There seems to be no clear favorite for most of the categories in this year’s 66th annual Tony Awards, with winners expected all over the map. So tune in this Sunday at 8 p.m. on the CBS network to see my unscientific projections and out-and-out guesses proven wrong:
Play: Other Desert Cities, by Jon Robin Baitz
Musical: Newsies, book by Harvey Fierstein
Book of a Musical: Enda Walsh, Once
Score: Alan Menken and Jack Feldman, Newsies
Play Revival: Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller
Musical Revival: Follies, by Stephen Sondheim
Actor (Play): James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors
Actress (Play): Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
Actor (Musical): Jeremy Jordan, Newsies
Actress (Musical): Audra MacDonald, Porgy and Bess
Featured Actor (Play): Andrew Garfield, Death of a Salesman
Featured Actress (Play): Judith Light, Other Desert Cities
Featured Actor (Musical): Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Featured Actress (Musical): Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Scenic Design (Play): Daniel Ostling, Clybourne Park
Scenic Design (Musical): Rob Howell, Ghost: the Musical
Costume Design (Play): Paul Tazewell, A Streetcar Named Desire
Costume Design (Musical): Eiko Ishioka, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Lighting Design (Play): Jeff Croiter, Peter and the Starcatcher
Lighting Design (Musical): Hugh Vanstone, Ghost: the Musical
Sound Design (Play): Darron L. West, Peter and the Starcatcher
Sound Design (Musical): Clive Goodwin, Once
Direction (Play): Mike Nichols, Death of a Salesman
Direction (Musical): John Tiffany, Once
Choreography: Christopher Gattelli, Newsies
Orchestrations: Danny Troob, Newsies