TONY AWARDS

And the winners will be...

The Broadway experts weigh in with their picks for the Tonys.

June 6, 2006

Racetrack odds on Tony Award winners were drafted by David Scott of America's Line (americasline.com) based upon the opinions of the experts cited below. The odds are issued for entertainment purposes only and should not be used for gambling.

TONYS GURUS
Melissa Bernardo, Entertainment Weekly
Martin Denton, NYTheatre.com
Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times
Tom O'Neil, The Envelope
Patrick Pacheco, Show People
David Sheward, Backstage
Paul Sheehan, Envelope.com contributor
Robert Simonson, Playbill.com
Paul Wontorek, Broadway.com


ODDS
BEST PLAY
"The History Boys" 2/5
"The Lieutenant of Inishmore" 3/2
"Rabbit Hole" 50/1
"Shining City" 100/1
   
BEST MUSICAL
"Jersey Boys" 3/5
"The Drowsy Chaperone" EVEN
"The Color Purple" 40/1
"The Wedding Singer" 100/1
   
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
"Awake and Sing!" 1/2
"Faith Healer" 6/5
"The Constant Wife" 40/1
"Seascape" 50/1
   
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
"Sweeney Todd" 4/7
"The Pajama Game" even
"The Threepenny Opera" 40/1
   
BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY
Richard Griffiths, "The History Boys" 1/7
Ralph Fiennes, "Faith Healer" 8/1
Oliver Platt, "Shining City" 10/1
David Wilmot, "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" 12/1
Zeljko Ivanek, "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" 100/1
   
BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Cynthia Nixon, "Rabbit Hole" 1/5
Lisa Kron, "Well" 8/1
Kate Burton, "The Constant Wife" 10/1
Judy Kaye, "Souvenir" 12/1
Lynn Redgrave, "The Constant Wife" 15/1
   
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
John Lloyd Young, "Jersey Boys" 4/5
Harry Connick Jr., "The Pajama Game" 7/2
Michael Cerveris, "Sweeney Todd" 4/1
Bob Martin, "The Drowsy Chaperone" 10/1
Stephen Lynch, "The Wedding Singer" 12/1
   
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Patti LuPone, "Sweeney Todd" 7/5
La Chanze, "The Color Purple" 8/5
Sutton Foster, "The Drowsy Chaperone" 3/1
Kelli O'Hara, "The Pajama Game" 20/1
Chita Rivera, "Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life" 40/1
   
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Ian McDiarmid, "Faith Healer" 8/5
Samuel Barnett, "The History Boys" 9/5
Domhnall Gleeson, "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" 2/1
Mark Ruffalo, "Awake and Sing!" 15/1
Pablo Schreiber, "Awake and Sing!" 100/1
   
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Frances de la Tour, "History Boys" 3/2
Jane Houdyshell, "Well" 8/5
Zoë Wanamaker, "Awake and Sing!" 2/1
Tyne Daly, "Rabbit Hole" 20/1
Alison Pill, "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" 100/1
   
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Jim Dale, "The Threepenny Opera" 4/5
Christian Hoff, "Jersey Boys" 5/2
Brandon Victor Dixon, "The Color Purple" 3/1
Manoel Felciano, "Sweeney Todd" 20/1
Danny Burstein, "The Drowsy Chaperone" 50/1
   
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Beth Leavel, "The Drowsy Chaperone" 3/5
Felicia P. Fields, "The Color Purple" 2/1
Megan Lawrence, "The Pajama Game" 11/2
Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, "The Color Purple" 50/1
Carolee Carmello, "Lestat" 100/1
   
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Nicholas Hytner, "History Boys" 1/15
Wilson Milam, "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" 8/1
Bartlett Sher, "Awake and Sing!" 50/1
Daniel Sullivan, "Rabbit Hole" 75/1
   
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
John Doyle, "Sweeney Todd" 4/5
Des McAnuff, "Jersey Boys" 2/1
Casey Nicholaw, "The Drowsy Chaperone" 5/2
Kathleen Marshall, "The Pajama Game" 100/1
   
BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Bob Martin and Don McKellar, "The Drowsy Chaperone" 3/5
Marsha Norman, "The Color Purple" 5/2
Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, "Jersey Boys" 3/1
Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy, "The Wedding Singer" 75/1
   
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS)
"The Drowsy Chaperone" 3/5
"The Color Purple" EVEN
"The Wedding Singer" 50/1
"The Woman in White" 100/1
   
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Kathleen Marshall, "The Pajama Game" 3/4
Casey Nicholaw, "The Drowsy Chaperone" 2/1
Rob Ashford, "The Wedding Singer" 3/1
Donald Byrd, "The Color Purple" 75/1
   


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GURUS' PREDIX PER CATEGORY


BEST PLAY
The History Boys Bernardo Denton McNulty O'Neil Pacheco Sheehan Sheward Simonson Wontorek
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Rabbit Hole
Shining City
                 
BEST MUSICAL
The Color Purple
The Drowsy Chaperone Sheehan
Jersey Boys Bernardo Denton McNulty O'Neil Pacheco Sheward Simonson Wontorek
The Wedding Singer
                 
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
"Awake and Sing!" Bernardo Denton McNulty O'Neil Pacheco Sheehan Sheward Wontorek
"The Constant Wife"
"Edward Albee's Seascape"
"Faith Healer" Simonson
                 
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
"The Pajama Game" Pacheco
"Sweeney Todd" Bernardo Denton McNulty O'Neil Sheehan Sheward Simonson Wontorek
"The Threepenny Opera"
                 
BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY
Ralph Fiennes, "Faith Healer"
Richard Griffiths, "The History Boys" Bernardo Denton McNulty O'Neil Pacheco Sheehan Sheward Simonson Wontorek
Zeljko Ivanek, "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial"
Oliver Platt, "Shining City"
David Wilmot, "The Lieutenant of Inishmore"
                 
BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Kate Burton, "The Constant Wife"
Judy Kaye, "Souvenir"
Lisa Kron, "Well"
Cynthia Nixon, "Rabbit Hole" Bernardo Denton McNulty O'Neil Pacheco Sheehan Sheward Simonson Wontorek
Lynn Redgrave, "The Constant Wife"
                 
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Michael Cerveris, "Sweeney Todd"
Harry Connick Jr., "The Pajama Game"
Stephen Lynch, "The Wedding Singer"
Bob Martin, "The Drowsy Chaperone"
John Lloyd Young, "Jersey Boys" Bernardo Denton McNulty O'Neil Pacheco Sheehan Sheward Simonson Wontorek
                 
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Sutton Foster, "The Drowsy Chaperone"
LaChanze, "The Color Purple" Denton McNulty Pacheco Sheward
Patti LuPone, "Sweeney Todd" Bernardo O'Neil Sheehan Simonson Wontorek
Kelli O'Hara, "The Pajama Game"
Chita Rivera, "Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life."
                 
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Samuel Barnett, "The History Boys" Bernardo O'Neil Sheehan
Domhnall Gleeson, "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" Simonson
Ian McDiarmid, "Faith Healer" Denton McNulty Pacheco Sheward Wontorek
Mark Ruffalo, "Awake and Sing!"
Pablo Schreiber, "Awake and Sing!"
                 
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Tyne Daly, "Rabbit Hole"
Frances de la Tour, "The History Boys" Bernardo Denton O'Neil Sheehan Sheward Wontorek
Jayne Houdyshell, "Well" McNulty Pacheco Simonson
Alison Pill, "The Lieutenant of Inishmore"
Zoe Wanamaker, "Awake and Sing!"
                 
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Danny Burstein, "The Drowsy Chaperone"
Jim Dale, "The Threepenny Opera" Denton McNulty O'Neil Pacheco Sheehan Sheward Simonson Wontorek
Brandon Victor Dixon, "The Color Purple"
Manoel Felciano, "Sweeney Todd"
Christian Hoff, "Jersey Boys" Bernardo
                 
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Carolee Carmello, "Lestat"
Felicia P. Fields, "The Color Purple" Pacheco Simonson
Megan Lawrence, "The Pajama Game"
Beth Leavel, "The Drowsy Chaperone" Bernardo Denton McNulty O'Neil Sheehan Sheward Wontorek
Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, "The Color Purple"
                 
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Nicholas Hytner, "The History Boys" Bernardo Denton McNulty O'Neil Pacheco Sheehan Sheward Simonson Wontorek
Wilson Milam, "The Lieutenant of Inishmore"
Bartlett Sher, "Awake and Sing!"
Daniel Sullivan, "Rabbit Hole"
                 
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
John Doyle, "Sweeney Todd" Bernardo Denton McNulty O'Neil Pacheco Sheehan Sheward Simonson Wontorek
Kathleen Marshall, "The Pajama Game"
Des McAnuff, "Jersey Boys"
Casey Nicholaw, "The Drowsy Chaperone"
                 
BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
"The Color Purple"
"The Drowsy Chaperone" Bernardo Denton McNulty O'Neil Pacheco (tie) Sheehan Sheward Simonson Wontorek
"Jersey Boys" Pacheco (tie)
"The Wedding Singer"
                 
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Rob Ashford, "The Wedding Singer"
Donald Byrd, "The Color Purple"
Kathleen Marshall, "The Pajama Game" Bernardo Denton McNulty O'Neil Pacheco Sheehan Sheward Simonson Wontorek
Casey Nicholaw, "The Drowsy Chaperone"
                 
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS)
"The Color Purple"
"The Drowsy Chaperone" Bernardo Denton O'Neil Pacheco Sheehan Sheward Simonson Wontorek
"The Wedding Singer"
"The Woman in White"