My Tony Nom Predix Updated 5/8/08

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 9:02am

Musical - A Catered Affair, In the Heights, Passing Strange, Xanadu
Revival - Gypsy, South Pacific, Sunday in the Park with George
Play - The 39 Steps, August: Osage County, The Seafarer, RocknRoll
Play Revival - Boeing-Boeing, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Homecoming, Macbeth

Musical:
Actor - Stew, Daniel Evans, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Paulo Szot, Tom Wopat
Actress - Kerry Butler, Patti LuPone, Kelli O'Hara, Faith prince, Jenna Russell
Featured Actor - Daniel Breaker, Coleman Domingo, Harvey Fierstein, Christopher Fitzgerald, Boyd Ganes
Featured Actress - Laura Benanti, Leslie Kritzer, Olga Meridez, Megan Mullally, Sherie Rene Scott
Choreographer - Rob Ashford (Cry-Baby), Andy Blankenbuehler (In the Heights), Karole Armitage (Passing Strange), Dan Knechtges (Xanadu)
Director - Bart Sher (South Pacific), Annie Dorsen (Passing Strange), Thomas Kail (In the Heights), Sam Buntrock (Sunday in the Park with George)
Score - Stew and Heidi Rodewald (Passing Strange), Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights), John Bucchino (A Catered Affair), Alan Menken and Glen Slater (The Little Mermaid)
Book - Douglas Carter Beane (Xanadu), Harvey Fierstein (A Catered Affair), Stew (Passing Strange), Quiara Allegria Hudes (In the Heights)
Sets - David Farley, Tim Byrd, and the Knifedge Creative Network (Sunday in the Park with George), Anna Louizos (In the Heights), Robin Wagner (Young Frankenstein), Michael Yeargen (South Pacific)
Costumes - Catherine Zuber (South Pacific), Elizabeth Hope Clancy (Passing Strange), William Ivey Long (Young Frankenstein), Paul Tazewell (In the Heights)
Lighting - Donald Holder (South Pacific), Kevin Adams (Passing Strange), Ken Billington (Sunday in the Park with George), Brian MacDevitt (A Catered Affair)
Orchestrations - In the Heights, Passing Strange, Xanadu, Sunday in the Park with George

Play:
Actor - Norbert Leo Butz, James Earl Jones, Kevin Kline, Mark Rylance, Patrick Stewart
Actress - Eve Best, Kate Fleetwood, Deanna Dunagan, S. Epatha Merkerson, Amy Morton
Featured Actor - Raul Esparza, Conleith Hill, Ciarian Hinds, David Morse, Jim Norton
Featured Actress - Kathryn Hahn, Elizabeth Marvel, Mary McCormack, Martha Plimpton, Rondi Reed
Director - Rupert Goold, Maria Aitken, Anna D. Shapiro, David Leveaux
Set - Alexander Dodge (Old Acquaintance), Tom Pye (Cyrano de Bergerac), Todd Rosenthal (August: Osage County), Anthony Ward (Macbeth)
Costumes - Anthony Ward (Macbeth), Katrina Lindsay (Liaisons), Gregory Gale (Cyrano), Rob Howell (Boeing-Boeing)
Lighting - Howard Harrison (Macbeth), Donald Holder (Liaisons), Donald Holder (Cyrano), Neil Austin (The Seafarer)
Sound Design - John Gromada (Old Acquaintance), Mic Pool (The 39 Steps), Adam Cork (Macbeth), Richard Woodbury (August: Osage County)


Updated On: 5/8/08 at 09:02 AM

[esparza 333]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 9:07am

I think Robin Dejesus deserves a nomination too. I think he could possibly win too.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 9:07am

I agree with everything! we are on the same channel of Tony Nominations predix!

Perfect! though whether you & I like it or not- GREASE will be nominated by default!

These are my predictions too!
Musical - A Catered Affair, In the Heights, Passing Strange, Xanadu
Revival - Gypsy, South Pacific, Sunday in the Park with George
Play - The 39 Steps, August: Osage County, The Seafarer, RocknRoll
Play Revival - Boeing-Boeing, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Homecoming, Macbeth


J*



Updated On: 5/4/08 at 09:07 AM

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 9:08am

Is this a wish list, or an actual realistic set of predictions of who you actually think is going to seriously be nominated?

I don't even know who Coleman Domingo is.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 9:10am

As much as it pains us all, Grease will be nominated for Best Revival. They have to fill out the category- they tried to not do this a few years ago with that Threepenny Opera revival, and the administration committee ruled that you had to fill the category if there were enough eligible shows.

[SirNotAppearing]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 9:19am

Megan Mullally? UGH.

And I think you can only have four nominees in the acting categories.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 9:25am

Acting categories have had five nominees for several years now.

[buddharich]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 9:45am

I want Robin DeJesus to not only be nominated but to WIN!! So I hope you are wrong in that category; I don't see Coleman Domingo getting a nomination. Otherwise, I think these nominations are pretty accurate, in some cases unfortunately. I hated hated hated Passing Strange! And I mildly disliked A Catered Affair.

I also really hope Kate Fleetwood gets a tony for her lady Macbeth - she was extraordinary!! (:

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 9:50am

If it's any consolation, buddharich, word is that most of the Nominating Committee left PASSING STRANGE at intermission.

[scaryclowns223]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 9:52am

I enjoyed Colman Domingo's performance, but not nearly as much as I enjoyed Robin deJesus's. He was really great.

I also support a joint nomination for Arnie Burton & Cliff Saunders.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 9:56am

I think you're pretty close, I'm just wondering if everyone in Boeing-Boeing is featured. Also, Kate Fleetwood's billing is probably going to be make or break for the Featured Actress category. Am I right in assuming that for her to be considering in the Leading category she would have to be petitioned for it, because everyone in Macbeth is below the title? The only other thing I'm not sure of is the set nomination for Passing Strange. There wasn't really much of a set, it was the lighting design that did much of the work. I can see Young Frankenstein possibly getting that fourth slot otherwise. We'll also have to see following the reviews for Top Girls how Plimpton and Marvel fair. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for Alison Pill, but it's probably just a pipe dream.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 9:58am

Gosh I hope it isn't true that the Nom. Comm. left at intermission. It just seems so wrong.

(Mind you, this isn't about PS in particular as I won't get to see it until August and have no opinions about it. Just in generalities.)

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 10:33am

My source is pretty credible. But this was at the final preview. Perhaps they had a change of heart after all of the positive reviews came out. Then again, the Outer Critics Circle only nominated PS for Best Score. That could be the case with the Tony Nominations.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 10:45am

I'm puzzled that so many people are pulling for a Robin de Jesus nomination. I thought he was very good, but he really doesn't have that much to do.

[Liverpool]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 10:48am

yeah, Robin was good, but his role is not big or important enough to get a nomination.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 11:01am

Sorry for the lack of caps. The rich text formatting I used for my blog didn't transfer when I copy-pasted.

Don't be so sure about Robin not getting one.

best musical
passing strange
in the heights
a catered affair
xanadu

best book of a musical
passing strange
in the heights
a catered affair
xanadu

best original score
passing strange
in the heights
a catered affair
young frankenstein, cry-baby or the little mermaid

best play
august: osage county
the 39 steps
the seafarer
rock 'n' roll

revival of a musical
gypsy
south pacific
sunday in the park with george
(i predict a 4th will not be nominated, as the committee will not nominate 'grease'.)

revival of a play
macbeth
cyrano de bergerac
boeing-boeing
the homecoming

director of a musical
arthur laurents, gypsy
bartlett sher, south pacific
sam buntrock, sunday in the park with george
annie dorsen, passing strange

director of a play
rupert goold, macbeth
anna d. shapiro, august: osage county
david leveaux, cyrano de bergerac
maria aitken, the 39 steps


leading actress in a musical
patti lupone, gypsy
kelli o'hara, south pacific
jenna russell, sunday in the park with george
faith prince, a catered affair
kerry butler, xanadu

leading actress in a play
eve best, the homecoming
kate fleetwood, macbeth
deanna dunagan, august: osage county
amy morton, august: osage county
s. epatha merkerson, come back little sheba or martha plimpton, cymbeline

leading actor in a musical
daniel evans, sunday in the park with george
paulo szot, south pacific
stew, passing stange
lin-manuel miranda, in the heights
tom wopat, a catered affair

leading actor in a play
patrick stewart, macbeth
ben daniels, les liasions dagereuses
norbert leo butz, is he dead?
ian mcshane, the homecoming
kevin kline, cryano de bergerac

featured actress in a musical
olga mereditz, in the heights
leslie kritzer, a catered affair
mary testa, xanadu
laura benanti, gypsy
andrea martin, young frankenstein

featured actress in a play
rondi reed, august: osage county
mary mccormack, boeing-boeing
sinead cusack, rock'n'roll
one or two of the ladies from top girls

featured actor in a musical
boyd gaines, gypsy
tony yazbeck, gypsy
daniel breaker, passing strange
harvey fierstein, a catered affair
robin dejesus, in the heights

featured actor in a play
raul esparza, the homecoming
jim norton, the seafarer
james earl jones, cat on a hot tin roof
mark rylance, boeing-boeing
bobby cannavale, mauritius

*i'll spare you the costumes, sets and sound design predictions.

Updated On: 5/4/08 at 11:01 AM

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 11:22am

Martha Plimpton was ruled as Leading for CYMBELINE.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 11:24am

Plimpton was ruled as Leading for Cymbeline.

EDIT- WBaF beat me to it. Updated On: 5/4/08 at 11:24 AM

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 11:30am

Really? That's absurd.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 11:43am

>Don't be so sure about Robin not getting one.<

But for what? Why him, and not Christopher Jackson, who has much more to do? I think even the Piragua Guy has more material.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 11:49am

He makes his little material shine and, for me, stole the show. He is commanding and delightful.

[Liverpool]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 11:50am

yah, Carlos Gomez has a more substantial role than Robin

[SirNotAppearing]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 11:58am

I'm sorry to correct again, but as long as there are enough eligible revivals, they HAVE to nominate them. Sure, Grease sucks, but it gets nominated by default. Sort of like Starmites. They're not going to go out of their way to make sure a show doesn't get nominated, and I'm sure a performance by the cast will pump up the telecast ratings a little bit.

[Laviebohemeb]

Posted: 5/4/08 at 12:09pm

o wow you got a lotta time on your hands

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 5/5/08 at 3:30pm

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN will get a set nomination over PASSING STRANGE. And I think Andrea Martin will get a nod over Mullally. But besides that I pretty much agree..