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This Week on Broadway for Sunday, May 31, 2009 -- Tony Awards Predictions
by James Marino

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    Just a quick note about tonight's podcast. It is about two and a half hours long... and we realize that, that is crazy. If you would like to just listen our Tony Award predictions in certain categories, go to BroadwayStars.com and there will be time codes and links for each category. Thanks for listening and enjoy This Week on Broadway.

    [Title of Show] Tony Award Song

    Intro [Play This Section Only]
    Matthew Murray - Chief Theater Critic for TalkinBroadway.com and columnist at BroadwayStars.com
    Peter Filichia - Can be read three timer per week at TheaterMania and also writes for the Newark Star Ledger
    Michael Portantiere - Journalist and Photographer for After Elton and BroadwayStars.com
    Joel Markowitz - writer for DCTheatreScene.com


    Time Code @ 0:02:25
    Best Sound Design of a Musical [Play This Section Only]
    Acme Sound Partners, Hair
    Paul Arditti, Billy Elliot, The Musical
    Peter Hylenski, Rock of Ages
    Brian Ronan, Next to Normal


    Time Code @ 0:05:05
    Best Sound Design of a Play [Play This Section Only]
    Paul Arditti, Mary Stuart
    Gregory Clarke, Equus
    Russell Goldsmith, Exit the King
    Scott Lehrer and Leon Rothenberg, Joe Turner's Come and Gone


    Time Code @ 0:08:35
    Best Lighting Design of a Musical [Play This Section Only]
    Kevin Adams, Hair
    Kevin Adams, Next to Normal
    Howell Binkley, West Side Story
    Rick Fisher, Billy Elliot, The Musical


    Time Code @ 0:10:19
    Best Lighting Design of a Play [Play This Section Only]
    David Hersey, Equus
    David Lander, 33 Variations
    Brian MacDevitt, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
    Hugh Vanstone, Mary Stuart


    Time Code @ 0:13:37
    Best Costume Design of a Musical [Play This Section Only]
    Gregory Gale, Rock of Ages
    Nicky Gillibrand, Billy Elliot, The Musical
    Tim Hatley, Shrek The Musical
    Michael McDonald, Hair


    Time Code @ 0:15:36
    Best Costume Design of a Play [Play This Section Only]
    Dale Ferguson, Exit the King
    Jane Greenwood, Waiting for Godot
    Martin Pakledinaz, Blithe Spirit
    Anthony Ward, Mary Stuart


    Time Code @ 0:19:20
    Best Scenic Design of a Musical [Play This Section Only]
    Robert Brill, Guys and Dolls
    Ian MacNeil, Billy Elliot, The Musical
    Scott Pask, Pal Joey
    Mark Wendland, Next to Normal


    Time Code @ 0:24:57
    Best Scenic Design of a Play [Play This Section Only]
    Dale Ferguson, Exit the King
    Rob Howell, The Norman Conquests
    Derek McLane, 33 Variations
    Michael Yeargan, Joe Turner's Come and Gone


    Time Code @ 0:28:28
    Best Orchestrations [Play This Section Only]
    Larry Blank, Irving Berlin's White Christmas
    Martin Koch, Billy Elliot, The Musical
    Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt, Next to Normal
    Danny Troob and John Clancy, Shrek The Musical


    Time Code @ 0:31:42
    Best Choreography [Play This Section Only]
    Karole Armitage, Hair
    Andy Blankenbuehler, 9 to 5: The Musical
    Peter Darling, Billy Elliot, The Musical
    Randy Skinner, Irving Berlin's White Christmas


    Time Code @ 0:35:00
    Best Direction of a Musical [Play This Section Only]
    Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot, The Musical
    Michael Greif, Next to Normal
    Kristin Hanggi, Rock of Ages
    Diane Paulus, Hair


    Time Code @ 0:44:09
    Best Direction of a Play [Play This Section Only]
    Phyllida Lloyd, Mary Stuart
    Bartlett Sher, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
    Matthew Warchus, God of Carnage
    Matthew Warchus, The Norman Conquests


    Time Code @ 0:47:00
    Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical [Play This Section Only]
    Jennifer Damiano, Next to Normal
    Haydn Gwynne, Billy Elliot, The Musical
    Karen Olivo, West Side Story
    Martha Plimpton, Pal Joey
    Carole Shelley, Billy Elliot, The Musical


    Time Code @ 0:51:41
    Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical [Play This Section Only]
    David Bologna, Billy Elliot, The Musical
    Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot, The Musical
    Marc Kudisch, 9 to 5: The Musical
    Christopher Sieber, Shrek The Musical
    Will Swenson, Hair


    Time Code @ 0:57:01
    Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play [Play This Section Only]
    Hallie Foote, Dividing the Estate
    Jessica Hynes, The Norman Conquests
    Marin Ireland, Reasons to Be Pretty
    Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit
    Amanda Root, The Norman Conquests


    Time Code @ 1:02:12
    Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play [Play This Section Only]
    John Glover, Waiting for Godot
    Zach Grenier, 33 Variations
    Stephen Mangan, The Norman Conquests
    Paul Ritter, The Norman Conquests
    Roger Robinson, Joe Turner's Come and Gone


    Time Code @ 1:05:23
    Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical [Play This Section Only]
    Stockard Channing, Pal Joey
    Sutton Foster, Shrek The Musical
    Allison Janney, 9 to 5: The Musical
    Alice Ripley, Next to Normal
    Josefina Scaglione, West Side Story


    Time Code @ 1:11:15
    Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical [Play This Section Only]
    David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish - Billy Elliot, The Musical
    Gavin Creel, Hair
    Brian d'Arcy James, Shrek The Musical
    Constantine Maroulis, Rock of Ages
    J. Robert Spencer, Next to Normal


    Time Code @ 1:15:45
    Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play [Play This Section Only]
    Hope Davis, God of Carnage
    Jane Fonda, 33 Variations
    Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage
    Janet McTeer, Mary Stuart
    Harriet Walter, Mary Stuart


    Time Code @ 1:21:03
    Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play [Play This Section Only]
    Jeff Daniels, God of Carnage
    Raúl Esparza, Speed-the-Plow
    James Gandolfini, God of Carnage
    Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King
    Thomas Sadoski, Reasons to Be Pretty


    Time Code @ 1:29:05
    Best Special Theatrical Event [Play This Section Only]

    Liza's at The Palace
    Producers: John Scher and Metropolitan Talent Presents, LLC; Jubilee Time Productions, LLC

    Slava's Snowshow
    Producers: David J. Foster, Jared Geller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judith Marinoff Cohn, John Pinckard

    Soul of Shaolin
    Producers: Nederlander Worldwide Productions, LLC; Eastern Shanghai International Culture Film & Television Group; China on Broadway

    You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush
    Producer: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Steve Traxler, Home Box Office Inc., Gary Sanchez Productions, Bat-Barry Productions, Ken Davenport, Ergo Entertainment, Ronald Frankel, Jon B. Platt, James D. Stern, The Weinstein Company, Tara Smith/b. Swibel, Dede Harris/Sharon Karmazin, Arny Granat


    Time Code @ 1:35:43
    Best Revival of a Musical [Play This Section Only]

    Guys and Dolls
    Producers: Howard Panter and Ambassador Theatre Group, Tulchin/Bartner, Bill Kenwright, Northwater Entertainment, Darren Bagert, Tom Gregory, Nederlander Presentations, Inc., David Mirvish, Michael Jenkins/Dallas Summer Musicals, Independent Presenters Network, Olympus Theatricals, Sonia Friedman Productions

    Hair
    Producers: The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis, Andrew D. Hamingson, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Gary Goddard Entertainment, Kathleen K. Johnson, Nederlander Productions, Inc., Fran Kirmser Productions/Jed Bernstein, Marc Frankel, Broadway Across America, Barbara Manocherian/Wencarlar Productions, JK Productions/Terry Schnuck, Andy Sandberg, Jam Theatricals, The Weinstein Company/Norton Herrick, Jujamcyn Theaters, Joey Parnes, Elizabeth Ireland McCann

    Pal Joey
    Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy, Marc Platt

    West Side Story
    Producers: Kevin McCollum, James L. Nederlander, Jeffrey Seller, Terry Allen Kramer, Sander Jacobs, Roy Furman/Jill Furman Willis, Freddy DeMann, Robyn Goodman/Walt Grossman, Hal Luftig, Roy Miller, The Weinstein Company, Broadway Across America


    Time Code @ 1:39:39
    Best Revival of a Play [Play This Section Only]

    Joe Turner's Come and Gone
    Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten

    Mary Stuart
    New Version: Peter Oswald
    Producers: Arielle Tepper Madover, Debra Black, Neal Street Productions/Matthew Byam Shaw, Scott Delman, Barbara Whitman, Jean Doumanian/Ruth Hendel, David Binder/CarlWend Productions/Spring Sirkin, Daryl Roth/James L. Nederlander/Chase Mishkin, The Donmar Warehouse

    The Norman Conquests
    Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Tom Viertel, Dede Harris, Tulchin/Bartner/Lauren Doll, Jamie deRoy, Eric Falkenstein, Harriet Newman Leve, Probo Productions, Douglas G. Smith, Michael Filerman/Jennifer Manocherian, Richard Winkler, Dan Frishwasser, Pam Laudenslager/Remmel T. Dickinson, Jane Dubin/True Love Productions, Barbara Manocherian/Jennifer Isaacson, The Old Vic Theatre Company

    Waiting for Godot
    Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy, Elizabeth Ireland McCann


    Time Code @ 1:45:10
    Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre [Play This Section Only]

    Billy Elliot, The Musical
    Music: Elton John
    Lyrics: Lee Hall

    Next to Normal
    Music: Tom KittLyrics: Brian Yorkey

    9 to 5: The Musical
    Music & Lyrics: Dolly Parton

    Shrek The Musical
    Music: Jeanine Tesori
    Lyrics: David Lindsay-Abaire


    Time Code @ 1:58:33
    Best Book of a Musical [Play This Section Only]
    Billy Elliot, The Musical: Book by Lee Hall
    Next to Normal: Book by Brian Yorkey
    Shrek The Musical: Book by David Lindsay-Abaire
    [Title of Show]: Book by Hunter Bell


    Time Code @ 2:06:25
    Best Play [Play This Section Only]

    Dividing the Estate
    Author: Horton Foote
    Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, Bernard Gersten, André Bishop, Primary Stages

    God of Carnage
    Author: Yasmina Reza
    Producers: Robert Fox, David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers, Stuart Thompson, Scott Rudin, Jon B. Platt, The Weinstein Company, The Shubert Organization

    Reasons to Be Pretty
    Author: Neil LaBute
    Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, MCC Theater, Gary Goddard Entertainment, Ted Snowdon, Doug Nevin/Erica Lynn Schwartz, Ronald Frankel/Bat-Barry Productions, Kathleen Seidel, Kelpie Arts, LLC, Jam Theatricals, Rachel Helson/Heather Provost

    33 Variations
    Author: Moisés Kaufman
    Producers: David Binder, Ruth Hendel, Barbara Whitman, Goldberg/Mills, Latitude Link, Arielle Tepper Madover, Bill Resnick, Eric Schnall, Jayne Baron Sherman, Wills/True Love Productions, Tectonic Theater Project, Greg Reiner, Dominick Balletta, Jeffrey LaHoste


    Time Code @ 2:15:02
    Best Musical [Play This Section Only]

    Billy Elliot, The Musical
    Producers: Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films, Old Vic Productions, Weinstein Live Entertainment

    Next to Normal
    Producers: David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo, Second Stage Theatre, Carole Rothman, Ellen Richard

    Rock of Ages
    Producers: Matthew Weaver, Carl Levin, Jeff Davis, Barry Habib, Scott Prisand, Relativity Media, Corner Store Fund, Janet Billig Rich, Hillary Weaver, Toni Habib, Paula Davis, Simon and Stefany Bergson/Jennifer Maloney, Charles Rolecek, Susanne Brook, Israel Wolfson, Sara Katz/Jayson Raitt, Max Gottlieb/John Butler, David Kaufman/Jay Franks, Mike Wittlin, Prospect Pictures, Laura Smith/Bill Bodnar, Happy Walters, Michele Caro, The Araca Group

    Shrek The Musical
    Producers: Dreamworks Theatricals, Neal Street Productions


    Time Code @ 2:24:02
    Who is a Tony voter [Play This Section Only]
    Matthew Murray - Yes, is a Tony voter
    Peter Filichia - Yes, is a Tony voter
    Michael Portantiere - No, is not a Tony voter
    Joel Markowitz - No, is not a Tony voter


    Finale
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