Monday, June 12, 2017

Tony award results-How were my guesses?!

I posted on Sunday what my Tony award guesses. Wanna know how I did? I was interested to know so here we go. Below is my original info WITH the actual winners added:
Play:
Favorite: Sweat
Who I think will win: Oslo 
Who I think should win: Oslo (from all I have read it was a brilliant production)
WINNER: Oslo 
Musical:
Favorite: Dear Evan Hansen
Who I think will win: Dear Evan Hansen
Who I think should win: Natasha Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812
WINNER: Dear Evan Hansen

Play Revival:
Favorite: The Little Foxes
Who I think will win: Six Degrees of Separation
Who I think should win: Present Laughter (solely because I love Kevin Kline-LOL)
WINNER: August Wilson’s Jitney

Musical Revival:
Favorite: Hello, Dolly! (though several articles I read today are predicting that Falsettos may take it)
Who I think will win: Hello, Dolly! (which is possibly my least favorite musical of all time)
Who I think should win: Miss Saigon! (It was AMAZING!)
WINNER: Hello, Dolly!

Leading Actor (play):
Favorite: Kevin Kline for Present Laughter
Who I think will win: Jefferson Mays for Oslo
Who I think should win: ? I am not sure on this one..
WINNER:  Kevin Kline for Present Laughter
Leading Actress (play):
Favorite: Laura Linney for Little Foxes
Who I think will win: Laura Linney for Little Foxes (blah)
Who I think should win: Anyone else...(I don't get the obsession with her)
WINNER: Laurie Metcalf, A Doll’s House, Part 2 (YES!!!)
Leading Actor (musical):
Favorite: Ben Platt for Dear Evan Hansen
Who I think will win: Ben Platt for Dear Evan Hansen
Who I think should win: This is a rich category this year-it is hard to say which one should win-frankly I am surprised Ben Platt is SUCH a favorite.
WINNER: Ben Platt for Dear Evan Hansen
Leading Actress (musical):
Favorite: Bette Midler for Hello, Dolly!
Who I think will win: Bette Midler for Hello, Dolly!
Who I think should win: Hard to say-fame is clearly a factor here-3 uber famous talented women nominated-all three superstars, and 2 newer, less known talents. I saw both of the lesser known ones (Denee Benton in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, and Eva Noblezada in Miss Saigon). Both of their performances were worthy of this award in my opinion...
WINNER: Bette Midler for Hello, Dolly!

Featured Actor (play):
Favorite: Danny DeVito in Arthur Miller’s The Price
Who I think will win: Danny DeVito in Arthur Miller’s The Price
Who I think should win: ?
WINNER: Michael Aronov, Oslo
Featured Actress (play):
Favorite: Cynthia Nixon in Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes
Who I think will win:  Cynthia Nixon in Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes
Who I think should win: ?
WINNER: Cynthia Nixon in Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes
Featured Actor (musical):
Favorite:Andrew Rannells in Falsettos 
Who I think will win: Mike Faist in Dear Evan Hansen
Who I think should win: Lucas Steele in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
WINNER: Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly!

Featured Actress (musical):
Favorite: Rachel Bay Jones in Dear Evan Hansen
Who I think will win: Jenn Colella in Come From Away
Who I think should win: ?
WINNER: Rachel Bay Jones in Dear Evan Hansen
Book of Musical:
Favorite: Steven Levenson for Dear Evan Hansen
Who I think will win: Dave Malloy for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Who I think should win: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 or Dear Evan Hansen
WINNER: Steven Levenson for Dear Evan Hansen

Score:
Favorite: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul for Dear Evan Hansen
Who I think will win: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul for Dear Evan Hansen
Who I think should win: Dave Malloy for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
WINNER: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul for Dear Evan Hansen

Scenic Design (play):
Favorite: Nigel Hook for The Play That Goes Wrong
Who I think will win: Nigel Hook for The Play That Goes Wrong
Who I think should win: Nigel Hook for The Play That Goes Wrong
WINNER: Nigel Hook for The Play That Goes Wrong

Scenic Design (musical):
Favorite: Mimi Lien for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Who I think will win: Mimi Lien for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Who I think should win: Mimi Lien for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
WINNER: Mimi Lien for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Costume Design (play):
Favorite: Jane Greenwood for Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes
Who I think will win: Jane Greenwood for Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes
Who I think should win: Jane Greenwood for Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes
WINNER: Jane Greenwood for Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes

Costume Design (musical):
Favorite: Paloma Young for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Who I think will win: Paloma Young for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Who I think should win: Paloma Young for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
WINNER: Santo Loquasto, Hello, Dolly!

Lighting Design (play):
Favorite: Donald Holder for Oslo
Who I think will win: Donald Holder for Oslo
Who I think should win: Donald Holder for Oslo
WINNER:  Christopher Akerlind, Indecent

Lighting Design (musical):
Favorite: Bradley King for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Who I think will win: Bradley King for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Who I think should win: Bradley King for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
WINNER: Bradley King for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Direction (play):
Favorite: Daniel Sullivan for Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes
Who I think will win: Daniel Sullivan for Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes
Who I think should win: ??
WINNER: Rebecca Taichman, Indecent

Direction (musical):
Favorite: Michael Greif for Dear Evan Hansen
Who I think will win: Michael Greif for Dear Evan Hansen
Who I think should win: Rachel Chavkin for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (I think it is worth mentioning that Matthew Warchus did an AMAZING job with Groundhog Day The Musical, and I don't think it should be discounted, particularly for this category-also, I hope it wins some sort of effects awards. The staging was AWESOME!)
WINNER: Christopher Ashley, Come from Away

Choreography:
Favorite: Andy Blankenbuehler for Bandstand
Who I think will win: Sam Pinkleton for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Who I think should win: Sam Pinkleton for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
WINNER: Andy Blankenbuehler for Bandstand

Orchestrations:
Favorite: Dave Malloy for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Who I think will win: Dave Malloy for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Who I think should win: Dave Malloy for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
WINNER: Alex Lacamoire, Dear Evan Hansen
I guessed a total of 11 categories correctly out of 24. So...I'm not sure what to say about that, but I can say that I thoroughly enjoyed watching the Tony's! It was a great show-fun to watch and totally fun for our family! And for anyone following at home, the whole family did predictions, and I guessed the most correct, followed by Armour who guessed 10/24 correctly.  
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