2019 Tony Awards – Who YOU Want As Winners

Here are the results of the survey in which I asked you to pick your personal preferences (not predictions) in 16 of the 26 categories in the 73rd Annual Tony Awards.

Best Play

Nominated:Choir Boy, The Ferryman, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, Ink, What the Constitution Means to Me 

Your preference:

The Ferryman

Best Musical

Nominated:

Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations

Beetlejuice

Hadestown

The Prom

Tootsie

Your preference

Hadestown

Best Revival of a Play

Nominated:

Arthur Miller’s All My Sons

The Boys in the Band

Burn This

Torch Song

The Waverly Gallery

Your preference:

The Boys in the Band

Boys in the Band characters dancing

Best Revival of a Musical

Nominated:

Kiss Me, Kate

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!

Your preference

Oklahoma!

Best Original Score

Nominated:

Be More Chill
Music & Lyrics: Joe Iconis

Beetlejuice
Music & Lyrics: Eddie Perfect

Hadestown
Music & Lyrics: Anaïs Mitchell

The Prom
Music: Matthew Sklar
Lyrics: Chad Beguelin

To Kill a Mockingbird
Music: Adam Guettel

Tootsie
Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek

Your preference:

Anais Mitchell

Anais Mitchell

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Nominated:

Paddy Considine, The Ferryman
Bryan Cranston, Network
Jeff Daniels, To Kill a Mockingbird
Adam Driver, Burn This
Jeremy Pope, Choir Boy

Your preference

Jeremy Pope, Choir Boy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Nominated:
Annette Bening, Arthur Miller’s All My Sons
Laura Donnelly, The Ferryman
Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery
Janet McTeer, Bernhardt/Hamlet
Laurie Metcalf, Hillary and Clinton
Heidi Schreck, What the Constitution Means to Me

Your preference:

Elaine May

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Nominated

Brooks Ashmanskas, The Prom
Derrick Baskin, Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
Alex Brightman, Beetlejuice
Damon Daunno, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Santino Fontana, Tootsie

Your preference:

Santino Fontana 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Nominated:

Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show
Caitlin Kinnunen, The Prom
Beth Leavel, The Prom
Eva Noblezada, Hadestown
Kelli O’Hara, Kiss Me, Kate

Your preference

Stephanie J. Block

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Nominated

Bertie Carvel, Ink
Robin De Jesús, The Boys in the Band
Gideon Glick, To Kill a Mockingbird
Brandon Uranowitz, Burn This
Benjamin Walker, Arthur Miller’s All My Sons

Your preference

(Updated May 17)

 Gideon Glick

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Nominated

Fionnula Flanagan, The Ferryman
Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird
Kristine Nielsen, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Julie White, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Ruth Wilson, King Lear

your preference

Celia Keenan-Bolger

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

André De Shields, Hadestown
Andy Grotelueschen, Tootsie
Patrick Page, Hadestown
Jeremy Pope, Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
Ephraim Sykes, Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations

Your preference

Patrick Page

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Nominated
Lilli Cooper, Tootsie
Amber Gray, Hadestown
Sarah Stiles, Tootsie
Ali Stroker, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Mary Testa, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!

Your preference

Amber Gray

Best Choreography

Nominated

Camille A. Brown, Choir Boy
Warren Carlyle, Kiss Me, Kate
Denis Jones, Tootsie
David Neumann, Hadestown
Sergio Trujillo, Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations

Your preference

 David Neumann

 

Best Direction of a Play

Nominated

Rupert Goold, Ink
Sam Mendes, The Ferryman
Bartlett Sher, To Kill a Mockingbird
Ivo van Hove, Network
George C. Wolfe, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Your preference

Sam Mendes

Best Direction of a Musical

Nominated

Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown
Scott Ellis, Tootsie
Daniel Fish, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Des McAnuff, Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
Casey Nicholaw, The Prom

Your preference

Rachel Chavkin

More than 400 people have replied so far to this survey, which is still open.

I have adjusted the winners in one of the categories. Most current first choices are ahead by such a huge percentage, that there are unlikely to be any more changes.

Author: New York Theater

Jonathan Mandell is a 3rd generation NYC journalist, who sees shows, reads plays, writes reviews and sometimes talks with people.

1 thought on “2019 Tony Awards – Who YOU Want As Winners

  1. I agree with the Masses, except, I really wanted Andre De Shields to win in Hadestown. Thanks for doing this.

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