Gold Derby has surveyed 17 Experts, 6 Editors and hundreds of Users to predict the winners of the Tony Awards Sunday.
MUSICALS
“Once” is forecast to win five of its 11 bids: Musical, Musical Book, Director (Musical), Orchestrations, Sound Design (Musical)
“The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” is forecast to win one of its 10 bids: Actress (Musical)
“Nice Work If You Can Get It” is forecast to win one of its 10 bids: Featured Actress (Musical)
“Follies” is forecast to win two of its eight bids: Musical Revival, Costume Design (Musical)
“Newsies” is forecast to win three of its eight bids: Actor (Musical), Score, Choreography
“Evita” is forecast to win one of its three bids: Featured Actor (Musical)
“Ghost the Musical” is forecast to win one of its three bids: Lighting Design (Musical)
“Spiderman Turn Off the Dark” is forecast to win one of its two bids: Scenic Design (Musical)
PLAYS
“Peter and the Starcatcher” is forecast to win three of its nine bids: Costume Design (Play), Lighting Design (Play), Sound Design (Play)
“Death of a Salesman” is forecast to win four of its seven bids: Play Revival, Actor (Play), Featured Actor (Play), Director (Play),
“Other Desert Cities” is forecast to win one of its five bids: Featured Actress (Play)
“Clybourne Park” is forecast to win one of its four bids: Play
“End of the Rainbow” is forecast to win two of its three bids: Actress (Play), Sound Design (Play)
Productions with multiple nominations set to be shut out are:
Seven — “One Man, Two Guvnors“
Two — “Bonnie and Clyde,” “Dont Dress for Dinner,” “Gore Vidal’s The Best Man,” “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Venus in Fur,” “Wit“
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MUSICALS
BEST MUSICAL
“Once”
Spoiler: “Newsies”
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
“Follies”
Spoiler: “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”
BEST MUSICAL SCORE
“Newsies”
Spoiler: “Peter and the Starcatcher”
BEST MUSICAL BOOK
“Once”
Spoiler: “Newsies”
BEST DIRECTOR (MUSICAL)
John Tiffany (“Once”)
Spoiler: Jeff Calhoun (“Newsies”)
BEST ACTOR (MUSICAL)
Jeremy Jordan (“Newsies”)
Spoiler: Steve Kazee (“Once”)
BEST ACTRESS (MUSICAL)
Audra McDonald (“The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”)
Spoiler: Jan Maxwell (“Follies”)
BEST FEATURED ACTOR (MUSICAL)
Michael Cerveris (“Evita”)
Spoiler: David Alan Grier (“The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”)
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS (MUSICAL)
Judy Kaye (“Nice Work If You Can Get It”)
Jayne Houdyshell (“Follies”)
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
“Once”
Spoiler: “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
“Once”
Spoiler: “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN (MUSICAL)
“Follies”
Spoiler: “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark”
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN (MUSICAL)
“Ghost the Musical”
Spoiler: “Follies”
BEST SCENIC DESIGN (MUSICAL)
“Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark”
Spoiler: “Newsies”
BEST SOUND DESIGN (MUSICAL)
“Once”
Spoiler: “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”
PLAYS
BEST PLAY
“Clybourne Park”
Spoiler: “Other Desert Cities
BEST PLAY REVIVAL
“Death of a Salesman”
Spoiler: “Gore Vidal’s The Best Man”
BEST DIRECTOR (PLAY)
Mike Nichols (“Death of a Salesman”)
Spoiler: Roger Rees & Alex Timbers (“Peter and the Starcatcher”)
BEST ACTOR (PLAY)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (“Death of a Salesman”)
Spoiler: James Corden (“One Man, Two Guvnors”)
BEST ACTRESS (PLAY)
Tracie Bennett (“End of the Rainbow”)
Spoiler: Nina Arianda (“Venus in Fur”)
BEST FEATURED ACTOR (PLAY)
Andrew Garfield (“Death of a Salesman”)
Spoiler: Christian Borle (“Peter and the Starcatcher”)
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS (PLAY)
Judith Light (“Other Desert Cities”)
Linda Emond (“Death of a Salesman”)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN (PLAY)
“Peter and the Starcatcher”
Spoiler: “One Man, Two Guvnors”
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN (PLAY)
“Peter and the Starcatcher”
“Death of a Salesman”
BEST SCENIC DESIGN (PLAY)
“Peter and the Starcatcher”
“Clybourne Park”
BEST SOUND DESIGN (PLAY)
“End of the Rainbow”
“Peter and the Starcatcher”
