The Friday 5: 5 Things We Hope The Tony Nominators Don't Forget

Normally, Mike and I like to offer up our Tony Award nomination predictions list at this time of year. This season, however, we won't have seen four major productions before the nominees are announced (Oklahoma!, Hadestown, Beetlejuice and Tootsie), so we don't feel prepared. Instead, for this week's Friday 5 we offer up a list of possible choices from shows earlier this season - 5 musicals and 5 plays - that the committee may overlook. The list below doesn't include anyone who seems likely to be nominated (i.e. Stephanie J. Block for The Cher Show, To Kill a Mockingbird for Best Play). These are the actors and creatives that really stood out to us, no matter how likely (or not) they are to hear their names called on Tuesday.

NOTE/FYI: We wrote this list up BEFORE any nominations for any awards were announced.

☑ = They didn't forget! SIX!!!

For Your Consideration:

5 MUSICALS

Head Over Heels 
Best Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical - Bonnie Milligan
Best Costume Design of a Musical - Arianne Phillips
Best Lighting Design of a Musical - Kevin Adams
Best Choreography - Spencer Liff
Best Direction of a Musical - Michael Mayer

Pretty Woman
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical - Samantha Barks

The Prom
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical - Brooks Ashmanskas ☑
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical - Angie Schworer
Best Choreography - Casey Nicholaw

The Cher Show
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical - Micaela Diamond
Best Choreography - Christopher Gattelli

King Kong
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical - Christiana Pitts

Best Puppet in a Leading Role in a Musical - King Kong ☑

Best Lighting Design of a Musical - Peter Mumford

5 PLAYS

The Boys in the Band
Best Revival of a Play ☑
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play - Jim Parsons
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play - Zachary Quinto
Best Scenic Design of a Play - David Zinn

The Waverly Gallery
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play - Joan Allen
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play - Lucas Hedges

To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play - Gideon Glick ☑

Best Scenic Design of a Play - Miriam Buether ☑

King Lear
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play - Ruth Wilson ☑

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play - Sean Carjaval

Torch Song
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play - Michael Urie

No matter how the nominations turn out, we know there will be surprising nominees, egregiously overlooked nominees and even a few "what were they thinking?" nominees. Still, we offer our congratulations to everyone who makes the list!

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