If I Was a Tony Voter...

Ok so the Tonys don't always get everything right. But I pretty much do. So here's what the nominees and winners would look like if I was deciding the Tonys (which my friends and readers have repeatedly reminded me I'm not).  And before we get into the is-it-or-isn't-it debate for certain shows, I've used the Tony rulings for category placement and number of nominees per category. Sadly, even in my perfect world there wasn't room for everyone in such a packed year. Sorry Denzel. So put on your favorite cast album, give it a read, and then send me angry letters about who didn't make it. =)

Best Musical
After Midnight
Beautiful
The Bridges of Madison County
*A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

Best Play
All the Way
*Casa Valentina
Mothers and Sons
Outside Mullingar

Best Revival of a Musical
*Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Les Miserables
Violet

Best Revival of a Play
The Cripple of Inishmaan
*The Glass Menagerie
Machinal
A Raisin in The Sun
Twelfth Night

Best Score of a Musical
Aladdin
*The Bridges of Madison County
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
If/Then

Best Book of a Musical
Aladdin
Beautiful
Big Fish
*A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

Best Director of a Musical
Warren Carlyle, After Midnight
Michael Mayer, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Leigh Silverman, Violet
*Darko Tresnjak, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

Best Director of a Play
*Tim Carroll, Twelfth Night
Michael Grandage, The Cripple of Inishmaan
Joe Mantello, Casa Valentina
John Tiffany, The Glass Menagerie

Best Choreography
*After Midnight
Aladdin
Bullets Over Broadway
Rocky

Best Orchestrations
Beautiful
*The Bridges of Madison County
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Best Actor in a Musical
*Neil Patrick Harris, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Ramin Karimloo, Les Miserables
Andy Karl, Rocky
Jefferson Mays, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Steven Pasquale, The Bridges of Madison County
Bryce Pinkham, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

(^I know I have 6 nominees in this category, but they all fucking deserve it. so deal.)

Best Actor in a Play
Samuel Barnett, Twelfth Night
*Bryan Cranston, All the Way
Chris O'Dowd, Of Mice and Men
Daniel Radcliffe, The Cripple of Inishmaan
Zachary Quinto, The Glass Menagerie

Best Actress in a Musical
Mary Bridgett Davies, A Night With Janis Joplin
Sutton Foster, Violet
Idina Menzel, If/Then
*Jessie Mueller, Beautiful
Kelli O'Hara, The Bridges of Madison County

Best Actress in a Play
Tyne Daly, Mothers and Sons
Rebecca Hall, Machinal
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, A Raisin in the Sun
Cherry Jones, The Glass Menagerie
*Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Danny Burstein, Cabaret
Nick Cordero, Bullets Over Broadway
Colin Donnell, Violet
Joshua Henry, Violet
*James Monroe Iglehart, Aladdin

Best Featured Actor in a Play
Reed Birney, Casa Valentina
*Gabriel Ebert, Casa Valentina
Mark Rylance, Twelfth Night
Brian J. Smith, The Glass Menagerie
Bobby Steggert, Mothers and Sons

Best Featured Actress in a Play
*Celia Keenan-Bolger, The Glass Menagerie
Sarah Greene, The Cripple of Inishmaan
Dearbhla Molloy, Outside Mullingar
Anika Noni Rose, A Raisin in the Sun
Mare Winningham, Casa Valentina

Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Lena Hall, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Anika Larsen, Beautiful
Marin Mazzie, Bullets Over Broadway
*Lisa O'Hare, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Lauren Worsham, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

Best Scenic Design - Musical
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Hedwig and the Angy Inch
Les Miserables
*Rocky

Best Scenic Design - Play
Act One
The Glass Menagerie
*Machinal
Twelfth Night

Best Costume Design - Musical
*After Midnight 
Bullets Over Broadway
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Best Costume Design - Play
Casa Valentina
Machinal
*Twelfth Night
Waiting for Godot

Best Lighting Design - Musical
The Bridges of Madison County
*Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Les Miserables
Rocky

Best Lighting Design - Play
Casa Valentina
The Cripple of Inishmaan
*The Glass Menagerie
Machinal

Best Sound Design - Musical
After Midnight
Beautiful
*Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Rocky

Best Sound Design - Play
All the Way
The Cripple of Inishmaan
*Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
Machinal

Special Award
Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. For creating the most delightful on-stage pairing of the season in Waiting for Godot. Neither character would be able to stand alone without the other.  Note to other actors out there: this is what chemistry and specificity looks like.

Special Shout Out
Brian J. Smith's Pecs and Abs. Thank you...for just being you. Just thank you.

Off-Broadway
There are too many shows that premiere Off-Broadway for me to catch all of them, or really even the majority. Money and time simply don't allow. But I'd like to give a shout out to some stunning Off-Broadway work that deserves recognition. So, in no particular order:
Fun Home
Here Lies Love
Murder For Two
Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
The Night Alive
Domesticated


By Winners
4 - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
4 - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
3 - The Glass Menagerie
2 - After Midnight
2 - The Bridges of Madison County
2 - Casa Valentina
2 - Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
2 - Twelfth Night
1 - Aladdin
1 - All the Way
1 - Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
1 - Machinal
1 - Rocky

By Nominations
11 - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
9 - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
8 - The Glass Menagerie
7 - Casa Valentina
6 - Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
6 - The Bridges of Madison County
6 - The Cripple of Inishmaan
6 - Twelfth Night
5 - After Midnight
5 - Machinal
5 - Violet
4 - Aladdin
4 - Bullets Over Broadway
4 - Les Miserables
4 - Rocky
3 - All the Way
3 - Mothers and Sons
3 - A Raisin in the Sun
2 - If/Then
2 - Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
2 - Outside Mullingar
1 - Act One
1 - Big Fish
1 - Cabaret
1 - A Night with Janis Joplin
1 - Of Mice and Men
1 - Waiting For Godot

I was very surprised to find that when I had selected my winners, they were relatively spread out among the nominees. It was certainly not by design, but I think it speaks to the wide variety of offerings this season.