Well, two out of three ain't bad, I guess. Looks like my original
guesses predicted the winners of 14 of the 21 categories. What follows
is a list of the nominees (my original predictions are marked with a *
and the winners are marked with a +)...
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
* The Forever Tango Dancers for Forever Tango
Graciela Daniele for Ragtime
+ Garth Fagan for The Lion King
Rob Marshall for Cabaret
BEST SCORE
+* Ragtime
The Capeman
Side Show
The Lion King
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
+* William David Brohn, Ragtime
Robert Elhai, David Metzger and Bruce Fowler, The Lion King
Michael Gibson, Cabaret
Stanley Silverman, The Capeman
BEST BOOK
+* Ragtime
Scarlet Pimpernel
Lion King
Side Show
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
William Ivey Long, Cabaret
Loquasto, Ragtime
Martin Pakledinaz, Golden Child
+* Julie Taymor, The Lion King
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Paul Anderson, The Chairs
Peggy Eisenhauer and Mike Baldassari, Cabaret
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Ragtime
+* Donald Holder, The Lion King
BEST SCENIC DESIGN
Bob Crowley, The Capeman
+* Richard Hudson, The Lion King
Eugene Lee, Ragtime
Quay Brothers, The Chairs
BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Matthew Warchus for Art
+ Garry Hynes for The Beauty Queen of Leenane
* Michael Mayer for A View From the Bridge
Simon McBurney for The Chairs
BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
+* Julie Taymor for The Lion King
Frank Galati for Ragtime
Scott Ellis for 1776
Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall for Cabaret
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
The Diary of Anne Frank
+* A View From the Bridge
Ah, Wilderness!
The Chairs
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Gregg Edelman, 1776
John McMartin, High Society
+* Ron Rifkin, Cabaret
Samuel E. Wright, The Lion King
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Anna Kendrick, High Society
* Tsidii Le Loka, The Lion King
+ Audra McDonald, Ragtime
Mary Louise Wilson, Cabaret
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
+ Tom Murphy in The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Brian F. O'Byrne in The Beauty Queen of Leenane
* Sam Trammell in Ah, Wilderness!
Max Wright in Ivanov
BEST PEFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Enid Graham in Honour
Linda Lavin in The Diary of Anne Frank
+* Anna Manahan in The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Julyana Soelistyo in The Golden Child
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Richard Briers in The Chairs
+* Anthony LaPaglia for A View From the Bridge
John Leguizamo for Freak
Alfred Molina for Art
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Jane Alexander in Honour
Allison Janney in A View From the Bridge
Geraldine McEwan in The Chairs
+* Marie Mullen in The Beauty Queen of Leenane
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
+* Cabaret
The Sound of Music
1776
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Betty Buckley in Triumph of Love
Marin Mazzie in Ragtime
+ Natasha Richardson in Cabaret
* Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner in Side Show
BEST PLAY
+* Art
Beauty Queen of Leenane
Golden Child
Freak
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
+ Alan Cumming in Cabaret
Peter Friedman for Ragtime
* Brian Stokes Mitchell Ragtime
Douglas Sills in The Scarlet Pimpernel
BEST MUSICAL
+ The Lion King
* Ragtime
Scarlet Pimpernel
Side Show
I had a lot of fun tonight. People came over and we watched the ceremony, hung
out, ate cake (Joey brought a BEAUTIFUL hand painted cake that looked like a
Playbill with logos of many of this years nominated shows. We took pictures,
I'll post them sometime), listened to CDs...
Because I had people coming over tonight, I had no way of getting out of the
inevitable task of cleaning my room completely once and for all. I did. It's
not quite immaculate, but it's pretty damn clean. I'm a very happy camper.
I honestly had 100 times more fun tonight watching the Tonys than I did last
year at Radio City. It was fantastic, last year, don't get me wrong. I'm very
glad I went and have fond memories and all. But, this year, with lots of
friends, a lot of people I really enjoy being with, not burning up at
Radio City, being able to get up at commercials, yell at the TV, laugh,
applaud, make fun of, etc. at will, and that cake... all that and more certainly
make me very happy I decided to postpone my NYC trip. :)
This summer's project looks to be finding a barn and putting on a show. Some
friends of mine and I are going to attempt to produce Falsettos in September.
We start talking numbers and strategies tomorrow. If you're in the area and
are interested, let me know. If you have money, ideas, money, contrinutions,
or money... let me know! By the way, if you'd like to fund this production, let
me know.
Joey's going to Italy for a week and a half. I guess it'll give me more time to
work on getting the show on it's feet. I'm gonna miss her.
- mark
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