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My picks and predictions for Sunday's telecast of the Tony Awards are as follows. I know the Sopranos is on, but you can DVR that. Watch the Tonys!!!

BEST PLAY
"Frost/Nixon"
"The Coast of Utopia" WILL WIN
"The Little Dog Laughed"
"Radio Golf" MY PICK

BEST MUSICAL
"Curtains"
"Grey Gardens"
"Mary Poppins"
"Spring Awakening" MY PICK AND WILL WIN

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY (I only saw Talk Radio)
"Inherit the Wind" WILL WIN
"Journey's End"
"Talk Radio"
"Translations"

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
"110 in the Shade"
"A Chorus Line"
"Company" WILL WIN (wasn't a huge fan, others were okay)
"The Apple Tree"

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Rupert Holmes and Peter Stone, "Curtains"
Doug Wright, "Grey Gardens"
Heather Hach, "Legally Blonde"
Steven Sater, "Spring Awakening" (WILL WIN)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS)
Music: John Kander, Lyrics: Fred Ebb, John Kander and Rupert Holmes, "Curtains"
Music: Scott Frankel, Lyrics: Michael Korie, "Grey Gardens"
Music & Lyrics: Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin, "Legally Blonde"
Music: Duncan Sheik, Lyrics: Steven Sater, "Spring Awakening" (WILL WIN)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Boyd Gaines, "Journey's End"
Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"
Brian F. O'Byrne, "The Coast of Utopia"
Christopher Plummer, "Inherit the Wind"
Liev Schreiber, "Talk Radio" (WILL WIN, don't get all the hype, his brother is better)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Eve Best, "A Moon for the Misbegotten" (MAY WIN, lots of stupid buzz)
Swoosie Kurtz, "Heartbreak House"
Angela Lansbury, "Deuce"
Vanessa Redgrave, "The Year of Magical Thinking"
Julie White, "The Little Dog Laughed" (SHOULD WIN!!!!)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Michael Cerveris, "LoveMusik"
Raúl Esparza, "Company" (WILL WIN, he was okay)
Jonathan Groff, "Spring Awakening"
Gavin Lee, "Mary Poppins"
David Hyde Pierce, "Curtains"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Laura Bell Bundy, "Legally Blonde"
Christine Ebersole, "Grey Gardens" (heard it's a once in a lifetime performance)
Audra McDonald, "110 in the Shade"
Debra Monk, "Curtains"
Donna Murphy, "LoveMusik"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Anthony Chisholm, "Radio Golf" (SHOULD WIN)
Billy Crudup, "The Coast of Utopia"
Ethan Hawke, "The Coast of Utopia"
John Earl Jelks, "Radio Golf"
Stark Sands, "Journey's End"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY (didn't see any of these)
Jennifer Ehle, "The Coast of Utopia"
Xanthe Elbrick, "Coram Boy"
Dana Ivey, "Butley"
Jan Maxwell, "Coram Boy"
Martha Plimpton, "The Coast of Utopia"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Brooks Ashmanskas, "Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me"
Christian Borle, "Legally Blonde"
John Cullum, "110 in the Shade"
John Gallagher, Jr., "Spring Awakening" (MY PICK)
David Pittu, "LoveMusik"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (DON'T CARE)
Charlotte d'Amboise, "A Chorus Line"
Rebecca Luker, "Mary Poppins"
Orfeh, "Legally Blonde"
Mary Louise Wilson, "Grey Gardens"
Karen Ziemba, "Curtains"

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Michael Grandage, "Frost/Nixon"
David Grindley, "Journey's End"
Jack O'Brien, "The Coast of Utopia" (SHOULD WIN, it's an eight hour play)
Melly Still, "Coram Boy"

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
John Doyle, "Company" (WON LAST YEAR)
Scott Ellis, "Curtains"
Michael Greif, "Grey Gardens"
Michael Mayer, "Spring Awakening" (SHOULD WIN)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Rob Ashford, "Curtains"
Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear, "Mary Poppins"
Bill T. Jones, "Spring Awakening" (SHOULD WIN)
Jerry Mitchell, "Legally Blonde"

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Bruce Coughlin, "Grey Gardens"
Duncan Sheik, "Spring Awakening" (SHOULD WIN, and I met him)
Jonathan Tunick, "LoveMusik"
Jonathan Tunick, "110 in the Shade"

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Bob Crowley and Scott Pask, "The Coast of Utopia"
Jonathan Fensom, "Journey's End"
David Gallo, "Radio Golf" (MY PICK, but won't win)
Ti Green and Melly Still, "Coram Boy"

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Bob Crowley, "Mary Poppins" (THE HOUSE FLYS DOWN OVERTOP ANOTHER SET)
Christine Jones, "Spring Awakening"
Anna Louizos, "High Fidelity"
Allen Moyer, "Grey Gardens"

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY (DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THESE)
Ti Green and Melly Still, "Coram Boy"
Jane Greenwood, "Heartbreak House"
Santo Loquasto, "Inherit the Wind"
Catherine Zuber, "The Coast of Utopia"

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Gregg Barnes, "Legally Blonde"
Bob Crowley, "Mary Poppins"
Susan Hilferty, "Spring Awakening" (I LOVE THIS MUSICAL)
William Ivey Long, "Grey Gardens"

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Paul Constable, "Coram Boy"(WILL WIN)
Brian MacDevitt, "Inherit the Wind"
Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner and Natasha Katz, "The Coast of Utopia"
Jason Taylor, "Journey's End"

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Kevin Adams, "Spring Awakening" (SHOULD WIN, AMAZING)
Christopher Akerlind, "110 in the Shade"
Howard Harrison, "Mary Poppins"
Peter Kaczorowski, "Grey Gardens"

BEST SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENT
"Kiki and Herb: Alive on Broadway" (HEARD IT WAS GREAT)
"Jay Johnson: The Two and Only!"