Ah...Deals...Beckee's Deals: Jun 12, 2017

Monday, June 12, 2017

Tony award results-How were my guesses?!

9:32 PM

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.