71st Annual Tony Award Predictions: Part 1

So let's make this a yearly thing because the Tony Awards are our Super Bowl people. So we don't have a host yet. I'm hoping for a female host this year. Now I am going to state that these predictions are based on four things 1) My own opinion 2) Who was already been nominated for awards 3) What others have already predicted and frankly a little guessing. Yeah so safe to say this is a really bad Tony awards prediction. I'm not that familiar with most of the shows this season. Sorry :/ I do have many ideas on who should host though! (Sheryl Lee Ralph, Sutton Foster, Laura Benanti, Sierra Boggess) We really need a female host this year. We will compare this list when the nominations are announced on May 12th.

• Best Play
• The Encounter
• The Play That Goes Wrong
• Significant Other
• Sweat

  

  The Company
  The Play That Goes Wrong

• Best Musical
• Come from Away
• Dear Evan Hansen
• Groundhog Day
• Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
• Best Revival of a Play
• The Cherry Orchard
• The Glass Menagerie
• Present Laughter
• Six Degrees of Separation
• Best Revival of a Musical
• Falsettos
• Hello, Dolly!
• Miss Saigon
• Sunset Boulevard
• Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
• Gideon Glick- Significant Other as Jordan
• John Benjamin Hickey- Six Degrees of Separation as Flan Kittredge
• Kevin Kline- Present Laughter as Garry Essendine
• Joe Mantello- The Glass Menagerie as Tom Wingfield
• Simon McBurney- The Encounter as Loren McIntyre
• Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
• Cate Blanchet- The Present as Anna
• Sally Field- The Glass Menagerie as Amanda Wingfield
• Allison Janney- Six Degrees of Separation as Ouisa Kittredge
• Janet McTeer- Les Liaisons Dangereuses as La Marquise de Merteuil

  

  Simon McBurney as Loren McIntyre
  The Encounter

• Mary-Louise Parker- Heisenberg as Georgie Burns
• Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
• Christian Borle- Falsettos as Marvin (Or for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
• Jon Jon Briones- Miss Saigon as The Engineer
• Nick Cordero- A Bronx Tale as Sonny
• Ben Platt- Dear Evan Hansen as Evan Hansen
• Michael Xavier- Sunset Boulevard as Joe Gillis
• Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
• Christy Altomare- Anastasia as Anya/Anastasia
• Denée Benton- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 as Natasha Rostova
• Bette Middler- Hello, Dolly! as Dolly Levi
• Eva Noblezada- Miss Saigon as Kim
• Laura Osnes- Bandstand as Julia Trojan
• Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
• Johanna Day- Sweat as Tracey
• Danny DeVito- The Price as Gregory Solomon
• Henry Lewis- The Play That Goes Wrong as Robert
• Jefferson Mays- The Front Page as Bensinger
• Finn Wittrock- The Glass Menagerie as Jim O'Connor

  

  Patti LuPone as Helena Rubenstein
  Douglas Sills as Harry Fleming
  War Paint
• Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
• Madison Ferris- The Glass Menagerie as Laura Wingfield
• Celia Keenan-Bolger- The Cherry Orchard as Varya
• Lindsay Mendez- Significant Other as Laura
• Laurie Metcalf- A Doll's House, Part 2 as Nora
• Sherie Rene Scott- The Front Page as Mollie Malloy
• Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
• Rodney Hicks- Come From Away as Bob and others
• Fred Johanson- Sunset Boulevard as Max von Meyerling
• Ramin Karimloo- Anastasia as Gleb Vaganov
• Chad Kimball- Come From Away as Kevin Tuerff and others
• Lucas Steele- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 as Anatole Kuragin
• Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
• Jenn Colella- Come From Away as Annette, Beverley and others
• Siobhan Dillon- Sunset Boulevard as Betty Schaefer
• Rachel Bay Jones- Dear Evan Hanson as Heidi Hansen
• Beth Leavel- Bandstand as Mrs. Adams
• Mary Beth Peil- Anastasia as Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
• Best Book of a Musical
• David Hein and Irene Sankoff- Come From Away
• Steven Levenson- Dear Evan Hanson
• Dave Malloy- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
• Chazz Palminteri- A Bronx Tale
• Danny Rubin- Groundhog Day
• Best Original Score
• Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan and Sara Wordsworth- In
  Transit
• David Hein and Irene Sankoff- Come From Away
• Benj Pasek and Justin Paul- Dear Evan Hanson
• Dave Malloy- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
• Tim Minchin- Groundhog Day
• Best Scenic Design of a Play
• Nigel Hook- The Play That Goes Wrong

  

  Ben Platt as Evan Hansen
  Dear Evan Hansen

• Michael Levine- The Encounter
• Mark Wendland- Significant Other
• Mark Wendland- Six Degrees of Separation
• David Zinn- Present Laughter
• Best Scenic Design of a Musical
• Alexander Dodge- Anastasia
• Totie Driver and Matt Kinley- Miss Saigon
• David Korins- Dear Evan Hanson
• Mimi Lien- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
• James Noon- Sunset Boulevard
• Best Costume Design of a Play
• Susan Hilferty- Present Laughter
• Clint Ramos- Six Degrees of Separation
• Ann Roth- The Front Page
• Tom Scutt- Les Liaisons Dangereuses
• Kaye Voyce- Significant Other
• Best Costume Design of a Musical
• Linda Cho- Anastasia
• Toni-Leslie James- Come From Away
• Mark Thompson- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Paloma Young- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
• Catharine Zuber- War Paint
• Best Lighting Design of a Play

  

  Lucas Steele as Anatole Kuragin
  Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

• Paul Anderson- The Encounter
• Brian MacDevitt- The Front Page
• Ric Mountjoy- The Play That Goes Wrong
• Justin Townsend- Present Laughter
• Japhy Weideman- Significant Other
• Best Lighting Design of a Musical
• Mark Henderson- Sunset Boulevard
• Donald Holder- Anastasia
• Bradley King- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
• Bruno Poet- Miss Saigon
• Kenneth Posner- War Paint
• Best Direction of a Play
• Mark Bell- The Play That Goes Wrong
• Trip Cullman- Significant Other
• Sam Gold- The Glass Menagerie
• Jack O'Brien- The Front Page
• Kate Whoriskey- Sweat
• Best Direction of a Musical
• Christopher Ashley- Come From Away

  

  Miss Saigon

• Andy Blankenbuehler- Bandstand
• Rachel Chavkin- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
• Lonny Price- Sunset Boulevard
• Darko Tresnjak- Anastasia
• Best Choreography
• Andy Blankenbuehler- Bandstand (Or Cats)
• Peggy Hickey- Anastasia
• Denis Jones- Holiday Inn
• Sam Pinleton- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
• Sergio Trujillo- A Bronx Tale
• Best Orchestrations
• William David Brohn- Miss Saigon
• David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber- Sunset Boulevard
• Bill Elliot and Greg Anthony Rassen- Bandstand
• August Eriksmoen- Come From Away
• Dave Malloy- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Nominations per production
11: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
9: Come From Away
8: Anastasia/Sunset Boulevard
7: Significant Other
6: Bandstand/Dear Evan Hanson/The Glass Menagerie/Miss Saigon
5: The Front Page/The Play That Goes Wrong/Present Laughter/Six Degrees of Seperation
4: The Encounter
3: A Bronx Tale/Groundhog Day/Sweat
2: The Cherry Orchard/Falsettos/Hello, Dolly!/Les Liaisons Dangereuses/The Price/War Paint

Sherie Rene Scott as Mollie Malloy
The Front Page

1: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, A Doll's House Part 2, Heisenberg, Holiday Inn/In Transit/Indecent/The Present

Honorary Tony Options

1. Bette Middler*
2. Glenn Close
3. Jennifer Holliday
4. Kristin Chenoweth
5. Sheryl Lee Ralph

*If Bette is not nominated for a Tony I think she will be in the running for an Honorary Tony.