The Interested Bystander: Final 2024-25 Tony Award Predictions

Maybe Happy Ending (c) Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

Now that all the pre-award announcements have been made, it’s time for my final predictions for the Tony Awards, which will air Sunday on CBS from Radio City Music Hall with Cynthia Erivo as the host.

Enjoy.

THE INTERESTED BYSTANDER FINAL

2024-25 TONY AWARD PREDICTIONS

PLAYS 

Best Play 

John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower (33%) 
"Oh, Mary!" by Cole Escola (31%) 
Purpose by Braden Jacobs-Jenkins (30%) 
TIB: English by Sanaz Toosi 

Yellow Face (c) Joan Marcus

Best Revival of a Play 

Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang (45%) 
Eureka Day by Jonathan Spector (40%) 
TIB: Romeo + Juliet 

Best Direction of a Play 

Danya Taymor, John Proctor is the Villain (35%) 
Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! (30%) 
TIB: Danya Taymor, John Proctor is the Villain 

The Picture of Dorian Gray (c) Marc Brenner

Best Actress (Play) 

Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray (70%) 
Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California (15%) 
TIB: Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray 

Best Actor (Play) 

Cole Escola, "Oh, Mary!"  (65%) 
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck (20%) 
TIB: Cole Escola, "Oh, Mary!" 

Best Featured Actress (Play) 

Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain (30%) 
Kara Young, Purpose (25%) 
TIB: Marjan Neshat, English 

"Oh, Mary!" (c) Emilio Madrid

Best Featured Actor (Play) 

Conrad Ricamora, "Oh, Mary!"  (45%) 
Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor is the Villain (35%) 
TIB: Francis Jue, Yellow Face 

Stranger Things: The First Shadow (c) Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

Best Scenic Design of a Play 

Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow (30%) 
Rob Howell, The Hills of California (21%) 
Marsha Ginsberg, English (20%) 
TIB: English 

Best Costume Design of a Play 

Rob Howell, The Hills of California (40%) 
Brenda Abbandandolo, Good Night, and Good Luck (20%) 
TIB: The Hills of California 

Best Lighting Design of a Play 

Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow (50%) 
Nick Schlieper, The Picture of Dorian Gray (20%) 
TIB: The Picture of Dorian Gray 

Best Sound Design of a Play 

Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow (75%) 
Nick Powell, The Hills of California (10%) 
TIB: The Picture of Dorian Gray 

MUSICALS

Best Musical 

Maybe Happy Ending (45%) 
Dead Outlaw (35%) 
TIB: Maybe Happy Ending 

Sunset Blvd. (c) Marc Brenner 

Best Revival of a Musical 

Sunset Blvd. (50%) 
Gypsy (25%) 
TIB: Floyd Collins 

Best Book of a Musical 

Maybe Happy Ending by Will Aronson and Hue Park (40%) 
Dead Outlaw by Itamar Moses (35%) 
TIB: Maybe Happy Ending 

Best Original Score (Written for the Theatre) 

Dead Outlaw by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna (45%) 
Maybe Happy Ending by Will Aronson and Hue Park (44%) 
TIB: Maybe Happy Ending 

Maybe Happy Ending (c) Maybe Happy Ending

Best Director (Musical) 

Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending (40%) 
David Cromer, Dead Outlaw (25%) 
TIB: Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending 

Best Actress (Musical) 

Audra McDonald, Gypsy (35%) 
Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd. (25%) 
Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical (20%) 
TIB: Audra McDonald, Gypsy 

Best Actor (Musical) 

Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending (40%) 
Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw (20%) 
Jonathan Groff, Just in Time (15%) 
TIB: Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending 

Real Women Have Curves: The Musical (c) Julieta Cervantes

Best Featured Actress (Musical) 

Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical (25%)
Joy Woods, Gypsy (20%) 
Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club (19%) 
TIB: Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical 

Best Featured Actor (Musical) 

Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical (60%) 
Brooks Ashmanskas, SMASH (20%) 
TIB: Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins 

Best Choreography 

Jerry Mitchell, BOOP! The Musical (55%) 
Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club (35%) 
TIB: BOOP! The Musical 

Best Scenic Design of a Musical 

Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending (45%) 
Derek McLane, Death Becomes Her (25%) 
TIB: Maybe Happy Ending 

BOOP! The Musical (c) Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

Best Costume Design of a Musical 

Gregg Barnes, BOOP! The Musical (30%) 
Dede Ayite, Buena Vista Social Club (25%) 
TIB: BOOP! The Musical 

Best Lighting Design of a Musical 

Ben Stanton, Maybe Happy Ending (40%) 
Jack Knowles, Sunset Blvd. (30%) 
TIB: Maybe Happy Ending 

Floyd Collins (c) Joan Marcus

Best Sound Design of a Musical 

Dan Moses Schreier, Floyd Collins (30%) 
Peter Hylenski, Maybe Happy Ending (25%) 
TIB: Floyd Collins 

Best Orchestrations 

Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club (40%) 
Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just in Time (35%) 
TIB: Maybe Happy Ending

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