77th Annual Tony Awards Predictions, Mason Pilevsky
CATEGORY: FICTIONAL AWARDS
BROADWAY ELEPHANTS
Moulin Rouge
Aladdin
The Lion King
Life of Pi
WINNER: Water for Elephants
BEST CAR IN A MUSICAL
The Delorean, Back to the Future
The Yellow Rolls, The Great Gatsby
The Blue Coupe, The Great Gatsby
WINNER: The Delorean
CATEGORY: DESIGNERS WHO DESERVE THEIR OWN AWARDS
PROJECTION/VIDEO DESIGN
Right now, projection/video designers are only eligible to win awards for their work when it’s deemed a collaboration with scenic or lighting design by the Tony nominations committee. Yet projection and video are increasingly becoming their own element. We had plenty of shows this season where projections was its own element and ought to have qualified as such.
For me, this year’s nominees would be:
Finn Ross, Back to the Future
Paul Tate dePoo III, The Great Gatsby
Paul Tate dePoo III, Spamalot
Peter Nigrini, The Who’s Tommy
Peter Nigrini, Lempicka
Daniel Brodie, The Wiz
AND THE AWARD WOULD GO TO: … okay, I can’t decide. It’s dead heat between Paul Tate dePoo III for The Great Gatsby and Peter Nigrini for The Who’s Tommy.
HAIR/MAKEUP DESIGN
Hair and makeup have been an integral part of theatre, even at academic and community levels, for centuries. We should recognize these artists as distinct from costume design, and also as the designers who have to have their work painstakingly replicated every night, where costumes are, for the most part, built, sets are done, lighting is programed, sound is only partially implemented live…
For me, this year’s nominees would be:
Sam Cox and Guy Common, Cabaret
Nikiya Mathis and Felicia Grapham, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Robert Pickens and Katie Gell, Stereophonic
Mia Neal, Hell’s Kitchen
Mia Neal, The Notebook
AND THE AWARD WOULD GO TO: Sam Cox and Guy Common
About the Author: Mason Pilevsky
This concludes Design Week! Check back on May 28 for our next set of Tony Awards productions!
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