Jeff and Mike's "If I Was a Tony Nominator" Lists!

Before I start today, I want to take a moment to thank the many of you that have have come back to my blog after my time away.  I really appreciate it! (Tell your friends!)  And thank you to to those of you who have taken time to write with comments and questions, too.

Lately, one question I've gotten a lot is whether or not Mike and I will do our annual Tony nominations guesses/picks.  Well, this year, he and I have only gotten around to seeing 6 of the eligible productions prior to tomorrow's announcement: Three Tall Women, Prince of Broadway, The Band's Visit, My Fair Lady, Once On This Island, and Carousel. (We are seeing Angels in America, Mean Girls and Frozen this weekend!) So, we decided to just talk about those six shows and list those shows, performers and creatives that we'd nominate if we were on the Tony committee.  We did these lists separately, and it's interesting how similar our picks are.  Be sure to mail (jkstheatrescene@yahoo.com), Tweet (@jkstheatrescene) or leave a comment below telling us how you think we did!

So, how'd we do?

• Mike was the big winner: 87.8% of his guesses were correct. And he got all 11 of The Band's Visit's nominatons exactly right!
• Jeff didn't do too badly: 80.4% of his guesses were correct.

MIKE’S “IF I WERE A TONY NOMINATOR” LIST
Three Tall Women (8)	Prince of Broadway (0)	The Band’s Visit (11)
Play Revival		Musical
Director  Joe Mantello		Director  David Cromer
Scenic Design  Miriam Buether		Score  David Yazbek
Lighting Design  Paul Gallo		Book  Itamar Moses
Sound Design  Fitz Patton		Scenic Design  Scott Pask
Actress   Glenda Jackson		Lighting Design  Tyler Micoleau
Feat. Actress  Laurie Metcalf		Sound Design  Kai Harada
Feat. Actress  Alison Pill		Orchestrations  Jamshied Sharifi
		Actor  Tony Shalhoub
		Actress  Katrina Lenk
		Feat. Actor  Ari’el Stachel

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JEFF’S “IF I WERE A TONY NOMINATOR” LIST
Three Tall Women (6)	Prince of Broadway (1)	The Band’s Visit (11)
Play Revival	Feat. Actress Emily Skinner	Musical
Director  Joe Mantello		Director  David Cromer
Scenic Design  Miriam Buether		Score  David Yazbek
Lighting Design  Paul Gallo		Book  Itamar Moses
Actress  Glenda Jackson		Scenic Design  Scott Pask
Feat. Actress  Laurie Metcalf		Lighting Design  Tyler Micoleau
		Orchestrations  Jamshied Sharifi
		Actor  Tony Shalhoub
		Actress  Katrina Lenk
		Feat. Actor  Ari’el Stachel
		Feat. Actor  John Cariani

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MIKE’S “IF I WERE A TONY NOMINATOR” LIST
My Fair Lady (5)	Once On This Island (9)	Carousel (8)
Musical Revival	Musical Revival	Musical Revival
Scenic Design  Michael Yeargan	Director  Michael Arden	Choreography  Justin Peck
Costume Design Catherine Zuber	Scenic Design  Dane Laffrey	Costume Design Ann Roth
Actress  Lauren Ambrose	Costume Design Clint Ramos	Lighting Design  Brian MacDevitt
Feat. Actress Diana Rigg	Lighting Design  Jules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer	Orchestrations  Jonathan Tunick
	Sound Design  Peter Hylenski	Actress  Jessie Mueller
	Actress  Hailey Kilgore	Actor  Joshua Henry
	Feat. Actor  Alex Newell	Feat. Actress  Lindsay Mendez
	Feat. Actress  Lea Salonga

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JEFF’S “IF I WERE A TONY NOMINATOR” LIST
My Fair Lady (7)	Once On This Island (12)	Carousel (9)
Musical Revival	Musical Revival	Musical Revival
Director  Bartlett Sher	Director  Michael Arden	Choreography  Justin Peck
Scenic Design  Michael Yeargan	Choreography  Camille A.Brown	Costume Design Ann Roth
Costume Design Catherine Zuber	Scenic Design  Dane Laffrey	Lighting Design  Brian MacDevitt
Sound Design  Marc Salzberg	Costume Design Clint Ramos	Sound Design  Scott Lehrer
Actress  Lauren Ambrose	Lighting Design  Jules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer	Orchestrations  Jonathan Tunick
Feat. Actress  Diana Rigg	Sound Design  Peter Hylenski	Actor  Joshua Henry
	Orchestrations  Annmarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin	Actress  Jessie Mueller
	Actress  Hailey Kilgore	Feat. Actress  Lindsay Mendez
	Feat. Actor  Alex Newell
	Feat. Actor  Philip Boykin
	Feat. Actress  Kenita R. Miller