Results Revealed: Who YOU think is going to win the Tony Awards.
Ok, just one more prediction post to make all the nominees just a wee bit more nervy before tomorrow’s big day.
But as I said yesterday in my “What Really Excites Me About This Year’s Tonys” post, I’m not making predictions this year. So these picks ain’t mine.
They’re yours.
Say what?
Here’s how I got ’em . . . and no, I didn’t ask any Russian operatives to hack into your computers to tell me what you’ve been texting about.
A few weeks ago, I announced our annual Tony Pool, where the winner is going to get $500 worth of Broadway tix (stay tuned on Tuesday for the results). So, I simply took the hundreds of entries (we had more entries than there are actual Tony voters!) and looked at who the majority of you think are going to win.
And, for the first time, I’m including the % of the votes each nominee received, so you can see the margin by which you think the winner will take it all, and what got a mandate and what didn’t. (Wouldn’t it be great if the actual Tonys gave us some sort of spread so we could see how close these winners are?)
Are you ready? Here is who YOU think is going to win tomorrow night’s trophies:
Best Play
Oslo: 52%
Best Musical
Dear Evan Hansen: 66%
Best Revival of a Play
August Wilson’s Jitney: 50%
Best Revival of a Musical
Hello, Dolly!: 88%
Best Book of a Musical
Dear Evan Hansen: 67%
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Dear Evan Hansen/ Benj Pasek and Justin Paul: 74%
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Kevin Kline, Present Laughter: 63%
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Laurie Metcalf, A Doll’s House, Part 2: 55%
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen: 79%
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!: 84%
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Danny DeVito, Arthur Miller’s The Price: 84%
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Cynthia Nixon, Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes: 57%
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly!: 44%
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen: 38%
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Nigel Hook, The Play That Goes Wrong: 49%
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812: 81%
Best Costume Design of a Play
Jane Greenwood, Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes: 60%
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Paloma Young, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812: 35%
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Christopher Akerlind, Indecent: 38%
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Bradley King, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812: 64%
Best Direction of a Play:
Bartlett Sher, Oslo: 50%
Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Greif, Dear Evan Hansen: 39%
Best Choreography
Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand: 41%
Best Orchestrations
Dave Malloy, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812: 41%
So that’s who YOU think is going to win. And, well, I love you guys, but I think there will be a few surprises from this list tomorrow night.
Check in on Tuesday to see which one of you won the $500 in Broadway tickets AND to see how you all did!
Oh – and I’ll be live tweetin’ The Tony Awards, so make sure follow me here.
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