Wednesday, June 03, 2009


The BAT Challenge: The Tony Belmont Stakes, Part II

For this second part of The Tony Belmont Stakes, see how many Tony winners you can predict. As usual, anyone can play—just leave your guesses in the comments section and use the ol' distinct moniker so we can tell you apart from the rest of the competitors.

To select the winners, feel free to copy, paste, and delete your way through this list. Cut-off time for your selections will be 5pm EST on Sunday, June 7, 2009.

Oh—and here's a BAT tip for Tony evening: Hang out in the theater district after the matinees end to get a taste of the community. Some will arrive at Radio City Music Hall by limo, but many will just stroll over from their theaters.

7 comments:

Myra said...

Some shows this year cancelled their usual Sunday mat/eve performances and played an extra Monday evening or Wednesday matinee performance earlier this week.

Aaron Tveit (the son) plays his last performance in "Next To Normal" tonight before returning in September, he'll be leading the pre-Broadway tryout of "Catch Me If You Can" in Seattle.

Myra said...

Do I vote here?
This is who I think will win, not who I want to win.

Play: God of Carnage
Musical: Billy Elliot
Book of Musical: Next to Normal
Original Score: Next To Normal
Revival Play: Norman Conquests
Revival Musical: Hair
Leading Actor, Play: Geoffrey Rush
Leading Actress, Play: Marcia Gay Harden
Leading Actor, Musical: David/Trent/Kiril BE
Leading Actress, Musial: Alice Ripley N2N
Featured Actor, Play: Stephen Mangan
Featured Actress, Play: Angela Landsbury
Featured Actor, Musical: Gregory Jbara BE
Featured Actress, Musical: Karen Olivo WSS
Direction, Play: Matthew Warchus for The Normal Conquests
Direction, Musical: Stephen Daldry for Billy Elliot
Choreography: Peter Darling for BE
Orchestrations: Michael Starobin & Tom Kitt for N2N
Scenic Design, Play: Dale Ferguson for Exit the King
Scenic Design, Musical: Ian MacNeil for BE
Costume Design, Play: Dale Ferguson for Exit the King
Costume Design, Musical: Tim Hatley for Shrek
Lighting, Play: David Hersey for Equus
Lighting, Musical: Rick Fisher for BE
Sound Design, Play: Russell Goldsmith for Exit the King
Sound Design, Musical: Paul Arditti for BE
Special Theatrical Event: Liza's at the Palace

David Marc Fischer said...

BEST PLAY
God of Carnage (Yasmina Reza)

BEST MUSICAL
Billy Elliot, The Musical

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Billy Elliot, The Musical (Lee Hall)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Next to Normal (Tom Kitt/Brian Yorkey)

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Mary Stuart

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Hair

BEST SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENT
Liza's at The Palace

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
David Alvarez/Trent Kowalik/Kiril Kulish, Billy Elliot, The Musical

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Alice Ripley, Next to Normal

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Stephen Mangan, The Norman Conquests

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Will Swenson, Hair

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Jennifer Damiano, Next to Normal

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Bartlett Sher, Joe Turner's Come and Gone

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot, The Musical

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Peter Darling, Billy Elliot, The Musical

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt, Next to Normal

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Derek McLane, 33 Variations

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Ian MacNeil, Billy Elliot, The Musical

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Anthony Ward, Mary Stuart

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Tim Hatley, Shrek The Musical

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
David Hersey, Equus

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Rick Fisher, Billy Elliot, The Musical

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Gregory Clarke, Equus

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Peter Hylenski, Rock of Ages

David Marc Fischer said...
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David Marc Fischer said...

I think I got 19.5 out of 27 (last year I only got a 12?), but maybe I miscounted.

Myra?

Myra said...

NYTimes said I got 20 out of 27, if you count Orchestrations as a whole point. If you are only counting it as a half, then I got 19.5/27.

I mainly missed the design awards (and Featured Actor) for plays, because I didn't see all the plays (missed Joe Turner, Norman Conquests), and gave Exit The King too much design credit.

For Best Play Direction, I picked the right person :) wrong play.

David Marc Fischer said...

So...we're tied????