Lansbury is a shoo-in for 'Blithe Spirit'
Tony Award nominations will be announced Tuesday morning by Cynthia Nixon and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Friday the Tony Awards Administration Committee made their final eligibility rulings. So before Miranda Hobbes reveals the actual nods, here are my gutsy, fearless predictions in the major categories.
Best Musical
9 to 5
Billy Elliot
Next to Normal
Shrek
Best Revival of a Musical
Guys and Dolls
Hair
Pal Joey
West Side Story
Best Actor in a Musical
David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish, Billy Elliot
Matt Cavenaugh, West Side Story
Gavin Creel, Hair
Brian D'Arcy James, Shrek
J. Robert Spencer, Next to Normal
Best Actress in a Musical
Stephanie J. Block, 9 to 5
Sutton Foster, Shrek
Megan Hilty, 9 to 5
Allison Janney, 9 to 5
Alice Ripley, Next to Normal
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot
Marc Kudisch, 9 to 5
Christopher Sieber, Shrek
Will Swenson, Hair
Aaron Tveit, Next to Normal
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Kathy Fitzgerald, 9 to 5
Hadyn Gwynne, Billy Elliot
Karen Olivo, West Side Story
Martha Plimpton, Pal Joey
Carole Shelley, Billy Elliot
Best Play
33 Variations
Dividing the Estate
Gods of Carnage
reasons to be pretty
Best Revival of a Play
Blithe Spirit
The Norman Conquests
The Seagull
Waiting for Godot
Best Actor in a Play
Raul Esparza, Speed the Plow
James Gandolfini, Gods of Carnage
Daniel Radcliffe, Equus
Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King
Thomas Sadoski, reasons to be pretty
Best Actress in a Play
Tovah Feldush, Irena's Vow
Jane Fonda, 33 Variations
Marcia Gay Harden, Gods of Carnage
Janet McTeer, Mary Stuart
Kristin Scott Thomas, The Seagull
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Brian Dennehy, Desire Under the Elms
John Glover, Waiting for Godot
John Goodman, Waiting for Godot
Stephen Mangan, The Norman Conquests
Patrick Wilson, All My Sons
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Elizabeth Ashley, Dividing the Estate
Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit
Andrea Martin, Exit the King
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Mercedes Ruehl, The American Plan
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