LATIMESPundits' predix: Who'll win the TonysHere are the latest Tony Awards forecasts by these pundits sharing their views with Gold Derby readers: Martin Denton (NYTheatre.com), Robert Diamond (BroadwayWorld.com), Susan Haskins (Theater Talk), Leonard Jacobs (ClydeFitchReport.com), Brian Lipton (TheaterMania.com), Tom O'Neil (TheEnvelope.com), David Sheward (Back Stage), Matt Windman (AMNewYork).
BEST PLAY"Dividing the Estate"
"God of Carnage" - Diamond, Denton, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
"Reasons to Be Pretty"
"33 Variations"
BEST MUSICAL"Billy Elliot" - Diamond, Denton, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
"Next to Normal"
"Rock of Ages"
"Shrek "
BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL"Billy Elliot" - Denton, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
"Next to Normal" - Diamond
Brian Yorkey
"Shrek" - Jacobs
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS)"Billy Elliot" - Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
"Next to Normal"
"9 to 5"
"Shrek"
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY"Joe Turner's Come and Gone"
"Mary Stuart"
"The Norman Conquests" - Diamond, Denton, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
"Waiting for Godot"
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL"Guys and Dolls"
"Hair" - Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs, Liptonn, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
"Pal Joey"
"West Side Story"
BEST SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENT"Liza's at the Palace" - Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
"Slava's Snowshow" - Denton
"Soul of Shaolin"
"You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush"
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAYJeff Daniels, "God of Carnage"
Raśl Esparza, "Speed-the-Plow"
James Gandolfini, "God of Carnage" - O'Neil
Geoffrey Rush, "Exit the King" - Denton, Diamond, Jacobs, Lipton, Sheward, Windman
Thomas Sadoski, "Reasons to Be Pretty"
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAYHope Davis, "God of Carnage"
Jane Fonda, "33 Variations"
Marcia Gay Harden, "God of Carnage" - Denton, Diamond, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Windman
Janet McTeer, "Mary Stuart" - Sheward
Harriet Walter, "Mary Stuart"
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICALDavid Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, Kiril Kulish, "Billy Elliot" - Denton, Diamond, Haskins, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
Gavin Creel, "Hair"
Brian d'Arcy James, "Shrek" - Lipton
Constantine Maroulis, "Rock of Ages"
J. Robert Spencer, "Next to Normal" - Jacobs
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICALStockard Channing, "Pal Joey"
Sutton Foster, "Shrek"
Allison Janney, "9 to 5"
Alice Ripley, "Next to Normal" - Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
Josefina Scaglione, "West Side Story"
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAYJohn Glover, "Waiting for Godot" - Jacobs
Zach Grenier, "33 Variations"
Stephen Mangan, "The Norman Conquests"
Paul Ritter, "The Norman Conquests"
Roger Robinson, "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" - Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAYHallie Foote, "Dividing the Estate"
Jessica Hynes, "The Norman Conquests"
Marin Ireland, "Reasons to Be Pretty"
Angela Lansbury, "Blithe Spirit" - Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
Amanda Root, "The Norman Conquests"
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICALDavid Bologna, "Billy Elliot"
Gregory Jbara, "Billy Elliot" - Diamond, Haskins, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
Marc Kudisch, "9 to 5" - Jacobs
Christopher Sieber, "Shrek"
Will Swenson, "Hair" - Denton
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICALJennifer Damiano, "Next to Normal"
Haydn Gwynne, "Billy Elliot" - Denton, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
Karen Olivo, "West Side Story" - Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs
Martha Plimpton, "Pal Joey"
Carole Shelley, "Billy Elliot"
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAYDale Ferguson, "Exit the King"
Rob Howell, "The Norman Conquests" - Denton, Windman
Derek McLane, "33 Variations" - Diamond, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward
Michael Yeargan, "Joe Turner's Come and Gone"
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICALRobert Brill, "Guys and Dolls"
Ian MacNeil, "Billy Elliot" -- Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windjman
Scott Pask, "Pal Joey"
Mark Wendland, "Next to Normal"
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAYDale Ferguson, "Exit the King" - Jacobs
Jane Greenwood, "Waiting for Godot"
Martin Pakledinaz, "Blithe Spirit" - Lipton, Sheward
Anthony Ward, "Mary Stuart" - Denton, Diamond, Haskins, O'Neil, Windman
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICALGregory Gale, "Rock of Ages"
Nicky Gillibrand, "Billy Elliot"
Tim Hatley, "Shrek" - Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
Michael McDonald, "Hair"
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAYDavid Hersey, "Equus" - Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil
David Lander, "33 Variations"
Brian MacDevitt, "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" - Sheward
Hugh Vanstone, "Mary Stuart" - Windman
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICALKevin Adams, "Hair" - Denton
Kevin Adams, "Next to Normal"
Howell Binkley, "West Side Story"
Rick Fisher, "Billy Elliot" - Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAYPaul Arditti, "Mary Stuart"
Gregory Clarke, "Equus"
Russell Goldsmith, "Exit the King" - Denton, Diamond, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
Scott Lehrer and Leon Rothenberg, "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" - Haskins
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICALAcme Sound Partners, "Hair" - Denton
Paul Arditti, "Billy Elliot" - Diamond, Haskins, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
Peter Hylenski, "Rock of Ages" - Jacobs
Brian Ronan, "Next to Normal"
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAYPhyllida Lloyd, "Mary Stuart"
Bartlett Sher, "Joe Turner's Come and Gone"
Matthew Warchus, "God of Carnage" - Denton, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil
Matthew Warchus, "The Norman Conquests" - Diamond, Haskins, Sheward, Windman
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICALStephen Daldry, "Billy Elliot" - Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
Michael Greif, "Next to Normal"
Kristin Hanggi, "Rock of Ages"
Diane Paulus, "Hair"
BEST CHOREOGRAPHYKarole Armitage, "Hair"
Andy Blankenbuehler, "9 to 5"
Peter Darling, "Billy Elliot" - Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
Randy Skinner, "White Christmas"
BEST ORCHESTRATIONSLarry Blank, "Irving Berlin's White Christmas"
Martin Koch, "Billy Elliot" - Denton, Diamond, Haskins, Jacobs, Lipton, O'Neil, Sheward, Windman
Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt, "Next to Normal"
Danny Troob and John Clancy, "Shrek"