Kimberly Akimbo (c) Joan Marcus
With the Tony Awards back on track to be televised on Sunday, June 11, here are my thoughts of who might be leading in winning the big award. I will give actual odds for my final prediction in June, but in this column, I am ranking them by most likely to least likely as of this moment in each category. This is no indication of the quality of each nominee, but just how I feel each category will shake out based on statistics, other awards given and just the good ole Interested Bystander hunch.
Enjoy.
The Interested Bystander 2022 - 2023 Tony Award Predictions(in order of likelihood of winning)
Fat Ham (c) Joan Marcus
Best Play
Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard
Cost of Living by Martyna Majok
Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Fat Ham by James Ijames
Ain't No Mo' by Jordan E. Cooper
Best Musical
Kimberly Akimbo
Some Like It Hot
Shucked
& Juliet
New York, New York
Best Revival of a Play
A Doll’s House
The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog
August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
Into the Woods (c) Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
Best Revival of a Musical
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Parade
Into the Woods
Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Best Book of a Musical
Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire
Some Like It Hot by Matthew López & Amber Ruffin
Shucked by Robert Horn
& Juliet by David West Read
New York, New York by David Thompson & Sharon Washington
Best Original Score
Some Like It Hot by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman
Kimberly Akimbo by Jeanine Tesori & David Lindsay-Abaire
Shucked by Brandy Clark & Shane McAnally
Almost Famous by Cameron Crowe & Tom Kitt
KPOP by Helen Park & Max Vernon
Between Riverside and Crazy (c) Joan Marcus
Best Actor in a Play
Stephen McKinley Henderson – Between Riverside and Crazy
Wendell Pierce – Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Sean Hayes – Good Night, Oscar
Corey Hawkins – Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II – Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog
Best Actress in a Play
Jodie Comer – Prima Facie
Jessica Chastain – A Doll’s House
Jessica Hecht – Summer, 1976
Audra McDonald – Ohio State Murders
Best Actor in a Musical
J. Harrison Ghee – Some Like It Hot
Josh Groban – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ben Platt – Parade
Christian Borle – Some Like It Hot
Colton Ryan – New York, New York
Brian d’Arcy James – Into the Woods
& Juliet (c) Matthew Murphy
Best Actress in a Musical
Annaleigh Ashford – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Victoria Clark – Kimberly Akimbo
Micaela Diamond – Parade
Sara Bareilles – Into the Woods
Lorna Courtney – & Juliet
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Brandon Uranowitz – Leopoldstadt
Jordan E. Cooper – Ain’t No Mo’
Arian Moayed – A Doll’s House
Samuel L. Jackson – August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
David Zayas – Cost of Living
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Crystal Lucas-Perry – Ain’t No Mo’
Katy Sullivan – Cost of Living
Miriam Silverman – The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
Nikki Crawford – Fat Ham
Kara Young – Cost of Living
Shucked (c) Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Alex Newell – Shucked
Justin Cooley – Kimberly Akimbo
Kevin Del Aguila – Some Like It Hot
Jordan Donica – Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Kevin Cahoon – Shucked
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Bonnie Milligan – Kimberly Akimbo
Betsy Wolfe – & Juliet
NaTasha Yvette Williams – Some Like It Hot
Ruthie Ann Miles – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Julia Lester – Into the Woods
Best Director of a Play
Patrick Marber – Leopoldstadt
Max Webster – Life of Pi
Jo Bonney – Cost of Living
Saheem Ali – Fat Ham
Jamie Lloyd – A Doll’s House
Stevie Walker-Webb – Ain’t No Mo’
Best Director of a Musical
Michael Arden – Parade
Casey Nicholaw – Some Like It Hot
Lear deBessonet – Into the Woods
Jessica Stone – Kimberly Akimbo
Jack O’Brien – Shucked
Ain't No Mo' (c) Joan Marcus
Best Costume Design of a Play
Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes & Finn Caldwell – Life of Pi
Brigitte Reiffenstuel – Leopoldstadt
Emilio Sosa – Ain’t No Mo’
Emilio Sosa – Good Night, Oscar
Dominique Fawn Hill – Fat Ham
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes – Some Like It Hot
Paloma Young – & Juliet
Donna Zakowska – New York, New York
Clint Ramos & Sophia Choi – KPOP
Susan Hilferty – Parade
Jennifer Moeller – Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Tim Lutkin – Life of Pi
Jon Clark – A Doll’s House
Neil Austin – Leopoldstadt
Jen Schriever – Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Bradley King – Fat Ham
Ben Stanton – A Christmas Carol
Natasha Chivers – Prima Facie
Parade (c) Joan Marcus
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Natasha Katz – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ken Billington – New York, New York
Natasha Katz – Some Like It Hot
Heather Gilbert – Parade
Howard Hudson – & Juliet
Lap Chi Chu – Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Tim Hatley & Andrzej Goulding – Life of Pi
Richard Hudson – Leopoldstadt
Dane Laffrey & Lucy Mackinnon – A Christmas Carol
Rachel Hauck – Good Night, Oscar
Miriam Buether – Prima Facie
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Mimi Lien – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Beowulf Boritt – New York, New York
Scott Pask – Some Like It Hot
Michael Yeargan & 59 Productions – Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Scott Pask – Shucked
Best Sound Design of a Play
Carolyn Downing – Life of Pi
Jonathan Deans & Taylor Williams – Ain’t No Mo’
Ben Ringham & Max Ringham – A Doll’s House
Joshua D. Reid – A Christmas Carol
Ben Ringham & Max Ringham – Prima Facie
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Nevin Steinberg – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Kai Harada – New York, New York
Scott Lehrer & Alex Neumann – Into the Woods
John Shivers – Shucked
Gareth Owen – & Juliet
KPOP (c) Matthew Murphy
Best Choreography
Casey Nicholaw – Some Like It Hot
Susan Stroman – New York, New York
Jennifer Weber – & Juliet
Jennifer Weber – KPOP
Steven Hoggett – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Orchestrations
Bill Sherman & Dominic Fallacaro – & Juliet
Charlie Rosen & Bryan Carter – Some Like It Hot
Daryl Waters & Sam Davis – New York, New York
John Clancy – Kimberly Akimbo
Jason Howland – Shucked
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