2018 Tony Awards Acting Categories Nomination Betting Odds
–The Tony Award recognizes excellence in live Broadway theater
–Nominations for the 72nd Tony Awards will be announced on May 1.
–The Tony Awards ceremony will be broadcast by CBS on June 10.
The Tony Awards began on April 6, 1947 and despite the growth of countless other forms of visual entertainment continue to be relevant today. The ‘official’ name is the ‘Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre’ but since that doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue so the name was almost immediately shortened to ‘Tony Awards’. The award is named after Broadway actress/director/producer Antoinette Perry who died in 1946. She was also the co-founder of the American Theatre Wing which is essentially the live drama equivalent to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science and the organization that presents these awards. Ms. Perry was reportedly nicknamed ‘Tony’ which makes the shortened version of the award make perfect sense. The ‘Tony’ nickname dates back to the first awards presentation and is credited to Warner Brothers story editor Jacob Wilk. According to history, it was a complete ad-lib he made while giving out one of the inaugural awards and the name stuck.
Our view of the Tony Awards? It’s another betting opportunity. We covered the major categories last week and the acting categories are below. The nominations will be announced on May 1:
2018 TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS BETTING ODDS
TO BE NOMINATED FOR ‘BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL’
Katrina Lenk/The Band’s Visit: +150
Jessie Mueller/Carousel: +200
Lauren Ambrose/My Fair Lady: +300
Hailey Kilgore/Once on This Island: +300
Caissie Levy/Frozen: +350
LaChanze/Summer: The Donna Summer Musical: +350
Patti Murin/Frozen: +500
Erika Henningsen/Mean Girls: +500
TO BE NOMINATED FOR ‘BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL’
Tony Shalhoub/The Band’s Visit: +100
Joshua Henry/Carousel: +150
Ethan Slater/SpongeBob SquarePants: +200
Harry Hadden-Patton/My Fair Lady: +200
Paul Alexander Nolan/Escape to Margaritaville: +250
TO BE NOMINATED FOR ‘BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY’
Glenda Jackson/Three Tall Women: +150
Lauren Ridloff/Children of a Lesser God: +200
Condola Rashad/Saint Joan: +200
Laurie Metcalf/Three Tall Women: +200
Amy Schumer/Meteor Shower: +300
Lili Taylor/Marvin’s Room: +300
Uma Thurman/The Parisian Woman: +350
Elizabeth McGovern/Time and the Conways: +450
Alison Pill/Three Tall Women: +450
Janeane Garofalo/Marvin’s Room: +450
TO BE NOMINATED FOR ‘BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY’
Nathan Lane/Angels in America: +150
Andrew Garfield/Angels in America: +150
Denzel Washington/The Iceman Cometh: +200
Jamie Parker/Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: +250
Mark Rylance/Farinelli and the King: +250
Tom Hollander/Travesties: +300
Michael Cera/Lobby Hero: +300
Clive Owen/M. Butterfly: +300
John Lithgow/John Lithgow: Stories by Heart: +350
Joshua Jackson/Children of a Lesser God: +350
Jeremy Shamos/Meteor Shower: +450
Steven Pasquale/Junk: +450
John Leguizamo/Latin History for Morons: +600
Michael Moore/The Terms of My Surrender: +750
TO BE NOMINATED FOR ‘BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL’
Lindsay Mendez/Carousel: +150
Kerry Butler/Mean Girls: +150
Lea Salonga/Once on This Island: +200
Diana Rigg/My Fair Lady: +200
Barret Wilbert Weed/Mean Girls: +250
Rachael Prather/The Band’s Visit: +250
Taylor Louderman/Mean Girls: +250
Renee Fleming/Carousel: +300
Kenita R. Miller/Once on This Island: +300
Lilli Cooper/SpongeBob SquarePants: +300
Ashley Park/Mean Girls: +450
Kate Rockwell/Mean Girls: +450
Karen Ziemba/Prince of Broadway: +450
Ariana DeBose/Summer: The Donna Summer Musical: +450
Margaret Colin/Carousel: +450
Merle Dandridge/Once on This Island: +600
Brittany Pollack/Carousel: +600
Jai’Len Christine Li Josey/SpongeBob SquarePants: +600
Janet Dacal/Prince of Broadway: +600
Storm Level/Summer: The Donald Summer Musical: +600
Allison Luff/Escape to Margaritaville: +600
Stephanie Hsu/SpongeBob SquarePants: +600
Kristen Sieh/The Band’s Visit: +600
Lisa Howard/Escape from Margaritaville: +750
Sharone Sayegh/The Band’s Visit: +750
Rema Webb/Escape to Margaritaville: +750
Kaley Ann Vorhees/Prince of Broadway: +750
Bryonha Marie Parham/Prince of Broadway: +750
Any Other Actress: +1000
TO BE NOMINATED FOR ‘BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL’
Norbert Leo Butz/My Fair Lady: +100
Alex Newell/Once on This Island: +100
Ari’el Satchel/The Band’s Visit: +200
Jelani Alladin: +200
Andrew Polk: +200
Gavin Lee/SpongeBob SquarePants: +200
John Cariani/The Band’s Visit: +250
Grey Henson/Mean Girls: +250
Jonathan Raviv/The Band’s Visit: +300
Randon Uranowitz/The Prince of Broadway: +300
Greg Hildreth/Frozen: +300
Allan Corduner/My Fair Lady: +350
Alexander Gemignani/Carousel: +350
Issac Powell/Once on This Island: +500
Tony Yazbeck/Prince of Broadway: +500
Wesley Taylor/SpongeBob SquarePants: +500
Amar Ramasar/Carousel: +500
Quintin Earl Darrington/Once on This Island: +500
Brian Ray Norris/SpongeBob SquarePants: +600
Chuck Cooper/Prince of Broadway: +600
Danny Skinner/SpongeBob SquarePants: +600
Don Sparks/Escape to Margaritaville: +750
Michael Xavier/Prince of Broadway: +750
Jordan Donica/My Fair Lady: +750
Phillip Boykin/Once on This Island: +750
Eric Peterson/Escape to Margaritaville: +750
Any Other Actor: +1000
TO BE NOMINATED FOR ‘BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY’
Denise Gough/Angels in America: +150
Noma Dumezweni/Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: +150
Laura Benanti/Meteor Shower: +250
Susan Brown: +250
Amanda Lawrence: +250
Opal Alladin/Travesties: +300
Nina Grollman/The Iceman Cometh: +300
Poppy Miller/Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: +300
Celia Weston/Marvin’s Room: +300
Francesca Annis: +300
Bel Powley/Lobby Hero: +300
Deborah Findlay/The Children: +350
Tammy Blanchard/The Iceman Cometh: +350
Phillipa Soo/The Parisian Woman: +350
Blair Brown/The Parisian Woman: +350
Sarah Topham/Travesties: +500
Anna Baryshinikov/Time and the Conways: +500
Enid Graham/M. Butterfly: +500
Kecia Lewis/Children of a Lesser God: +500
Teresa Avia Lim/Junk: +750
Carolyn Braver/The Iceman Cometh: +750
Melody Grove/Farinelli and the King: +750
Charlotte Parry/Time and the Conways: +750
Scarlett Strallen/Travesties: +750
Anna Camp/Time and the Conways: +750
Julee Cerda/Children of a Lesser God: +750
Miriam Silverman/Junk: +750
Brooke Bloom/Time and the Conways: +750
Any Other Actress: +1000
TO BE NOMINATED FOR ‘BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY’
Lee Pace/Angels in America: +100
James McArdle/Angels in America: +150
Paul Thornley/Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: +150
Anthony Boyle/Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: +250
David Morse/The Iceman Cometh: +250
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett: +250
Jin Ha/M. Butterfly: +350
Bill Irwin/The Iceman Cometh: +350
Ron Cook/The Children: +350
Keegan-Michael Key: +350
Anthony Edwards/Children of a Lesser God: +350
Alex Price/Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: +500
Seth Numrich/Travesties: +500
Chris Evans/Lobby Hero: +500
Brian Tyree Henry: +500
John Glover/Saint Joan: +750
Josh Lucas/The Parisian Woman: +750
Peter McDonald/Travesties: +750
Daniel Sunjata/Saint Joan: +750
Joey Slotnick/Junk: +750
Murray Bartlett/M. Butterfly: +750
Sam Clemmett/Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: +750
Adam Chanier-Berat/Saint Joan: +750
Walter Bobbie/Saint Joan: +750
Matthew Rauch/Junk: +750
Edward Peel/Farinelli and the King: +750
Jack Davenport/Saint Joan: +750
Reg Rogers/The Iceman Cometh: +750
Any Other Actor: +1000