2009 Tony Award Predictions!

Whoops, I completely forgot about this blog already.  Oh well.  I'm back just in time for the Tony Awards!

And here they are...my Tony Award predictions!

How I Did:  20-7

Best Play

Dividing the Estate

God of Carnage

Reasons to be Pretty

33 Variations

Actual Winner: God of Carnage

Best Musical

Billy Elliot, The Musical

Next to Normal

Rock of Ages

Shrek The Musical

Actual Winner: Billy Elliot, The Musical!

Best Book of a Musical

Billy Elliot, The Musical - Lee Hall

Next to Normal - Brian Yorkey

Shrek The Musical - David Lindsay-Abaire

[title of show] - Hunter Bell

Actual Winner: Billy Elliot, The Musical - Lee Hall

Best Original Score

Billy Elliot, The Musical - Elton John & Lee Hall

Next to Normal - Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey

9 to 5: The Musical - Dolly Parton

Shrek The Musical - Jeanine Tesori & David Lindsay-Abaire

Actual Winner: Next to Normal - Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey

Best Revival of a Play

Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Mary Stuart

The Norman Conquests

Waiting for Godot

Actual Winner: The Norman Conquests

Best Revival of a Musical

Guys & Dolls

Hair

Pal Joey

West Side Story

Actual Winner: Hair

Best Special Theatrical Event

Liza's at the Palace

Slava's Showdown

Soul of Shaolin

You're Welcome America: A Final Night with George W. Bush

Actual Winner: Liza's at the Palace

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Jeff Daniels - God of Carnage

Raul Esparza - Speed the Plow

James Gandolfini - God of Carnage

Geoffrey Rush - Exit the King

Thomas Sadoski - Reasons to be Pretty

Actual Winner: Geoffrey Rush - Exit the King

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Hope Davis - God of Carnage

Jane Fonda - 33 Variations

Marcia Gay Harden - God of Carnage

Janet McTeer - Mary Stuart

Harriet Walter - Mary Stuart

Actual Winner: Marcia Gay Harden - God of Carnage

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Gavin Creel - Hair

Brian d'Arcy James - Shrek The Musical

Constantine Maroulis - Rock of Ages

J. Robert Spencer - Next to Normal

Actual Winner: The Three Billys!! :)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Stockard Channing - Pal Joey

Sutton Foster - Shrek The Musical

Allison Janney - 9 to 5: The Musical

Alice Ripley - Next to Normal

Josefina Scaglione - West Side Story

Actual Winner: Alice Ripley - Next to Normal

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

John Glover - Waiting For Godot

Zach Grenier - 33 Variations

Stephen Mangan - The Norman Conquests

Paul Ritter - The Norman Conquests

Roger Robinson - Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Actual Winner: Roger Robinson - Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

Hallie Foote - Dividing the Estate

Jessica Hynes - The Norman Conquests

Marin Ireland - Reasons to be Pretty

Angela Lansbury - Blithe Spirit

Amanda Root - The Norman Conquests

Actual Winner: Angela Lansbury - Blithe Spirit

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

David Bologna - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Gregory Jbara - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Marc Kudisch - 9 to 5: The Musical

Christopher Sieber - Shrek The Musical

Will Swenson - Hair

Actual Winner: Gregory Jbara - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

Jennifer Damiano - Next to Normal

Haydn Gwynne - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Karen Olivo - West Side Story

Martha Plimpton - Pal Joey

Carole Shelley - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Actual Winner: Karen Olivo - West Side Story

Best Direction of a Play

Phyllida Lloyd - Mary Stuart

Bartlett Sher - Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Matthew Warchus - God of Carnage

Matthew Warchus - The Norman Conquests

Actual Winner: Matthew Warchus - God of Carnage

Best Direction of a Musical

Stephen Daldry - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Michael Grief - Next to Normal

Kristin Hanggi - Rock of Ages

Diane Paulus - Hair

Actual Winner: Stephen Daldry - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Best Choreography

Karole Armitage - Hair

Andy Blankenbuehler - 9 to 5: The Musical

Peter Darling - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Randy Skinner - Irving Berlin's White Christmas

Actual Winner: Peter Darling - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Best Orchestrations

Larry Blank - Irving Berlin's White Christmas

Martin Koch - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt - Next to Normal

Danny Troob and John Clancy - Shrek The Musical

Actual Winner: TIE!!  Martin Koch - Billy Elliot, The Musical AND Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt - Next to Normal

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Dale Ferguson - Exit the King

Rob Howell - The Norman Conquests

Derek McLane - 33 Variations

Michael Yeargan - Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Actual Winner: Derek McLane - 33 Variations

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Robert Brill - Guys & Dolls

Ian MacNeil - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Scott Pask - Pal Joey

Mark Wendland - Next to Normal

Actual Winner: Ian MacNeil - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Best Costume Design of a Play

Dale Ferguson - Exit the King

Jane Greenwood - Waiting for Godot

Martin Pakledinaz - Blithe Spirit

Anthony Ward - Mary Stuart

Actual Winner: Anthony Ward - Mary Stuart

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Gregory Gale - Rock of Ages

Nicky Gillibrand - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Tim Hatley - Shrek The Musical

Michael McDonald - Hair

Actual Winner: Tim Hatley - Shrek The Musical

Best Lighting Design of a Play

David Hersey - Equus

David Lander - 33 Variations

Brian MacDevitt - Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Hugh Vanstone - Mary Stuart

Actual Winner: Brian MacDevitt - Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Kevin Adams - Hair

Kevin Adams - Next to Normal

Howell Binkley - West Side Story

Rick Fisher - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Actual Winner: Rick Fisher - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Best Sound Design of a Play

Paul Arditti - Mary Stuart

Gregory Clarke - Equus

Russell Goldsmith - Exit the King

Scott Lehrer and Leon Rothenberg - Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Actual Winner: Gregory Clarke - Equus

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Acme Sound Partners - Hair

Paul Arditti - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Peter Hylenski - Rock of Ages

Brian Ronan - Next to Normal

Actual Winner: Paul Arditti - Billy Elliot, The Musical