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The New York Times' Brantley & Isherwood Reveal Tony Award Picks of 2010

By: May. 15, 2010
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Famed New York Times theater critics Ben Brantley and Charles Isherwood have revealed their Tony Awards picks of 2010.

To read the entire list, including which shows and individuals the critics deemed to be notably absent from the nominations, click here.

BEST PLAY
Will Win: BRANTLEY: 'Red'
Will Win: ISHERWOOD: 'Red'
Should Win: BRANTLEY: 'Next Fall'
Should Win: ISHERWOOD: 'In the Next Room, or the vibrator play'

BEST MUSICAL
Will Win: BRANTLEY: 'Memphis'
Will Win: ISHERWOOD: 'Fela!'
Should Win: BRANTLEY: 'Fela!'
Should Win: ISHERWOOD: 'American Idiot'

BEST PLAY REVIVAL
Will Win: BRANTLEY: 'Fences'
Will Win: ISHERWOOD: 'Fences'
Should Win: BRANTLEY: 'A View From the Bridge'
Should Win: ISHERWOOD: 'A View From the Bridge'

BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
Will Win: BRANTLEY: 'La Cage aux Folles'
Will Win: ISHERWOOD: 'La Cage aux Folles'
Should Win: BRANTLEY: 'La Cage aux Folles'
Should Win: ISHERWOOD: 'Finian's Rainbow'

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY
Will Win: BRANTLEY: Alfred Molina, 'Red'
Will Win: ISHERWOOD: Denzel Washington, 'Fences'
Should Win: BRANTLEY: Alfred Molina, 'Red'
Should Win: ISHERWOOD: Liev Schreiber, Something

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Will Win: BRANTLEY: Viola Davis, 'Fences'
Will Win: ISHERWOOD: Viola Davis, 'Fences'
Should Win: BRANTLEY: Viola Davis, 'Fences'
Should Win: ISHERWOOD: Viola Davis, 'Fences'

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Will Win: BRANTLEY: Douglas Hodge, 'La Cage aux Folles'
Will Win: ISHERWOOD: Sahr Ngaujah, 'Fela!'
Should Win: BRANTLEY: Douglas Hodge, 'La Cage aux Folles'
Should Win: ISHERWOOD: Sahr Ngaujah, 'Fela!'

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Will Win: BRANTLEY: Montego Glover, 'Memphis'
Will Win: ISHERWOOD: Catherine Zeta-Jones, 'A Little Night Music'
Should Win: BRANTLEY: Sherie Rene Scott, 'Everyday Rapture'
Should Win: ISHERWOOD: Sherie Rene Scott, 'Everyday Rapture'

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Will Win: BRANTLEY: Stephen McKinley Henderson, 'Fences'
Will Win: ISHERWOOD: Jon Michael Hill, 'Superior Donuts'
Should Win: BRANTLEY: Stephen McKinley Henderson, 'Fences'
Should Win: ISHERWOOD: Jon Michael Hill, 'Superior Donuts'

BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Will Win: BRANTLEY: Scarlett Johansson, 'A View From the Bridge'
Will Win: ISHERWOOD: Scarlett Johansson, 'A View From the Bridge'
Should Win: BRANTLEY: Scarlett Johansson, 'a View From the Bridge'
Should Win: ISHERWOOD: Scarlett Johansson, 'A View From the Bridge'

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Will Win: BRANTLEY: Kevin Chamberlin, 'The Addams Family'
Will Win: ISHERWOOD: Bobby Steggert, 'Ragtime'
Should Win: BRANTLEY: Bobby Steggert, 'Ragtime'
Should Win: ISHERWOOD: Christopher Fitzgerald, 'Finian's Rainbow'

BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Will Win: BRANTLEY: Katie Finneran, 'Promises, Promises'
Will Win: ISHERWOOD: Katie Fineran, 'Promises, Promises'
Should Win: BRANTLEY: Katie Finneran, 'Promises, Promises'
Should Win: ISHERWOOD: Angela Lansbury, 'A Little Night Music'

BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Will Win: BRANTLEY: Gregory Mosher, 'A View From the Bridge'
Will Win: ISHERWOOD: Kenny Leon, 'Fences'
Should Win: BRANTLEY: Michael Grandage, 'Red'
Should Win: ISHERWOOD: Gregory Mosher, 'A View From the Bridge'

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL

Will Win: BRANTLEY: Bill T. Jones, 'Fela!'
Will Win: ISHERWOOD: Bill T. Jones, 'Fela!'
Should Win: BRANTLEY: Terry Johnson, 'La Cage aux Folles'
Should Win: ISHERWOOD: Bill T. Jones, 'Fela!'

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Will Win: BRANTLEY: 'Memphis'
Will Win: ISHERWOOD: 'Memphis'
Should Win: BRANTLEY: 'Everyday Rapture'
Should Win: ISHERWOOD: 'Everyday Rapture'

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Will Win: BRANTLEY: 'Memphis'
Will Win: ISHERWOOD: 'Memphis'
Should Win: BRANTLEY: None
Should Win: ISHERWOOD: None


The Tony Awards Nominations were announced Tuesday, May 4th and the Tony Awards will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from Radio City Music Hall on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 13, 2010.




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