Year End Notes

The end of the calendar year marks the middle of the Broadway season and the transition from the "fall season" to the "spring season". With that, I have gone through the list of shows that I know about from the upcoming spring season along with the information I have cultivated about the fall season and come up with a first set of thoughts about what the Tony nominations look like as of now. I have not included the design categories here because they are the hardest to call, even once all shows have opened, though Follies seems pretty well set to get nods in all design categories.

Play
Chinglish
Other Desert Cities
Venus in Fur
Seminar

Musical
Lysistrata Jones
Once
Rebecca
Spider Man

Book
Bonnie and Clyde
Lysistrata Jones
Once
Rebecca

Score
Bonnie and Clyde
Lysistrata Jones
Once
Rebecca

Play Revival
Private Lives
Man and Boy
Wit
The Best Man

Musical Revival
Follies
Godspell
Porgy & Bess
Evita

Leading Actor in a Musical
Norm Lewis, Porgy & Bess
Ricky Martin, Evita
Jason Segarra, Lysistrata Jones
Steve Kazee, Once
Ron Raines, Follies

Leading Actress in a Musical
Jan Maxwell, Follies
Audra McDonald, Porgy & Bess
Elena Roger, Evita
Patti Murin, Lysistrata Jones
Cristin Milioti, Once

Featured Actor in a Musical
Danny Burstein, Follies
Philip Boykin, Porgy & Bess
David Alan Grier, Porgy & Bess
Jason Tam, Lysistrata Jones
Patrick Page, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

Featured Actress in a Musical
Elaine Paige, Follies
Jane Houdyshell, Follies
Melissa van der Schyff, Bonnie & Clyde
Jessie Mueller, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Liz Mikel, Lysistrata Jones

Leading Actor in a Play
Samuel L. Jackson, The Mountaintop
Frank Langella, Man and Boy
Hugh Dancy, Venus in Fur
Alan Rickman, Seminar
Paul Gross, Private Lives

Leading Actress in a Play
Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities
Angela Bassett, The Mountaintop
Nina Arianda, Venus in Fir
Kim Cattrall, Private Lives
Angela Lin, Chinglish

Featured Actor in a Play
Thomas Sadoski, Other Desert Cities
Adam Driver, Man and Boy
Simon Paisley Day, Private Lives
Mekhi Phifer, Stick Fly
Hamish Linklater, Seminar

Featured Actress in a Play
Anna Madeley, Private Lives
Hettienne Park, Seminar
Lily Rabe, Seminar
Judith Light, Other Desert Cities
Jennifer Lim, Chinglish

Director of a Play
Maria Aitken, Man and Boy
Walter Bobbie, Venus in Fur
Leigh Silverman, Chinglish
Joe Mantello, Other Desert Cities

Director of a Musical
Eric Schaeffer, Follies
Dan Knechtges, Lysistrata Jones
Diane Paulus, Porgy & Bess
Julie Taymor, Spider Man