If I was a Tony voter: The 2018 Sammys

The 2018 Tony Awards are upon us! But before we gather to watch the real nominees and winners tonight, it's time for my annual list of Dream Tonys: The Sammys!

I love the Tonys, but like any awards show they always get a few things wrong. So thank God Sondheim I'm here to set things straight. I stick to the same categories with only a few adjustments: I have a Best New Script category because it continually blows my mind that our playwrights don't have a race of their own at the Tonys. And that category, as well as Score and Book only have 3 nominees each. In a thin year for new work and original scores, that's all that seemed necessary. As you can see by the totals at the bottom of this list, I ended up spreading the wealth quite a bit.

Full list of nominees and winners below!

Best Musical
"The Band's Visit" (winner)
"Frozen"
"Mean Girls"
"SpongeBob SquarePants" (runner-up)

Best Play
"The Children" (winner)
"Farinelli and the King'
"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" (runner-up)
"Junk"

Best Revival of a Musical
"Carousel"
"My Fair Lady" (runner-up)
"Once on This Island" (winner)

Best Revival of a Play
"Angels in America" (winner)
"Lobby Hero"
"Three Tall Women" (runner-up)
"Travesties"

Lead Actor in a Musical
Harry Hadden-Paton, "My Fair Lady" (runner-up)
Joshua Henry, "Carousel"
Tony Shalhoub, "The Band's Visit"
Ethan Slater, "SpongeBob SquarePants" (winner)

Lead Actress in a Musical
Lauren Ambrose, "My Fair Lady" (runner-up)
Hailey Kilgore, "Once on This Island"
Katrina Lenk, "The Band's Visit" (winner)
Taylor Louderman, "Mean Girls"
Patti Murin, "Frozen"

Lead Actor in a Play
Andrew Garfield, "Angels in America" (winner)
Tom Hollander, "Travesties" (runner-up)
John Lithgow, "Stories by Heart"
Steven Pasquale, "Junk"
Mark Rylance, "Farinelli and the King"

Lead Actress in a Play
Glenda Jackson, "Three Tall Women" (winner)
Condola Rashad, "Saint Joan"
Lauren Ridloff, "Children of a Lesser God" (runner-up)
Lili Taylor, "Marvin's Room"

Featured Actor in a Musical
Adam Kantor, "The Band's Visit"
Norbert Leo Butz, "My Fair Lady" (winner)
Gavin Lee, "SpongeBob SquarePants"
Alex Newell, "Once on This Island" (runner-up)
Wesley Taylor, "SpongeBob SquarePants"

Featured Actress in a Musical
Ariana DeBose, "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical"
Lindsay Mendez, "Carousel" (winner)
Kenita R. Miller, "Once on This Island" (runner-up)
Ashley Park, "Mean Girls"
Kate Rockwell, "Mean Girls"

Featured Actor in a Play
Anthony Boyle, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"
Ron Cook, "The Children"
Nathan Lane, "Angels in America" (winner)
James McArdle, "Angels in America" (runner-up)
Lee Pace, "Angels in America"

Featured Actress in a Play
Francesca Annis, "The Children"
Susan Brown, "Angels in America"
Deborah Findlay, "The Children" (winner)
Denise Gough, "Angels in America" (runner-up)
Laurie Metcalf, "Three Tall Women"

Director of a Musical
Michael Arden, "Once on This Island" (winner)
David Cromer, "The Band's Visit" (runner-up)
Tina Landau, "SpongeBob SquarePants"
Casey Nicholaw, "Mean Girls"
Bartlett Sher, "My Fair Lady"

Director of a Play
Marianne Elliott, "Angels in America" (runner-up)
James Macdonald, "The Children"
Joe Mantello, "Three Tall Women"
Patrick Marber, "Travesties"
John Tiffany, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" (winner)

Original Score
Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, "Frozen"
David Yazbeck, "The Band's Visit" (winner)
Various Artists, "SpongeBob SquarePants"

Book of a Musical
Tina Fey, "Mean Girls"
Kyle Jarrow, "SpongeBob SquarePants"
Itamar Moses, "The Band's Visit" (winner)

New Script
Ayad Akhtar, "Junk"
John Leguizamo, "Latin History for Morons"
Lucy Kirkwood, "The Children" (winner)

Choreography
Camille A. Brown, "Once on This Island" (winner)
Christopher Gattelli, "SpongeBob SquarePants"
Steven Hoggett, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"
Casey Nicholaw, "Mean Girls"
Justin Peck, "Carousel" (runner-up)

Orchestrations
"The Band's Visit" (winner)
"Carousel"
"Once on This Island"
"Prince of Broadway"
"SpongeBob SquarePants" (runner-up)

Scenic Design of a Musical
"The Band's Visit"
"Frozen"
"My Fair Lady" (runner-up)
"Once on This Island" (winner)
"SpongeBob SquarePants"

Scenic Design of a Play
"Angels in America"
"The Children"
"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" (winner)
"Three Tall Women" (runner-up)
"Travesties"

Costume Design of a Musical
"Mean Girls"
"My Fair Lady" (winner)
"Once on This Island" (runner-up)
"SpongeBob SquarePants"
"Summer: The Donna Summer Musical"

Costume Design of a Play
"Angels in America"
"Farinelli and the King" (winner)
"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" (runner-up)
"Time and the Conways"
"Three Tall Women"

Lighting Design of a Musical
"The Band's Visit" (runner-up)
"Carousel"
"My Fair Lady" (winner)
"Once on This Island"
"SpongeBob SquarePants"

Lighting Design of a Play
"Angels in America" (runner-up)
"The Children"
"Farinelli and the King"
"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" (winner)
"Junk"

Sound Design of a Musical
"The Band's Visit" (runner-up)
"Carousel"
"My Fair Lady"
"Once on This Island"
"SpongeBob SquarePants" (winner)

Sound Design of a Play
"Angels in America" (winner)
"The Children"
"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" (runner-up)
"Time and the Conways"
"Travesties"

WINS
"The Band's Visit" - 5
"Angels in America" - 4
"Once on This Island" - 4
"The Children" - 3
"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" - 3
"My Fair Lady" - 3
"SpongeBob SquarePants" - 2
"Carousel" - 1
"Farinelli and the King" - 1
"Three Tall Women" - 1

MOST NOMINATED
"SpongeBob SquarePants" - 13
"Angels in America" - 12
"The Band's Visit" - 11
"Once on This Island" - 11
"The Children" - 9
"My Fair Lady" - 9
"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" - 8
"Mean Girls" - 8
"Carousel" - 7
"Three Tall Women" - 6
"Frozen" - 5
"Travesties" - 5