Tony Nominations

[brak666]

The Tony nominations are out today. My pick for the winner in bold (musicals only):

ETA: My opinion based on cast recordings, youtube clips, and industry buzz

Best Musical

Curtains
Grey Gardens
Mary Poppins
Spring Awakening

Best Book of a Musical

Curtains
Grey Gardens
Legally Blonde
Spring Awakening

Best Original Score (too close to call)

Curtains
Grey Gardens
Legally Blonde
Spring Awakening

Best Revival of a Musical

The Apple Tree
A Chorus Line
Company
110 in the Shade

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

Michael Cerveris - LoveMusik
Raul Esparza - Company
Jonathan Groff - Spring Awakening
Gavin Lee - Mary Poppins
David Hyde Pierce - Curtains

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (seriously, why even bother nominating anyone else?)

Laura Bell Bundy - Legally Blonde
Christine Ebersole - Grey Gardens
Audra McDonald - 110 in the Shade
Debra Monk - Curtains
Donna Murphy - LoveMusik

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (I'm thinking they'll give it to Cullum because of his reputation, but I'd much rather see it go to Gallagher)

Brooks Ashmanskas - Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Christian Borle - Legally Blonde
John Cullum - 110 in the Shade
John Gallagher Jr. - Spring Awakening
David Pittu - LoveMusik

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Capathia Jenkins totally got robbed. Her part in Fame Becomes Me brings down the house)

Charlotte d'Amboise - A Chorus Line
Rebecca Luker - Mary Poppins
Orfeh - Legally Blonde
Mary Louise Wilson - Grey Gardens
Karen Ziemba - Curtains

Comments

[jgesteve.livejournal.com]

I'd really like to see Jonathan win over Raul... I do have an unnatural dislike of Raul.

[brak666.livejournal.com]

Me too really. Well, I want Jonathan to win, I don't have any particular feelings about Raul (care to elaborate?). But Raul is a name and he's nominated for an iconic role, so I'm pretty sure he's going to win.

[lankyguy.livejournal.com]

I'd rather Gallagher win as well. He was great in Spring Awakening.

[kc-risenphoenix.livejournal.com]

**sigh**

I am so ignorant of Broadway this year.

So I will just hope that all your hopefuls win!

**tosses confetti**

[brak666.livejournal.com]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YX8U1313

That's Spring Awakening. I love it.

[natlyn.livejournal.com]

Have you seen all the musicals nominated?

[brak666.livejournal.com]

Sadly no. My opinion is based on cast recordings, youtube clips, and industry buzz.

[testiculo.livejournal.com]

Spring Awakening seems to be the one to beat.
It's like this year's RENT without, ya know, the Pulitzer.
GreyGardens seems to have shown promise in the beginning when it was off-broadway then went into broadway but then faded out. Curtains has been getting alot of talk in its way so I wouldn't rule that out.
But i'm biased, i only saw Legally Blonde which was alot of fun which is why i'd club a baby seal to see christian borle win (he was brilliant in spamalot as well). He won't, cullum and gallagher will fight it out for that one.
and 110 in the shade is the one to beat for revival, company just seems too easy of a choice for it to win anything, and shade has macdonald, which,c'mon, is the biggest tony award magnet since angela lansbury.