Stew in Passing Strange, tinazimmer.com
More important than who gets the silly, old Democratic nomination is who will nab the TONY nominations (which will be announced tomorrow; you’ll know it when all theater queens suddenly start shrieking, crying, and saying “What the fuck?”). So here are my seasoned guesses—though I may be at a pronounced disadvantage because I’ve actually seen the shows.
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BEST PLAY
August: Osage County
The Seafarer
Rock and Roll
The 39 Steps
BEST MUSICAL
Xanadu
Young Frankenstein
Passing Strange
In The Heights
PLAY REVIVAL
Macbeth
The Homecoming
Top Girls
Boeing Boeing
MUSICAL REVIVAL
South Pacific
Gypsy
Sunday in the Park with George
Grease
ACTOR, PLAY
Kevin Kline, Cyrano de Bergerac
Rufus Sewell, Rock and Roll
Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Mark Rylance, Boeing Boeing
Patrick Stewart, Macbeth
ACTRESS, PLAY
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
Amy Morton, August: Osage County
Eve Best, The Homecoming
S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back Little Sheba
Sinead Cusack, Rock and Roll
FEATURED ACTOR, PLAY
Raul Esparza, The Homecoming
Jim Norton, The Seafarer
James Earl Jones, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Jeff Perry , August: Osage County
Bobby Cannavale, Mauritius
FEATURED ACTRESS, PLAY
Rondi Reed, August: Osage County
Laurie Metcalf, November
Elizabeth Marvel, Top Girls
Sian Phillips, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Martha Plimpton, Top Girls
ACTOR, MUSICAL
Paolo Szot, South Pacific
Cheyenne Jackson, Xanadu
Roger Bart, Young Frankenstein
Lin-Manuel Miranda, In The Heights
Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park With George
ACTRESS, MUSICAL
Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Kelly O’Hara, South Pacific
Keri Butler, Xanadu
Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park with George
Faith Prince, A Catered Affair
FEATURED ACTOR, MUSICAL
Christopher Fitzgerald, Young Frankenstein
Danny Burstein, South Pacific
Boyd Gaines, Gypsy
Shuler Hensley, Young Frankenstein
Daniel Breaker, Passing Strange
FEATURED ACTRESS, MUSICAL
Harriet Harris, Cry-Baby
Andrea Martin, Young Franksenstein
Olga Merediz, In The Heights
Laura Benanti, Gypsy
Mary Testa, Xanadu