2011 TONY PREDICTIONS

It has been a did-not-see-that-coming-a-mile-away-awesome year for new plays. A decent year for new original musicals. A piss poor year for award judgment.

 

Tomorrow night I will hopefully be missing the Tony Awards to see Douglas Carter Beane and Lewis Flinn's new downtown musical, Lysistrata Jones - but regardless, here are my predictions for the all important "Antionette Perrys".

 

 

Best Musical:

will win: THE BOOK OF MORMON

should win : BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON (not nominated)

 

Best Play:

will win: WAR HORSE

should win: BRIEF ENCOUNTER (not nominated)

 

Best Revival of a Musical:

will win: ANYTHING GOES

should win: ANYTHING GOES

 

Best Revival of a Play:

will win: THE NORMAL HEART

should win: THE NORMAL HEART

 

Best Actor in a Play:

will win: Mark Rylance (Jerusalem)

should win: Mark Rylance (Jerusalem)

 

Best Actress in a Play:

will win: Frances McDormand (Good People)

should win: Nina Arianda (Born Yesterday)

 

Best Actor in a Musical:

will win: Norbert Leo Butts (Catch Me If You Can)

should win: Benjamin Walker (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) (not nominated)

 

Best Actress in a Musical:

will win: Sutton Foster (Anything Goes)

should win: Sutton Foster (Anything Goes)

 

Best Featured Actor (Play)

will win: John Benjamin Hickey (The Normal Heart)

should win: John Benjamin Hickey (The Normal Heart)

 

Best Featured Actress in a Play

will win: Ellen Barkin (The Normal Heart)

should win: Ellen Barkin (The Normal Heart)

 

Best Featured Actor In a Musical:

will win: Rory O'Malley (The Book of Mormon)

should win: Rory O'Malley (The Book of Mormon)

 

Best Featured Actress in a Musical:

will win: Laura Benanti (Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown)

should win: Laura Benanti (Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown)

 

Best Scenic Design of a Play:

will win: Rae Smith (War Horse)

should win: Mark Wendland (The Merchant of Venice)

 

Best Scenic Design of a Musical:

will win: Scott Pask (The Book of Mormon)

should win: Donyale Werle (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson)

 

Best Costume Design of a Play:

will win: Mark Thompson (La Bete)

should win: Desmond Heeley (The Importance of Being Earnest)

 

Best Costume Design of a Musical:

will win: Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner (Priscilla Queen of the Desert)

should win: Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner (Priscilla Queen of the Desert)

 

Best Lighting Design of a Play:

will win: Paule Constable (War Horse)

should win: Kenneth Posner (The Merchant of Venice)

 

Best Lighting Design of a Musical:

will win: Brian MacDevitt (The Book of Mormon)

should win: Justin Townsend (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) (not nominated)

 

Best Sound Design of a Play:

will win: Christopher Shutt (War Horse)

should win: Christopher Shutt (War Horse)

 

Best Sound Design of a Musical:

will win: Brian Ronan (The Book of Mormon)

should win: Bart Farsbender (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) (not nominated)

 

Best Score:

will win: THE BOOK OF MORMON (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone)

should win: THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS (John Kander and Fred Ebb)

 

Best Book:

will win: THE BOOK OF MORMON (Matt Stone and Trey Parker)

should win: BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON (Alex Timbers)

 

Best Direction of a Play:

will win: Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris (War Horse)

should win: Emma Rice (Brief Encounter) (not nominated)

 

Best Direction of a Musical:

will win: Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker (The Book of Mormon)

should win: Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker (The Book of Mormon)
Best Choreography:

will win: Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon)

should win: Susan Stroman (The Scottsboro Boys)

 

Best Orchestrations:

will win: Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus (The Book of Mormon)

should win: Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus (The Book of Mormon)

 

 

Well there you have it! What are your predictions?

THEATRE TO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS SPRING

BROADWAY.

With only twenty shows currently playing on Broadway, and most of what opened in the Fall over and done with, everyone is craving some new blood on the Great White Way.

Here is what I am most looking forward to...



THE BOOK OF MORMON.

 From the creators of South Park and Avenue Q, comes The Book of Mormon - a musical skewering of religion.

Vogue calls it "hands down, the filthiest, most offensive, and—surprise—sweetest thing you’ll see on Broadway this year, and quite possibly the funniest musical ever."

Do I rule my life by what Vogue says? No. But word of mouth has been promising, and the premise is fantastically provocative. If South Park - Bigger, Longer, and Uncut is any indication, The Book of Mormon should be great fun, extremely crass, and quite ridiculous.