How the 2019-2020 Tonys would have gone

[Ted Stevenson Joined: Jun 12th, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 6 View Predictions]

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So the 2019-2020 Broadway season as we knew it is long gone. I’ve been thinking – how might that have gone had the coronavirus not upended everything? Would love some help with additions on the below. I don’t live in NY so I am very out of the loop. Would love to know what I’m not accounting for

BEST MUSICAL
THE GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY
SIX
FLYING OVER SUNSET
MOULIN ROUGE!
SING STREET
MRS. DOUBTFIRE
JAGGED LITTLE PILL
TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL
PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTING THIEF
DIANA

BEST PLAY
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY (Vivian Beaumont – Lincoln Center)
THE INHERITANCE
SLAVE PLAY
THE SOUND INSIDE
FAIRVIEW
THE GREAT SOCIETY
THE MINUTES

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
COMPANY
WEST SIDE STORY
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE (Roundabout)

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE
BLUE
TAKE ME OUT
PLAZA SUITE
A SOLDIER’S PLAY
BETRAYAL

BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Sharon D Clarke, CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
Adrienne Warren, TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL
Karen Olivo, MOULIN ROUGE
Katrina Lenk, COMPANY
Carmen Cusack, FLYING OVER SUNSET
Mare Winningham, GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY
Celia Gooding, JAGGED LITTLE PILL
Elizabeth Stanley, JAGGED LITTLE PILL
Jeanna de Waal, DIANA
Shereen Pimentel, WEST SIDE STORY
Kristin Stokes, THE LIGHTNING THIEF

BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Laurie Metcalfe, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Laura Linney, MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON
Audra McDonald, FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE
Mary Louise Parker, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE
Mary Louise Parker, THE SOUND INSIDE
Jane Alexander, GRAND HORIZONS
Zawe Ashton, BETRAYAL
Sarah Jessica Parker, PLAZA SUITE

BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Tony Yazbeck, FLYING OVER SUNSET
Rob McClure, MRS. DOUBTFIRE
Jay O. Sanders, GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY
Aaron Tveit, MOULIN ROUGE
Daniel J. Watts, TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL
Brenock O’Connor, SING STREET
Isaac Powell, WEST SIDE STORY
Chris McCarrell, THE LIGHTING THIEF
Rob Hartrampf, DIANA

BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Simon Russell Beale, THE LEHMAN TRILOGY
Adam Godley, THE LEHMAN TRILOGY
Ben Miles, THE LEHMAN TRILOGY
Kyle Soler, THE INHERITANCE
Tracy Letts, THE MINUTES
Blair Underwood, A SOLDIER’S PLAY
David Morse, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE
Rupert Everett, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Jesse Williams, TAKE ME OUT
Matthew Broderick, PLAZA SUITE
Michael Shannon, FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE
Mark Addy, HANGMEN
Tom Hiddleston, BETRAYAL
Charlie Cox, BETRAYAL
Campbell Scott, A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Ian Barford, LINDA VISTA

BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Patti LuPone, COMPANY
Jeanette Bayardelle, GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY
Lauren Patten, JAGGED LITTLE PILL
Jenn Gambatese, MRS. DOUBTFIRE
Kathryn Gallagher, JAGGED LITTLE PILL

BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Joaquina Kalukango, SLAVE PLAY
Blair Brown, THE MINUTES
Annie McNamara, SLAVE PLAY
Lois Smith, THE INHERITANCE
Patsy Ferran, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Jessie Mueller, THE MINUTES

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Danny Burstein, MOULIN ROUGE
Harry Hadden-Paton, FLYING OVER SUNSET
Brad Oscar, MRS. DOUBTFIRE

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Paul Alexander Nolan, SLAVE PLAY
James Cusati-Moyer, SLAVE PLAY
Ato Blankson-Wood, SLAVE PLAY
David Alan Grier, A SOLDIER’S PLAY
K. Todd Freeman, THE MINUTES
Paul Hilton, THE INHERITANCE
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, TAKE ME OUT
J. Alphonse Nicholson, A SOLIDER’S PLAY
Russell Tovey, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Patrick J Adams, TAKE ME OUT
Michael Oberholtzer, TAKE ME OUT

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[Jeffrey Kare Joined: Jan 23rd, 2013 Topics: 80 Posts: 2848 View Predictions]

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Hard to tell given how some of those productions (American Buffalo, Birthday Candles, Caroline, or Change, Flying Over Sunset, How I Learned to Drive, Plaza Suite, Sing Street, and Take Me Out) didn’t even get to begin performances because of the shutdown.

Though I think Best Musical would’ve come down to Girl From the North Country (which might’ve won Book) and Six (which might’ve won Score). Best Revival of a Musical would’ve been an interesting race. Of the six nominated musical productions Roundabout Theatre Company produced within the last decade, only one of them won Best Revival, which was Anything Goes in 2011. So I would’ve been surprised if it ended up being Caroline, or Change. Despite the polarizing reception to Ivo van Hove’s revival of West Side Story, those who did like the production really liked it. Not to mention that the musical itself is way overdue for a top honor from the Tonys. Though given how competitive Company might’ve been in the acting races, that probably would’ve had an edge.

Speaking of which, I think Rob McClure would’ve won Lead Actor in a Musical for Mrs. Doubtfire with Isaac Powell as his closest competition for West Side Story. Lead Actress in a Musical probably would’ve came down to Sharon D. Clarke, Katrina Lenk, and Adrienne Warren. Though had Tina not make the cut for Best Musical, I’m not sure if Tony voters would’ve given this award to a performance as a legendary recording artist in a jukebox/biographical musical that wasn’t nominated for the top category two years in a row. I think if you want to win Best Lead Actress in a Musical despite your show not being nominated for a top category, you need to be up against someone playing Lilli/Katherine in Kiss Me, Kate. While Katrina Lenk did just win two years ago, there still is the narrative of how no performer has ever won a Tony for playing Bobby in Company. With Sharon D. Clarke, she did beat Adrienne Warren for the Olivier last year, plus the role of Caroline Thibodeaux almost won Tonya Pinkins a Tony for the original production in 2004, but lost in an upset to Idina Menzel for Wicked. I think Matt Doyle and Patti LuPone would’ve won both Featured Acting races for Company.

The Lehman Trilogy probably would’ve won Best Play with Slave Play as its closest competition. Best Revival of a Play would’ve been a very competitive race between Betrayal, A Soldier’s Play, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, though I think Betrayal would’ve won given how it was completely different from any production of the Harold Pinter play that had been produced before.

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[Awardsfan1990 Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 76 Posts: 3308 View Predictions]

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I think Patti LuPone would have been one of the biggest locks of the night, given her win at the Oliviers and from all the buzz she’d been getting in the Broadway previews. A friend of mine traveled to New York City to see the show and said she was spectacular.

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[Jeffrey Kare Joined: Jan 23rd, 2013 Topics: 80 Posts: 2848 View Predictions]

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From the reports I’ve read of those who got to see Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? during its very short preview period, it looked like Laurie Metcalf would’ve had a great shot of winning a third Tony. I even remember while Alex Meyer and I were discussing our predictions going into nominations last year, he predicted that Laurie was not getting into Best Lead Actress in a Play for Hillary & Clinton because at that point, the Virginia Woolf? revival had just been announced. So he felt that voters would have a chance to award her next year. My response to that was “I think that would more hurt her chances of winning than of actually getting nominated.” Sure enough, I was right that Laurie Metcalf did get nominated last year. Since the Virginia Woolf? revival will not resume performances when Broadway eventually reopens, now we know Laurie won’t be winning a third Tony this year. It just goes to show how careful one must be when making their award predictions just a year in advance.

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[Ted Stevenson Joined: Jun 12th, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 6 View Predictions]

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Damn, I would have loved to see that production of Virginia Woolf?

It’s so unfortunate knowing how many of the shows will never get their chance on the Great White Way. And how many that would have continued on had the virus never hit that will never have to shutter all too early.

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[Awardsfan1990 Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 76 Posts: 3308 View Predictions]

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There was a lot of debate of whether David Alan Grier would be considered as lead or featured for A Soldier’s Play. Since he got a Drama Desk nomination today as a featured actor, I’m betting that’s where he would have gotten in at the Tonys.

Amar Ramasar was also notably snubbed from the Drama Desks for West Side Story. While it is true no performer who’s played Bernardo has ever gotten a Tony nomination, I’m thinking his snub has more to do with his disgusting off-stage behavior rather than people disliking his performance, although I’m sure that probably plays into it somewhat. So therefore, I think those two things would have gotten him snubbed by the Tonys, too.

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[Jeffrey Kare Joined: Jan 23rd, 2013 Topics: 80 Posts: 2848 View Predictions]

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If Amar Ramasar wasn’t widely predicted to get nominated, then I would hardly call it a snub.

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[TVLUVAH Joined: Feb 1st, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 233 View Predictions]

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Any updates on when this year’s nominees will be announced and show details?

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[Jeffrey Kare Joined: Jan 23rd, 2013 Topics: 80 Posts: 2848 View Predictions]

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As of now, nothing has been announced yet.

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[Rich Landry Joined: May 22nd, 2011 Topics: 3 Posts: 37 View Predictions]

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Not sure where to post this:
https://variety.com/2020/legit/news/will-the-tonys-be-canceled-in-2020-1234599091/

I know an actual ceremony won’t be possible this year. I dont think the next round of any award show will look like it did last year. At least for the Tony’s, instead of announcing nominees, the committee picks one winner for each category and just announce a winner this year. In this article, I love the idea of a special to celebrate the re-opening of Broadway. There, each winner could be present to give a speech and/or perform.

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[24fanatic Joined: Nov 6th, 2010 Topics: 0 Posts: 588 View Predictions]

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I don’t think the Tonys should be canceled this year. It isn’t fair to all the performers & productions that have gone on throughout 2019 to early 2020. I understand that the main problem is not all voters having seen everything eligible to vote. I think they should meet up, determine which productions they have all seen and the ones that haven’t been made eligible for next year.

I also agree with Rich Landry that instead of announcing nominees, they should just vote on and choose winners in each category and announce those during a virtual presentation. It won’t be much fun, but at least some theatre people will be given the opportunity to be honored for their work this season.

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[24fanatic Joined: Nov 6th, 2010 Topics: 0 Posts: 588 View Predictions]

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If I had to guess winners…

BEST MUSICAL
THE GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY

BEST PLAY
THE INHERITANCE

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
WEST SIDE STORY

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
A SOLDIER’S PLAY

BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Adrienne Warren, TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL

BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Mary Louise Parker, THE SOUND INSIDE

BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Isaac Powell, WEST SIDE STORY

BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Jake Gyllenhaal, Sea Wall / A Life

BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Lauren Patten, JAGGED LITTLE PILL

BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Lois Smith, THE INHERITANCE

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Danny Burstein, MOULIN ROUGE

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
David Alan Grier, A SOLDIER’S PLAY

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[Jeffrey Kare Joined: Jan 23rd, 2013 Topics: 80 Posts: 2848 View Predictions]

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In a recent interview with Richard Ridge for BroadwayWorld, Charlotte St. Martin, who’s president of The Broadway League, shared this regarding the status of the next Tony Awards ceremony:

“I think that [yesterday’s] announcement will help us get closer to what we should do. We have a lot of people telling us how we should do it, but until we know [which shows] are coming back, it’s gonna be difficult to make that decision. We are definitely looking at it and trying to figure out the best way. There is no perfect way.”

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Exclusive-Watch-Broadway-Leagues-Charlotte-St-Martin-Explain-Next-Steps-for-Broadway-the-Future-of-the-Tony-Awards-and-More-20200513

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[Jeffrey Kare Joined: Jan 23rd, 2013 Topics: 80 Posts: 2848 View Predictions]

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How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Tonys?

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[Rich Landry Joined: May 22nd, 2011 Topics: 3 Posts: 37 View Predictions]

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Breaking news on instagram: The 2020 Digital Tony Awards are coming this Fall! So happy they are going to honor the work from this year.

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