2017 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 15 of the 24 categories in the 71st annual Tony Awards.

Lucas Steele

Dear Evan Hansen

Kevin Kline

Ben Platt and Rachel Bay Jones as Evan’s mother

Danny DeVito

Cynthia Nixon as Birdie

Best Musical

Nominated:Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Groundhog Day, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, 

*Your preference: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812,

Best Play

Nominated:A Doll’s House, Part 2, Indecent  Oslo
Sweat

Your preference: A Doll’s House, Part 2

Best Revival of a Musical

Nominated: Hello, Dolly!, Falsettos, Miss Saigon

Your preference: Hello, Dolly!

Best Revival of a Play

Nominated: Jitney, Present Laughter, Six Degrees of Separation, The Little Foxes

Your preference: Jitney

Best Lead Actress in a Musical

Nominated: Denee Benton, Great Comet; Christine Ebersole, War Paint; Patti LuPone, War Paint; Bette Midler, Hello Dolly; Eva Noblezada, Miss Saigon

Your preference: Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!

Best Lead Actor in a Musical

Nominated: Christian Borle, Falsettos; Josh Groban, Great Comet; David Hyde Pierce, Hello Dolly; Andy Karl, Groundhog Day; Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen
Your preference: Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen

Best Lead Actress in a Play

Nominated: Cate Blanchett, The Present; Jennifer Ehle, Oslo; Sally Field, The Glass Menagerie; Laura Linney, The Little Foxes; Laurie Metcalf, A Doll’s House, Part 2

Your preference: Laurie Metcalf, A Doll’s House, Part 2

Best Lead Actor in a Play

Nominated: Denis Arndt, Heisenberg; Chris Cooper, A Doll’s House Part 2; Corey Hawkins, Six Degrees of Separation; Kevin Kline, Present Laughter; Jefferson Mays, Oslo

Your preference: Kevin Kline, Present Laughter

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Nominated: Kate Baldwin, Hello Dolly; Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen; Stephanie J. Block, Falsettos; Jenn Colella, Come From Away; Mary Beth Peil, Anastasia

Your preference: Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

Nominated: Gavin Creel, Hello Dolly; Mike Faist, Dear Evan Hansen; Andrew Rannells, Falsettos; Lucas Steele, Great Comet; Brandon Uranowitz, Falsettos

Your preference: Lucas Steele,Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

Best Featured Actress in a Play

Johanna Day, Sweat; Jayne Houdyshell, A Dolls House Part 2; Cynthia Nixon The Little Foxes; Condola Rashad, A Dolls House Part 2; Michelle Wilson, Sweat

Your preference: Cynthia Nixon, The Little Foxes

Best Featured Actor in a Play

Nominated: Michael Aranov, Oslo; Danny DeVito, The Price; Nathan Lane, The Front Page; Richard Thomas, The Little Foxes; John Douglas Thompson, Jitney

Your preference: Danny DeVito, The Price

Best Choreography

Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand; Peter Darling and Ellen Kane, Groundhog Day; Kelly Devine, Come From Away; Denis Jones, Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical; Sam Pinkleton, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Your preference: Sam Pinkleton, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Best Direction of a Musical

Christopher Ashley, Come From Away; Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; Michael Greif, Dear Evan Hansen; Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day The Musical; Jerry Zaks, Hello, Dolly!

Your preference: Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Best Direction of a Play

Sam Gold, A Doll’s House, Part 2
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson’s Jitney
Bartlett Sher, Oslo
Daniel Sullivan, Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes
Rebecca Taichman, Indecent

Your preference: Sam Gold, A Doll’s House, Part 2

* Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 is separated by only a single percentage point from Dear Evan Hansen,
Jitney is separated by three percentage points from The Little Foxes.

More than 350 people have replied to this survey,  which is still open.

2017 Tony Award Winners — YOUR Pick?

Make your pick for 15 of the 24 categories in the 71st annual Tony Awards, honoring Broadway’s best. The awards ceremony will take place on June 11th at Radio Music Hall in New York City. Most of it will be broadcast live on CBS.
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This is for who and what YOU want to win, not who you think the Tony voters will pick — preference, not prediction. I’ll post the results later this month.