The Tony Awards are tomorrow evening and there are a lot of articles online where supposed experts are predicting who will win and sometimes also stating who should win. Often but not always, those are the same names.
I see in the predictions a consensus that Angels in America will absolutely, positively, no-doubt-about-it, bet-the farm win as Best Revival of a Play (and should) and that there is zero chance that Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane and Denise Gough won't rightfully win for their work in it as Best Actor, Best Featured Actor and Best Featured Actress, respectively. The predictors are also so certain that Glenda Jackson will win for Best Actress in a Play for Three Tall Women that the other nominees should just send her their congratulations now and not bother coming to the ceremony.
Maybe those are locks but I see many a Broadway Nostradamus who is certain of some win where another disagrees. Depending on who you read, The Band's Visit, Mean Girls and SpongeBob SquarePants are all utterly certain to win for Best Musical. Barring the unlikely three-way tie, some folks who are absolutely certain are going to be absolutely wrong.
I saw but one of the nominated shows — the revival of My Fair Lady, 98% of which I thought was wonderful. I'll tell you about the 2% when I get around to that night in my trip diary. How well it will fare tomorrow evening I can't say because I didn't see the shows it's up against. But if the number that's performed from that show is "Get Me to the Church on Time," make sure you catch it. It probably won't be. They'll probably opt for something with Higgins and/or Eliza, perhaps "The Rain in Spain," maybe truncated to allow a segue into a few choruses of "I Could Have Danced All Night."
But Norbert Leo Butz performing the "Church" number was one of the most exciting things I ever saw on a stage — so much so that a lot of the seers are saying he will definitely win for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. And of course, a lot of them are saying that about other nominees.