Random Tony Thoughts - Best Actress in a Play

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I'm back. LOL. 

Another incredible set of performances in Plays. How annoying is it that Tonys still haven't updated their categories to enter the 21st century. Ensemble? Projections? Make-up/Hair? Some of the other awards do honor these important categories. 

At any rate...the actresses....  

I think Laurie Metcalf, Lesley Manville and Jean Smart are given...(even though Jean's Izzy has been gone since August.) Could Metcalf pull off a double nomination for Little Bear Ridge Road AND Salesman? 

Carrie Coon is a likely nominee for Bug...shivers just thinking about that play.  And Ayo Edebiri gives a nuanced and conflicted performance in Proof. (And I see that Don Cheadle will be up for Lead Actor in this...when I thought it a supporting role, and he's wonderful.) 

Much as I enjoyed Kelli O'Hara and Rose Byrne in Fallen Angels, I suspect they'll be excluded...  

Liberation should get an Ensemble Award... As should Marjorie Prime. I'd be hard pressed to pick Cynthia Nixon over June Squibb. 

If anyone one in one of the comedies this year deserves a nod it's Anika Noni Rose for Balusters, but with the incredible dramas, I fear that the comedies will be overlooked.