Whichever show garners the most Tony Award nominations on Tuesday will very likely sound familiar.
That鈥檚 because most of the leading candidates on Broadway stages these days are derived from a film, TV or music, including 鈥淗arry Potter,鈥� 鈥滿ean Girls,鈥� 鈥滷rozen,鈥� 鈥漇pongeBob SquarePants,鈥� 鈥漇ummer,鈥� 鈥滶scape to Margaritaville鈥� and 鈥淭he Band鈥檚 Visit.鈥�
Best new musical nominations are expected for 鈥淭he Band鈥檚 Visit,鈥� based on a 2007 Israeli film about an accidental clash of cultures, and Tina Fey鈥檚 鈥淢ean Girls,鈥� which she adapted from her much-beloved and oft-quoted 2004 high school comedy movie.
Other shows hoping to score a nomination in that category are the goofy undersea adaptation 鈥淪pongeBob SquarePants,鈥� Disney鈥檚 retelling of 鈥淔rozen,鈥� the Hal Prince revue 鈥淧rince of Broadway,鈥� the Jimmy Buffet musical 鈥淓scape to Margaritaville鈥� and 鈥淪ummer,鈥� about disco diva Donna Summer
Most observers believe J.K. Rowling鈥檚 latest 鈥淗arry Potter鈥� offering will lead the best new play nominees. The two-part 鈥淗arry Potter and the Cursed Child,鈥� which picks up 19 years from where Rowling鈥檚 last novel left off and portrays Potter and his friends as grown-ups, won nine Olivier Awards in London before coming to America and bewitching critics and audiences alike.
Other best play candidates include 鈥淔arinelli and the King,鈥� 鈥漈he Children,鈥� 鈥滼unk,鈥� 鈥滿eteor Shower,鈥� 鈥滾atin History for Morons,鈥� 鈥滼ohn Lithgow: Stories by Heart鈥� and 鈥淭he Parisian Woman.鈥�
鈥淐arousel,鈥� 鈥滿y Fair Lady鈥� and 鈥淥nce on This Island鈥� will make up the best musical revival category, mostly because they鈥檙e only eligible nominees. The best play revival will probably be led by 鈥淎ngels in America,鈥� 鈥漈hree Tall Women鈥� and 鈥淭he Iceman Cometh.鈥�
Plenty of nominations don鈥檛 necessarily lead to actual wins on Tony night. While 鈥淗amilton鈥� was nominated for 16 awards in 2016 and went on to win 11, just last year 鈥淣atasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812鈥� earned a leading 12 nominations but got just two technical awards on the big night.
Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press
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