(c) The Tony Awards
Next Sunday, The Tony Awards will be handed out and the oddest race must be Best Musical in which Michael Jackson will go head-to-head with Michael R. Jackson as the Disgraced King of Pop whose life is portrayed in “MJ” vs. the Pulitzer Prize winning composer of “A Stranger Loop.” I will also be giving you my favorite in each category as well. Without further ado:
TIB’s 2022 Tony Award Predictions
The Lehman Trilogy (c) Julieta Cervantes
Best Play
Tony: The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini, Ben Power
TIB: Hangmen by Martin McDonagh
Best Musical
Tony: A Strange Loop
TIB: A Strange Loop
Best Revival of a Play
Tony: How I Learned to Drive
TIB: Take Me Out
Best Revival of a Musical
Tony: Company
TIB: Company
Mr. Saturday Night (c) Matthew Murphy
Best Book of a Musical
Tony: Mr. Saturday Night by Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel
TIB: A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Tony: A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson
TIB: Flying Over Sunset by Tom Kitt & Michael Korie
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Tony: Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy
TIB: Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Tony: Deirdre O'Connell, Dana H.
TIB: Deirdre O'Connell, Dana H.
A Strange Loop (c) Marc J. Franklin
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Tony: Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop
TIB: Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Tony: Sharon D Clarke, Caroline, or Change
TIB: Sharon D Clarke, Caroline, or Change
Take Me Out (c) Joan Marcus
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Tony: Jesse Williams, Take Me Out
TIB: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Tony: Uzo Aduba, Clyde's
TIB: Uzo Aduba, Clyde's
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Tony: Matt Doyle, Company
TIB: Matt Doyle, Company
Company (c) Matthew Murphy, Brinkhoff Moegenburg
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Tony: Patti LuPone, Company
TIB: L Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop
Best Direction of a Play
Tony: Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy
TIB: Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy
Best Direction of a Musical
Tony: Stephen Brackett, A Strange Loop
TIB: Stephen Brackett, A Strange Loop
Hangmen (c) Joan Marcus
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Tony: Hangmen
TIB: The Skin of Our Teeth
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Tony: Company
TIB: Flying Over Sunset
Neil Simon's Plaza Suite (c) Joan Marcus
Best Costume Design of a Play
Tony: Neil Simon's Plaza Suite
TIB: Neil Simon's Plaza Suite
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Tony: The Music Man
TIB: The Music Man
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Tony: The Lehman Trilogy
TIB: The Skin of Our Teeth
SIX: The Musical (c) Joan Marcus
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Tony: SIX: The Musical
TIB: Company
Best Sound Design of a Play
Tony: The Lehman Trilogy
TIB: Dana H.
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Tony: A Strange Loop
TIB: A Strange Loop
MJ (c) Matthew Murphy
Best Choreography
Tony: MJ
TIB: Paradise Square
Best Orchestrations
Tony: Company
TIB: Company
(PLEASE NOTE: After accusations arose about a nominee in the NY Times, I felt the need to make a change to one of my predictions as I didn't know about this when I published. As of the morning of Weds June 8, these predictions have not changed.)
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