Chicago's BWWers Predict 2010 Tony Awards

Set your TiVos, plan your parties, and let the office pools begin (that is, if you work in an office hip enough to holds a Tony Award pool): theatre award season upon us! With nominations for The Addams Family and Million Dollar Quartet (who started off in Chicago), Steppenwolf's Jon Michael Hill & Tina Landau for their contributions to Superior Donuts, and Northwestern University alumna Katie Baldwin's lead performance in Finian's Rainbow, Chicago has more than a few reasons to keep an eye on the 64th annual Tony Award broadcast on Sunday, June 13.

With such a strong Chicago showing, Paul Thompson, Trish Vignola, and I thought we'd throw in our 2 cents and predict this year's big Broadway winners.

Agree? Disagree? Let us know!

MUSICAL
Panek: Memphis, Thompson: American Idiot, Vignola: Fela!

PLAY
Panek: Red, Thompson: Red, Vignola: In the Next Room, or the vibrator play

REVIVAL - MUSICAL
Panek: La Cage aux Folles, Thompson: A Little Night Music, Vignola: Ragtime

REVIVAL - PLAY
Panek: Fences, Thompson: Fences, Vignola: A View From the Bridge

DIRECTOR - MUSICAL
Panek: M. Milgrom Dodge
Thompson: B. Jones
Vignola: M. Milgron Dodge

DIRECTOR - PLAY
Panek: M. Grandage
Thompson: K. Leon
Vignola: G. Mosher

LEAD ACTOR - PLAY
Panek: A. Molina
Thompson: A. Molina
Vignola: D. Washington

LEAD ACTRESS - PLAY
Panek: V. Davis
Thompson: V. Harper
Vignola: V. Davis

FEATURED ACTOR - PLAY
Panek: J. Hill
Thompson: E. Redmayne
Vignola: D. Grier

FEATURED ACTRESS - PLAY
Panek: J. Maxwell
Thompson: J. Maxwell
Vignola: M. Dizzia

LEAD ACTOR - MUSICAL
Panek: S. Ngaujah
Thompson: D. Hodge
Vignola: S. Ngaujah

LEAD ACTRESS - MUSICAL
Panek: S. Scott
Thompson: S. Scott
Vignola: S. Scott

FEATURED ACTOR - MUSICAL
Panek: K. Chamberlin
Thompson: C. Fitzgerald
Vignola: L. Kreis

FEATURED ACTRESS - MUSICAL
Panek: B. Cook
Thompson: B. Cook
Vignola: A. Lansbury

BEST SCORE
Panek: Memphis, Thompson: Memphis, Vignola: Enron

BEST BOOK
Panek: Everyday Rapture, Thompson: Memphis, Vignola: Fela!

CHOREOGRAPHY
Panek: T. Tharp
Thompson: R. Ashford
Vignola: B. Jones

ORCHESTRATIONS
Panek: Fela!, Thompson: Fela!, Vignola: Fela!

SET - PLAY
Panek: Red, Thompson: The Royal Family, Vignola: The Royal Family

SET - MUSICAL
Panek: American Idiot, Thompson: American Idiot, Vignola: American Idiot

LIGHTING - PLAY
Panek: Enron, Thompson: Fences, Vignola: Enron

LIGHTING - MUSICAL
Panek: American Idiot, Thompson: Fela!, Vignola: American Idiot

COSTUMES - PLAY
Panek: In the Next Room, Thompson: In the Next Room, Vignola: The Royal Family

COSTUMES - MUSICAL
Panek: La Cage aux Folles, Thompson: La Cage aux Folles, Vignola: Fela!

SOUND - PLAY
Panek: Enron, Thompson: Enron, Vignola: Enron

SOUND - MUSICAL
Panek: Fela!, Thompson: Sondheim on Sondheim, Vignola: Fela!

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