With the Tonys just around the corner (I can't believe they're tomorrow!), I thought it was time to share my predictions with you all here. If you'd like to hear a lot more detail about what I'm predicting, you can listen to our Next Best Theatre predictions episode. I've gone out on a limb with a few of these (notably the acting categories for musicals) because I always like to make a couple of risky predictions!
Best Musical
Prediction: Hadestown
Alternate: The Prom
Best Play
Prediction: The Ferryman
Alternate: What the Constitution Means to Me
Best Revival of a Musical
Prediction: The Waverly Gallery
Alternate: The Boys in the Band
Best Revival of a Play
Prediction: Oklahoma!
Alternate: Kiss Me, Kate
Leading Actor in a Musical
Prediction: Alex Brightman, Beetlejuice
Alternate: Santino Fontana, Tootsie
Leading Actor in a Play
Prediction: Bryan Cranston, Network
Alternate: Paddy Considine, The Ferryman
Leading Actress in a Musical
Prediction: Eva Noblezada, Hadestown
Alternate: Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show
Leading Actress in a Play
Prediction: Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery
Alternate: Laura Donnelly, The Ferryman
Featured Actor in a Musical
Prediction: André de Shields, Hadestown
Alternate: Patrick Page, Hadestown
Featured Actor in a Play
Prediction: Bertie Carvel, Ink
Alternate: Brandon Uranowitz, Burn This
Featured Actress in a Musical
Prediction: Amber Gray, Hadestown
Alternate: Ali Stroker, Oklahoma!
Featured Actress in a Play
Prediction: Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird
Alternate: Fionnula Flanagan, The Ferryman
Book of a Musical
Prediction: Hadestown
Alternate: Tootsie
Score
Prediction: Hadestown
Alternate: The Prom
Scenic Design of a Musical
Prediction: Beetlejuice
Alternate: Hadestown
Scenic Design of a Play
Prediction: The Ferryman
Alternate: Network
Costume Design of a Musical
Prediction: The Cher Show
Alternate: Hadestown
Costume Design of a Play
Prediction: Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Alternate: The Ferryman
Lighting Design of a Musical
Prediction: Hadestown
Alternate: Beetlejuice
Lighting Design of a Play
Prediction: Network
Alternate: The Ferryman
Sound Design of a Musical
Prediction: Hadestown
Alternate: Beetlejuice
Sound Design of a Play
Prediction: Network
Alternate: The Ferryman
Direction of a Musical
Prediction: Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown
Alternate: Daniel Fish, Oklahoma!
Direction of a Play
Prediction: Sam Mendes, The Ferryman
Alternate: Rupert Goold, Ink
Choreography
Prediction: Kiss Me, Kate
Alternate: Hadestown
Orchestrations
Prediction: Hadestown
Alternate: Oklahoma!
Do you agree with my predictions or not? Let me know in the comments or on Twitter. I'll be watching on Sunday night with my theatre podcast co-host Dan. I'll be live-tweeting, so reach out to me there if you're watching too!
