This is a theater post. I've seen four shows in the past week that I need to write about, but that will have to wait. For now, this is more important:

The Tony Awards are tomorrow! I love the Tony Awards, mostly because of the performances. I don't take the awards too seriously anymore because I believe the most deserving people often don't win just because of stupid factors, like celebrity (Tom Hanks will probably win just because he's Tom Hanks, and that really frustrates me because Tracy Letts was absolutely brilliant in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?). Anyway, I'll still enjoy watching the telecast. Here are my predictions (who I think will win, not whom I want to win):

Best Play	Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Best Musical	Matilda The Musical
Best Revival of a Play	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Revival of a Musical	Pippin
Best Book of a Musical	Matilda The Musical - Dennis Kelly
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics)	Kinky Boots - Music and Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Tom Hanks - Lucky Guy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Cicely Tyson - The Trip to Bountiful
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Billy Porter - Kinky Boots
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Patina Miller - Pippin
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Danny Burstein - Golden Boy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Judith Light - The Assembled Parties
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Terrence Mann - Pippin
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Andrea Martin - Pippin
Best Direction of a Play	Nicholas Martin - Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Best Direction of a Musical	Diane Paulus - Pippin
Best Choreography	Chet Walker - Pippin
Best Orchestrations	Ethan Popp and Bryan Crook - Motown the Musical
Best Scenic Design of a Play	John Lee Beatty - The Nance
Best Scenic Design of a Musical	Rob Howell- Matilda The Musical
Best Costume Design of a Play	Albert Wolsky - The Heiress
Best Costume Design of a Musical	William Ivey Long - Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Best Lighting Design of a Play	Donald Holder - Golden Boy
Best Lighting Design of a Musical	Hugh Vanstone - Matilda The Musical
Best Sound Design of a Play	Peter John Still and Marc Salzberg- Golden Boy
Best Sound Design of a Musical	Johnathan Deans and Garth Helm - Pippin