Hello my lovely readers! So
one of my favorite nights of the year is tomorrow night- the Tony Awards!!! With
Neil Patrick Harris hosting for the third year in a row, many tight categories
and with from what I’m hearing some spectacular performances it’s making me giddy and excited just
thinking about it! So here they are my 2013 Tony predictions! Please note that
these are my views and opinions and do not reflect those of the Tony voters.
Best Play
Who will win: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. It
is one of the funniest and wittiest productions to hit Broadway. With the
incredible cast garnering nominations in each acting category for a play such
as the incredible and brilliant Kirsten Nielson. With the rave reviews and the
humor of Christopher Durang who took on a challenge by tackling Chekov and
producing an incredible piece of theatre a Tony win is definitely deserved!
Who I think should win: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.
While I felt The Nance deserved a
nomination and awarding the prize to Lucky
Guy is a great way to honor the last work of the late Nora Ephron Vayna quite frankly I feel is the
strongest and the best in the category.
Best Musical
Who will win: Matilda or Kinky Boots. In the past few years I feel like it has been a clear
choice of who will take home the top prize this year I feel that it can swing
either way. Back in march, Matilda
seemed to be the clear favorite but Kinky
Boots came in and really gave Matilda
some competition. Both shows are just as amazing and brilliant as the other and
people seemed to be divided on who will take it this year.
Who I think should win: Matilda or Kinky Boots see above.
Best Book of a Musical
Who will win: Dennis Kelly for Matilda. What Dennis
Kelly did is extraordinary. Based of the classic novel by Roald Dahl the book
is written so well that you cannot tell what is Dahl and what is him because it
just blends together so well and beautifully making it seem seamless and not
forced or overdone. However, you can never count Harvey Fierstein out of a Tony race!
Who I think should win: Dennis Kelly for Matilda see above.
Best Original Score
Who will win: Tim Minchin for Matilda. The score is
beautiful and just sheer utter brilliance. I absolutely love listening to the
songs on a daily basis and it seems that the voters are very fond of the more
classic Broadway-esque style and sound of the music.
Who I think should win: While
I want to give some love to Hands on a
Hardbody(I really felt that they deserved a Best musical nod) as well as
the other two nominees, Kinky Boots
and A Christmas Story who all had
incredible scores I liked Matilda’s
score just slightly better.
Best Revival of a Play
Who will win: Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf. This
production was absolutely incredible! This show is one that requires so much
stamina each time and clocking in at almost 3 hours per performance those four
actors brought it each and every night. While The Trip to Bountiful could sneak up on them given Cicely Tysons
brilliant performance, Virginia Woolf
will most likely take home the medallion.
Who I think should win: Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf see
above.
Best Revival of a Musical
Who will win: Pippin. I think that it goes without
saying that this show will win. With its incredible performances, breathtaking
sets, costumes and choreography and direction by Diane Paulus it feels like
this is the shoo-in to win
Who I think should win: Pippin see above.
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Who will win: Tom Hanks for Lucky Guy because he is
Tom Hanks and also because of the late, great Nora Ephron who wrote this
incredible part.
Who I think should win: Tracy Letts for Whose Afraid of Virginia
Woolf. It’s a terribly demanding role, which he pulled off every single
night and it was just incredible to watch!
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Who will win: Cicely Tyson for The Trip to Bountiful.
Amazing, incredible performance she deserves the Tony!
Who I think should win: While
I think that Kirsten Nielson would have won if she was placed in featured
either Cicely Tyson or Amy Morton for Whose Afraid of Virginia
Woolf I think should win. Both are incredible performances!
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a
Musical
Who will win: This is the
race of the year. With so many incredible performances that I wish they could
all get one but I think that Bertie
Carvel for Matilda will win.
Who I think should win: Bertie Carvel for Matilda. He brought
the Trunchable to life in a way that I absolutely loved but if he does not win
I would love to see the fabulous and equally deserving Billy Porter for Kinky Boots win.
Best
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Who will win: Patina Miller for Pippin because she is
just so fierce and downright phenomenal as the Leading Player.
Who I think should win: While
I think that Stephanie J. Block definitely
deserves a Tony, Patina I feel will
take the trophy.
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Who will win: While Richard Kind is definitely the one to
watch, Danny Burstein for Golden Boy
will ultimately win because he is Danny Burstein and he is incredible done!
Who I think should win: Danny Burstein see above.
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Who will win: It’s a toss up
between Shailta Grant for Vanya and Judith Light for The Assembled Parties.
Shalita is hysterical and Judith is a Broadway favorite. Both gave incredible
and different performances that it seems that there is no clear favorite to
win.
Who I think should win: Shailta Grant or Judith Light see
above.
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Who will win: Terrence Mann for Pippin. He is not
only incredible but is bringing something different to the role and the show
that I feel that it is finally his time to win a Tony!
Who I think should win: Terrence Mann for Pippin see above.
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Who will win: Andrea Martin for Pippin because she is
Andrea Martin and she gets a standing ovation every night mid-show. That right
there screams Tony win!
Who I think should win: While
I would love to see Annaleigh Ashford,
Andrea Martin definitely deserves
it!
Best Direction of a Musical
Who will win: Diane Paulus for Pippin. What she is
doing is so different and so groundbreaking and I along with the rest of the
community is in love with it! However, I would not be surprised to see Matthew Warchus for Matilda or Jerry Mitchell for Kinky Boots take it!
Who I think should win: Diane Paulus see above.
Best Direction of a Play
Who will win: Nicholas Martin for Vanya. The show is
great, and he did a fabulous job putting together this wonderful piece of
theatre.
Who I think should win: George C. Wolfe for the Lucky Guy. He
is brilliant, he is amazing just give him the Tony!
Best Choreography
Who will win: I go back and
forth with this a lot and I always seem to come down to Peter Darling for Matilda and Chet
Walker for Pippin. Both are amazing and incredibly creative in their own
way appealing to the entire theatre community so we’ll just have to see!
Who I think should win: Any of them!
Best Orchestrations
Who will win: Chris Nightingale for Matilda or Stephen Oremus for Kinky Boots. Both
are equally good but it’s hard to tell.
Who I think should win: Chris Nightingale for Matilda because I just love it and can’t stop listening to it!
The Tony’s air live on Sunday
June 9th at 8pm on CBS! I’ll be live tweeting throughout the night
so follow me on twitter @bwaygirl828 for updates during the live ceremony!
