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Variety Awards Circuit section is nan location for each awards news and related contented passim nan year, featuring nan following: nan charismatic predictions for nan upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages bespeak nan existent standings successful nan title and do not bespeak individual preferences for immoderate individual contender. As different general (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and taxable to alteration based connected buzz and events. Predictions are updated each Thursday.
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UPDATED: June 8, 2023
2023 Tony Predictions:
Best Original Score
Weekly Commentary: In general, nan voters who are checking nan champion philharmonic container for “Kimberly Akimbo” are besides casting their ballot for Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire’s score, which finds a philharmonic lucifer for nan show’s operation of drama and wistfulness. Although Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman’s songs for “Some Like It Hot” get immoderate emotion too, nan title present seems to beryllium “Shucked,” which brings new-to-Broadway songwriters Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally to nan boards pinch a people that successfully lends a country-music twang to old-fashioned philharmonic theater. But it looks for illustration this 1 will spell to “Kimberly Akimbo” – and if it does, expect nan champion philharmonic grant to follow.
Gordon Cox’s Picks
Will win: Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire, “Kimberly Akimbo”
Could win: Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, “Shucked”
Should win: Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire, “Kimberly Akimbo”
Should Have Been Nominated: None; nary different philharmonic had an eligible score
Clayton Davis’ Picks
Will win: Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire, “Kimberly Akimbo”
Could win: Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, “Some Like It Hot”
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for nan latest Tony Awards predictions successful each categories.
The 76th Annual Tony Awards are scheduled for June 11, 2023, astatine nan United Palace successful New York City. It will aerial connected CBS and Paramount+ and beryllium produced by Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss, pinch nan second besides serving arsenic nan director.
And nan Nominees Are:
- “Kimberly Akimbo” (Booth Theatre) — Jeanine Tesori, David Lindsay-Abaire
- “Shucked” (Nederlander Theatre) — Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally
- “Some Like It Hot” (Shubert Theatre) — Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
- “KPOP” (Circle successful nan Square Theatre) — Helen Park, Max Vernon
- “Almost Famous” (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre) — Tom Kitt, Cameron Crowe
All Eligible Shows (Unranked)
- “Almost Famous” (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre) — Tom Kitt, Cameron Crowe
- “Bad Cinderella” (Imperial Theatre) — Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Zippel
- “Cost of Living” (Samuel J. Friedman Theatre) — Mikaal Sulaiman
- “Death of a Salesman” (Hudson Theatre) — Femi Temowo
- “KPOP” (Circle successful nan Square Theatre) — Helen Park, Max Vernon
- “Kimberly Akimbo” (Booth Theatre) — Jeanine Tesori, David Lindsay-Abaire
- “The Kite Runner” (Hayes Theater) — Jonathan Girling
- “Leopoldstadt” (Longacre Theatre) — Adam Cork
- “New York, New York” (St. James Theatre) — John Kander, Lin-Manuel Miranda
- “The Piano Lesson” (Barrymore Theatre) — Alvin Hough Jr.
- “Prima Facie” (Golden Theatre) — Rebecca Lucy Taylor
- “Shucked” (Nederlander Theatre) — Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally
- “Some Like It Hot” (Shubert Theatre) — Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
2023 Tony Predictions:
Best Choreography
Weekly Commentary: Director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw is nan clear favourite successful this category: His is nan sanction that comes up astir for his polished, razzle-dazzle activity successful “Some Like It Hot.” The Broadway seasoned has besides ne'er won a choreography Tony, and nan erstwhile dancer seems for illustration he’s overdue. The closest point he has to title is different Broadway veteran, Susan Stroman, who staged 1 of nan outpouring season’s astir memorable sequences pinch her construction-girder tapdance successful “New York, New York.” Jennifer Weber, double-nominated for “& Juliet” and “KPOP,” besides comes up successful conversations pinch voters, but overall, it looks for illustration Nicholaw has this 1 successful nan bag.
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for nan latest Tony Awards predictions successful each categories.
Gordon Cox’s Picks
Will win: Casey Nicholaw, “Some Like It Hot”
Could win: Susan Stroman, “New York, New York”
Should win: Jennifer Weber, “KPOP”
Should Have Been Nominated: Steven Hoggett, “A Beautiful Noise”
Clayton Davis’ Picks
Will win: Casey Nicholaw, “Some Like It Hot”
Could win: Susan Stroman, “New York, New York”
The 76th Annual Tony Awards are scheduled for June 11, 2023, astatine nan United Palace successful New York City. It will aerial connected CBS and Paramount+ and beryllium produced by Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss, pinch nan second besides serving arsenic nan director.
And nan Nominees Are:
Tony Awards Predictions Categories
BEST MUSICAL | BEST PLAY | MUSICAL REVIVAL | PLAY REVIVAL | ACTOR (MUSICAL) | ACTOR (PLAY) | ACTRESS (MUSICAL) | ACTRESS (PLAY) | FEATURED ACTOR (MUSICAL) | FEATURED ACTOR (PLAY) | FEATURED ACTRESS (MUSICAL) | FEATURED ACTRESS (PLAY) | DIRECTOR (MUSICAL) | DIRECTOR (PLAY) | ORIGINAL SCORE | MUSICAL BOOK | CHOREOGRAPHY
About nan Tony Awards
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence successful Broadway Theatre, amended known arsenic nan Tony Awards, is fixed retired annually by nan American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, recognizing excellence successful unrecorded Broadway theatre. The ceremony, held annually successful New York City, was founded by theatre shaper and head Brock Pemberton and is named aft Antoinette “Tony” Perry, an actress, shaper and theatre head who was co-founder of nan American Theatre Wing.
