The 2011 Tony Awards will be given this coming Sunday evening, and to mark the occasion, The Grandstander turns over this space to its Man on the Great White Way, the Sage of Landview Street, Loyal Reader BigPoppy!Take it away BP......
OK, I was going to simply cut-and-paste Big Poppy's incisive comments, but he is using a different version of Microsoft than I have on my PC and I am unable to do it. So, instead of his own Walter Winchell-like prose, I will merely offer his predictions for six categories:
Best Musical - "The Book of Mormon" (Big Poppy says that this is an "absolute lock")
Best Revival of a Musical - "Anything Goes" (Cole Porter still getting it done!)
Best Performance of a Lead Actress in a Musical - Sutton Foster, "Anything Goes"
Best Performance of a Lead Actor in a Musical - Norbert Leo Butz, "Catch Me If You Can"
Best Performance of Actress in a Featured (Supporting) Role - Laura Benanti, "Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown"
Best Performanc of an Actor in a Featured Role - John Laroquette, "How to Succeed in Business Without really Trying" (The Grandstander remembers Laroquette as the very funny Dan Fielding in the classic 80's sitcom, "Night Court")
BigPoppy also offers a special "Bonus Pick" in the category of Best Play: "War Horse"
There you have it. BP says that he will be "devastated" (his word) if he is not correct on at least five of these seven picks. He also offers that the musical "Sister Act" could be a dark horse winner in some categories, but he again states that "Book of Mormon" "could sweep the field."
As always, watch, but don't bet.
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