It's that time of year again

I have not done my normal pre-Tony series. I have failed. And tonight, I’m so overwhelmed I almost wrote some crap paragraph about random news I heard and disregarded the whole Tony factor. Then I thought: “Wait… People want Tony stuff.” So, with that in mind, I offer you my eligibility list in the major acting categories. I mean, you all know the shows, and you probably don’t care about design, so, this should be enough. If anyone has any other questions, feel free to email me.

On Wednesday, I also plan on writing about why I think Coram Boy should have gone for Special Theatrical Event. Just a preview.

And special thanks to my friend Billy, as without his list, I never would have been able to do mine.

Also, another note, there might be some errors below. I don't think so, but I'm also not very awake. And I know there is going to be some talk about how Kristin isn't a lock, but, I think she is. I could be wrong... I just don't think so.

ACTOR-PLAY

LOCK
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Christopher Plummer, Inherit the Wind
Liev Schreiber, Talk Radio

MAYBE SO
Brian Dennehy, Inherit the Wind
Boyd Gaines, Journey’s End
Nathan Lane, Butley
Harry Lennix, Radio Golf
Bill Nighy, The Vertical Hour
Brian F. O’Byrne, The Coast of Utopia
Michael Sheen, Frost/Nixon
Kevin Spacey, A Moon for the Misbegotten


UMM… I THINK NOT
Philip Bosco, Heartbreak House
Hugh Dancy, Journey’s End
Tom Everett Scott, The Little Dog Laughed
Alan Tudyk, Prelude to a Kiss

ACTRESS-PLAY
LOCK
Eve Best, A Moon for the Misbegotten
Angela Lansbury, Deuce
Vanessa Redgrave, The Year of Magical Thinking
Marian Seldes, Deuce
Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed

UMM… I THINK NOT
Swoosie Kurtz, Heartbreak House
Julianne Moore, The Vertical Hour
Annie Parisse, Prelude to a Kiss

ACTOR-MUSICAL
LOCK
Raul Esparza, Company
David Hyde Pierce, Curtains

MAYBE SO
Michael Cerveris, LoveMusik
Jonathan Groff, Spring Awakening
Gavin Lee, Mary Poppins
Steve Kazee, 110 in the Shade
Martin Short, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me

UMMM… I THINK NOT
Michael Arden, The Times, They are A-Changin’
Will Chase, High Fidelity
Hadley Fraser, The Pirate Queen
Alexander Gemignani, Les Miserables
Brian d’Arcy James, The Apple Tree
Norm Lewis, Les Miserables
Patrick Page, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Thom Sesma, The Times, They are A-Changin’

ACTRESS-MUSICAL
LOCK
Kristin Chenoweth, The Apple Tree
Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens
Audra McDonald, 110 in the Shade
Donna Murphy, LoveMusik

MAYBE SO
Ashley Brown, Mary Poppins
Laura Bell Bundy, Legally Blonde
Lea Michele, Spring Awakening
Debra Monk, Curtains

UMM… I THINK NOT
Stephanie J. Block, The Pirate Queen
Lisa Brescia, The Times, They are A-Changin’

FEATURED ACTOR-PLAY
LOCK
John Mahoney, Prelude to a Kiss

MAYBE SO
John Ahlin, Journey’s End
Niall Buggy, Translations
Anthony Chisolm, Radio Golf
Billy Crudup, The Coast of Utopia
Johnny Galecki, The Little Dog Laughed
Richard Easton, The Coast of Utopia
Josh Hamilton, The Coast of Utopia
David Harbour, The Coast of Utopia
Jason Butler Harner, The Coast of Utopia
Ethan Hawke, The Coast of Utopia
John Earl Jelks, Radio Golf
Jefferson Mays, Journey’s End
Colm Meaney, A Moon for the Misbegotten
Denis O’Hare, Inherit the Wind
Julian Ovenden, Butley
Stark Sands, Journey’s End
Chandler Williams, Translations

UMM… I THINK NOT
Matthew Arkin, Losing Louie
Remy Auberjonois, Frost/Nixon
Nick Berg Barnes, Journey’s End
Terry Beaver, Inherit the Wind
John Behlmann, Journey’s End
Justin Blanchard, Journey’s End
Larry Bull, The Coast of Utopia
Denis Butkus, The Coast of Utopia
Bill Camp, Heartbreak House
Bill Camp, Coram Boy
Kieran Campion, Journey’s End
Michael Carlsen, The Coast of Utopia
Anthony Cochrane, The Coast of Utopia
Scott Cohen, Losing Louie
David Costabile, Translations
Alan Cox, Translations
David Cromwell, The Coast of Utopia
Dermot Crowley, Translations
John Curless, Journey’s End
Adam Dannheisser, The Coast of Utopia
Matt Dickson, The Coast of Utopia
Dashiell Eaves, Coram Boy
Tom Riis Farrell, Coram Boy
Michael FitzGerald, Translations
Brad Fleischer, Coram Boy
Peter Hermann, Talk Radio
Byron Jennings, Heartbreak House
Byron Jennings, Inherit the Wind
Corey Johnson, Frost/Nixon
John Christopher Jones, Heartbreak House
Aaron Krohn, The Coast of Utopia
Stephen Kunken, Frost/Nixon
Michael Laurence, Talk Radio
Mark Linn-Baker, Losing Louie
David Macdonald, Coram Boy
Graeme Malcolm, Translations
David Manis, The Coast of Utopia
Quentin Maré, Coram Boy
Andrew McGinn, The Coast of Utopia
Scott Parkinson, The Coast of Utopia
Darren Pettie, Butley
David Pittu, The Coast of Utopia
Richard Poe, Journey’s End
James Rebhorn, Prelude to a Kiss
Stephen Rowe, Frost/Nixon
Gareth Saxe, Heartbreak House
Andrew Scott, The Vertical Hour
Adam Seitz, Talk Radio
Brian Sgambati, The Coast of Utopia
Eric Sheffer Stevens, The Coast of Utopia
Armand Schultz, Frost/Nixon
Sebastian Stan, Talk Radio
Robert Stanton, The Coast of Utopia
Baylen Thomas, The Coast of Utopia
Marc Thompson, Talk Radio
David C. Wells, The Coast of Utopia
Wayne Wilcox, Coram Boy
James A. Williams, Radio Golf
Cornell Womack, Talk Radio

FEATURED ACTRESS-PLAY

LOCK
Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia

MAYBE SO
Robin Bartlett, Prelude to a Kiss
Xanthe Elbrick, Coram Boy
Ari Graynor, The Little Dog Laughed
Dana Ivey, Butley
Susan Lynch, Translations
Jan Maxwell, Coram Boy
Kellie Overbey, The Coast of Utopia
Tonya Pinkins, Radio Golf
Martha Plimpton, The Coast of Utopia
Lily Rabe, Heartbreak House
Laila Robins, Heartbreak House

UMM… I THINK NOT
Jolly Abraham, Coram Boy
Bianca Amato, The Coast of Utopia
Uzo Aduba, Coram Boy (Note--i originally had Abuda in featured actor and received multiple emails about it within 6 hours. my bad. i'm impressed that so many people noticed the error... and knew it was an error!)
Jacqueline Antaramian, Coram Boy
Mia Barron, The Coast of Utopia
Amanda Leigh Cobb, The Coast of Utopia
Patricia Conolly, The Coast of Utopia
Rebecca Creskoff, Losing Louie
Beth Fowler, Inherit the Wind
Karron Graves, Coram Boy
Pamela Gray, Butley
Shira Gregory, Frost/Nixon
Morgan Hallett, Translations
Laura Heisler, Coram Boy
Geraldine Hughes, Translations
Amy Irving, The Coast of Utopia
Patricia Kalember, Losing Louie
Felicity LaFortune, The Coast of Utopia
Angela Lin, Coram Boy
Jennifer Lyon, The Coast of Utopia
Stephanie March, Talk Radio
Kathleen McNenny, Coram Boy
Cristin Milioti, Coram Boy
Charlotte Parry, Coram Boy
Michele Pawk, Losing Louie
Christine Pedi, Talk Radi
Annie Purcell, The Coast of Utopia
Erika Rolfsrud, The Coast of Utopia
Barbara Rosenblatt, Talk Radio
Christina Rouner, Coram Boy
Triney Sandoval, Frost/Nixon
Jenny Sterlin, Heartbreak House
Jessica Stone, Butley
Ivy Vahanian, Coram Boy
Sonya Walger, Frost/Nixon
Jama Williamson, Losing Louie

FEATURED ACTOR-MUSICAL

LOCK

John Gallagher Jr, Spring Awakening

MAYBE SO
Gary Beach, Les Miserables
Michael Berresse, A Chorus Line
Christian Borle, Legally Blonde
John Cullum, 110 in the Shade
Jason Danieley, Curtains
Edward Hibbert, Curtains
Christopher Innvar, 110 in the Shade
Marc Kudisch, The Apple Tree
Aaron Lazar, Les Miserables
John McMartin, Grey Gardens
David Pittu, LoveMusik
Michael Rupert, Legally Blonde
Jeffrey Schechter, A Chorus Line
Bobby Steggert, 110 in the Shade
Jason Tam, A Chorus Line

UMM… I THINK NOT
Ken Alan, A Chorus Line
Brad Anderson, A Chorus Line
Christian Anderson, High Fidelity
Brooks Ashmanskas, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Skylar Astin, Spring Awakening
Richard H. Blake, Legally Blonde
John Bolton, Curtains
Justin Brill, High Fidelity
Keith Buterbaugh, Company
Chris Butler, 110 in the Shade
Andrew Call, High Fidelity
Matt Caplan, High Fidelity
Matt Castle, Company
Paul Castree, High Fidelity
Matt Cavanaugh, Grey Gardens
Marcus Chait, The Pirate Queen
Walter Charles, The Apple Tree
Robert Cunningham, Company
Gideon Glick, Spring Awakening
Matthew Gumley, Mary Poppins
Neil Haskell, The Times, They are A-Changin’
Tyler Haynes, A Chorus Line
Henry Hodges, Mary Poppins
Adam Jacobs, Les Miserables
Daniel Jenkins, Mary Poppins
Brian Charles Johnson, Spring Awakening
Andy Karl, Legally Blonde
Jay Klaitz, High Fidelity
James T. Lane, A Chorus Line
Luke Longacre, The Times, They are A-Changin’
Michael X. Martin, Curtains
Jeff McCarthy, The Pirate Queen
Michael McCarty, Mary Poppins
Michael McCormick, Curtains
Michael McCormick, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Jason McDole, The Times, They are A-Changin’
Paul McGill, A Chorus Line
Charlie Neshyba-Hodges, The Times, They are A-Changin’
Jonathan Nosan, The Times, They are A-Changin’
Michael Paternostro, A Chorus Line
Michael Potts, Grey Gardens
Mark Price, Mary Poppins
Noah Racey, Curtains
Fred Rose, Company
Bruce Sabath, Company
Ernie Sabella, Curtains
Alexander Scheitinger, Mary Poppins
John Selya, The Times, They are A-Changin’
Marc Shaiman, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
John Scherer, LoveMusik
Stephen Spinella, Spring Awakening
Bob Stillman, Grey Gardens
Ron Todorowski, The Times, They are A-Changin’
Price Waldman, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Jon Patrick Walker, High Fidelity
J.B. Wing, High Fidelity
Jonathan B. Wright, Spring Awakening
Tony Yazbeck, A Chorus Line
William Youmans, The Pirate Queen


FEATURED ACTRESS-MUSICAL
LOCK
Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens

MAYBE SO
Linda Balgord, The Pirate Queen
Lilli Cooper, Spring Awakening
Natalie Cortez, A Chorus LineCharlotte d’Amboise, A Chorus Line
Erin Davie, Grey Gardens
Christine Estabrook, Spring Awakening
Jenny Galloway, Les Miserables
Jessica Lee Goldyn, A Chorus Line
Deirdre Goodwin, A Chorus Line
Capathia Jenkins, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Les Miserables
Rebecca Luker, Mary Poppins
Orfeh, Legally Blonde
Nicole Parker, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Lauren Pritchard, Spring Awakening
Elizabeth Stanley, Company
Barbara Walsh, Company
Chryssie Whitehead, A Chorus Line
Karen Ziemba, Curtains

UMM… I THINK NOT
Mary Birdsong, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Jane Carr, Mary Poppins
Jenn Colella, High Fidelity
Mara Davi, A Chorus Line
Angel Desai, Company
Katherine Doherty, Mary Poppins
Carla Duren, 110 in the Shade
Ali Ewoldt, Les Miserables
Kathryn Faughnan, Mary Poppins
Kelsey Fowler, Grey Gardens
Lisa Gajda, The Times, They are A-Changin’
Ruth Gotschall, Mary Poppins
Kelly Jeanne Grant, Company
Kaitlin Hopkins, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Kristin Huffman, Company
Sarah Hyland, Grey Gardens
Amy Justman, Company
Heather Laws, Company
Katy Mixon, High Fidelity
Cass Morgan, Mary Poppins
Jan Neuberger, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Jill Paice, Curtains
Heather Parcells, A Chorus Line
Alisan Porter, A Chorus Line
Leenya Rideout, Company
Daphne Rubin-Vega, Les Miserables
Kate Shindle, Legally Blonde
Megan Sikora, Curtains
Nikki Snelson, Legally Blonde
Rachel Stern, High Fidelity
Phoebe Strole, Spring Awakening
Emily Swallow, High Fidelity
Yuka Takara, A Chorus Line
Anne Warren, High Fidelity
Kristin Wyatt, High Fidelity
Remy Zaken, Spring Awakening