The Tony Awards air Sunday, June 10, 2018, on CBS. Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles host. Here's a look at our predictions of who will win.
— BRUCE R. MILLER, bmiller@siouxcityjournal.com
Director John Tiffany, left, author J.K. Rowling and playwright Jack Thorne attend the "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" Broadway opening at the Lyric Theatre on Sunday, April 22, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Evan AgostiniPredicted winner: “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.” No competition.
Full list of nominees:
“The Children”
“Farinelli and the King”
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
“Junk”
“Latin History for Morons”
Lee Pace, from left, Denise Gough, Nathan Lane, Andrew Garfield, James McArdle and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett participate in the curtain call for the "Angels in America" Broadway revival opening night at the Neil Simon Theatre on Sunday, March 25, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Greg AllenPredicted winner: “Angels in America.” Ditto.
Full list of nominees:
“Angels in America”
“Lobby Hero”
“Three Tall Women”
“The Iceman Cometh”
“Travesties”
The company of The Band's Visit.
Photo by: Matthew MurphyPredicted winner: “The Band’s Visit.” It’s not as entertaining as “SpongeBob” or “Mean Girls” but it accomplishes plenty in a short amount of time.
Full list of nominees:
“The Band’s Visit”
“Frozen”
“Mean Girls”
“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical”
Harry Hadden-Paton (L) and Lauren Ambrose in My Fair Lady.
Photo by: Joan MarcusPredicted winner: “My Fair Lady.” (Although “Carousel” got plenty of nominations.)
Full list of nominees:
“Carousel”
“My Fair Lady”
“Once on This Island”
(L-R) Lee Pace, Andrew Garfield, and Nathan Lane in Angels in America: Millennium Approaches.
Photo by: Brinkoff MögenburgPredicted winner: Andrew Garfield, “Angels in America.”
Full list of nominees:
Andrew Garfield, “Angels in America”
Tom Hollander, “Travesties”
Jamie Parker, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
Mark Rylance, “Farinelli and the King”
Denzel Washington, “The Iceman Cometh”
(L-R) Alison Pill, Glenda Jackson, and Laurie Metcalf in Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women.
Photo by: Brigitte LacombePredicted winner: Glenda Jackson, “Three Tall Women.” (The year’s sure-bet.)
Full list of nominees:
Glenda Jackson, “Three Tall Women”
Condola Rashad, “Saint Joan”
Lauren Ridloff, “Children of a Lesser God”
Amy Schumer, “Meteor Shower”
Anthony Boyle attends the 2018 Tony Awards Meet The Nominees press junket on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Charles SykesPredicted winner: Anthony Boyle, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” should win. But Nathan Lane (“Angels in America”) has his fans.
Full list of nominees:
Anthony Boyle, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
Michael Cera, “Lobby Hero”
Brian Tyree Henry, “Lobby Hero”
Nathan Lane, “Angels in America”
David Morse, “The Iceman Cometh”
Denise Gough attends the 2018 Tony Awards Meet The Nominees press junket on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Charles SykesPredicted winner: Denise Gough, “Angels in America,” is a squeaker in this category but it also could go to Laurie Metcalf (“Three Tall Women”) or Noma Domezweni (“Harry Potter”).
Full list of nominees:
Susan Brown, “Angels in America”
Noma Dumezweni, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
Deborah Findlay, “The Children”
Denise Gough, “Angels in America”
Laurie Metcalf, “Three Tall Women”
Ethan Slater attends the 2018 Tony Awards Meet The Nominees press junket on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Charles SykesPredicted winner: Ethan Slater, “SpongeBob Square Pants,” got the best reviews of anyone and should win. But a snooty contingent could give it to Joshua Henry, “Carousel.”
Full list of nominees:
Harry Hadden-Paton, “My Fair Lady”
Joshua Henry, “Carousel”
Ethan Slater, “SpongeBob SquarePants”
Tony Shalhoub, “The Band’s Visit”
Katrina Lenk attends the 2018 Tony Awards Meet The Nominees press junket on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Charles SykesPredicted winner: Katrina Lenk, “The Band’s Visit.” (Lauren Ambrose, “My Fair Lady,” has an outside chance.)
Full list of nominees:
Lauren Ambrose, “My Fair Lady”
Hailey Kilgore, “Once on This Island”
LaChanze, “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical”
Katrina Lenk, “The Band’s Visit”
Taylor Louderman, “Mean Girls”
Jessie Mueller, “Carousel”
Gavin Lee attends the 2018 Tony Awards Meet The Nominees press junket on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Charles SykesPredicted winner: Gavin Lee (“SpongeBob”) gets a huge ovation for his four-legged work; still Norbert Leo Butz (“My Fair Lady”) is a Broadway fave. If I had a vote, I’d give it to Grey Henson, who wows in “Mean Girls.”
Full list of nominees:
Norbert Leo Butz, “My Fair Lady”
Alexander Gemignani, “Carousel”
Grey Henson, “Mean Girls”
Gavin Lee, “SpongeBob SquarePants”
Ari’el Stachel, “The Band’s Visit”
(L-R): Erika Henningsen, Ashley Park, Taylor Louderman, Kate Rockwell, Barrett Wilbert Weed, and the company of Mean Girls.
Photo by: Joan MarcusPredicted winner: Out on a limb — Ashley Park (“Mean Girls”) will pull an upset over Lindsay Mendez, “Carousel,” who’s considered a lock for this.
Full list of nominee:
Ariana DeBose, “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical”
Renée Fleming, “Carousel”
Lindsay Mendez, “Carousel”
Ashley Park, “Mean Girls”
Diana Rigg, “My Fair Lady”
(L-R) Noma Dumezweni, Susan Heyward, Paul Thornley, Olivia Bond, Ben Wheelwright, Jamie Parker, Poppy Miller, and Sam Clemmett in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two.
Photo by: Manuel HarlanPredicted winner: Anything technical in the play category should go to “Harry Potter.”
Scenic design nominees:
Miriam Buether, “Three Tall Women”
Jonathan Fensom, “Farinelli and the King”
Santo Loquasto, “The Iceman Cometh”
Christine Jones, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
Ian MacNeil and Edward Pierce, “Angels in America”
Costume design nominees:
Jonathan Fensom, “Farinelli and the King”
Nicky Gillibrand, “Angels in America”
Katrina Lindsay, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
Ann Roth, “Three Tall Women”
Ann Roth, “The Iceman Cometh”
Lighting design nominees:
Neil Austin, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
Paule Constable, “Angels in America”
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, “The Iceman Cometh”
Paul Russell, “Farinelli and the King”
Ben Stanton, “Junk”
The company of SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical.
Photo by: Joan MarcusPredicted winner: These will be split between “SpongeBob” and “My Fair Lady.”
Scenic design nominees:
Dane Laffrey, “Once on this Island”
Scott Pask, “The Band’s Visit”
Scott Pask, Finn Ross and Adam Young, “Mean Girls”
Michael Yeargan, “My Fair Lady”
David Zinn, “SpongeBob SquarePants”
Costume design nominees:
Gregg Barnes, “Mean Girls”
Clint Ramos, “Once on This Island”
Ann Roth, “Carousel”
David Zinn, “SpongeBob SquarePants”
Catherine Zuber, “My Fair Lady”
Lighting design nominees:
Kevin Adams, “SpongeBob SquarePants”
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, “Once on This Island”
Donald Holder, “My Fair Lady”
Brian MacDevitt, “Carousel”
Jessie Mueller (L) and Joshua Henry in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel.
Photo by: Julieta CervantesPredicted winner: Justin Peck, “Carousel.”
Full list of nominees:
Christopher Gattelli, “My Fair Lady”
Christopher Gattelli, “SpongeBob SquarePants”
Steven Hoggett, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
Casey Nicholaw, “Mean Girls”
Justin Peck, “Carousel”
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