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Last Updated: 4/12/2008

Current Tony Award Nomination Predictions

Each nominee in the category is ranked from 1-4 or 1-5 with 1 being the most likely to win, and 4 or 5 being the most likely to either be not nominated, or not really considered to win the Tony.

Best Musical
1. Passing Strange
2. In the Heights
3. A Catered Affair
4. Xanadu

Best Play
1. August: Osage County
2. The Seafarer
3. The 39 Steps
4. Rock 'n Roll

Best Revival of a Musical
1. South Pacific
2. Gypsy
3. Sunday in the Park with George
4. Grease

Best Revival of a Play
1. Top Girls
2. Macbeth
3. The Homecoming
4. Les Liasons Dangereuses

Best Actor in a Musical
1. Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights
2. Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park with George
3. Tom Wopat, A Catered Affair
4. Paulo Szot, South Pacific
5. Stew, Passing Strange

Best Actress in a Musical
1. Patti LuPone, Gypsy
2. Faith Prince, A Catered Affair
3. Kelli O'Hara, South Pacific
4. Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park with George
5. Kerry Butler, Xanadu

Best Actor in a Play
1. Patrick Stewart, Macbeth
2. Kevin Kline, Cyrano de Bergerac
3. Nathan Lane, November
4. Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
5. Norbert Leo Butz, Is He Dead?

Best Actress in a Play
1. Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
2. S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba
3. Amy Morton, August: Osage County
4. Laura Linney, Les Liasons Dangereuses
5. Anika Noni Rose, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
1. Daniel Breaker, Passing Strange
2. Boyd Gaines, Gypsy
3. Harvey Fierstein, A Catered Affair
4. Danny Burstein, South Pacific
5. Robin De Jesus, In the Heights

Best Featured Actress in a Musical
1. Laura Benanti, Gypsy
2. Loretta Able Sayres, South Pacific
3. Olga Merediz, In the Heights
4. Mary Testa, Xanadu
5. Andrea Martin, Young Frankenstein

Best Featured Actor in a Play
1. James Earl Jones, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
2. Jim Norton, The Seafarer
3. Raul Esparza, The Homecoming
4. Peter Gallagher, The Country Girl
5. David Morse, The Seafarer

Best Featured Actress in a Play
1. Kate Fleetwood, Macbeth
2. Martha Plimpton, Top Girls
3. Christine Baranski, Boeing-Boeing
4. Rondi Reed, August: Osage County
5. Rosie Perez, The Ritz

Best Director of a Musical
1. Bartlett Sher, South Pacific
2. Sam Buntrock, Sunday in the Park with George
3. Annie Dorsen, Passing Strange
4. Arthur Laurents, Gypsy (if eligible, if not then John Doyle for "A Catered Affair)

Best Director of a Play
1. Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
2. Rupert Goold, Macbeth
3. Daniel Sullivan, The Homecoming
4. Trevor Nunn, Rock 'n Roll

Best Choreography
1. Andy Blankenbuehler, In the Heights
2. Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby
3. Susan Stroman, Young Frankenstein
4. Dan Knechtges, Xanadu

Best Book for a Musical
1. Stew, Passing Strange
2. Douglas Carter Beane, Xanadu
3. Harvey Fierstein, A Catered Affair
4. Quiara Alegria Hudes, In the Heights

Best Score
1. Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights
2. Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Passing Strange
3. Nick Blaemire, Glory Days
4. John Bucchino, A Catered Affair

Best Orchestrations
1. Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Passing Strange
2. Jesse Vargas, Glory Days
3. Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman, In the Heights
4. Doug Besterman, Young Frankenstein

Best Set Design for a Musical
1. Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network and David Farley, Sunday in the Park with George
2. Michael Yeargan, South Pacific
3. Anna Louizos, In the Heights
4. Robin Wagner, Young Frankenstein

Best Lighting Design for a Musical
1. Donald Holder, South Pacific
2. Kevin Adams, Passing Strange
3. Howell Binkley, In the Heights
4. Mark Lanks, Glory Days

Best Costume Design for a Musical
1. Catherine Zuber, South Pacific
2. Paul Tazewell, In the Heights
3. Ann Hould-Ward, A Catered Affair
4. David Zinn, Xanadu

Best Sound Design for a Musical
1. Scott Lehrer, South Pacific
2. Acme Sound Partners, In the Heights
3. Tom Morse, Passing Strange
4. Dan Moses Schreier, Gypsy

Best Set Design for a Play
1. Todd Rosenthal, August: Osage County
2. Michael Yeargan, Cymbeline
3. Anthony Ward, Macbeth
4. Scott Pask, The Ritz

Best Lighting Design for a Play
1. Neil Austin, The Seafarer
2. Howard Harrison, Macbeth
3. Kevin Adams, The 39 Steps
4. Ann G. Wrightson, August: Osage County

Best Costume Design for a Play
1. Jess Goldstein, Cymbeline
2. Martin Pakledinaz, Is He Dead?
3. Ana Kuzmanic, August: Osage County
4. Laura Bauer, Top Girls

Best Sound Design for a Play
1. Richard Woodbury, August: Osage County
2. Matthew Evans, The Seafarer
3. Simon Baker, Boeing-Boeing
4. Adam Cork, Macbeth