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Broadway’s Tonys ! Let the Horse Race Begin !

My favorite….

Broadway’s Besties will be announced tommorow morning, May 1, Tuesday, Eastern.

My personal favorite: Spiderman !

The starting bell for Broadway’s biggest horse race rings at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday when nominations for the 2012 Tony Awards will be announced. By 8:35 a.m. the shrieking and moaning from armchair critics and show queens should be underway as well, about which productions and performers were robbed of Tony nominations and about which of the lucky ones were – how shall we put it? – undeserving.

While some Broadway insiders complain that the coming Tonys lack breakout hit shows like the 2011 contenders “The Book of Mormon,” “Anything Goes,” and “War Horse,” this year’s competition is expected to be more ferocious than usual in several races, especially for plays, while some of the musical categories are harder to predict. Most years there is a heavy favorite for best musical – “The Book of Mormon” was a shoo-in last season – but all bets are off at this point, with strong arguments for/against the all-but-certain nominees “Newsies” and “Once” (with six other musicals competing for two other best musical slots)……more…

Good luck to all !

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