TONY Nominations Predictions 2013!

So the Tony Award nominations will be announced (by Sutton Foster and Jesse Tyler Ferguson) on April 30th, so here is my prediction of who will be nominated for some of the biggest awards. I also will have a wild-card pick per category if there is someone/or a show that could very well score a surprise nomination, even if it isn't necessarily likely.

BEST MUSICAL:
Matilda
Kinky Boots
Hands on a Hardbody
Chaplin
WILD-CARD: Bring It On! The Musical

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL:
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella
Pippin
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Annie
WILD-CARD: Jekyll & Hyde

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
Rob McClure (Chaplin)
Bertie Carvel (Matilda)
Matthew James Thomas (Pippin)
Billy Porter (Kinkt Boots)
Brandon Victor Dixon (Motown)
WILD-CARD: Santino Fontana (Cinderella)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
Patina Miller (Pippin)
Laura Osnes (Cinderella)
Lilla Crawford (Annie)
Carolee Carmello (Scandalous)
Stephanie J. Block (The Mystery of Edwin Drood)
WILD-CARD: Deborah Cox (Jekyll & Hyde)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
Will Chase (Mystery of Edwin Drood)
Jim Norton (Mystery of Edwin Drood)
Andy Karl (Mystery of Edwin Drood)
Terrence Mann (Pippin)
Gabriel Ebert (Matilda)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
Annaleigh Ashford (Kinky Boots)
Andrea Martin (Pippin)
Keala Settle (Hands on a Hardbody)
Ann Harada (Cinderella)
Kate Finneran (Annie)

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL:
Diane Paulus (Pippin)
Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots)
Charles Randolph-Wright (Motown)
Warren Carlyle (Chaplin)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY:
Chet Walker (Pippin)
Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots)
Peter Darling (Matilda)
Josh Rhodes (Cinderella)

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL:
Harvey Fierstein (Kinky Boots)
Douglas Carter Beane (Cinderella)
Doug Wright (Hands on a Hardbody)
Dennis Kelly (Matilda)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Matilda
Kinky Boots
Hands on a Hardbody
A Christmas Story, The Musical
WILD-CARD: Chaplin

BEST PLAY:
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
The Nance
The Other Place
The Assembled Parties
WILD-CARD: I'll Eat You Last

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Golden Boy
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Heiress
WILD-CARD: Picnic

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY:
Tom Hanks (Lucky Guy)
Tracy Letts (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf)
Nathan Lane (The Nance)
Alan Cumming (Macbeth)
Alec Baldwin (Orphans)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
Jessica Chastain (The Heiress)
Holland Taylor (Ann)
Amy Morton (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf)
Laurie Metcalf (The Other Place)
Fiona Shaw (The Testament of Mary)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY:
Danny Burstein (Golden Boy)
Richard Kind (The Big Knife)
Jonny Orsini (The Nance)
Tony Shalhoub (Golden Boy)
Tom Sturridge (Orphans)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
Judith Ivey (The Heiress)
Elizabeth Marvel (Picnic)
Debra Monk (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
Cady Huffman (The Nance)
Condola Rashad (The Trip to Bountiful)

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY:
Pam MacKinnon (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
Nicholas Martin (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike)
Jack O'Brien (The Nance)
Bartlett Sher (Golden Boy)
Michael Wilson (The Trip to Bountiful)

THE TONY'S ARE COMING! With Sutton and Jesse!

So today is opening day for baseball fans, but also the real start of Tony Award season, as USA TODAY just announced that Sutton Foster (Anything Goes, Bunheads) and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family, Spelling Bee) will announce the 2013 Tony Award nominees on April 30th at the New York Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.

The TONY's will be broadcast on June 9th on CBS.

I think these two are a great choice to announce the awards, as they are two of Broadway's most famous alums as of late, but both are ineligible for any Tony's because they are both on hit TV series and haven't been on stage this year.

So the speculation and guessing of who will be nominated kicks in to high gear now.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Rebecca Romijn, and More Set for THE PRODUCERS

Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) and Richard Kind will star as Leo Bloom and Max Bialystock respectively in the upcoming production of THE PRODUCERS at the Hollywood Bowl this summer. Rebecca Romijn (X-Men) will also star in the production as Ulla. Gary Beach and Roger Bart, who both starred in the original production of THE PRODUCERS and the 2005 film adaptation, will reprise their original roles.

This sounds like an awesome production and I wish I could see it!

Jesse Tyler Ferguson to Join Hollywood Bowl's THE PRODUCERS

Rumors are swirling that Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) will star in the Hollywood Bowl's production of THE PRODUCERS this summer as wannabe producer, Leo Bloom.

I really hope this is true and what I wouldn't give to seem him live playing this role. Too bad I live on the other side of the country.

Watch "8," The Star-Studded Reading

Watch last night's reading of "8," written by Dustin Lance Black starring an all star cast including Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Martin Sheen, Jane Lynch, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Matthew Morrison, and more below! "8" is a play written describing the case surrounding Proposition 8 which would allow homosexual couples to marry. It's a fantastic reading with a fantastic cause. Watch below!