look the votes for NPH, for example, even the 2nd option would be a heavy upset."
The LuPone TaTas Committee has reviewed your motion and will now accept submissions with 2nd place options in which the 1st place nominee has a large majority of the predictions (like Neil Patrick Harris or Hedwig for best musical revival).