Tony Noms/bored

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Sooo...here are my predictions/what should win for
The Tony Awards 2006
*=what will win
+=what should win

Best Play
The History Boys by Alan Bennett*+
The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh
Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire
Shining City by Conor McPherson

Best Musical
The Color Purple
The Drowsy Chaperone*
Jersey Boys+
The Wedding Singer

Best Revival of a Play
Awake and Sing!
The Constant Wife
Seascape
Faith Healer+*

Best Revival of a Musical
The Pajama Game
Sweeney Todd*+
The Threepenny Opera

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Ralph Fiennes, Faith Healer+
Richard Griffiths, The History Boys*
Željko Ivanek, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Oliver Platt, Shining City
David Wilmot, The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Kate Burton, The Constant Wife
Judy Kaye, Souvenir
Lisa Kron, Well
Cynthia Nixon, Rabbit Hole*+
Lynn Redgrave, The Constant Wife

Best Performance by a Leading 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

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Sutton Foster, The Drowsy Chaperone
LaChanze, The Color Purple
Patti LuPone, Sweeney Todd
Kelli O'Hara, The Pajama Game*+
Chita Rivera, Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Samuel Barnett, The History Boys
Domhnall Gleeson, The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Ian McDiarmid, Faith Healer*+
Mark Ruffalo, Awake and Sing!
Pablo Schreiber, Awake and Sing!

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Tyne Daly, Rabbit Hole+
Frances de la Tour, The History Boys*
Jayne Houdyshell, Well
Alison Pill, The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Zoë Wanamaker, Awake and Sing!

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Danny Burstein, The Drowsy Chaperone
Jim Dale, The Threepenny Opera*
Brandon Victor Dixon, The Color Purple
Manoel Felciano, Sweeney Todd+
Christian Hoff, Jersey Boys

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Carolee Carmello, Lestat
Felicia P. Fields, The Color Purple*+
Megan Lawrence, The Pajama Game
Beth Leavel, The Drowsy Chaperone
Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, The Color Purple

Best Direction of a Play
Nicholas Hytner, The History Boys*
Wilson Milam, The Lieutenant of Inishmore+
Bartlett Sher, Awake and Sing!
Daniel Sullivan, Rabbit Hole

Best Direction of a Musical
John Doyle, Sweeney Todd*+
Kathleen Marshall, The Pajama Game
Des McAnuff, Jersey Boys
Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone

Best Choreography
Rob Ashford, The Wedding Singer
Donald Byrd, The Color Purple
Kathleen Marshall, The Pajama Game*+
Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone

Best Book of a Musical
Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy, The Wedding Singer
Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, Jersey Boys+
Bob Martin and Don McKellar, The Drowsy Chaperone*
Marsha Norman, The Color Purple

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Music & Lyrics: Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, The Drowsy Chaperone*+
Music & Lyrics: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray, The Color Purple
Music: Matthew Sklar; Lyrics: Chad Beguelin, The Wedding Singer
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics: David Zippel, The Woman in White

Best Orchestrations
Larry Blank, The Drowsy Chaperone
Dick Lieb and Danny Troob, The Pajama Game
Steve Orich, Jersey Boys
Sarah Travis, Sweeney Todd*+

Best Scenic Design of a Play
John Lee Beatty, Rabbit Hole
Bob Crowley, The History Boys*
Santo Loquasto, Three Days of Rain
Michael Yeargan, Awake and Sing!+

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
John Lee Beatty, The Color Purple
David Gallo, The Drowsy Chaperone*+
Derek McLane, The Pajama Game
Klara Zieglerova, Jersey Boys

Best Costume Design of a Play
Michael Krass, The Constant Wife
Santo Loquasto, A Touch of the Poet
Catherine Zuber, Awake and Sing!*+
Catherine Zuber, Seascape

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes, The Drowsy Chaperone*+
Susan Hilferty, Lestat
Martin Pakledinaz, The Pajama Game
Paul Tazewell, The Color Purple

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Christopher Akerlind, Awake and Sing!+
Paul Gallo, Three Days of Rain
Mark Henderson, Faith Healer*
Mark Henderson, The History Boys

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington and Brian Monahan, The Drowsy Chaperone*
Howell Binkley, Jersey Boys+
Natasha Katz, Tarzan
Brian MacDevitt, The Color Purple

so yea...EAT IT...that's my silly idea...what a stupid year for new musicals...oh well...great GREAT play year tho...