Final Tony Award Predictions

The Tony Awards are right around the corner, so it is time for my final Tony predictions of the year.  Having read and reread all the precursor awards, looked at the statistics, and gotten the industry buzz, I think I've got a strong list here.  Let's see what happens come Sunday night!

Best Play
Will Win:  All the Way
Should Win: All the Way
Dark Horse: Mothers and Sons

Best Musical
Will Win:  A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Should Win: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Dark Horse: Beautiful

Best Book of a Musical:
Will Win:  A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Should Win: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Dark Horse: Beautiful

Best Score
Will Win:  Bridges of Madison County
Should Win: Bridges of Madison County
Dark Horse: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

Best Revival of a Play
Will Win: 12th Night
Should Win: Glass Menagerie
Dark Horse: Glass Menagerie

Best Revival of a Musical
Will Win: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Should Win: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Dark Horse: Violet

Best Actor in a Musical
Will Win: Neil Patrick Harris
Should Win: Jefferson Mays
Dark Horse: Jefferson Mays

Best Actress in a Musical
Will Win: Jessie Mueller
Should Win: Kelli O'Hara
Dark Horse: Kelli O'Hara

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Will Win: James Monroe Iglehart
Should Win: Danny Burstein
Dark Horse: Danny Burstein

Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Will Win: Linda Emond
Should Win: Anika Larsen
Dark Horse: Lena Hall

Best Actor in a Play
Will Win: Bryan Cranston
Should Win: Bryan Cranston
Dark Horse: Mark Rylance

Best Actress in a Play
Will Win: Audra McDonald
Should Win: Cherry Jones
Dark Horse: Cherry Jones

Best Featured Actor in a Play
Will Win: Mark Rylance
Should Win: Mark Rylance
Dark Horse: Reed Birney

Best Featured Actress in a Play
Will Win: Celia Keenan-Bolger
Should Win: Celia Keenan-Bolger
Dark Horse: Mare Winningham

Best Director of a Musical
Will Win: Darko Tresnjak
Should Win: Darko Tresnjak
Dark Horse: Michael Mayer

Best Director of a Play
Will Win: Tim Carroll
Should Win: John Tiffany
Dark Horse: John Tiffany

Best Choreography
Will Win: Warren Carlyle
Should Win: Warren Carlyle
Dark Horse: Casey Nicholaw

Best Orchestrations
Will Win: Jason Robert Brown
Should Win: Jason Robert Brown
Dark Horse: Steve Sidwell

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Will Win: Rocky
Should Win: Rocky
Dark Horse: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Will Win: Act One
Should Win: Machinal
Dark Horse: Glass Menagerie

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Will Win: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Should Win: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Dark Horse: Bullets Over Broadway

Best Costume Design of a Play
Will Win: 12th Night
Should Win: Casa Valentina
Dark Horse: Casa Valentina

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Will Win: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Should Win: Brigdes of Madison County
Dark Horse: Rocky

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Will Win: Glass Menagerie
Should Win: Glass Menagerie
Dark Horse: Of Mice and Men

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Will Win: Beautiful
Should Win: Beautiful
Dark Horse: After Midnight

Best Sound Design of a Play
Will Win: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
Should Win: The Cripple of Inishmaan
Dark Horse: Machinal

59th Annual Drama Desk Award Winners Announced

The Drama Desk Awards were handed out last night in a ceremony hosted by Laura Benanti.  The winners, listed below, have strengthened my resolve in certain predictions for the Tony's and have gotten me to think harder about some of my dark horse candidates in other categories.  As I mentioned in my last set of predictions, I will be updating my pics over the weekend, right before Sunday's awards ceremony.  Without further ado, here are the winners of the 59th Drama Desk Awards.

Outstanding Play:  All the Way
Outstanding Musical:  A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Outstanding Revival of a Play:  12th Night
Outstanding Revival of a Musical:  Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Outstanding Actor in a Play:  Bryan Cranston, All the Way
Outstanding Actress in a Play:  Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
Outstanding Actor in a Musical (tie):  Neil Patrick Harris, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Jefferson Mays, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Outstanding Actress in a Musical:  Jessie Mueller, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play:  Reed Birney, Casa Valentina
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play:  Celia Keenan-Bolger, The Glass Menagerie
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical:  James Monroe Iglehart, Aladdin
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (tie):  Anika Larsen, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and Lauren Worsham, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Outstanding Director of a Play:  Tim Carroll, 12th Night
Outstanding Director of a Musical:  Darko Tresnjak, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Outstanding Choreography:  Warren Carlyle, After Midnight
Outstanding Music:  Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County
Outstanding Lyrics:  Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Outstanding Book of a Musical: Robert L. Freedman, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Outstanding Orchestrations:  Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County
Outstanding Set Design:  Rocky
Outstanding Costume Design: Bullets Over Broadway
Outstanding Lighting Design:  Rocky
Outstanding Projection Design:  A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Outstanding Sound Design in a Play:  Machinal
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical:  Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Outstanding Solo Performance:  John Douglas Thompson, Satchmo at the Waldorf
Unique Theatrical Experience:  Cirkopolis

3rd Round of Tony Predictions

The Tony ceremony is only a week away, so it's time for a third set of predictions.  I will post one more set either Saturday or next Sunday right before the ceremony.

Best Play
Will Win:  All the Way
Should Win: All the Way
Dark Horse: Casa Valentina

Best Musical
Will Win:  A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Should Win: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Dark Horse: Beautiful

Best Book of a Musical:
Will Win:  Beautiful
Should Win: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Dark Horse: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

Best Score
Will Win:  Bridges of Madison County
Should Win: Bridges of Madison County
Dark Horse: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

Best Revival of a Play
Will Win: 12th Night
Should Win: Glass Menagerie
Dark Horse: Glass Menagerie

Best Revival of a Musical
Will Win: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Should Win: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Dark Horse: Violet

Best Actor in a Musical
Will Win: Neil Patrick Harris
Should Win: Jefferson Mays
Dark Horse: Jefferson Mays

Best Actress in a Musical
Will Win: Kelli O'Hara
Should Win: Kelli O'Hara
Dark Horse: Sutton Foster

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Will Win: Danny Burstein
Should Win: Danny Burstein
Dark Horse: Nick Cordero

Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Will Win: Anika Larsen
Should Win: Anika Larsen
Dark Horse: Linda Emond

Best Actor in a Play
Will Win: Bryan Cranston
Should Win: Bryan Cranston
Dark Horse: Samuel Barnett

Best Actress in a Play
Will Win: Cherry Jones
Should Win: Cherry Jones
Dark Horse: Audra McDonald

Best Featured Actor in a Play
Will Win: Mark Rylance
Should Win: Mark Rylance
Dark Horse: Reed Birney

Best Featured Actress in a Play
Will Win: Celia Keenan-Bolger
Should Win: Celia Keenan-Bolger
Dark Horse: Mare Winningham

Best Director of a Musical
Will Win: Michael Mayer
Should Win: Darko Tresnjak
Dark Horse: Darko Tresnjak

Best Director of a Play
Will Win: Tim Carroll
Should Win: John Tiffany
Dark Horse: John Tiffany

Best Choreography
Will Win: Warren Carlyle
Should Win: Warren Carlyle
Dark Horse: Casey Nicholaw

Best Orchestrations
Will Win: Jason Robert Brown
Should Win: Jason Robert Brown
Dark Horse: Steve Sidwell

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Will Win: Rocky
Should Win: Rocky
Dark Horse: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Will Win: Machinal
Should Win: Machinal
Dark Horse: Machinal

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Will Win: Bullets Over Broadway
Should Win: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Dark Horse: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Best Costume Design of a Play
Will Win: Casa Valentina
Should Win: Casa Valentina
Dark Horse: 12th Night

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Will Win: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Should Win: Brigdes of Madison County
Dark Horse: Rocky

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Will Win: Machinal
Should Win: Glass Menagerie
Dark Horse: Glass Menagerie

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Will Win: After Midnight
Should Win: Beautiful
Dark Horse: Beautiful

Best Sound Design of a Play
Will Win: Machinal
Should Win: The Cripple of Inishmaan
Dark Horse: The Cripple of Inishmaan