Predictions Take 2: Tony Awards 2017
As I do every year for the Tony Awards, my prediction always change. Here are my new and final predictions for the 2017 Tony Awards:
Best Musical – Dear Evan Hansen
Best Play – Oslo
Best Revival of a Musical – Hello, Dolly!
Best Revival of a Play – August Wilson’ Jitney
Best Actor in a Musical – Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen)
Best Actress in a Musical – Bette Midler (Hello, Dolly!)
Best Actor in a Play – Kevin Kline (Present Laughter)
Best Actress in a Play – Laurie Metcalf (A Doll's House, Part 2)
Best Featured Actor in a Musical – Gavin Creel (Hello, Dolly!)
Best Featured Actress in a Musical – Jenn Colella (Come From Away)
Best Featured Actor in a Play – Danny Devito (Arthur Miller's The Price)
Best Featured Actress in a Play – Condola Rashad (A Doll's House, Part 2)
Best Score – Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dear Evan Hansen)
Best Book of a Musical – Irene Sankoff and David Hein (Come From Away)
Best Direction of a Musical – Michael Greif (Dear Evan Hansen)
Best Direction of a Play – Ruben Santiago-Hudson (August Wilson’s Jitney)
Best Choreography – Andy Blankenbuehler (Bandstand)
Best Orchestrations – Dave Malloy (Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812)
Best Costume Design of a Musical – Linda Cho (Anastasia)
Best Costume Design of a Play – Jane Greenwood (Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes)
Best Scenic Design of a Musical - Mimi Lien (Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812)
Best Scenic Design of a Play – Michael Yeargan (Oslo)
Best Lighting Design of a Musical – Japhy Weideman (Dear Evan Hansen)
Best Lighting Design of a Play – Christopher Akerlind (Indecent)
Total:
Dear Evan Hansen - 5
Hello, Dolly! - 3
Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 - 2
Come From Away - 2
Oslo - 2
A Doll's House, Part 2 - 2
Jitney - 2
Present Laughter - 1
The Price - 1
Bandstand - 1
Anastasia - 1
The Little Foxes - 1
Indecent - 1
