Friday, April 26, 2024

The Interested Bystander: Final 2023-24 Tony Award Nomination Predictions

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club (c) Marc Brenner


Now that all the shows have opened on Broadway and the Tony Awards committee has ruled on the final rush of openings, it’s time for The Interested Bystander to predict who might get Tony Award nominations on Tuesday, April 30.  And look for a possible all-women Director in a Musical line-up.

Enjoy!


The Interested Bystander’s Final 
77th Tony Award Nomination Predictions 


PLAYS 


Stereophonic (c) Juliana Cervantes


Play 

Mother Play by Paula Vogel 
Patriots by Peter Morgan 
Prayer for the French Republic by Joshua Harmon 
Stereophonic by David Adjmi 

(possibles) 
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding by Jocelyn Bioh 
Mary Jane by Amy Herzog 




Play Revival 

Appropriate by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins 
An Enemy of the People by Amy Herzog 
Uncle Vanya by Heidi Schreck 
Purlie Victorious 

Doubt 



Lead Actress (Play) 

Betsy Aidem – Prayer for the French Republic 
Jessica Lange – Mother Play 
Rachel McAdams – Mary Jane 
Sarah Paulson – Appropriate 

Anika Noni Rose – Uncle Vanya 
Amy Ryan – Doubt 


The Enemy of the People (c) Emilio Madrid


Lead Actor (Play) 

Steve Carell – Uncle Vanya 
Leslie Odom Jr. – Purlie Victorious 
Jeremy Strong – An Enemy of the People 
Michael Stuhlbarg – Patriots 

William Jackson Harper – Uncle Vanya 
Liev Schreiber – Doubt 




Featured Actress (Play) 

Francis Benhamou – Prayer for the French Republic 
Celia Keenan Bolger – Mother Play 
Sarah Pidgeon – Stereophonic 
Allison Pill – Uncle Vanya 
Kara Young – Purlie Victorious 

Quincy Tyler Bernstine – Doubt 
Juliana Canfield – Stereophonic

 
Uncle Vanya (c) Marc J. Franklin


Featured Actor (Play) 

Will Brill – Stereophonic 
Michael Imperioli – An Enemy of the People 
Will Keen – Patriots 
Alfred Molina – Uncle Vanya 
Jim Parsons – Mother Play 

Eli Gelb – Stereophonic 
Tom Pecinka – Stereophonic 



Director (Play) 

Daniel Aukin – Stereophonic 
David Cromer – Prayer for the French Republic 
Rupert Goold – Patriots 
Kenny Leon – Purlie Victorious 
Lila Neugebauer – Appropriate 

Sam Gold - An Enemy of the People 
Lila Neugebauer – Uncle Vanya 




MUSICALS 


The Outsiders (c) Matthew Murphy


Musical 

Back to the Future: The Musical 
Hell’s Kitchen 
Illinoise 
The Outsiders 
Suffs 

Days of Wine and Roses
Here Lies Love 




Musical Revival 

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Gutenberg! The Musical! 
Merrily We Roll Along 
The Who’s Tommy 

Monty Python’s Spamalot 
The Wiz 


The Heart of Rock and Roll (c) Matthew Murphy


Book of a Musical 

Back to the Future by Bob Gale 
Days of Wine and Roses by Craig Lucas 
Hell’s Kitchen by Kristoffer Diaz 
The Outsiders by Adam Rapp and Justin Levine 
Suffs by Shaina Taub 

The Heart of Rock and Roll by Jonathan A. Abrams
Lempicka by Matt Gould and Carson Kreitzer 



Score of a Production 

Days of Wine and Roses by Adam Guettel 
Here Lies Love by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim 
The Outsiders by Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance 
Stereophonic by Will Butler 
Suffs by Shaina Taub 

Back to the Future by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard 
Lempicka by Matt Gould and Carson Kreitzer 



Lead Actress in a Musical 

Eden Espinosa – Lempicka 
Maleah Joi Moon – Hell’s Kitchen 
Kelli O’Hara – Days of Wine and Roses 
Maryann Plunkett – The Notebook 
Gayle Rankin – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club 

Eva Noblezada – The Great Gatsby 
Shaina Taub – Suffs 



Merrily We Roll Along (c) Matthew Murphy


Lead Actor in a Musical 

Ali Louis Bourzgui – The Who’s Tommy 
Brody Grant – The Outsiders 
Jonathan Groff – Merrily We Roll Along 
Casey Likes – Back to the Future: The Musical 
Eddie Redmayne – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club 

Brian d’Arcy James – Days of Wine and Roses 
Jeremy Jordan – The Great Gatsby 



Featured Actress in a Musical 

Shoshana Bean – Hell’s Kitchen 
Nikki M. James – Suffs 
Kecia Lewis – Hell’s Kitchen 
Lindsay Mendez – Merrily We Roll Along 
Bebe Neuwirth – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club 

Jenn Colella – Suffs 
Beth Leavel – Lempicka 



Illinoise (c) Matthew Murphy


Featured Actor in a Musical 

Roger Bart – Back to the Future: The Musical 
Daniel Radcliffe – Merrily We Roll Along 
Conrad Ricamora – Here Lies Love 
Steven Skybell – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club 
Ricky Ubeda – Illinoise 

Brent Comer – The Outsiders 
Paul Alexander Nolan – Water for Elephants 



Director (Musical) 

Rebecca Frecknall – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club 
Maria Friedman – Merrily We Roll Along 
Michael Greif – Hell’s Kitchen 
Leigh Silverman – Suffs 
Danya Taymor – The Outsiders 

Justin Peck – Illinoise 
Alex Timbers – Here Lies Love




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