Monday, May 19, 2025

The Interested Bystander: Early 2024-25 Tony Award Predictions

Operation Mincemeat (c) Julieta Cervantes


With less than 3 weeks until the Tony Awards, this is where I see the race for the winners are shaking out. But 3 weeks is a long time for strong campaigns, outrageous faux pas and a boatload of media blitz. I will have my final Tony Award winner predictions before June 8th, when the 78th Annual Tony Awards will air on CBS from Radio City Music Hall with Cynthia Erivo as the host. 

PLAYS


John Proctor is the Villain (c) Julieta Curevantes


Best Play 

English by Sanaz Toosi
The Hills of California by Jez Butterworth
**John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower
Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola
Purpose by Braden Jacobs-Jenkins


Yellow Face (c) Joan Marcus


Best Revival of a Play 

Eureka Day by Jonathan Spector 
Romeo + Juliet 
Thornton Wilder's Our Town 

**Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang 


Best Direction of a Play 

Knud Adams, English 
Sam Mendes, The Hills of California 
Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! 
**Danya Taymor, John Proctor is the Villain 
Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray 


Best Actress (Play)

Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California 
Mia Farrow, The Roommate 
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose 
Sadie Sink, John Proctor is the Villain 
**Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray 


Oh, Mary! (c) Emilio Madrid 


Best Actor (Play) 

George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck 
**Cole Escola, Oh, Mary! 
Jon Michael Hill, Purpose 
Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face 
Harry Lennix, Purpose 
Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow 



English (c) Joan Marcus


Best Featured Actress (Play) 

Tala Ashe, English 
Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day 
**Marjan Neshat, English 
Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain 
Kara Young, Purpose 


Best Featured Actor (Play) 

Glenn Davis, Purpose 
Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor is the Villain 
**Francis Jue, Yellow Face 
Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross 
Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary! 


MUSICAL


Maybe Happy Ending (c) Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman


Best Musical 

Buena Vista Social Club 
Dead Outlaw 
Death Becomes Her 
**Maybe Happy Ending 
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical 


Best Revival of a Musical 

Floyd Collins by Tina Landau and Adam Guettel 
Gypsy 
Pirates! The Penzance Musical

**Sunset Blvd. 


Best Book of a Musical 

Buena Vista Social Club by Marco Ramirez 
Dead Outlaw by Itamar Moses 
Death Becomes Herby Marco Pennette 
**Maybe Happy Ending by Will Aronson and Hue Park 
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts 



Dead Outlaw (c) Matthew Murphy


Best Original Score (Written for the Theatre)

 **Dead Outlaw by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna 
Death Becomes Her by Julia Mattison and Noel Carey 
Maybe Happy Ending by Will Aronson and Hue Park 
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts 
Real Women Have Curves: The Musical by Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez 




Best Director (Musical) 

Saheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club 
**Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending 
David Cromer, Dead Outlaw 
Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her 
Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Blvd. 


Gypsy (c) Marc J. Franklin


Best Actress (Musical)

Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her 
**Audra McDonald, Gypsy 
Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical 
Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd. 
Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her 



Best Actor (Musical) 

**Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending 
Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw 
Tom Francis, Sunset Blvd. 
Jonathan Groff, Just in Time 
James Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical 
Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins 



Real Women Have Curves (c) Julieta Cervantes


Best Featured Actress (Musical)

Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club 
Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw 
Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time 
**Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical 
Joy Woods, Gypsy 


Best Featured Actor (Musical) 

Brooks Ashmanskas, SMASH 
Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw 
Danny Burstein, Gypsy 
**Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical 
Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins 


Buena Vista Social Club (c) Matthew Murphy

Best Choreography 

Joshua Bergasse, SMASH 
Camille A. Brown, Gypsy 
Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her 
Jerry Mitchell, BOOP! The Musical 
*Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club




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