Who Will Win Tonys in 2007? Broadway Pundits Make Their Predictions

Ready to mark a ballot for your fabulous Tony Awards party? Before making your selections, check out the choices of Broadway journalists, most of whom have seen every show this season. Although many categories resulted in almost unanimous agreement, a few were more competitive watch out for Best Actress in a Play!. To see if the pundits will be proved correct —and to watch for upsets—check our handy chart before tuning in on June 10.

The Jury
Ginia Bellafante, The New York Times
Melissa Rose Bernardo, Entertainment Weekly
Ben Brantley, The New York Times
David Cote/Adam Feldman, TimeOut NY
Martin Denton, NYTheatre.com*
Joe Dziemianowicz, New York Daily News*
Andrew Gans, Playbill*
Elysa Gardner, USA Today*
Susan Haskins, Theater Talk*
Andy Humm, Gay U.S.A.*
Charles Isherwood, The New York Times
Tom O'Neil, TheEnvelope.com*
Patrick Pacheco, The Los Angeles Times*
Michael Riedel, New York Post
Paul Sheehan, TheEnvelope.com*
David Sheward, Backstage*
Matt Windman, AM New York
Linda Winer, Newsday
Paul Wontorek, Broadway.com
*As predicted on Showbiz Awards' Gold Derby

Best Musical
Bellafante: Spring Awakening
Bernardo: Spring Awakening
Brantley: Spring Awakening
Cote/Feldman: Spring Awakening
Denton: Spring Awakening
Dziemianowicz: Spring Awakening
Gans: Spring Awakening
Gardner: Spring Awakening
Haskins: Grey Gardens
Humm: Spring Awakening
O'Neil: Spring Awakening
Pacheco: Spring Awakening
Riedel: Spring Awakening
Sheehan: Spring Awakening
Sheward: Spring Awakening
Windman: Spring Awakening
Winer: Spring Awakening
Wontorek: Spring Awakening
Verdict: 95% Spring Awakening; 5% Grey Gardens

Best Play
Bellafante: The Coast of Utopia
Bernardo: Frost/Nixon
Brantley: The Coast of Utopia
Cote/Feldman: The Coast of Utopia
Denton: The Coast of Utopia
Dziemianowicz: The Coast of Utopia
Gans: The Coast of Utopia
Gardner: The Coast of Utopia
Haskins: Radio Golf
Humm: The Coast of Utopia
Isherwood: The Coast of Utopia
O'Neil: The Coast of Utopia
Pacheco: The Coast of Utopia
Riedel: The Coast of Utopia
Sheehan: The Coast of Utopia
Sheward: The Coast of Utopia
Windman: The Coast of Utopia
Winer: The Coast of Utopia
Wontorek: The Coast of Utopia
Verdict: 90% The Coast of Utopia; 5% Frost/Nixon; 5% Radio Golf

Best Revival of a Musical
Bellafante: 110 in the Shade
Bernardo: Company
Brantley: Company
Cote/Feldman: Company
Denton: Company
Dziemianowicz: A Chorus Line
Gans: Company
Gardner: Company
Haskins: Company
Humm: Company
Isherwood: Company
O'Neil: Company
Pacheco: 110 in the Shade
Riedel: Company
Sheehan: Company
Sheward: Company
Windman: Company
Winer: A Chorus Line
Wontorek: A Chorus Line
Verdict: 74% Company; 16% A Chorus Line; 10% 110 in the Shade

Best Revival of a Play
Bellafante: Journey's End
Bernardo: Journey's End
Brantley: Journey's End
Cote: Journey's End
Denton: Journey's End
Dziemianowicz: Journey's End
Gans: Journey's End
Gardner: Talk Radio
Haskins: Journey's End
Humm: Journey's End
Isherwood: Journey's End
O'Neil: Journey's End
Pacheco: Journey's End
Riedel: Journey's End
Sheehan: Journey's End
Sheward: Journey's End
Windman: Journey's End
Winer: Journey's End
Wontorek: Journey's End
Verdict: 95% Journey's End; 5% Talk Radio

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Bellafante: Raul Esparza, Company
Bernardo: Esparza
Brantley: Esparza
Cote/Feldman: Esparza
Denton: Esparza
Dziemianowicz: Esparza
Gans: Esparza
Gardner: Esparza
Haskins: Esparza
Humm: Esparza
Isherwood: Esparza
O'Neil: Esparza
Pacheco: Esparza
Riedel: Esparza
Sheehan: Esparza
Sheward: Esparza
Windman: Esparza
Winer: Esparza
Wontorek: Esparza
Verdict: 100% Raul Esparza, Company

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Bellafante: Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens
Bernardo: Ebersole
Brantley: Ebersole
Cote/Feldman: Ebersole
Denton: Ebersole
Dziemianowicz: Ebersole
Gans: Ebersole
Gardner: Ebersole
Haskins: Ebersole
Humm: Ebersole
Isherwood: Ebersole
O'Neil: Ebersole
Pacheco: Ebersole
Riedel: Ebersole
Sheehan: Ebersole
Sheward: Ebersole
Windman: Ebersole
Winer: Ebersole
Wontorek: Ebersole
Verdict: 100% Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Bellafante: Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Bernardo: Langella
Brantley: Langella
Cote/Feldman: Langella
Denton: Langella
Dziemianowicz: Langella
Gans: Langella
Gardner: Langella
Haskins: Langella
Humm: Langella
Isherwood: Langella
O'Neil: Langella
Pacheco: Langella
Riedel: Langella
Sheehan: Langella
Sheward: Langella
Windman: Langella
Winer: Langella
Wontorek: Langella
Verdict: 100% Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Bellafante: Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed
Bernardo: White
Brantley: Eve Best, A Moon for the Misbegotten
Cote/Feldman: White
Denton: Angela Lansbury, Deuce
Dziemianowicz: Best
Gans: White
Gardner: White
Haskins: Lansbury
Humm: White
Isherwood: Best
O'Neil: Lansbury
Pacheco: Best
Riedel: White
Sheehan: Lansbury
Sheward: Best
Windman: Best
Winer: Best
Wontorek: White
Verdict: 42% Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed; 37% Eve Best, A Moon for the Misbegotten; 21% Angela Lansbury, Deuce

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Bernardo: John Gallagher Jr., Spring Awakening
Cote/Feldman: Gallagher
Denton: David Pittu, LoveMusik
Dziemianowicz: Gallagher
Gans: Gallagher
Gardner: Gallagher
Haskins: Gallagher
Humm: Gallagher
O'Neil: Gallagher
Pacheco: Gallagher
Riedel: Gallagher
Sheehan: Gallagher
Sheward: Gallagher
Windman: Pittu
Winer: Gallagher
Wontorek: Gallagher
Verdict: 88% John Gallagher Jr., Spring Awakening; 12% David Pittu, LoveMusik

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Bernardo: Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens
Cote/Feldman: Wilson
Denton: Orfeh, Legally Blonde
Dziemianowicz: Wilson
Gans: Wilson
Gardner: Wilson
Haskins: Wilson
Humm: Wilson
O'Neil: Wilson
Pacheco: Wilson
Riedel: Wilson
Sheehan: Wilson
Sheward: Wilson
Windman: Wilson
Winer: Wilson
Wontorek: Wilson
Verdict: 94% Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens; 6% Orfeh, Legally Blonde

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Bernardo: Billy Crudup, The Coast of Utopia
Cote/Feldman: Crudup
Denton: Crudup
Dziemianowicz: Anthony Chisholm, Radio Golf
Gans: Chisholm
Gardner: Stark Sands, Journey's End
Haskins: John Earl Jelks, Radio Golf
Humm: Chisholm
O'Neil: Crudup
Pacheco: Chisholm
Riedel: Chisholm
Sheehan: Chisholm
Sheward: Crudup
Windman: Sands
Winer: Crudup
Wontorek: Crudup
Verdict: 44% Billy Crudup, The Coast of Utopia; 38% Anthony Chisholm, Radio Golf; 12% Stark Sands, Journey's End; 6% John Earl Jelks, Radio Golf

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Bernardo: Martha Plimpton, The Coast of Utopia
Cote/Feldman: Plimpton
Denton: Plimpton
Dziemianowicz: Plimpton
Gans: Plimpton
Gardner: Plimpton
Haskins: Jan Maxwell, Coram Boy
Humm: Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia
O'Neil: Plimpton
Pacheco: Plimpton
Riedel: Ehle
Sheehan: Plimpton
Sheward: Plimpton
Windman: Plimpton
Winer: Ehle
Wontorek: Plimpton
Verdict: 75% Martha Plimpton, The Coast of Utopia; 19% Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia, 6% Jan Maxwell; Coram Boy

Best Director of a Musical
Bellafante: Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening
Bernardo: Mayer
Brantley: Mayer
Cote/Feldman: Mayer
Denton: Mayer
Dziemianowicz: Mayer
Gans: Mayer
Gardner: Mayer
Haskins: Mayer
Humm: Mayer
Isherwood: Mayer
O'Neil: Mayer
Pacheco: Mayer
Riedel: Mayer
Sheehan: Mayer
Sheward: Mayer
Windman: Mayer
Winer: Mayer
Wontorek: Mayer
Verdict: 100% Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening

Best Director of a Play
Bellafante: Jack O'Brien, The Coast of Utopia
Bernardo: O'Brien
Brantley: O'Brien
Cote/Feldman: O'Brien
Denton: O'Brien
Dziemianowicz: O'Brien
Gans: O'Brien
Gardner: Michael Grandage, Frost/Nixon
Haskins: O'Brien
Humm: O'Brien
Isherwood: O'Brien
O'Neil: O'Brien
Pacheco: O'Brien
Riedel: O'Brien
Sheehan: O'Brien
Sheward: O'Brien
Windman: O'Brien
Winer: O'Brien
Wontorek: O'Brien
Verdict: 95% Jack O'Brien, The Coast of Utopia; 5% Michael Grandage, Frost/Nixon

Best Choreography
Bernardo: Bill T. Jones, Spring Awakening
Cote/Feldman: Jones
Denton: Jones
Dziemianowicz: Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear, Mary Poppins
Gans: Jones
Gardner: Jones
Haskins: Jones
Humm: Bourne and Mear
O'Neil: Jones
Pacheco: Bourne and Mear
Riedel: Jones
Sheehan: Jones
Sheward: Bourne and Mear
Windman: Jones
Winer: Jerry Mitchell, Legally Blonde
Wontorek: Bourne and Mear
Verdict: 63% Bill T. Jones, Spring Awakening; 26% Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear, Mary Poppins; 6% Jerry Mitchell, Legally Blonde

Best Book of a Musical
Bernardo: Doug Wright, Grey Gardens
Cote/Feldman: Wright
Denton: Wright
Dziemianowicz: Steven Sater, Spring Awakening
Gans: Sater
Gardner: Wright
Haskins: Sater
Humm: Wright
O'Neil: Wright
Pacheco: Wright
Riedel: Wright
Sheehan: Wright
Sheward: Wright
Windman: Wright
Winer: Wright
Wontorek: Wright
Verdict: 81% Doug Wright, Grey Gardens; 19% Steven Sater, Spring Awakening

Best Original Score
Bernardo: Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, Spring Awakening
Cote/Feldman: Sheik and Sater
Denton: Sheik and Sater
Dziemianowicz: Sheik and Sater
Gans: Sheik and Sater
Gardner: Sheik and Sater
Haskins: Sheik and Sater
Humm: Sheik and Sater
O'Neil: Sheik and Sater
Pacheco: Sheik and Sater
Riedel: Sheik and Sater
Sheehan: Sheik and Sater
Sheward: Sheik and Sater
Windman: Sheik and Sater
Winer: Sheik and Sater
Wontorek: Sheik and Sater
Verdict: 100% Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, Spring Awakening

Best Special Theatrical Event
Bernardo: Jay Johnson: The Two and Only
Pacheco:Jay Johnson: The Two and Only
Windman: Jay Johnson: The Two and Only
Winer: Jay Johnson: The Two and Only
Wontorek: Jay Johnson: The Two and Only
Verdict: 100% Jay Johnson: The Two and Only

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Bernardo: Bob Crowley, Mary Poppins
Cote/Feldman: Crowley
Pacheco: Crowley
Riedel: Christine Jones, Spring Awakening
Windman: Crowley
Winer: Crowley
Wontorek: Crowley
Verdict: 86% Bob Crowley, Mary Poppins; 14% Christine Jones, Spring Awakening

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Bernardo: Bob Crowley and Scott Pask, The Coast of Utopia
Cote/Feldman: Ti Green and Melly Still, Coram Boy
Pacheco: Crowley and Pask
Windman: Crowley and Pask
Winer: Crowley and Pask
Wontorek: Crowley and Pask
Verdict: 86% Bob Crowley and Scott Pask, The Coast of Utopia; 14% Ti Green and Melly Still, Coram Boy

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Bernardo: William Ivey Long, Grey Gardens
Cote/Feldman: Long
Pacheco: Long
Riedel: Susan Hilferty, Spring Awakening
Windman: Hilferty
Winer: Long
Wontorek: Long
Verdict: 71% William Ivey Long, Grey Gardens; 29% Susan Hilferty, Spring Awakening

Best Costume Design of a Play
Bernardo: Catherine Zuber, The Coast of Utopia
Cote/Feldman: Zuber
Pacheco: Zuber
Windman: Zuber
Winer: Zuber
Wontorek: Zuber
Verdict: 100% Catherine Zuber, The Coast of Utopia

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Bernardo: Kevin Adams, Spring Awakening
Cote/Feldman: Adams
Pacheco: Adams
Riedel: Adams
Windman: Adams
Winer: Peter Kaczorowski, Grey Gardens
Wontorek: Adams
Verdict: 86% Kevin Adams, Spring Awakening; 14% Peter Kaczorowski, Grey Gardens

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Bernardo: Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner and Natasha Katz, The Coast of Utopia
Cote/Feldman: MacDevitt, Posner and Katz
Pacheco: MacDevitt, Posner and Katz
Windman: MacDevitt, Posner and Katz
Winer: MacDevitt, Posner and Katz
Wontorek: MacDevitt, Posner and Katz
Verdict: 100% Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner and Natasha Katz, The Coast of Utopia

Best Orchestrations
Bernardo: Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening
Cote/Feldman: Sheik
Pacheco: Sheik
Windman: Sheik
Winer: Jonathan Tunick, LoveMusik
Wontorek: Tunick, LoveMusik
Verdict: 67% Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening, 33% Jonathan Tunick, LoveMusik