Broadway’s brightest night is coming soon and since I love theater I decided I’d take a crack at the Tony nominees. I only did major categories because there are soooo many awards and I haven’t seen all the shows.
Musicals
Best Musical
Newsies
Leap of Faith
Once
Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Best Revival of a Musical
Evita
Porgy and Bess
Follies
Godspell
Jesus Christ Superstar
Leading Actress
Audra McDonald, Porgy and Bess
Elena Roger, Evita
Bernadette Peters, Follies
Kelli O’Hara, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Jan Maxwell, Follies
Leading Actor
Jeremy Jordan, Newsies
Steve Kazee, Once
Raul Esparza, Leap of Faith
Norm Lewis, Porgy and Bess
Danny Burstein, Follies
Featured Actress
Ellen Paige, Follies
Jayne Houdyshell, Follies
Judy Kaye, Nice Work if You Can Get It
NaTasha Yvette Williams, Porgy and Bess
Jessie Mueller, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Featured Actor
David Allen Grier, Porgy and Bess
Phillip Boykin, Porgy and Bess
Ricky Martin, Evita
Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Newsies
Josh Young, Jesus Christ Superstar
Plays
Play
Clybourne Park
Other Desert Cities
One Man, Two Guvnors
Peter and the Starcatcher
The Lyons
Revival
Death of a Salesman
Gore Vidal’s The Best Man
A Streetcar Named Desire
Master Class
Wit
Actress in a Leading Role
Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
Linda Lavin, The Lyons
Cynthia Nixon, Wit
Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities
Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow
Actor in a Leading Role
John Lithgow, The Columnist
Samuel L. Jackson, The Mountaintop
Alan Rickamn, Seminar
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Death of A Salesman
Frank Wood, Clybourne Park
Featured Actor
Thomas Sadoski, Other Desert Cities
Jim Dale, The Road to Mecca
Andrew Garfield, Death of a Salesman
Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher
Damon Gupton, Clybourne Park
Featured Actress
Judith Light, Other Desert Cities
Condola Rashad, Stick Fly
Crystal A. Dickson, Clybourne Park
Linda Edmond, Death of a Salesman
Angela Lansbury, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man