JUST FOR FUN-- RATM Tony picks-- JUST FOR FUN
Steve Newport
your choice in each category and we'll add them up and see who "wins"
here.
Nominations for the 2008 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards®
Presented by The Broadway League and the
American Theatre Wing
Best Play
August: Osage County
Author: Tracy Letts
Rock 'n' Roll
Author: Tom Stoppard
The Seafarer
Author: Conor McPherson
The 39 Steps
Author: Patrick Barlow
Best Musical
Cry-Baby
In The Heights
Passing Strange
Xanadu
Best Book of a Musical
Cry-Baby
Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan
In The Heights
Quiara Alegría Hudes
Passing Strange
Stew
Xanadu
Douglas Carter Beane
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Cry-Baby
Music & Lyrics: David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger
In The Heights
Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Little Mermaid
Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater
Passing Strange
Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald
Lyrics: Stew
Best Revival of a Play
Boeing-Boeing
The Homecoming
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Macbeth
Best Revival of a Musical
Grease
Gypsy
South Pacific
Sunday in the Park with George
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
Rufus Sewell, Rock 'n' Roll
Patrick Stewart, Macbeth
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Eve Best, The Homecoming
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
Kate Fleetwood, Macbeth
S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba
Amy Morton, August: Osage County
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park with George Lin-Manuel Miranda, In The
Heights
Stew, Passing Strange
Paulo Szot, South Pacific
Tom Wopat, A Catered Affair
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Kerry Butler, Xanadu
Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Kelli O'Hara, South Pacific
Faith Prince, A Catered Affair
Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park with George
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Bobby Cannavale, Mauritius
Raúl Esparza, The Homecoming
Conleth Hill, The Seafarer
Jim Norton, The Seafarer
David Pittu, Is He Dead?
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Sinead Cusack, Rock 'n' Roll
Mary McCormack, Boeing-Boeing
Laurie Metcalf, November
Martha Plimpton, Top Girls
Rondi Reed, August: Osage County
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Daniel Breaker, Passing Strange
Danny Burstein, South Pacific
Robin De Jesús, In The Heights
Christopher Fitzgerald, Young Frankenstein
Boyd Gaines, Gypsy
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
de'Adre Aziza, Passing Strange
Laura Benanti, Gypsy
Andrea Martin, Young Frankenstein
Olga Merediz, In The Heights
Loretta Ables Sayre, South Pacific
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps
Scott Pask, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Todd Rosenthal, August: Osage County
Anthony Ward, Macbeth
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
David Farley and Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network, Sunday in
the Park with George
Anna Louizos, In The Heights
Robin Wagner, Young Frankenstein Michael Yeargan, South Pacific
Best Costume Design of a Play
Gregory Gale, Cyrano de Bergerac
Rob Howell, Boeing-Boeing
Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps
Best Costume Design of a Musical
David Farley, Sunday in the Park with George
Martin Pakledinaz, Gypsy
Paul Tazewell, In The Heights
Catherine Zuber, South Pacific
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Kevin Adams, The 39 Steps
Howard Harrison, Macbeth
Donald Holder, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Ann G. Wrightson, August: Osage County
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park with George
Howell Binkley, In The Heights
Donald Holder, South Pacific
Natasha Katz, The Little Mermaid
Best Sound Design of a Play
Simon Baker, Boeing-Boeing
Adam Cork, Macbeth
Ian Dickson, Rock 'n' Roll
Mic Pool, The 39 Steps
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Acme Sound Partners, In The Heights
Sebastian Frost, Sunday in the Park with George
Scott Lehrer, South Pacific
Dan Moses Schreier, Gypsy
Best Direction of a Play
Maria Aitken, The 39 Steps
Conor McPherson, The Seafarer
Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
Matthew Warchus, Boeing-Boeing
Best Direction of a Musical
Sam Buntrock, Sunday in the Park with George
Thomas Kail, In The Heights
Arthur Laurents, Gypsy
Bartlett Sher, South Pacific
Best Choreography
Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby
Andy Blankenbuehler, In The Heights
Christopher Gattelli, South Pacific
Dan Knechtges, Xanadu
Best Orchestrations
Jason Carr, Sunday in the Park with George
Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman, In The Heights
Stew & Heidi Rodewald, Passing Strange
Jonathan Tunick, A Catered Affair
Harlett O'Dowd
> Nominations for the 2008 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards®
> Presented by The Broadway League and the
> American Theatre Wing
>
> Best Play
> August: Osage County
> Author: Tracy Letts
>
> Passing Strange
>
> Best Book of a Musical
> Stew
> Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
> In The Heights
> Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
>
> Best Revival of a Play
> Les Liaisons Dangereuses
>
> Best Revival of a Musical
> South Pacific
>
> Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
> Patrick Stewart, Macbeth
>
> Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
> Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
>
> Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
> Paulo Szot, South Pacific
>
> Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
> Patti LuPone, Gypsy
>
> Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
> Jim Norton, The Seafarer
> Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
> Mary McCormack, Boeing-Boeing
>
> Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
> Christopher Fitzgerald, Young Frankenstein
> Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
>> Laura Benanti, Gypsy
>
> Best Scenic Design of a Play
> Scott Pask, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
>
> Best Scenic Design of a Musical
> Robin Wagner, Young Frankenstein Michael Yeargan, South Pacific
>
> Best Costume Design of a Play
> Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
>
> Best Costume Design of a Musical
> Martin Pakledinaz, Gypsy
>
> Best Lighting Design of a Play
> Ann G. Wrightson, August: Osage County
>
> Best Lighting Design of a Musical
> Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park with George
>
> Best Sound Design of a Play
> Mic Pool, The 39 Steps
>
> Best Sound Design of a Musical
> Scott Lehrer, South Pacific
>
> Best Direction of a Play
> Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
>
> Best Direction of a Musical
> Bartlett Sher, South Pacific
>
> Best Choreography
> Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby
>
> Best Orchestrations
Steve Newport
Even if you're posting from a Settlement Camp in Siberia. Delete from
initial post all but your choices in each category and we'll add them up
and see who "wins" here. Example:
Play
August: Osage County (both)
Musical
Cry-Baby (vote)
Passing Strange (prediction)
Book of a Musical
Xanadu (both)
Original Score
The Little Mermaid (vote)
Passing Strange (prediction)
Revival of a Play
Boeing-Boeing (prediction)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (vote)
Revival of a Musical
South Pacific (both)
Leading Actor in a Play
Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses (vote)
Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing (prediction)
Leading Actress in a Play
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
(prediction)
S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba (vote)
Leading Actor in a Musical
Paulo Szot, South Pacific
Leading Actress in a Musical
Patti LuPone, Gypsy (prediction)
Faith Prince, A Catered Affair (vote)
Featured Actor in a Play
Conleth Hill, The Seafarer (prediction)
David Pittu, Is He Dead? (vote)
Featured Actress in a Play
Sinead Cusack, Rock 'n' Roll (vote)
Laurie Metcalf, November (prediction)
Featured Actor in a Musical
Daniel Breaker, Passing Strange (prediction)
Christopher Fitzgerald, Young Frankenstein (vote)
Featured Actress in a Musical
Laura Benanti, Gypsy (both)
Scenic Design of a Play
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (both)
Scenic Design of a Musical
Sunday in the Park with George (both)
Costume Design of a Play
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (both)
Costume Design of a Musical
Sunday in the Park with George (both)
Lighting Design of a Play
August: Osage County (both)
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Natasha Katz, The Little Mermaid (both)
Sound Design of a Play
Macbeth (both)
Sound Design of a Musical
In The Heights (prediction)
Sunday in the Park with George (vote)
Direction of a Play
Maria Aitken, The 39 Steps (vote)
Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County (prediction)
Direction of a Musical
Bartlett Sher, South Pacific (both)
Choreography
Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby (prediction)
Dan Knechtges, Xanadu (vote)
Orchestrations
Sunday in the Park with George (prediction)
A Catered Affair (vote)
atsar...@hotmail.com
> Best Play
> August: Osage County
because Stoppard won last year (though RnR is a better play)
> Best Musical
> In The Heights
because I haven't seen it yet and now it will be too crowded
> Best Book of a Musical
> Passing Strange
> Stew
> Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
> In The Heights
> Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
> Best Revival of a Play
> Macbeth
> Best Revival of a Musical
> South Pacific
> Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
> Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
although I'm rooting for Rufus and wouldn't be surprised if Stewart
got it.
> Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
> Eve Best, The Homecoming
or
> S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba
> Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
>Lin-Manuel Miranda, In The Heights
> Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
> Patti LuPone, Gypsy
> Kelli O'Hara, South Pacific
> Faith Prince, A Catered Affair
A tough call.
> Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
> David Pittu, Is He Dead?
He's been working hard for years. And he's cute. And he sings
beautifully though not in this.
> Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
> Sinead Cusack, Rock 'n' Roll
or
> Martha Plimpton, Top Girls
> Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
> Danny Burstein, South Pacific
because he deserved it for Drowsy Chaperone
> Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
> Andrea Martin, Young Frankenstein
because everyone adores her (what's not to adore?) but perhaps Laura
Benanti will cop it.
> Best Scenic Design of a Play
> Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps
> Best Scenic Design of a Musical
> David Farley and Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network, Sunday in
> the Park with George
> Best Costume Design of a Play
> Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps
> Best Costume Design of a Musical
> Paul Tazewell, In The Heights
Not Xanadu?
> Best Lighting Design of a Play
> Kevin Adams, The 39 Steps
> Best Lighting Design of a Musical
> Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park with George
> Best Sound Design of a Play
> Adam Cork, Macbeth
> Best Sound Design of a Musical
> Acme Sound Partners, In The Heights
> Best Direction of a Play
> Matthew Warchus, Boeing-Boeing
> Best Direction of a Musical
> Arthur Laurents, Gypsy
Because it's his last run for a Tony (maybe).
revival of Do I Hear A Waltz? anybody?
> Best Choreography
> Andy Blankenbuehler, In The Heights
or Xanadu
> Best Orchestrations
> Jonathan Tunick, A Catered Affair
They gotta get something.
-- Jean Coeur de Lapin
Camp Omski, Siberia
David Lawver
> Even if you're posting from a Settlement Camp in Siberia. Delete all but
> your choice in each category and we'll add them up and see who "wins"
> here.
>
> Presented by The Broadway League and the
> American Theatre Wing
Reacting only to ones I actually got to see, and since I didn't get to
see all nominees in any category, realizing that my choices may not
be valid.
> Best Revival of a Musical
> Sunday in the Park with George
Though South Pacific is very very good indeed, I thought
SITP was overwhelming
> Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
> Tom Wopat, A Catered Affair
Evans and Szot also strong... but oh, the pain and
vulnerability in this performance.
>
> Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
> Faith Prince, A Catered Affair
A career-defining performance, vs very good efforts from
O'Hara and Russell.
> Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
> Danny Burstein, South Pacific
Only nominee I saw... deserving.
> Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
> Loretta Ables Sayre, South Pacific
Also only one I saw... VERY deserving.
> Best Scenic Design of a Musical
> David Farley and Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network, Sunday in
> the Park with George
> Michael Yeargan, South Pacific
Hmmm... I can't choose here... both had strengths.
> Best Costume Design of a Play
> Gregory Gale, Cyrano de Bergerac
> Rob Howell, Boeing-Boeing
> Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
> Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps
>
> Best Costume Design of a Musical
> David Farley, Sunday in the Park with George
I was not particularly fond of the costumes in SP...
thought they missed many opportunities.
> Best Lighting Design of a Musical
> Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park with George
Breathtaking... which South Pacific could have been but
to me again missed opportunities.
> Best Sound Design of a Musical
> Scott Lehrer, South Pacific
With a nicely done to SITP
> Best Direction of a Musical
> Sam Buntrock, Sunday in the Park with George
SP - again - missed opportunities.
> Best Choreography
Gosh, I hope one of the other nominees was better
than SP!
> Best Orchestrations
> Jonathan Tunick, A Catered Affair
Miraculous!!!
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David Lawver la...@charter.net
"Without danger, Mr. Bardolph, there is no theatre." -Peter Shaffer
Steve Newport
From: la...@charter.net (David Lawver)
Affair
Evans and Szot also strong... but oh, the pain and vulnerability in this
performance. Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Faith
Prince, A Catered Affair
A career-defining performance, vs very good efforts from O'Hara and
Russell.
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So why did this show get left out of the Best Musical category?
David Lawver
A good question... several thoughts -
It's not upbeat... and it's appeal is to an older demographic than
either Passing Strange or In the Heights. The music is somewhat complex
and not immediately hummable... I don't think it would look especially
appealing in a 3-minute segment on the broadcast, and especially I'll
bet that the road producers were not interested in it.
Clive Barnes's review:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04182008/entertainment/theater/an_affair_to_remember__a_musical_of_note_106945.htm
pretty much captures my reaction to the show.
Note that it did win the Drama League....
atsar...@hotmail.com
> Steve Newport wrote:
>
> > From: la...@charter.net (David Lawver)
> > Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Tom Wopat, A Catered
> > Affair
> > Evans and Szot also strong... but oh, the pain and vulnerability in this
> > performance. Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Faith
> > Prince, A Catered Affair
> > A career-defining performance, vs very good efforts from O'Hara and
> > Russell.
> > Best Orchestrations, Jonathan Tunick, A Catered Affair Miraculous!!!
> > ----------------------------------
> > So why did this show get left out of the Best Musical category?
>
> A good question... several thoughts -
>
> It's not upbeat... and it's appeal is to an older demographic than
> either Passing Strange or In the Heights. The music is somewhat complex
> and not immediately hummable... I don't think it would look especially
> appealing in a 3-minute segment on the broadcast, and especially I'll
> bet that the road producers were not interested in it.
>
> pretty much captures my reaction to the show.
>
> Note that it did win the Drama League....
>
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> David Lawver la...@charter.net
> "Without danger, Mr. Bardolph, there is no theatre." -Peter Shaffer
You're right -- the Jersey Boys voters (a very large segment nowadays)
won't care for it if they even bother to see it.
J C de L
Steve Newport
From: la...@charter.net (David Lawver)
<<<So why did A CATERED AFFAIR get left out of the Best Musical
category?>>>
A good question... several thoughts -
It's not upbeat... and it's appeal is to an older demographic than
producers were not interested in it.
Clive Barnes's review:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04182008/entertainment/theater/an_affair_to_remember__a_musical_of_note_106945.htm
pretty much captures my reaction to the show.
Note that it did win the Drama League....
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Steve Newport
From: atsar...@hotmail.com
Note that it did win the Drama League Best Musical Award.
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The Jersey Boys voters (a very large segment nowadays) won't care for it
(A CATERED AFAIR) if they even bother to see it.
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I hate them. They're the Kentucky and West Virginia of Tony voters.
Harlett O'Dowd
EEK!
Not that there were many takers - or that it's much to brag about -
but it looks like I won the RATM Tony pool.
Correct Predictions (of 26 categories):
Your own Harlett - 15 (58%)
Mr. Newport - 11 (42%)
Jean Coeur de Lapin - 8 (well, seven really as he was kinda wishy
washy about musical actress and featured) - (31%)
Steve Newport
From: chris.c...@worldspan.com (Harlett O'Dowd) it looks like I
won the RATM Tony pool. Correct Predictions (of 26 categories): Your own
Harlett - 15 (58%)
Congratulations. You've won two half price tickets to PETE 'N' KEELY in
Boca Raton, FL.