The 2015 Tony Awards: Jeff and Mike's Nomination Predictions

I can't think of a better way to come back to the blogosphere than to carry on a JKTS tradition with our Tony Awards nominations predictions.  My best buddy and theatre companion Mike and I got to 19 of the 20 new musicals and musical revivals this season (Holler If Ya Hear Me closed before we got there, and we don't see it being remembered tomorrow).

We saw eye-to-eye on most shows, though we differed somewhat on An American in Parisand Onthe Town.  And you'll see from our "should be" picks that we differed from the critics on The Last Ship, On the Twentieth Century and Finding Neverland (and The Visit, depending on who you read).

If we were on the nominating committee, we'd honor Fun Home, Finding Neverland, The Visit, Something Rotten!, and The Last Shipwith the most nods, with The King and I getting most of our love among the revivals.

Since we are not on that nominating committee, we predict that they will give the most Tony love to: An American in Paris, Fun Homeand Something Rotten!, each with nominations in the double digits, and The King and I, The Visit, On the Town and On the Twentieth Century doing well, too.  We also think that, unfortunately, Gigi, Side Show, Finding Neverland and Honeymoon in Vegas will be coming away with barely a notice, if any at all.  Dr. Zhivagogot zero notice in any column.

Here are our picks for what should be nominated and our predictions of what will be nominated:

BEST MUSICAL
JEFF: SHOULD	MIKE: SHOULD	JEFF: WILL	MIKE: WILL
Finding Neverland	Fun Home	An American in Paris	An American in Paris
Fun Home	The Last Ship	Fun Home	Fun Home
The Last Ship	Something Rotten!	Something Rotten!	Something Rotten!
The Visit	The Visit	The Visit	The Visit
		5th Nominee: The Last Ship	5th Nominee: The Last Ship
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
JEFF: SHOULD	MIKE: SHOULD	JEFF: WILL	MIKE: WILL
The King and I	Gigi	The King and I	The King and I
On the Town	The King and I	On the Town	On the Town
Side Show	Side Show	On the 20th Century	On the 20th Century
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
JEFF: SHOULD	MIKE: SHOULD	JEFF: WILL	MIKE: WILL
Bill Condon Side Show	John Doyle The Visit	John Doyle The Visit	John Doyle The Visit
John Doyle The Visit	Sam Gold Fun Home	Sam Gold Fun Home	Sam Gold Fun Home
Sam Gold Fun Home	Joe Mantello The Last Ship	Casey Nicholaw Something Rotten!	Casey Nicholaw Something Rotten!
Casey Nicholaw Something Rotten!	Casey Nicholaw Something Rotten!	Bartlett Sher The King and I	Bartlett Sher The King and I
Bartlett Sher The King and I	Bartlett Sher The King and I	Christopher Wheeldon An American in Paris	Christopher Wheeldon An American in Paris
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
JEFF: SHOULD	MIKE: SHOULD	JEFF: WILL	MIKE: WILL
Joshua Bergasse On the Town	Joshua Bergasse Gigi	Joshua Bergasse On the Town	Joshua Bergasse On the Town
Denis Jones Honeymoon in Vegas	Joshua Bergasse On the Town	Warren Carlyle On the 20th Century	Warren Carlyle On the 20th Century
Mia Michaels Finding Neverland	Mia Michaels Finding Neverland	Graciela Daniele The Visit	Casey Nicholaw Something Rotten!
Casey Nicholaw Something Rotten!	Casey Nicholaw Something Rotten!	Casey Nicholaw Something Rotten!	Josh Rhodes It Shoulda Been You
Christopher Wheeldon An American in Paris	Christopher Wheeldon An American in Paris	Christopher Wheeldon An American in Paris	Christopher Wheeldon An American in Paris