Tony Predictions: How'd We Do?

It could have been worse. It could have been better. Sandra got a very respectable 18 correct. Liz and I tied with 13. It was a fun Tonys ceremony. Happy New Season!

(BTW, the √s are supposed to be checkmarks. Not sure what Blogger did to them.)

	Liz	Sandra	Wendy
New Musical: Maybe Happy Ending (MHE)	√	√	√
New Play: Purpose	Oh, Mary!	Oh, Mary!	John Proctor is the Villain
Lead Actress, Musical: Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd	√	√	Audra
Lead Actor, Darren Criss, MHE	√	√	√
Lead Actress, Play: Sarah Snook, Dorian Gray	√	√	LaTanya Richard-son Jackson
Lead Actor, Play: Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!	√	√	√
Featured Actor, Play: Francis Jue, Yellow Face	Conrad Rica-mora	√	√
Featured Actor, Musical: Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat	√	Danny Burstein	Danny Burstein
Featured Actress, Play: Kara Young, Purpose	Marjan Neshat	Jessica Hecht	Jessica Hecht
Featured Actress, Musical: Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club (BVSC)	Joy Woods	Justina Machado	Justina Machado
Revival, Musical: Sunset Blvd	Gypsy	√	√
Revival, Play: Eureka Day	Yellow Face	Romeo + Juliet	√
Direction, Play: Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary!	Kip Williams	√	√
Direction, Musical: Michael Arden, MHE	√	Jamie Lloyd	√
Choreography: Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, BVSC	Smash	√	√
Book: Will Aronson and Hue Park, MHE	Dead Outlaw	Dead Outlaw	Operation Mince-meat
Score: Will Aronson and Hue Park, MHE	√	√	√
Scenic Design, Play: Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things	√	√	Hills of Calif-ornia
Scenic Design, Musical: Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, MHE	√	√	√
Costume Design, a Play: Marg Horwell, Dorian Gray	Oh, Mary!	√	Oh, Mary!
Costume Design, Musical: Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her	√	√	√
Lighting Design, Play: Jon Clark, Stranger Things	Dorian Gray	√	Dorian Gray
Lighting Design, Musical: Jack Knowles, Sunset Blvd	√	√	√
Sound Design, Musical: Jonathan Deans, BVSC	MHE	√	Floyd Collins
Sound Design, Play: Paul Arditti, Stranger Things	√	√	Good Night, and Good Luck
Orchestrations: Margo Paguia, BVSC	Floyd Collins	Floyd Collins	Just in Time

How'd We Do? 2019 Tony Predictions

Well, two of us did okay: Liz and Sandra each had 17 correct predictions. I had decided to be iconoclastic, which was a bad idea: 10* correct predictions.

THE WINNERS	Liz	Sandra	Wendy
Best Musical: Hadestown	Hadestown	Hadestown	Hadestown
Best Play: The Ferryman	The Ferryman	The Ferryman	The Ferryman
Best Revival of a Musical: Oklahoma!	Oklahoma!	Oklahoma!	Oklahoma!
Best Revival of a Play: The Boys in the Band	The Boys in the Band	All My Sons	The Waverly Gallery
Best Book of a Musical: Tootsie, Robert Horn	Hadestown	Hadestown	The Prom
Best Original Score: Hadestown, music and lyrics: Anaïs Mitchell	Hadestown	Hadestown	Hadestown
Best Direction of a Play: Sam Mendes, The Ferryman	Sam Mendes	Sam Mendes	Sam Mendes
Best Direction of a Musical: Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown	Rachel Chavkin	Rachel Chavkin	Daniel Fish
Best Leading Actor in a Play: Bryan Cranston, Network	Bryan Cranston	Bryan Cranston	Adam Driver
Best Leading Actress in a Play: Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery	Elaine May	Heidi Schreck	Elaine May
Best Leading Actor in a Musical: Santino Fontana, Tootsie	Santino Fontana	Santino Fontana	Santino Fontana
Best Leading Actress in a Musical: Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show	Stephanie J. Block	Stephanie J. Block	Stephanie J. Block
Best Featured Actor in a Play: Bertie Carvel, Ink	Bertie Carvel	Bertie Carvel	Benjamin Walker
Best Featured Actress in a Play: Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird	Fionnula Flanagan	Celia Keenan-Bolger	Ruth Wilson
Best Featured Actor in a Musical: André De Shields, Hadestown	André De Shields	Patrick Page	Andy Grotelueschen
Best Featured Actress in a Musical: Ali Stroker, Oklahoma!	Ali Stroker	Ali Stroker	Amber Gray
Best Scenic Design of a Play: Rob Howell, The Ferryman	Rob Howell, The Ferryman	Rob Howell, The Ferryman	Santo Loquasto, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Rachel Hauck, Hadestown	Oklahoma!	King Kong	King Kong
Best Costume Design of a Play: Rob Howell, The Ferryman	Ann Roth	Ann Roth	Ann Roth, Gary
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Bob Mackie, The Cher Show	Bob Mackie, The Cher Show	Bob Mackie, The Cher Show	Bob Mackie, The Cher Show
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Neil Austin, Ink	The Ferryman	The Ferryman	Network
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Bradley King, Hadestown	Hadestown	Hadestown	The Cher Show
Best Sound Design of a Play: Fitz Patton, Choir Boy	The Ferryman	Choir Boy	Network
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, Hadestown	Oklahoma!	Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, Hadestown	Ain’t Too Proud
Best Choreography: Sergio Trujillo, Ain’t Too Proud	Choir Boy	Kiss Me, Kate	Sergio Trujillo, Ain’t Too Proud
Best Orchestrations: Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose, Hadestown	Oklahoma!	Oklahoma!	Oklahoma!
TOTAL	17	17	10*

*Corrected 6/10/19. I originally wrote 11, but, no, it was even worse.