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.
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Choose the three shows that you are most looking forward to. The list below is for shows that have opening dates in the Broadway 2017-2018 season as of this writing, and they are listed chronologically by opening date.
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